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Fall 2010 SIG Schedule

Special Interest Group Seminars
Winter and Spring 2011
Date SIG Location Topic and Materials
Jan. 14 T1/Biomarkers/Genetics Library (5721)  
 

Clinical Trials

Exec Conference Room (5740)

Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions
 

Predictive Models

Quilt Room (5759) A Risk Prediction Model for Recurrent Events in Chronic Coronary Heart Disease: The Heart and Soul Study: Ivy Ku
Additional Reading: Prediction
  T2/Implementation Research/ Health Disparities Lab classroom (6704) Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions
Feb. 18 T1/Biomarkers/Genetics Library (5721)  
 

Clinical Trials

Exec Conference Room (5740)

Recruitment, Retention, and Generalizability in Clinical Trials among Under-Represented Populations
Article 1: Herrera
Article 2: Ferrucci
 

Predictive Models

Quilt Room (5759)  
  T2/Implementation Research/Health Disparities Large classroom (6702) Tools for Identifying and Analyzing Large, Secondary Data Sets: Janet Coffman
CELDAC
March 18 T1/Biomarkers/Genetics Library (5721)  
 

Clinical Trials

Exec Conference Room (5740)

No Clinical Trials seminar this month; please attend one of the other SIGS
 

Predictive Models

Quilt Room (5759) NH Placement Models
  T2/Implementation Research/ Health Disparities Large classroom (6702)

Making Policy Relevant to your Research and your Career: Claire Brindis from the Institute for Health Policy Studies

April 15 T1/Biomarkers/Genetics Library (5721)  
 

Clinical Trials

Exec Conference Room (5740)

Randomized Phase 2 Trials: Steve DuBois, Bob Hiatt, Steve Shiboski
Randomized Phase 2 Review
Adaptive Phase 2 Example
 

Predictive Models

Quilt Room (5759) Converting regression models to point scores: John Boscardin
Optional reading: Sullivan 2004
  T2/Implementation Research/ Health Disparities Large classroom (6702)

Funding sources for T2 research--advice from UCSF key informants

May 20 T1/Biomarkers/Genetics Library (5721)
 

Clinical Trials

Exec Conference Room (5740)

Adaptive Trial Designs: Jeremy Keenan
Article
 

Predictive Models

Quilt Room (5759) Nested case-control studies: Joan Hilton
Article
  T2/Implementation Research/ Health Disparities Large classroom (6702)

Initiating Community Engagement Early in the Research Timeline: Dr. Marguerita Lightfoot of the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Grand Challenges in Global Health
Article 2