2015 Spring Seminars

 

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Julia Jäkel, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum

“Mechanisms of Long-term Risk and Resilience After Preterm Birth”

Thursday, January 22

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 2-3 p.m.


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Bryan Weiner, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Implementation Science: An Emerging Field”

Tuesday, January 27

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 1–2 p.m.

 Presented by the UF CTSI, the UF Cancer Center, the OneFlorida Cancer Control Alliance and the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy


Shamsi Daneshvari

Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series

Shamsi Daneshvari, Ph.D., M.S.

Visiting Lecturer, Biomedical Informatics Research, Training and Scholarship, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico

“Learning from the Dead: Leveraging Medical Examiner Data to Improve Health”

Wednesday, January 28

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 2-3 p.m.


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Yi Guo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, University of Florida

“A Media Intervention on Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Screening: A Mechanism for Behavior Change”

Friday, January 30

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 2:30-3:30 p.m.


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Kathryn Martinez, Ph.D., MPH

Postdoctoral Fellow, VA Center for Clinical Management Research, University of Michigan, Division of General Medicine

“Pitfalls and Promise of Using Patient-Reported Data to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care”

Monday, February 2

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 2-3 p.m.


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Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series

Kirk Roberts, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. National Library of Medicine

From EHR Data to Answers: Harnessing Natural Language in Health Care

Tuesday, February 17

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 3161/3162, 2:30-3:30 p.m.


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Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series

Amanda Hicks, Ph.D.

Instructor, Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The Lexicon and the Ontology: Bridging Resources in Informatics

Tuesday, February 24

Clinical and Translational Research Building Room 2161, 2:30-3:30 p.m.


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Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series

Özlem Uzuner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, State University of New York, Albany
Research Affiliate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

“Role of Local Context in Mining Clinical Sublanguage”

Monday, March 9

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 2-3 p.m.


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Julie A. Mennella, Ph.D.

Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, PA

“The Sensory World of Childhood: Findings from Basic Research”

Tuesday, March 24

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 3161/62, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

 


 

gurkaMatt Gurka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Program Director, Clinical Research Design, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (CRDEB) Program, West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI)

“A Biostatistical Examination of the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adults”

Thursday, April 9

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 1-2 p.m.


Ayodola AniseObesity Disparities Research and Intervention Seminar Series

Ayodola Anise, MHS

Program Officer, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

“PCORI’s Role in Addressing Disparities through Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research”

Thursday, April 23

HPNP Complex Auditorium
2-3 p.m.

Register to attend in-person or via webcast by phone (1-866-290-5770) or online no later than April 15, 2015

Presented by:
The Multidisciplinary Academic-Community Obesity Disparities Research (MACOD-R) Partnership, an initiative of the UF Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program

Sponsored by:
UF Health Disparities Research and Intervention Program
UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UF Department of Health Outcomes and Policy


Bell-Ronny-AMinority Health Disparities Seminar

Ronny A. Bell, Ph.D.

Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest School of Medicine
Professor, Epidemiology & Prevention

“Diabetes Disparities in American Indian Youth”

Wednesday, April 29

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 3161/3162, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.


Paskett SeminarElectra Paskett, Ph.D.

Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Professor, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Associate Director for Population Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University

“Transdisciplinary Approaches to Reducing Cervical Cancer in Appalachia”

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161 North and South, 10-11 a.m.

Presented by The OneFlorida Cancer Control Alliance, the UF Health Cancer Center, the UF College of Medicine’s Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, and the UF CTSI


 Kelly Gurka for PosterKelly Gurka, Ph.D., MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University
Assistant Director for Education & Training, Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University

“Working to Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdose in Appalachia”

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Clinical and Translational Research Building
Room 2161, 1-2 p.m.