Thursday, September 19, 2013

HSR&D Cyber October Webinars

MARK your calendars for these cyber seminars in OCTOBER 2013! 

Tuesday, October 1, 11:00am ET
Spotlight on Pain Management
Project STEP: The use of a mixed, qualitative and quantitative approach to studying and promoting implementation of the VHA Stepped Care Model of Pain Management by Robert Kerns, PhD


Wednesday, October 2, 2:00pm ET
HERC Econometrics with Observational Data
Econometrics Course: Introduction & Identification by Todd Wagner, PhD


Thursday, October 3, 3:00pm ET
Spotlight on Women's Health
Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Women by Alina Salganicoff, PhD


Monday, October 7, 1:00pm ET
VIReC Database and Methods Seminar
Overview of VA Data, Information Systems, National Databases and Research Uses by Denise Hynes, PhD, MPH, RN


Wednesday, October 9, 2:00pm ET
HERC Econometrics with Observational Data
Research Design by Christine Chee, Ph.D.


Thursday, October 10, 12:30pm ET
Spotlight on Evidence-based Synthesis Program
Using Comparative Effectiveness Review Findings in Practice: A new model by Mark Helfand, MD, MS, MPH


Thursday, October 10, 2:00pm ET
Mild TBI Diagnosis and Management Strategies
Photosensitivity after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Mechanism, Diagnosis and Treatment by Randy Kardon, MD, PhD


Tuesday, October 15, 12:00pm ET
VIReC Clinical Informatics Seminar
Patient Search Tool: CPRS Extension by Rachel Cornett, PharmD


Tuesday, October 15, 1:00pm ET
Timely Topics of Interest
Selecting a Valid Sample Size for Longitudinal and Multilevel Studies in Oral Behavioral Health by Henrietta Logan, PhD, Aarti Munjal, PhD, Sarah Kreidler, PhD (c), Deborah Glueck, PhD


Wednesday, October 16, 2:00pm ET
HERC Health Economics Seminar
Challenges Measuring Healthcare Costs Attributable to an Individual Chronic Condition by Steven Zeliadt, Ph.D.


Wednesday, October 16, 12:00pm ET
Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) Demonstration Labs
Making sense of the ideal and the real in PACT implementation using qualitative research Part II: The importance of being there by Samantha Solimeo, PhD, MPH, Anais Tuepker, PhD, MPH, Jane Forman, Sc.D., MHS, Molly Harrod, PhD, Sarah Ono, PhD


Wednesday, October 23, 2:00pm ET
HERC Econometrics with Observational Data 
Propensity Scores by Todd Wagner, PhD


Thursday, October 24, 1:00pm ET
QUERI Implementation Seminar
Laying the Groundwork for Implementation: The Case for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) QUERI by Henry Anaya, PhD


Tuesday, October 29, 2:00pm ET
VA Statisticians' Association
Interpretation of P-values: Challenges for the Replication and Comparison of Statistical Results by Ilana Belitskaya-Levy, PhD


Wednesday, October 30, 2:00pm ET
HERC Econometrics with Observational Data 
Instrumental Variables Models by Christine Chee, Ph.D.


Thursday, October 31, 2:00pm ET
Mild TBI Diagnosis and Management Strategies
Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO2) for Symptomatic mTBI: The VA-DoD Experience by David Cifu, MD