2008-09 Seminar Series Schedule

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DATE/TIME PLACE SPEAKER TOPIC
Sep 2 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Howard Bauchner, MD Why Write a Grant?
(2nd year fellows/general audience)
X715 Deborah Cotton, MD How To Choose a Mentor
(1st year fellows)
Sep 16 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X714 David Felson, MD How To Write a Grant
(2nd year fellows/general audience)
X715 Elaine Hylek, MD What To Get Out of Your Mentor
(1st year fellows)
Sep 30 2008   CANCELLED   
Oct 7 2008 12:00-1:00pm X714 George O’Connor, MD Recruiting Research Subjects in the Inner City
Oct 21 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X715 NOTE: SEMINAR BY INVITATION ONLY (All fellows & CREST Faculty)
TBD 1st Year Fellows’ Brainstorming Research Ideas Workshops
Nov 4 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X715 Mark Klempner, MD
Joseph Vita, MD
Howard Bauchner, MD
Editoral Roundtable Presentation by Mark Klempner
Nov 18 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Kenneth Freedberg, MD Outcomes Research, Modeling and Changing Guidelines: Insights from HIV Disease
Dec 2 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X715 Richard Saitz, MD
Karen Freund, MD, MPH
Career Development:Panel Interviewed by 1st Year Fellow, Caroline Kistin
MONDAY
Dec 8 2008
8:00am-1:00pm
X715 1st Year CREST Fellows’ Marathon Presentations Session
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Dec 16 2008
12:00-1:00pm
X714 CANCELLED
Jan 1 2009
12:00-1:00pm
  NO CREST Seminar.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jan 6 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Howard Bauchner, MD Getting Your Article Published: The Mysteries of Peer-Review and the Decisions of Journals
Jan 20 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 CANCELLED due to Presidential Inauguration
Feb 3 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Peter Merkel, MD Introduction to the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
Feb 17 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Ellen Meltzer “Identifying Prescription Drug Use Disorder in Primary Care: Diagnostic Characteristics of the Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)”

Kathleen Conroy “Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake, Predictors of Vaccination, and Self-Reported Barriers to Vaccination in Young Women Eligible for Catch-Up Vaccination”

Mar 3 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Max O’Donnell “Acceptance of an Interferon Gamma Release Assay for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a High Risk Urban Cohort”

Diego Martinez-Vasquez “Telephone-Linked Care for Hypertension: Relationship of User Satisfaction to Blood Pressure Control and Medication Adherence Among African Americans”

Mar 17 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Lisa Fredman, Ph.D. Why Dummy Tables are Smart: A Systematic Approach to Data Analysis for Your M.Sc. Thesis.
Mar 31 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Jonathan Berz, M.D.“Dietary Predictors of Obesity in the National Growth and Health Study”

Amy Baranoski, M.D. “Risk Factors for Non-adherence with Cervical Pap Testing in HIV-positive Women”

Apr 7 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Angela Leung “Factors Determining the Persistence or Recurrence of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in a Boston Cohort”

Naomi Hamburg “Assessment of Endothelial Function with Digital Pulse Amplitude Tonometry”

Apr 21 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 CANCELLED
May 5 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Allan Walkey “The Epidemiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Long Term Acute Care Hospital Setting”

Jared Magnani “P Wave Indices: Assessment of Reliability and Quality Control”

May 19 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 2nd Year Fellows Talk Tal Kopel “Predictors of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation”

Philip Wexler “Saliva Diagnostics and Asthma”

June 2 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 Timothy Lash, MD, DSc CYP2D6 Modification of Tamoxifen Effectiveness: Time to Pause for Reflection
June 16 2009
12:00-1:00pm
X714 TBD Fellows’ Graduation!
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of BU School of Medicine