2008–2009 CRHC / VA CHERP / RAND Seminar Series

The CRHC / VA CHERP / RAND Seminar Series will be held every Tuesday at noon, beginning September 2, 2008.

Please join us for a year of informative, interactive, and interesting presentations!

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Date	Presenter	Title	Room
9/16/2008	Abdus Wahed, PhD; Assistant Professor of Biostatistics; Department of Biostatistics; Graduate School of Public Health; University of Pittsburgh	Comparing Adaptive Treatment Strategies Following Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials	Room 305 Parkvale Building
9/23/2008	Rachel Hess, MD, MSc; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Patient Difficulty in Using Tablet Computers to Screen in Primary Care	Room 305 Parkvale Building
9/30/2008	Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS, FACP; Associate Professor of Medicine; Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling; University of Pittsburgh	Age-Based cs Comorbidity-Based Adult Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
10/7/2008	Joyce Chang,  PhD; Associate Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh Mark S. Roberts, MD, MPP; Associate Professor of Medicine, Health Policy and Manangement and Industrial Engineering; Chief, Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling; Univeristy of Pittsburgh	Survival Analysis: Old Concept, New Tricks	Room 305 Parkvale Building
10/14/2008	Carmen Andreescu, MD; Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsbrugh School of Medicine	Empirically Derived Decision Trees for the Treatment of Late-life Depression	Room 305 Parkvale Building
10/23/2008	Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Improving the Quality of Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospital Emergency Departments	Room 305 Parkvale Building
10/28/2008	Melony Sorbero, PhD, MS; Policy Researcher; RAND Pittsburgh	Hospitals' Experiences with Pay-for Performance & Pay-for Reproting	Room 305 Parkvale Building
11/11/2008	Ranak Trivedi, PhD; AHRQ Fellow; Department of General Internal Medicine; Duke University Medical Center	Understanding Patient and Caregiver Factors Affecting Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: 2 Studies	Room 305 Parkvale Building
11/17/2008	Qasim Al-Shboul, PhD, MSc, BSc; Associate Professor of Biostatistics; Arabian Gulf University; College of Medicine & Medical Sciences; Department of Family & Community Medicine; Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain	Best Linear Unbiased Estimators Using Both Double and Modified Double Ranked Set Sampling Procedures	Room 305 Parkvale Building
11/18/2008	Joseph T. Hanlon, PharmD, MS; Core Investigator; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; Colleen C. Tobia, PharmD; Trainee; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Inappropriate Prescribing: Measurement and Application	Room 305 Parkvale Building
11/24/2008	V. Terri Collin, PhD; Assistant Professor; Director of Education; Department of Surgery; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	A Predicitive Validity Study of the Medical College Admisiion Test: Predicting Success in Medical School and Beyond	Room 305 Parkvale Building
12/2/2008	Goutham Rao, MD, CM; Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh	Transforming Care for Childhhod Obesity in Community Practices	Room 305 Parkvale Building
12/9/2008	Mark W. Friedberg, MD, MPP; Fellow in General Internal Medicine; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard School of Public Health	Structural Capabilities of High-Performing Primary Care Practices: What Can We Expect from the Medical Home?	Room 305 Parkvale Building
12/16/2008	Kaleab Z. Abebe, MA; PhD Candidate; Department of Statistics; University of Pittsburgh	Multisite Mediated Moderation	Room 305 Parkvale Building
1/6/2009	Bettina F. Drake, MPH, PhD; Alonzo Yerby Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Harvard School of Public Healther; Boston, Massachusetts	Reducing Prostate Cancer Disparities Through Prevention	Room 305 Parkvale Building
1/13/2009	Brian Primack, MD, EdM, MSc; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Volume of Tobacco Adertising in African American Markets: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	Room 305 Parkvale Building
1/20/2009	CANCELLED DUE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
1/27/2009	Lena M. Chen,  MD, MS; Clinical and Research Fellow; General Internal Medicine and Primary Care; Harvard Medical School; VA Boston Healthcare System	Cost and Quality: Identifying Opportunities and Tradeoffs	Room 305 Parkvale Building
2/3/2009	Brian Primack,   MD, EdM;, MSc; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Hookah Smoking: The Past and Future of Tobacco?	Room 305 Parkvale Building
2/10/2009	Steven Handler,  MD, MS; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; University of Pittsburgh	Detecting Adverse Drug Events in the Nursing Home Setting Using Computerized and Paper-based Approaches	Room 305 Parkvale Building
2/17/2009	Raquel Francine Charles,  MD, MHS; Department of Medicine; Division of General Internal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland	Quality of Clinical Care and Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease	Room 305 Parkvale Building
2/24/2009	We will use this session to provide attendees an opportunity to give feedback regaring the HSR Seminar Series from this current academic year and to give input on the 2009-2010 academic year.	Debriefing Session	Room 305 Parkvale Building
3/3/2009	Jessica Wisdom;  PhD Candidate; Social & Decision Sciences; Carnegie Mellon University	Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience	Room 305 Parkvale Building
3/10/2009	Mark Unruh,  MD, MSc; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Renal-Electrolyte Division; University of Pittsburgh	Subjective and objective sleep quality and aging in the Sleep Heart Health Study	Room 305 Parkvale Building
3/17/2009	Anish Mahajan,  MD, MPH; Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar; David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles	Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Opt-Out HIV Screening in Health Care Settings: A Community Partnered Approach	Room 305 Parkvale Building
3/24/2009	Amber Barnato,  MD, MPH, MS; Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management; Associate Director, Clinical Scientist Training Program; University of Pittsburgh AND  Joyce Chang,  PhD; Associate Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	The Extension of Marginal Structural Models for Observational Data from Epidemiology to Health Services Research	Room 305 Parkvale Building
3/31/2009	Eugene P. Orringer,  MD; Professor of Medicine; Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Faculty Development; School of Medicine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Negotiating Your First Contract	Room 305 Parkvale Building
4/7/2009	Bruce L. Rollman, PhD;   MD, MPH; Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh AND  Bea Herbeck Belnap,  PhD; Senior Research Associate; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	The Bypassing the Blues Trial: Telephone-Delivered Collaborative Care for Treating Post-CABG Depression Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
4/14/2009	Julie M. Donohue,  PhD; Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management; Graduate School of Public Health; University of Pittsburgh	Medicare Part D’s Effect on Treatment of Depression and Congestive Heart Failure Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
4/21/2009	Michael Yonas,  DrPH; Assistant Professor; Department of Family Medicine; School of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh AND  Adrienne Walnoha,  MSW, LSW; Community Human Services; Pittsburgh, PA	Applying Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR): Exploring the Experiences of Individuals Living in a Housing Crisis through Photovoice Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
4/28/2009	Smita Nayak,  MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical System Modeling; University of Pittsburgh	The Cost-Effectiveness of Osteoporosis Screening Strategies for Postmenopausal Women Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
5/5/2009	Leslie Hausmann,  PhD; Core Investigator; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Settings: Implications for Health and Healthcare Encounters Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
5/12/2009	Susan Zickmund,  PhD; Assistant Professor of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh; Director, Qualitative Research Core; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Statistical Modeling and Qualitative Data: The Development of an Approach to Mixed Methods within Health Services Research Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
5/19/2009	David O. Meltzer,  MD, PhD; Associate Professor; Department of Medicine; The University of Chicago	Social Network Effects on Physician Practice: Implications for the Evaluation and Enhancement of Quality Improvement Efforts Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
5/26/2009	Mark Roberts, MD, MPP Professor of Medicine, Health Policy and Management, and Industrial Engineering; Chief, Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling; University of Pittsburgh	Estimating the Impact of Value-Based Insurance Design on US Life Expectancy, Health Care Costs, and Incidental Costs of Providing Universal Health Insurance Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building

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