Thursday, August 07, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
Location: Zoom
Format: Virtual
This webinar will provide a review of updates to NIRS for the new program reporting year, updates supporting federal reporting requirements, and address recommendations from federal funders and database users to help improve your database experience. These updates will be followed by Q&A and open floor discussion. UCEDD and LEND Data Coordinators are strongly recommended to participate.
Data Coordinator Quarterly Calls are an opportunity for data coordinators from around the country to collaborate on data entry/data collection strategies and receive updates on federal reporting requirements.
This meeting will NOT be recorded. The materials will be shared as they are available. LEND, LEAH, PPC, DBP, and UCEDD Center/Program representatives are welcome to join. English captioning will be provided during the event.
To join the meeting, simply click on the blue "Join Now" button on the right.
NIRS is the national, web-based data reporting and retrieval system for the AUCD Network. NIRS enables Network members to manage data on their training programs, projects, activities, and products and helps them comply with federal reporting requirements. The data gathered in NIRS also enables AUCD to develop composite snapshots of the UCEDD and LEND programs. A public search is also available if any are interested to search the database.
Please contact [email protected] if you have questions.
Brandon Lewis
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Brandon Lewis is the Data Support Manager supporting Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LENDs), University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs), Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAHs), Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPCs), and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DBPs) programs through training and troubleshooting on federal and state mandated reporting through NIRS. Brandon also assists in maintaining and developing training materials across the AUCD network and helps to maintain data integrity and research efforts. Previously, Brandon served as a LEND trainee at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, IN for 2 years. Brandon conducted research exploring social factors that might affect developmental delays in children 1-42 months. Brandon formally worked at the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Indiana, supporting families in low-income communities as a Nutritionist.
Oksana Klimova
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Oksana Klimova is the Director of Web Services at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). Oksana directs and oversees all aspects of AUCD's web systems in support of the association and network's strategic goals and priorities. She is responsible for creative design and development, from conception of prototype concepts through final programming, for all areas of online design, including association websites, extranet, online applications, online reporting systems and online marketing website. Oksana helps identify appropriate internet technologies to meet objectives and assist in implementation of web services.