Center for Research on Health Care - Seminar Series, Research Development Series

2011–2012 Research Development Seminar Series

An important goal of the CRHC is to facilitate the successful design and completion of studies devoted to health outcomes and health services research. With this in mind, the CRHC has initiated a research development seminar series for all faculty and research staff. This seminar series is designed to provide a forum for researchers to present ideas for research projects and obtain feedback from faculty and other experienced researchers. It is also designed to educate researchers about grant development, proposal preparation, funding opportunities, and research conduct.

Faculty members generously donate their time and share their experience in the seminar, and researchers at all stages of their careers actively participate by presenting project ideas at all stages of development. The seminar has been effective in improving the quality of research proposals submitted by CRHC faculty, and it has furthered understanding among faculty and staff about the funding process and the conduct of high-quality research.

For more information, please contact Esa Davis at davisem@upmc.edu or Debbie Seltzer at seltzer@pitt.edu.

The seminar series will be held every other Thursday at noon.

Date	Presenter	Title	Room
10/13/2011	Lan Yu, PhD Research Assistant Professor; Department of Psychiatry; University of Pittsburgh	PROMIS® Alcohol Use Item Banks: Construction and Calibration	Room 305A, Parkvale Building
11/3/2011	Christopher Seymour, MD, MSc Assistant Professor; Departments of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine; University of Pittsburgh	Integrated Diagnostic-Prognostic Models for Severe Sepsis during EMS Care	Room 305, Parkvale Building
11/10/2011	Shannon Valenti, MBA Regulatory Compliance Facilitator; Clinical & Translational Science Institute; University of Pittsburgh Patricia Karausky, BSN, RN Research Facilitator; Clinical & Translational Science Institute; University of Pittsburgh	Unlocking the Mystery of the Research Process in the University of Pittsburgh: Process, Resources & Support Services	Room 305A, Parkvale Building
11/17/2011	Rachel Hess, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Subjective Well Being—summing moment to moment experiences into an overall evaluation	Room 305, Parkvale Building
12/1/2011	Molly Conroy, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Capitalizing on Primary Care Relationships to Promote Maintenance of Healthy Lifestyles
12/8/2011	Carrie Farmer Teh, PhD Associate Policy Researcher; RAND Corporation	Gender Differences in the Quality of Veterans’ Mental Health Care	Room 305A, Parkvale Building
12/15/2011	CANCELLED	CANCELLED	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/5/2012	Devin Mann, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine; Boston University	Using Electronic Medical Records's to embed Evidence Based Medicine	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/12/2012	Armando Rotondi, PhD Associate Professor; Department of Critical Care Medicine; Department of Health Policy & Management; University of Pittsburgh	Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Three e-Health Interventions for Schizophrenia: Response to NIMH Critiques	Room 305, Parkvale Building
1/19/2012	Richard Boyce, PhD, MS Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics and Comparative Effectiveness Research Scholar	A pilot study of an advanced electronic clinical decision support intervention for managing antidepressant drug -drug interactions in nursing homes	Room 305, Parkvale Buildiing
2/2/2012	CANCELLED	CANCELLED	Room 305, Parkvale Building
2/16/2012	Esa Davis, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Gestational Diabetes Screening Feasibility Trial - R34 Proposal	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/1/2012	Tina Costacou, PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology; Department of Epidemiology; University of Pittsburgh	The Role of Haptoglobin in Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease: A Pharmacogenomic Fairy Tale	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/15/2012	Tracey Weissgerber, PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology; Department of Epidemiology; University of Pittsburgh	Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry: A potential marker for cardiovascular risk	Room 305, Parkvale Building
3/29/2012	Brian Primack, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics; Center for Research on Health Care: University of Pittsburgh William Shadel, PhD Senior Behavioral Scientist; RAND Corporation	Collaborative Research on Media and Health between RAND and the University of Pittsburgh	Room 305, Parkvale Building
4/12/2012	Tiffani Johnson, MD T32 Fellow; Division of General Internal Medicine; University of Pittsburgh	Understanding the sources of racial/ethnic differences in the management of pediatric abdominal pain in the emergency department	Room 305, Parkvale Building
4/12/2012	Yael Schenker, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Association between Physicians’ Beliefs and Whether the Option of Comfort Care is offered for Patients with Advanced Critical Illness	Room 305, Parkvale Building
4/26/2012	Molly Conroy, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology; Center for Research on Health Care; University of Pittsburgh	Developing a Physical Activity Intervention for Women with Multiple Medical Comorbidities	Room 305, Parkvale Building
5/3/2012	Jonathan G. Yabes Graduate Student Researcher; Renal Electrolyte Division; University of Pittsburgh	Semiparametric Estimation in the Proportional Subdistribution Hazards Model with Missing Cause of Failure	Room 305, Parkvale Building
5/10/2012	Cynthia Gries, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Medicine and Immunology; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine; University of Pittsburgh	Decision Making in Lung Transplantation	Room 305, Parkvale Building

2011–2012 Research Development Seminar Series

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