Videos of the presentations, scholar talks and the workshops from the The 4th Meeting of the Upper Midwest Consortium of clinical and translational science organizations are now available.
Welcome -- Gary W. Hunninghake, MD. Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Director Dr. Hunninghake welcomes the audience to the conference and introduces the first speaker. View Bio
Introduction -- Jordan Cohen, PhD. Vice President for Research at the University of Iowa welcomes the audience and introduces keynote speaker Dr. Geoff McLennan. View Bio
Keynote Address: Personalized Medicine Through Multi-Scale Pulmonary Imaging - Eidomics and Other Things -- Geoffrey McLennan MD PhD. Director of the Translational Lung Imaging Research Program. View Bio
Featured Talk: Career Mentoring -- Michael Fleming, MD MPH. Director of UW Madison CTSA Research Education and Training Programs. View Bio
Research Collaboration Networking: A Demonstration -- Dave Eichmann PhD. Director Biomedical Informatics for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. View Bio
Dinner Keynote Address: A Road Less Traveled -- Richard Smith, MD. Director of the Molecular Otolaryngology Research Labs. View Bio
A Randomized Controlled Study of Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels in Women Receiving Luprolide -- Barbara Stegmann, MD MPH, University of Iowa
Collaborating Across Institutions and Boarders: Socio-Microbiological Inquiry from India -- John Schneider, MD, MPH University of Chicago
Research Collaborations -- Prasad Padala, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Driving Simulator as a Tool for Assessment of Performance and Impairment -- The Institutional Perspective: Omar Ahmed University of Iowa, The National Advanced Driving Simulator
Electronic Medical Record and Data Warehousing -- David Eichmann PhD. This workshop will explore the nature of care-driven EMRs and their utility in research, as well as the current plans for the ICTS research data warehouse. View Bio
Gender Issues in Academic Medicine -- Molly Carnes MD - U of Wisconsin. This workshop will review some of the social constructs which underpin the repeated demonstration that women and the work performed by women receive lower ratings than men and the work performed by men, even if the work is identical. View Bio
A Gentle Introduction to SAS: Applications, Tools, and Tips for Translational Researchers -- William Knabe PhD. This workshop introduces the SAS system, basic data concepts, and structure of the SAS programming language; offers tips on how SAS can be used as an effective collaborative tool; and includes discussion of the role SAS can play in the total research effort from data mining to user interface design. View Bio
Getting Things Done in the Middle of Chaos -- Susan Johnson MD. This workshop will include a discussion of the challenges of time management, and selected techniques that can be used organize your work and get things done. View Bio
Resources from the conference
Nanotechnology -- Clark Stanford, DDS and Sarah Larsen, PhD. The focus of this workshop will be on applications of nanotechnology in clinical and translational medicine. View Larsen Bio. View Stanford Bio
Pediatric Database and Repository Approaches to Complex Traits -- Jeff Murray, MD. The focus of this workshop will be on building and/or utilizing hospital based biorepositories to facilitate studies of pediatric disorders. View Bio
Pharmacoepidemiology -- Betsy Chrischilles, PhD. This workshop will cover the application of epidemiologic methods to study the effects of pharmaceuticals, biologics, and other medical products. View Bio
Rural Health -- Peter Kaboli MD. This 5-year initiative, with partnerships in Nebraska, Minnesota, and North Dakota, will study the impact of rurality on rural veterans and design innovative strategies to improve access and quality of healthcare for veterans.
