ISEE 2026 · Workshop WS03

ISEE Research Workshop

WS03: Full Research Workflow with Generative AI: From Ideation to Publication in Environmental Epidemiology

Date
August 30, 2026
Time
8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Presenter
Jonah Lipsitt

Today's agenda

  1. Welcome

    8:008:45
    1. Welcome and introductions

      Meet the facilitators and review the day’s schedule.

      In the room
    2. Live entry survey

      Answer brief questions about your research area and experience.

      Open survey
    3. AI in the research workflow

      Understand where generative AI can help, where it can fail, and which decisions stay with the researcher.

      Open slides
  2. Setup

    8:4510:00
    1. Set up ChatGPT for the day

      Confirm the right workspace, find Settings and the tools we’ll use, then complete one readiness check.

      Open setup
    2. Skills and plugins

      Review reusable instructions for literature, funding, data, writing, and communication tasks.

      Open slides
    3. Voice example: develop a research question

      Review a prepared voice example that compares candidate questions and saves the selected question.

      Open slides
    4. Research workflow overview

      Review the stages from ideation through evidence and dissemination.

      Open slides
  3. Break

    Break
  4. Ideation

    10:1011:25
    1. Ideation

      Develop a research question, review supporting sources, and define study requirements.

      Open slides
    2. Ideation

      Save the selected question, evidence notes, study logic, and minimum data requirements.

      Open studio
  5. Data

    11:2512:30
    1. Data

      Trace permissible data from source to a checked result through inspection, cleaning, analysis, and visualization.

      Open slides
    2. Data

      Document the data source, cleaning, analysis, result, provenance, and limitations.

      Open studio
  6. Lunch

    Lunch
  7. Dissemination

    1:302:45
    1. Dissemination

      Draft manuscript content from checked evidence and adapt one output for a specified audience.

      Open slides
    2. Dissemination

      Update the manuscript draft and one selected output while preserving verified claims and limitations.

      Open studio
  8. Closing

    2:453:30
    1. Questions, catch-up, and skills review

      Finish one incomplete step, ask questions, and note one workflow to reuse.

      Ask a question
    2. Participant showcase

      With permission, share one decision, artifact, or useful learning from the day.

      In the room
    3. Exit survey

      Complete the exit survey and record any remaining support needs.

      Open survey
    4. Resources and next steps

      Download the workshop resources and record your next research task.

      Open resources