Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS) hosts regular seminars where investigators from the Center and our collaborating institutions present their research findings.
Upcoming seminars | Past seminars
Upcoming scientific seminars
- Tuesday, 14 July 2009
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Conference Room 1509AB
Metropolitan Park East
"Whose pyramid is it anyway? Examining the evidence base behind the dietary guidelines."
Jeannette Beasley, PhD, MPH
Women's Health Post-Doctorate Fellow, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Abstract: The USDA describes the development of the MyPyramid Food Guidance System as a "multiyear, multiple component research process". As evidenced by books such as "Food Politics" and "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating", others in the nutrition research community would disagree. This talk will examine the building blocks for the MyPyramid guidelines.
- Tuesday, 28 July 2009
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Conference Room 1509AB
Metropolitan Park East
"Healing in primary care—What does it mean and how do we promote it?: A summary of two qualitative studies at Group Health."
Clarissa Hsu, PhD
Research Associate and Senior Program Manager, Center for Community Health and Evaluation, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Abstract: This presentation examines the findings from two related qualitative studies aimed at exploring different dimensions of healing in primary care (Dan Cherkin, Principal Investigator). The first study was aimed at understanding how patients and clinicians define and understand the concept of healing and to identify major facilitators and barriers to promoting healing in primary care. The second was aimed at understanding the openness of patients and clinicians to incorporating healing practices not typically associated with biomedicine into primary care. Both of these studies used focus groups to gather qualitative data from respondents about these topics. The results showed a remarkable consistency in how healing is defined, clear themes regarding what promotes healing in primary care, and an openness to having primary care providers recommend a wide range of healing options. Results from the first study were published in the Annals of Family Medicine. A manuscript for the second study is currently being drafted.
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Past seminars
- Tuesday, 23 June 2009
"Insights from three perspectives: grantee, reviewer and, PRAC member."
Beverly J. Torok-Storb, PhD
Co-Head, Program in Stem/Progenitor Cell Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Consortium - Tuesday, 9 June 2009
"The Cancer Information Service: Public voice of the National Cancer Institute ."
Nigel Bush, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, Public Health Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Senior Research Associate, Western Region, Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute
- Tuesday, 26 May 2009
"Net benefit or harm? An update on the evidenced-based process of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force."
David Grossman, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Group Health Pediatrician
Medical Director of Preventive Care, Group Health
- Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"Osteoporosis overview and risk assessment"
Susan M. Ott, MD
Associate Professor Department of Medicine, University of Washington
A T32 Women's Health Seminar, a quarterly series on topics related to women's health and aging, sponsored by a NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) "Improving Health Care for Aging Women." - Thursday, 7 May 2009
"Racial differences in predictors of intensive end of life care in advanced cancer patients."
Elizabeth Trice Loggers, MD, PhD
Research Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Birnbaum Lecture
- Tuesday, 14 April 2009
"Identifying potentially cost effective chronic care programmes in the absence of good evidence"
Lotte Steuten, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics Research Group and Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre in Healthcare at Brunel University, London
- Tuesday, 24 March 2009
"Evidence is in the eye of the beholder"
Larry Kessler, ScD
Chair of the Department of Health Services in the
UW School of Public Health
- Tuesday, 10 March 2009
"Neuropathology-based risk scoring for dementia diagnosis in the elderly"
Sebastien Haneuse, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Rod Walker, MS
Biostatistician, Group Health Center for Health Studies - Tuesday, 24 February 2009
“Faculty mentoring and career development: Things you need to know”
Jennifer B. McClure, PhD
Associate Director for Research, Internal and Associate Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
- Wednesday, 18 February 2009
"Of two minds: Reason and emotion in health care decisions"
Peter A. Ubel, MD
Director of the Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan
- Tuesday, 3 February 2009
CHS seminar series
"Menopausal symptoms in breast cancer patients"
Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, MSN, BSN
Professor, School of Nursing, Adult Health, Indiana University - Tuesday, 27 January 2009
- "Sex and gender differences in clinical pain"
Linda LeResche, ScD
Affiliate Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
T32 Program Faculty, and Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington
- "Fundamental Payment Reform: What would it look like?"
Douglas A. Conrad, PhD, MBA, MHA
Affiliate Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Professor, Health Services and Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington
Co-Director, University of Washington Center for Health Management Research
Adjunct Professor, Finance and Business Economics, University of Washington
- "Sex and gender differences in clinical pain"
- Tuesday, 13 January 2009
"There's No Monkeying Around with (DatStat) Illume!! Web Surveys at the Center for Health Studies."
Cheryl Wiese, MA
Manager, Survey Research Program, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Tonya Johnson
Research Specialist, Group Health Center for Health Studies
- Tuesday, 9 December 2008
"Estimating the impact of discontinuation of medical interventions on health outcomes."
Noel S. Weiss, MD, DPH
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington
Faculty Member, Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Tuesday, 11 November 2008
"Improving care for persons with AD: The Seattle Protocols—Advances in evidence-based nonpharmacological treatment."
Linda Teri, PhD
Professor and Interim Vice-Chair, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington
Director of the Northwest Research Group on Aging, University of Washington School of Nursing - Tuesday, 14 October 2008
"Statistical Methods for Post-marketing Vaccine and Drug Safety Surveillance: The Vaccine Safety Datalink Experience"
Jennifer Nelson, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Andrea Cook, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
- Tuesday, 23 September 2008
"Mobile Technologies for Diabetes Care: Promises and Pitfalls"
James Ralston, MD, MPH
Assistant Investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies
Scientific seminars are held at the Metropolitan Park East Building (MPE), 1730 Minor Avenue, in Seattle. For directions to CHS and contact information see our Contact Us page.