Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

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Master Calendar

May 13
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Depression on Children’s Human Capital Formation
Richard Frank, PhD, Department of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Sheps Center, Rm 150

May 14
10-11am

Thurston Arthritis Research Center Seminar Series
Introduction to the Partial Proportional Odds Model

Todd Schwartz, DrPH, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
-- Thurston Arthritis Res. Ctr, Library Conference Rm

May 21
3:30-4:30

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
"Nobody's Gonna Die Without It:" Negotiating Charity Care, Financial Assistance Decisions and Medical Necessity for Expensive Procedures

Virginia Wang, M.S.P.H. , Sheps Center Predoctoral Fellow
Heather Kane, Ph.D. Sheps Center Postdoctoral Fellow
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

May 21
10-11am

Thurston Arthritis Research Center Seminar Series
Environmental Risk Factors for Systemic Autoimmune Disease: Epidemiologic Studies

Christine Parks, PhD, Fellow, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
-- Thurston Arthritis Res. Ctr, Library Conference Rm

Jun 19
9-10am

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
STAR, STEPS and SAFETALK: An Overview of HIV Prevention with "Positives" in North Carolina

Carol E. Golin, M.D., M.P.H , Sheps Center Research Fellow and Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

   

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Principal Investigator Seminar Series

All seminars are from 10-11am in conference room 150 [Link to series listing]

Jan 16
3:30-4:30

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
Flash Gordon versus Galileo: Who Throws in the Sponge?  The Future of Health Services Research

Thomas Ricketts, III, M.P.H., Ph.D., Deputy Director for Health Policy Analysis and Professor of Health Policy and Administration
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

Feb 21
9-10am

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
Medication Errors in NC Nursing Homes: Who is at Risk?

Sandra Greene, Dr.P.H., Senior Research Fellow and Research Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

Mar 19
3:30-4:30

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
Can We Improve it? Yes We Can!

George "Mark" Holmes, Ph.D., Vice President, NC Institute of Medicine and Senior Sheps Center Fellow
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

Apr 17
9-10am

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
Missed Opportunities: Cancer Screening and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Among
Medicaid-Enrolled Adults in North Carolina
Annette DuBard, M.D. MPH , Sheps Center Research Fellow and Associate Medical Director for Quality, Evaluation, and Health Outcomes, North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

May 21
3:30-4:30

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
"Nobody's Gonna Die Without It:" Negotiating Charity Care, Financial Assistance Decisions and Medical Necessity for Expensive Procedures

Virginia Wang, M.S.P.H. , Sheps Center Predoctoral Fellow
Heather Kane, Ph.D. Sheps Center Postdoctoral Fellow
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

Jun 19
9-10am

Principal Investigator Seminar Series
STAR, STEPS and SAFETALK: An Overview of HIV Prevention with "Positives" in North Carolina

Carol E. Golin, M.D., M.P.H , Sheps Center Research Fellow and Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
-- Sheps Center Defriese Conf Rm, 1st flr

   

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AHRQ / NRSA Seminars

All seminars will be on Mondays from 3-5pm in the Rosenfeld Conference Room of the Sheps Center at 725 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill. [Link to series listing]

Sep 10
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Overview of Clinical Trials in Health Services Research
Morris Weinberger
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Sep 24
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Comparative Effectiveness Studies
Tim Carey
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Oct 1
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Analytic Issues in Clinical Trials
Morris Weinberger
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Oct 8
4-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
How a Clinician Thinks About Causality
Russ Harris
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Oct 22
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Establishing Causality in Nurse Staffing Research
Barbara Mark
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Oct 29
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Does Quality Pay?: The Business Case in 10 Medicaid Managed Care Organizations
Sandra Greene
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Nov 5
3-5 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
A Health Economist's Perspective on Establishing Causality
Mark Holmes and
Establishing Causality in Qualitative Research
Kathryn Moss
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Nov 26
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Using Propensity Scores to Simulate an RCT
Sally Stearns
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

Dec 10
3-4 pm

AHRQ/NRSA Seminar
Evaluating SCHIP
Becky Slifkin
-- Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conf Rm

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RTI-UNC EPC Methods Seminar

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UNC/Duke Mental Health Systems & Services Research Program
Post Doctoral Seminars

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Sep 25
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
In Search of a Subtle Signal: Effects of a Mailing Intervention on Behavioral Pharmacy Costs
Harold Carmel, MD, Vice-President, Clinical Services, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc.
Jeff Veach, MS, Vice-President, Biostatistics, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc.
Duke University, Dept of Psychiatry, 905 W Main St (Brightleaf Square), Durham

Oct 9
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Financial Conflicts and the Process of Peer Review
Tom Cole, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor, UNC Epidemiology & Social Medicine, JAMA Contributing Editor
Sheps Center, Rm 150

Oct 23
9-11am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Antipsychotic Cost-Containment Strategies in State Medicaid Programs
Joel Farley , PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Pharmacy
Duke University, Dept of Psychiatry, 905 W Main St (Brightleaf Square), Durham

Nov 13
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Factors Associated with On-Site Provision of Mental Health Services by Community Health Centers
Rebecca Wells, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Health Policy & Administration
Sheps Center, Rm 150

Nov 27
9-11am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Mental Health / Jail Diversioin Cost Simulation Planning and Research Tool: A Description and Case Study
David Hughes, MA, Project Director HSRI, Cambridge, MA
Duke University, Dept of Psychiatry, 905 W Main St (Brightleaf Square), Durham

Dec 11
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Unlisted: A physician's struggle to stop hiding from and start caring for her schizophrenic father" (Film screening and discussion)
Delaney Ruston , MD, Internist, Medical Ethicist, and Documentary Filmmaker Seattle, Washington
Sheps Center, Rm 150

Apr 15
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Notes on Disaster, Trauma, and Community
Kai Erikson, PhD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American Studies Yale University
Sheps Center, Rm 150

Apr 29
9-11am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Assessing and Changing Organizational Social context (culture and climate) for Effective Implementation
Charles Glisson, PhD, Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Duke University, Dept of Psychiatry, 905 W Main St (Brightleaf Square), Durham

May 13
9-11 am

UNC/Duke Program in Mental Health Services & Systems Research
Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Depression on Children’s Human Capital Formation
Richard Frank, PhD, Department of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Sheps Center, Rm 150

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NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series

[Link to series listing]

Oct 18
Social:
4-4:30
Seminar:
4:30-5:30

NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Healthcare Production: Changes in Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Professor Alvin Headen, Health Economist and Associate Professor of Economics, NC State Department of Economics
NC State University, Daniels Hall Room 401

Oct 25
Social:
4-4:30
Seminar:
4:30-5:30

NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Title: TBA (Health Systems Management Engineering)
William Burton, Director of Performance Services for Duke University Health System, Duke University
NC State University, Daniels Hall Room 401

Nov 1
Social:
4-4:30
Seminar:
4:30-5:30

NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Toward Individualizing Treatment to the Patient: An Introduction to Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Professor Marie Davidian, William Neal Reynolds Professor and Director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine (CQSB), NC State Department of Statistics
NC State University, Daniels Hall Room 401

Nov 15
Social:
4-4:30
Seminar:
4:30-5:30

NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Title: TBA (Medical Decision Making)
Dr. Michael Pignone, Chief and Associate Professor of the UNC Division of General Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, UNC Department of Medicine, and UNC Sheps Center Senior Research Fellow
NC State University, Daniels Hall Room 401

Nov 29
Social:
4-4:30
Seminar:
4:30-5:30

NC State Healthcare Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Title: TBA  (Health Care Cost-effectiveness
Dr. Stephanie R. Earnshaw, Global Head of US Health Economics, RTI Health Solutions
NC State University, Daniels Hall Room 401

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Other (non-Sheps) Seminar Series


The Thurston Arthritis Research Center's (TARC) Multidisciplinary
Clinical Research Center (MCRC) Seminars [Link to series listing]

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