Monthly Departmental Research Forums
The department hosts a monthly research forum (coordinated by Judy Savageau, MPH) at which faculty and students are encouraged to present research in progress, new grant ideas, data analysis plans, etc. The goal for these forums is to provide faculty with the necessary feedback and assistance to bring scholarly projects to completion. Listed below are presentations for the 2010-2011 academic year, followed by those presentations made during the previous academic year.
2011-2012 Department Research Forums:
September 17, 2011:
Tanya Lord, PhD - “Evaluating a Rapid Response System" (PhD dissertation presentation)
October 15, 2011:
Zi Zhang, MD, MPH (from the Office of Survey Research / Commonwealth Medicine) -
“Methodologic Considerations for the Office of Survey Research's On-gong Survey Projects"
November 19, 2011:
Wen-Chieh Lin, PhD (from the Center for Health Policy and Research) - “Behavioral Health Disorders, Medicare Post-Acute Care, and Transition to the Community" (review of NIA grant submission)
December 16, 2011:
Warren Ferguson, MD and Paul Kirby, MA (from the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, plus the Center for Health Policy and Research's Office of Clinical Affairs) - "Post-Release MassHealth Utilization: An Evaluation of the MassHealth/Dept. of Corrections Prison Reintegration Pilot"
January 20, 2012:
Terri Anderson, PhD and Bruce Barton, PhD (from the Research and Evaluation Unit at the Center for Health Policy and Research) - "The Massachusetts Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (MAPCMHI) Evaluation Study"
February 17, 2012:
Deborah Gurewich, PhD (from the Research and Evaluation Unit at the Center for Health Policy and Research) - "Evaluating Care Delivery in Community Health Centers"
March 16, 2012:
Terri Anderson, PhD and Humberto Reynoso, PhD (from the Research and Evaluation Unit at the Center for Health Policy and Research) - "Resources for Evaluation" - a methods workshop
April 20, 2012:
Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH and Michael Tutty, PhD (from the Center for Health Policy and Research) -"Implementing National Health Reform: A Massachusetts Case Study"
May 18, 2012:
Zi Zhang, MD, MPH and Lee Hargraves, PhD (from the Office of Survey Research at the Center for Health Policy and Research) - "Can't Get No Satisfaction - and Other Stories from Workers in the MA Patient-Centered Medical Homes Initiative"
June 15, 2012:
Christine Clements Stein, PhD, MPH - title TBD
2010-2011 Department Research Forums:
September 17, 2010:
Barry Saver, MD – “The Critical Importance of Co-morbidity in Assessing Health Disparities and Trends Using Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations”
October 15, 2010:
Dean Cleghorn, EdD – “An Overview of Research in Lawrence and the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center”
November 19, 2010:
Suzanne Cashman, ScD and Stephenie Lemon, PhD (of the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine in the Dept of Medicine) – “The Worcester County Prevention Research Center: Overview and Opportunities”
December 17, 2010:
Alexandra Bonandi, OTR/L, MHA (of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center’s Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research) – “Health Surveillance of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities”
January 21, 2011:
Bill Shaw, PhD (of the Liberty Mutual Disability Research Center) – "Managing Chronic Pain in the Workplace: Development of a Group Intervention Program"
February 18, 2011:
Wen-Chieh Lin, PhD (of the Center for Health Policy and Research) – "The Effect of a Telephone-based Disease Management Program on Medicaid Members with Chronic Conditions"
March 18, 2011:
Dan Mullin, PsyD - "Enhanced Health Behavior Change Training for Family Physicians"
April 15, 2011:
Hugh Silk, MD - "The Thursday Morning Memo: Next Steps for Evaluating This Reflective Writing Initiative"
May, 2011:
No Forum Held This Month
June 17, 2011:
Linda Weinreb, MD and Carole Upshur, EdD - "Developing a Brief Alcohol Intervention for Homeless Women in an HCH Clinic: Population Risk and Challenges"