Rochester Clinical & Translational Research Curriculum Seminar Series

Fall 2009, Tuesdays from 12:15-1:15

For the Fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic year, we have planned an exciting series of lectures focusing on Topics on Biomedical Informatics. The seminar series will kick-off with a presentation by CTSI Bioinformatics Key Function Director, Dr. Dongwen Wang, who will discuss monitoring usage of information systems.  Dr. Wang has scheduled a variety of lecturers from the Biomedical informatics community to cover a wide range of topics over the course of the fall semester.

All lectures will take place in Whipple Auditorium (2-6424).  Please check back for updates to this schedule, as well as information on the spring RCTRC lecture series on Environmental Health.

Date Host Presenter Topic
09/01/09 Dr. Robert Holloway Dr. Dongwen Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Computational Biology, Asst. Professor of Medical Informatics, URMC Better Understand Your Audience through Monitoring the Usage of Information Systems
09/08/09 Bill Kelvie Lorraine D. Ellis, MS, MBA, President /CEO Research Dynamics Consulting Group, Ltd. Protecting the Rights and Safety and Welfare of Subjects – Supervisory Responsibilities of Investigators
09/15/09 Dr. Dongwen Wang Griffin Webber, MD, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard Medical School TBD
09/22/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Donna Berryman, MLIS, Asst. Director of Education & Information Services, Health Science Libraries and Technologies, URMC Online Health Information
09/29/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Vincent Silenzio, MD, MPH, Asst. Professor (Psychiatry & Community & Preventive Medicine), URMC Online Social Networks and Clinical Research
10/06/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Art Papier, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, URMC Visual Decision Support: Visual Variants and Improved Clinical Diagnostic Reference
10/13/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson James Kahn, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco Technology to improve health: personal health records, the internet and mobile connections
10/20/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Werner Ceusters, MD, Professor & Director of Ontology Research Group, SUNY Buffalo Principles of Referent Tracking and its Application in Biomedical Informatics
10/27/09 Bill Kelvie TBD Human Subjects Protection Series- CME Credits are available
11/03/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Gene Morse, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, Assoc. Dean, School of Pharmacy & Assoc. Director, Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, SUNY Buffalo Medication Management Research Network
11/10/09 Bill Kelvie TBD Developing treatment for genetic disease by targeting RNA (Neuromedicine IDP)
11/17/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Randy Carter, PhD, Director, Population Health Observatory & Professor/ Assoc. Chair, Dept. of Biostatistics, SUNY Buffalo Informatics and Public Health
12/01/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson Cynthia Rand, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center Electronic Reminders to Clinicians and Patients
12/08/09 Dr. Thomas Pearson David Krusch, MD, Associate Professor (Surgery & Medical Informatics), Director, Division of Medical Iniformatics, University of Rochester Medical Center EMR and Clinical Research

If you are interested in viewing Webcasts for RCTRC seminars from prior semesters please access the archive by clicking here.  If you have questions regarding the seminar series, please contact Katie Libby at Katherine_Libby@urmc.rochester.edu

The Rochester Clinical and Translational Research Curriculum Seminar Series is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, grant no. UL1 RR024160.