2009–2010 CRHC / VA CHERP / RAND Seminar Series

The CRHC / VA CHERP / RAND Seminar Series will be held every Tuesday at noon, beginning September 8, 2009.

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

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Date	Presenter	Title	Room
9/8/2009	Bruce S. Ling, MD MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Core Faculty, Center for Research on Health Care; Core Faculty, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; Associate Director, Institute for Doctor-Patient Communication	Development of a Risk Assessment Tool for Colorectal Cancer in Women	Room 305, Parkvale Building
9/15/2009	Mark Roberts, MD, MPP; Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS, FACP; Kathleen M. McTigue, MD, MPH	Each investigator has recently heard of new funding from AHRQ and will discuss design issues and solicit feedback from the group.	Room 305, Parkvale Building
9/22/2009	Donald Musa, DrPH Program Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program; University Center for Social Urban Research; University of Pittsburgh	Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Services by Older Black and White Adults Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
9/29/2009	Esa M Davis, MD MPH Assistant Professor; Department of Family Medicine-Research Division; Case Western Reserve University/University Hospital of Cleveland	Obesity Disparities in Women: the Role of Childbearing	Room 305, Parkvale Building
10/13/2009	Michael K. Lin, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management; Graduate School of Public Health; University of Pittsburgh	The Quality of Nursing Home Chains Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
10/20/2009	Walid Gellad, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh; Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Variation in Prescription Drug Spending in the VA Healthcare System and the Relationship to Quality	Room 305, Parkvale Building
10/27/2009	Rachel Garfield, PhD Assistant Professor; Department of Health Policy and Management; Graduate School of Public Health; University of Pittsburgh	Fiscal Conditions, Politics, and State Medicaid Spending Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
11/3/2009	Douglas Landsittel, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on Health Care Data Center; Institute for Clinical Research Education; University of Pittsburgh	Statistical Issues in Design and Analysis of Biomarker Studies Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
11/10/2009	Mary Ann Sevick, ScD, RN Associate Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh; Associate Professor; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Cost-effectiveness of Exercise and Diet in Overweight and Obese Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
11/17/2009	Cindy Bryce, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Differences in Early Access to Liver Transplantation Services	Room 305, Parkvale Building
11/24/2009	Frank A. Ghinassi, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh Physicians; Department of Psychiatry; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic	Best Practices: An Intervention to Promote Evidence-Based Prescribing at a Large Psychiatric Hospital Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
12/1/2009	Yael Schenker, MD Clinical Fellow; University of California, San Francisco	Doctor-Patient Communication, Language Barriers and Informed Consent	Room 305 Parkvale Building
12/8/2009	J. Scott Ashwood, MA Research Programmer; RAND	Applying Group-Based Trajectories Methodology to Measures of Patient Safety Presentation Video	Room 305 Parkvale Building
12/15/2009	Danielle L. Beatty, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Program; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Life Adversity as a Correlate of Cardiovascular Risk	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/5/2010	Sanae Inagami, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine; University of Pittsburgh; Core Investigator; Center for Health Equity Research & Promotion; VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Body Mass Index, Neighborhood Fast Food and Restaurant Concentration, and Car Ownership Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/12/2010	E. Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology; Center for Research on Health Care ; University of Pittsburgh	Lactation and Maternal Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/19/2010	Samir Soneji, PhD Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar; University of Pennsylvania	The Impact of Additional Colonoscopies on Colorectal Cancer Mortality	Room 305. Parkvale Building
1/26/2010	Annette Devito Dabbs, PhD, RN Assistant Professor; Acute and Tertiary Care; School of Nursing; University of Pittsburgh	Evaluation of Hand-held, Computer-based intervention to Promote Early Self-Care Behaviors after Lung Transplant Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
2/2/2010	Douglas B. White, MD, MAS  Associate Professor; Director, Program on Ethics & Critical Care Medicine; Department of Critical Care Medicine; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	The Physician’s Role in Surrogate Decision Making: Clarifying the Options Presentation Video	Room 305, Parkvale Building
2/9/2010	David W. Hutton PhD Candidate; Management Science and Engineering; Stanford University; Stanford, California	Global Hepatitis B Prevention and Treatment: Models, Insights, and Impact	Room 305, Parkvale
2/16/2010	Matthew O’Brien, MD MSc Division of General Internal Medicine; The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program; University of Pennsylvania	Community Health Worker Intervention to Decrease Cervical Cancer Disparities in Hispanic Women	Room 305, Parkvale Building
2/23/2010	Ioana Popescu MD MPH Assistant Professor; Division of General Internal Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa	TBA	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/2/2010	Travis P. Baggett, MD Fellow, General Internal Medicine; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, MA	Homelessness, Health, and Access to Care: Evidence from a National Survey of Homeless Adults	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/9/2010	Gillian D. Sanders Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine; Duke Evidence-Based Practice Center, Director Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University	TBA	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/16/2010	Nicole Fowler, MHSA PhD Candidate; Department of Public Policy; Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; University of Pittsburgh	Treatment Decisions for People with Life-limiting Illnesses: An analysis of treatment variation in secondary preventive care for cardiovascular disease among elderly Medicare patients with dementia	Room 305, Parkvale Building

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