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20082009 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!

If you are interested in presenting data at an upcoming session, would like more information about the series, or would like to join our email list, click here.

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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