VERDICT Forum Schedule for 2008
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For scheduling, write to zeber@uthscsa.edu or copelandl@uthscsa.edu

Forum in 2008

DatePresenterTopic
Jan 2 Holiday Break No Forum
Jan 9 Scott Grundy (UT Southwestern) Pre-diabetes glucose screening in VA patients
Jan 16 Marcos Restrepo VISN grant: Macrolides for severe sepsis
Jan 23 Nedal Arar Discussion of the new Genomics Initiative
Jan 30 Susan Megison (School of Information UT-Austin) & Bob Badgett Googling in medicine: PageRank™ versus boolean searching
Feb 6 Luci Leykum RWJ Fellowship Review
Feb 13 HSRD Annual Meeting in DC No Forum
Feb 20 Jackie's Farewell Lunch at Cha-Cha's No Forum
Feb 27 *** No Forum
Mar 5 John Zeber Cost-utility of Depression Screening
Mar 12 John Chen Seeking Causality in Health Services and Outcome Research – Effect of Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer on Patients Survival
Mar 19 VERDICT Steering Committee Day No Forum Today
Mar 26 Nedal Arar Translational Genomics
Apr 2 Valerie Lawrence Perioperative Depression and Elders' Recovery after Major Abdominal Surgery
Apr 9 Marcos Restrepo Survival benefit of macrolides in patients with pneumonia due to sepsis
Apr 16 *** No Forum Today
Apr 23 Eric Mortensen Infectious Diseases
Apr 30 Laurel Copeland June app: Prediabetes detection and reduction in veterans with schizophrenia
May 7 Chen-Pin Wang Rosiglitazone as Add-On Oral Agent on CVD and Mortality
May 14 Mary Jo Pugh TBA
May 21 Available Open Forum
May 28 Cancelled No Forum Today
Jun 4 Polly H Noel Obesity in VA
Jun 11 *** No Forum Today - Everyone is at Academy Health or ADA
Jun 18 Special meeting of VERDICT with Center PI Search Committee Search for VERDICT Center PI
Jun 25 Mary Bollinger Obesity and the Importance of Neighborhood (Geographic Location)
Jul 2 Participatory session Techniques to improve overall manuscript productivity
Jul 9 Chen-Pin Wang & Mike Parchman Delay in Insulin Initiation among Veterans with Poorly Controlled Diabetes
Jul 16 Drug Classes in VA Pharmacy Data - MJ Pugh & PH Noel VA_CLASS categorizes prescriptions into classes, but what groupings make sense?
Jul 23 Brad Pollock, Dept Epid & Biostats Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology: An Underserved Population
Jul 30 Rosa Maria Malo de Molina Ruiz Corticosteroids in pneumonia
Aug 6 John Zeber Medication Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Aug 13 Will Sansom From the Office of External Affairs: UT Press Releases & VERDICT Research
Aug 20 Available Your topic here!
Aug 27 Eric Mortensen TBD
Sep 3 Special VERDICT Session SWOT Analysis: Prep for Steering Comm Mtg
Sep 10 John Zeber Multiple Barriers to Adherence for VA Bipolar Patients
Sep 17 Laurel Copeland Tracking OEF/OIF Veterans from DOD (SAMMC) to VA
Sep 24 Papers in the Pipeline Report on your queue of papers; find collaborators; commit to production timeline
Oct 1 Available Your Topic Here!
Oct 8 David Meltzer Discussions with a Chicago Health Economist