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Topics and Speakers, 2008-2009

Date	Speaker	Topic

September 2008
9/3/08	Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA Director, Welch Center Distinguished University Service Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management JHMI	Overview of Activities and Research Opportunities in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemmiology and Clinical Research
9/10/08	Laura Plantinga, ScM Research Associate in Epidemiology JHSPH	Surveillance of Chronic Kidney Disease and Blood Pressure Control in the Community
9/17/08	Eugene Rich, MD Professor of Internal Medicine Creighton, University, Omaha, NE, and Senior Advisor Office of Science Policy Analysis NIH	Comparative Effectiveness
9/24/08	Luke Mullany, PhD Assistant Professor/International Health JHSPH	Topical Umbilical Cord Clensing with Chlorhexidine in Low-Resource Settings
October 2008
10/1/08	Deborah Rohm Young, PhD Associate Professor of Kinesiology University of Maryland, College Park	The Design, Implementation and Evaluation of the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG)
10/8/08	Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Chronic Disease Informatics Program JHU	Health Information Technologies to Facilitate Chronic Disease Management
10/15/08	Daniel Scharfstein, ScD Professor of Biostatistics JHSPH	The Use of Randomized Incentives in Studies with Missing Outcome Data
10/22/08	Jeanne Clark, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology JHMI	Patterns of Obesity Care: A Collaborative Study Between JHU and BCBS
10/29/08	Anna Kottgen, MD, MPH Assistant Scientist/Epidemiology JHSPH	Association of 3 Genetic Loci with Uric Acid Concentration and Risk of Gout: Using Genome-wide Association Studies to Identify Genetic Susceptibility to Complex Diseases
November 2008
11/5/08	Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management Core Faculty, Welch Center Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	Clinician Racial Bias, Communications Behaviors, and Patient Experiences of Healthcare
11/12/08	Susan Furth, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology Core Faculty, Welch Center Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	Formulas to Estimate GFR in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
11/19/08	Todd Brown, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine/Endocrinology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Body Compoistion Changes in HIV-Infected Persons
11/26/08	Thanksgiving--Holiday
December 2008
12/3/08	Jean G. Ford, MD Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Oncology and Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	Determinants of Colorectal Endoscopy Among African American Older Adults
12/10/08	Barbara V. Howard, PhD Past President, MedStar Research Institute Hyattsville, MD	The Impact of Intensive Control of LDL and BP on Atherosclerosis in Diabetes
12/17/08	Richard Rubin, PhD Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Depression, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease
12/24/08	Christmas Eve -- Holiday
12/31/08	New Year's Eve -- Holiday
January 2009
1/7/09	Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	Influencing Decisions about Treatment for ESRD
1/14/09	Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD Chief Epidemiologist Baltimore City Health Department	Population Health Trends in Baltimore City
1/21/09	Marc Halushka, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Using Tissue Microarrays and Quantitative Imunohistochemistry to Augment Clinical Research
1/28/09	Toni Pollin, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine	Genetic Variation in Response to Dietary Fat in the Old Order Amish: The APOC3 Null Mutation R19X
February 2009
2/4/09	David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Towards a New Approach to Diagnosing Dizziness in the Emergency Department: Challenges of Translational, Symptom-Oriented Diagnostic Research in Frontline Healthcare Settings
2/11/09	Mimi Huizinga, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine JHU School of Medicine	Health Disparities on the Horizon: Health Numeracy and Obesity Discrimination
2/18/09	Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE Assistant Professor Dep’t. of Family Medicine and Community Health Univ.of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Developing Patient Centered Depression Treatment for Primary Care
2/25/09	Sara N. Bleich, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Health Policy and Mgmt. JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health	Patient Adherence to Weight Management Activities: A Comparison of Patient and Physician Assessments
March 2009
3/4/09	Dr. Gordon Tomaselli Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Cardiology Vice-Chair of Research, Dep’t of Medicine Co-Director, The Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center Director, ICD Registry JHU School of Medicine	"PROSE-ICD: a cohort study of patients with implanted ICD for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death"
3/11/09	Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, and Health Policy and Management Core Faculty, Welch Center Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	"The Enhancing Communication and HIV Outcomes Study (ECHO)"
3/18/09	Carlton Haywood, Jr., PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine/Hematology Associate Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	"Hospital Self-Discharge in Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence, Correlates, and Implications for Trust"
3/25/09	Jeanne Charleston Director of Clinical Operations ProHealth (Woodlawn) Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	"The Art of Recruitment"
April 2009
4/1/09	Michelle Carlson, PhD Associate Professor, Mental Health JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health	"The State of Intervention Trials to Promote Late-life Cognitive Health"
4/8/09	Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine Deputy Director for Medicine, Berman Institute of Bioethics Professor of Health Policy & Mgmt. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	"Facing the Ethical Challenges of HIV Prevention Trials”
4/15/09	Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, PhD Investigator, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute	“Insulin Resistance and Vitamin D Status: Is There a Link with Pancreatic Cancer?”
4/22//09	Gary Cohen, MD Director, GBMC Cancer Center Greater Baltimore Medical Center	“Cancer Research in Community Hospitals: Critical Link in Completing Phase III Studies”
4/29/09	Andrew Feinberg, MD, MPH King Fahd Professor of Molecular Medicine Dep’t of Medicine, Dep’t of Oncology and Dep’t of Molecular Biology & Genetics JHU School of Medicine	“The New Epigenetic Epidemiology”
May 2009
5/6/09	William Moss, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Epidemiology JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health	"Implications of the HIV-1 Epidemic for Measles Elimination"
5/13/09	Josef Coresh, MD, PhD Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions	“Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Update: Implications of a New Equation for Estimating GFR, Genetic Discoveries and Prognosis Meta Re-Analysis”
5/20/09	JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health Convocation
5/27/09	Dan Ford, MD, MPH Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine/GIM, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Public Health/ Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management; Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, JHMI	"Creating an Environment for Translational Research at Johns Hopkins: The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research"