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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

8:30 – 9:00  Welcome and Introduction

Presenters

C. Hendricks Brown, University of South Florida (USF)

Nicholas Ialongo, Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Irwin Sandler, Arizona State University (ASU)

9:00 – 9:30 Methodology Presentation I

Chair:  Ben Vitiello, NIMH

Presenter:

Naihua Duan, UCLA

           To put a human face on clinical and prevention research

9:30 – 9:45 Discussion

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 12:00 Arizona State University Prevention Research Center

Conceptual Framework and Methodological Issues in the Transition from Efficacy to Effectiveness Studies

Chair:  Ben Vitiello, NIMH

Presenters:

Irwin Sandler, ASU:

Conceptual framework and a research agenda in the transition from efficacy to effectiveness

Sanford Braver, ASU:

Experiments for participant recruitment in effectiveness research

David MacKinnon, ASU

Issues in mediation modeling in prevention effectiveness trials

12:00 – 12:15

Open Discussion 

12:15 – 1:45  PM  Lunch

1:45 – 3:45 Center for Research to Practice

From Efficacy to Practice in the Child Welfare System (CWS):

Methodological and Logistic Challenges

Chair,  Eve Reider,   National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Moving from Efficacy to Effectiveness in the Child Welfare System (CWS)

Methodological and Logistical Challenges

Presenters:

John Reid,  Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) and The Center for Research to Practice (CR2P)

     Children, biological and foster parents in the CWS:  Needs, gaps,

Qualities in services; opportunities and challenges for randomized trials

Patti Chamberlain,   Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) and The Center for Research to Practice (CR2P)

     Project Keep. An example of a cascading model translating parent

training efficacy research to improving services for foster parents and chldren – progress to date and future plans.

John Landsverk, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Children's Hospital – U C  San Diego (CASRC)

           Methodological Challenges:  Developing collaborations, designing, negotiating, and maintaining the integrity of randomized designs; hierarchical nesting, and implications for sample size and power;

3:45 – 4:00  Open Discussion

4:00 – 4:15  Break

4:15 – 4:45  Methodology Presentation II

Chair:  Ann Hohmann, NIMH

Presenter:

C Hendricks Brown, USF

           Randomized Trials Combining Person, Place, and Time

4:45 – 5:00 Open Discussion

Thursday, October 27, 2005

9:00 – 9:30  Methodology III

Chair: Ann Hohmann, National Institute of Mental Health

Presenter:      

Bengt Muthén, UCLA

           Dimensions and Categories: Implications for Genetic and Intervention Research

9:30 – 9:45 Discussion

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 12:00  Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention and Early Intervention

Integrating Prevention and Early Intervention Services within Elementary Schools

Chair: David Chambers, National Institute of Mental Health

Presenters:

Nick Ialongo,   JHU

            Methodological Challenges in Designing and Evaluating a Nested Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention within a School Setting

Booil Jo, Stanford

           Estimation of intention-to-treat effect: Model misspecification sensitivity analysis

Dan Scharfstein,  JHU         

           Statistical methods for analyzing studies with informative missing or censored data

Hanno Petras, U Maryland

                     Early Identification of Problem Youth Using Teacher Rated Aggression

12:00 – 12:15

Open Discussion 

12:15 – 1:45  PM  Lunch

1:45 – 3:45 Center for Family Studies, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine

Ecodevelopmental and Systemic Modeling and Implementing High Fidelity Interventions in Real World Settings

Chair :  David Chambers,  National Institute of Mental Health

Presenters: 

Guillermo Prado

           The Ecodevelopmental Model and Methodological Questions

José Szapocznik

           Implementing a High Fidelity Systemic Treatment in Community-Based Drug Abuse Treatment Centers

Daniel J. Feaster

           Some Statistical Approaches and Areas for Further Research in Systemic Modeling and Design of Effectiveness Trials

3:45 – 4:00 Open Discussion

4:00 – 4:15  Break

4:15 – 4:45  Methodology Presentation IV

Chair:  Ann Hohmann, NIMH

Presenter:

Constantine Frangakas, JHU

           Designs for Partially Controlled Studies

5:00 - 7:00 Reception at Wolfe Street Café, 9^th floor

Friday, October 28, 2005

8:30 – 9:00

Chair: Belinda Sims, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Presenter:

Eric Slade,  U Maryland School of Medicine

           Challenges in Conducting Economic Evaluations in the Context of Effectiveness Trials

9:00 – 9:30 Discussion

9:30 – 9:45  Break

9:45 – 11:45 Center for Integrating Education and Prevention in Schools

Integrating Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Moving to Scale

Chair: Belinda Sims, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Presenters:

Jeanne Poduska, AIR

           Designing and Testing Models of Sustainability and Moving to Scale: The Whole Day Intervention and Trial

Hendricks Brown, USF

           Modeling Issues and Power for Examining Sustainability and Moving to Scale

Sheppard Kellam, AIR

           A Developmental Epidemiologic Framework for Conducting the Next Generation of Research on Prevention in Schools

11:45 – 12:15   Discussion and Closing

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM  Lunch

1:30 PM – 4:30 PM 

Closed Meeting of PSMG II