VERDICT Forum Schedule for 2008
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For scheduling, write to zeber@uthscsa.edu or copelandl@uthscsa.edu
Forum in 2008
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
| 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 | Practical application of Propensity Scores in health services research |
| 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 | HSRD Annual Meeting | Abstracts to be submitted |
| Oct 1 | Marcos Impressivissimo Restrepo | How to prep a presentation Marcos' way |
| Oct 8 | David Meltzer (UChicago) | Self-selection in Medical Cost-effectiveness Analysis: Application to Intensive Therapy for Diabetes |
| Oct 15 | Rosa Maria Malo de Molina Ruiz | CHEST Conference Presentation |
| Oct 22 | No Forum | Room unavailable |
| Oct 29 | Roxanne Coiner, Data Projections | Demo of the new SmartBoard in B200 |
| Nov 5 | John Zeber | Financial & Psychosocial Barriers to Medication Adherence (CDA) |
| Nov 12 | Luci Leykum | Update on CDA Data Collection |
| Nov 19 | Lawrence/Zeber/Copeland | POSSE: Surgery in Seriously Mentally Ill VA Patients (VISN grant) |
| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving break | No Forum |
| Dec 3 | Grant discussions as needed | No Forum |
| Dec 10 | Restrepo/Mortensen | Statins and risk of postop delirium |
| Dec 17 | Holiday Party | No Forum |
| Dec 24 | No Forum | * * * Winter Break * * * |
| Dec 31 | No Forum | * * * Winter Break * * * |