CTR Seminar Series

Target Audience
CTR investigators  | Faculty | Researchers | Staff
Educational Objectives
The objective of these presentations is to foster more CTR collaborations and teams, to solve complex problems such as the diseases of aging across the lifespan, which is the initial research focus of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR.
Purpose
The purpose of these lectures is to develop expertise, share innovative approaches, and disseminate available resources across the consortium.
Contact Information:
If you have questions for presenters or suggestions for topics, please contact our
Education Coordinator at 402.552.2260 or gpctr@unmc.edu

Upcoming Seminars

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Past Seminars

Date

Speaker

Title (Video Archive)

PowerPoint

3/14/24

Michele Balas, PhD
Professor
Associate Dean for Research & Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing
College of Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Building a Program of Research Aimed at Reducing Iattrogenic Harm: Evolution of the ABCDEF Bundle
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/11/24

Stephen Rennard, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division: Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

The Translational Problem: a bridge over the valley of death for alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/14/23

Melissa Lechner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

IRAEs: Shining Light on the Dark Side of Cancer Immunotherapy /strong>
Archive Video

11/9/23

Babu Guda, PhD
Director, GP IDeA-CTR BIBCE Core
Assistant Dean for Research Development
Professor & Vice Chair for Bioinformatics Res. & Training
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics Research and Innovation (CBIRI)
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Leveraging Cloud-based and Machine Learning Tools for Genomic Data Science Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

8/31/23

Neil Kalsi, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Denai Gordon, MD
Family Medicine Resident
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Incorporating social determinants of health in primary care clinic settings
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

8/18/23

Matthew Mayo, PhD
Founding Chair and Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
University of Kansas Medical Center

Building and Evolving Biostatistics & Data Science
Archive Video

7/7/23

Su Chen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Epigenome-Wide Association Studies
Archive Video

6/15/23

Edward Ellerbeck, MD, MPH
Professor, Population Health
Professor, General & Hospital Medicine
The University of Kansas Medical Center

Leveraging Partnerships to Advance Cancer Prevention and Control
Archive Video

3/16/23

Jennifer Blackford, PhD
Director of Research and Hattie B. Monroe Professor,
Monroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Neurological Basis of Anxiety Risk and Resilience
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

02/09/23

Rosylnn Mannon, MD
Vice Chair of Research
Professor, Division of Nephrology Nephrology,
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Getting Started with your Research: Identifying Resources and Developing Strategies
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/19/23

Christopher R. D'Angelo, MD
Assistant Professor,
Division of Hematology & Oncology,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

The "Force" of the Gut Microbiome in Hematologic Malignancies
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

11/10/23

Valentina Gumenyuk, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurological Sciences,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

MEG Neuroimaging: Spatiotemporal Resoultion
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

10/27/22

Peggy Wagner, PhD
Professor,
School of Medicine,
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville

Patient Engagement Studio: Involving Patients in Health Research and Innovation
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

9/8/22

Melissa Tibbits, PhD
Vice Chair and Associate Professor,
Graduate Program Director,
Department of Health Promotion,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Adolescent Health Care Resources in Nebraska: Strengths and Opportunities for Action
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

8/11/22

Keyonna King, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Introduction to Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

7/14/22

Al Fisher, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief,
Division of Geriatrics, Gerontolody, and Palliative Medicine,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Carol Geary, PhD, MBA, RN
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pathology/Microbiology,
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Pragmatic Patient Recruitment for Clinical Trials: UNMC PREVENTABLE Experience
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

6/30/22

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor, Vice Chair of Research,
Robert Lieberman Endowed Chair of Anesthesiology,
Nebraska Medicine

Observational and Quasi-experimental Studies in Perioperative Medicine
Archive Video

5/12/2022

Sara Myers, PhD
Professor,
Department of Biomechnics,
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, UNO

NIH Loan Repayment Program: Eligibility, Programs, and Writing a Successful Application
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

4/14/2022

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
Professor,
Department Epidemiology,
College of Public Health, UNMC
Kendra Ratnapradipa, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department Epidemiology,
College of Public Health, UNMC

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center - Needs Assessment Results
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

3/10/2022

Dong Wang, PhD
Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, UNMC
Shane Farritor, PhD
Lederer Professor of Engineering,
Dept of Mechanical Engineering, UNL

From Idea to Product: A Panel Discussion Featuring Faculty Entrepreneurs
Archive Video

3/3/2022

Edward Peters, DMD, SM, ScD
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology,
COPH, UNMC

The Impact of Environmental Stressors on Chronic Disease Disparities in Women
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/13/2022

Brandt Wiskur, Ph.D., MSW
Director
Office of Institutional Research
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Data Visualization Dashboard Strategies
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/9/21

Peter Steyger, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine,
Creighton University

Translational Hearing Center: Resources for CTR Investigators
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

11/11/21

Karen Patton Alexander, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Division of Cardiology,
Duke University School of Medicine

Pragmatic Evaluation of Events And Benefits of Lipid-lowering in Older Adults (PREVENTABLE)
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

10/14/21

Michele Balas, PhD, RN
Associate Dean for Research and
Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing
College of Nursing, UNMC

Developing an Interprofessional Program of Research Focused on Reducing the Burden of ICU Delirium
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

9/9/21

Ronnie Horner, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Health Services Research & Administration,
College of Public Health, UNMC

Toward Precision Healthcare Delivery:A Roadmap for Healthcare Delivery in the Era of Precision Medicine
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

8/12/21

Proleta Datta, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UNMC

Leslie Eiland, MD
Assistant Professor, UNMC

Carrie McAdam Marx, MSCI, PhD, RPh
Professor, UNMC

THINC-19: Telemedicine and Health Inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

7/8/21

Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Neonatology,
Department of Pediatric Medicine,
UNMC

The Child Health Research Institute - an innovative partnership between UNMC and Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

6/23/21

Donald Rucker, MD, MBA, MS
Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Evolving Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap: the Impact on Clinical & Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

6/10/21

Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH
Umbach Professor of Rheumatology and Vice-Chair for Research,
Internal Medicine,
Division of Rheumatology
UNMC

The VARA Consortium - A Collaboration in Research and Research Training
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

5/27/21

David Skorton, MD
president and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges

Reflections on Music and Medicine: Why We Love It, Why We'll Never Stop
Archive Video

5/13/21

Kenneth Gersing, MD
Director of Informatics
Division of Clinical Innovation National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Studying COVID-19 Using Real-World Data: Lessons Learned and Steps Forward After One Year of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

4/8/21

Maurice Godfrey, PhD
Professor, Monroe-Meyer Institute
University of Nebraska Medical Center

A Partnership to Increase Health/Science Education in Native American Communities
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

3/11/21

Soonjo Hwang, MD
Research Director, Associate Proessor
Deepartment of Psychology
Bryant England, MD, PhD
Assisstant Professor,
Department of Rheumatology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Leveraging the Great Plains IDeA-CTR to Pursue Research Independence
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

2/11/21

Deepak Khazanchi, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, Executive Director of CMIT, and Community Engagement & Internationalization Officer in the College of Information Science and Technology,
UNO

Conducting Medical Research Using Innovative Technology Interventions and Advanced Analytical Tools: Best Practices with Illustrations
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/14/21

Joy Doll, OTD, OTR/L, FNAP
Chief Academic Program Officer, Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative
Vice President, Academic Programs, NEHII Shared Services
Associate Clinical Professor, Occupational Therapy, Creighton University

The Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative: Opportunities for Health Data Utility
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/10/20

Lee Baugh, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Director,
Center for Brain & Behavior Research
Sanford School of Medicine, USD

University of South Dakota’s Center for Brain and Behavior Research (CBBRe): What it is and why you might care
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

11/19/20

Alfred Fisher, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Chief Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Palliative Medicine, Department Of Internal, UNMC

Why do we age? The role of biology
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

10/9/20

Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI
Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine Vice President for Health Equity Associate Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Science Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Faster Together: Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

10/1/20

Gary Stein, PhD
Director, University of Vermont Cancer Center and Professor and Chairperson, Departments of Biochemistry and Surgery,
University of Vermont College of Medicine

A Clinical and Translational Research Commitment to Rectify Health and Healthcare Disparities and Inequities in Rural Northern New England
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

9/15/20

Dawn Navarez
Recruitment Specialist
CRC, UNMC
Devan Crawford
Director of Research Analysis
MHDI, UNL
Kara Smith
Project Coordinator
COAHP, UNMC

Considerations for Recruiting and Retaining Participants from Community-Based Samples
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

9/10/20

Margaret Emerson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor,
College of Nursing,
UNMC

Utilization of Smart Phone Applications to Assist in Depression Self-Management
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

8/13/20

Stephen Rennard, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy,
UNMC

Sentinel: Team Science to Create a COVID Warning System
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

7/9/20

Neil Sarkar, PhD
Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science,
Brown University

Transforming Health Data Into Clinical Actions
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

6/18/20

Howard Fox, MD, PhD
Senior Assoc. Dean of Research & Development, College of Medicine Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences Director, Center for Integrative & Translational Neuroscience
UNMC

Conducting Research during, and directed at, the COVID-19 Pandemic
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

5/21/20

Darshana Shah, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Associate Dean - Office for Faculty Advancement
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

Fundamentals of Team Science
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

5/14/20

W. Scott Campbell, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor, Sr. Director of Research Technologies, Director of Pathology and Public Health Informatics,
UNMC

Information Technology Resources for the Investigator
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

3/12/20

Christian Haas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis,
UNO

Statistical Machine Learning Building & Evaluating Data-driven Prediction Models
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/30/20

Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD
Professor and Head Department of Epidemiology, Pomerantz Chair in Public Health, Director, Health Effectiveness Research Center,
University of Iowa

PCORnet, the GPC, and Networked Research Opportunities & Obstacles
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

1/9/2020

Jasmine Riviere Marcelin, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Co-Director, Digital Innovation and Social Media,
UNMC

Digital Media in Healthcare
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/12/19

Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS
Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Medical Director,
Infection Prevention and Control, UNMC

Leveraging the Power of Social Media in Medicine
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/11/19

Shirely Moore, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAHA
Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor Emerita,
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio

CENTRIC Event: The Art of Science and Critique and How Your Research Program Can Survive the Funding Era: Tips to Succeed
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

11/14/19

Aminah Jatoi, MD
Professor of Oncology,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Trial Participation in Older Adults: Lessons Learned from Cancer Trials
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

10/10/19

Judy Kopun
Coordinator of Recruitment and Quality Assurance,
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Mary Thomas
Human Subjects Recruitment Advisor,
Boys Town National Research Hospital

Supporting Clinical Translational Research through a Recruitment Database
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

08/22/19

Jason Nickla, JD, LLM
Vice President and Director of Intellectual Property,
UNeMed Corporation

UneMed: Commercializing Intellectual Property in Research and Medicine
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides
Link to Inventor Handbook

07/11/19

Nancy Waltman, PhD, APRN-NP
Kara Smith, MS
Robin Lally, PhD, MS, RN, AOCN, FAAN
Lisa Spellman
Kevin Epperson, BGS, CIP
University of Nebraska Medical Center

PANEL: Fitting Recruitment Strategies to Your Population
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

06/13/19

Kaleb Michaud, PhD
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Registries and Database Development at the Clinical/Population Level: Real-world experience studying patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

05/09/19

Oleg Shats
Assistant Director for Cancer Informatics
Eppley Institute for Cancer Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research (iCaRe2)
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

04/26/19

Rebecca Hubbard, PhD
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

The Role of Data Provenance in the Estimation and Analysis of EHR-Derived Phenotypes
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

04/02/19

Stephen Rennard, MD
Professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Senior Vice President, Early Clinical Development,
IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca

Partnering with Industry for Clinical Translational research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

03/28/19

James Bovaird,PhD
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Program Director, Quantitative, Qualitative & Psychometric Methods Program
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Mixture Models in the Social, Behavioral, and Education Sciences: Classification Applications Using Mplus
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

02/14/19

Tony Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences
Scientific Director - Center for Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
University of Nebraska Kearney

Functional MRI and MEG in Clinical Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

01/30/19

Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Oncology & Hematology
University of Nebraska Medical Center

How to Write a Letter of Intent
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

12/13/18

Mahbubul Majumder, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Nebraska Omaha

Data Visualization

10/15/18

Kate Heelan, PhD, FACSM
Professor/Director, Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences
University of Nebraska Kearney

A Community Approach to Pediatric Obesity Treatment: Kearney Public Schools and Building Healthy Families
Archive Video

09/13/18

Jaime Bland, DNP, RN
Chief Executive Officer, Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII)

Kevin Borcher, PharmD
PDMPD Program Director at Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII)

NeHII Strategic Direction, Population Health Analytics and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

07/09/18

Elmer Bernstam, MD
Professor, General Internal Medicine University of Texas

Precision Medicine Informatics

PowerPoint Slides

05/14/18

Paraskevi Farazi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
UNMC

Development of a Predictive Model to Assess Pancreatic Cancer Risk Using Machine Learning
Archive Video

04/09/18

Kirk Dombrowski PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Social network-based techniques for understanding hard-to-reach populations
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

03/12/18

Cyrus Desouza, MBBS
Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolism
UNMC

Recruitment and Retention – Art or Science?
Archive Video

02/12/18

Beth DeCarolis, CRA
Assistant Director,Sponsored Programs Administration
UNMC

New NIH Grant Application Requirements
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

01/08/18

Jeff Curtis, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Big Data, Small Data, Big Data in the Small and its Integration into Healthcare & Research
Archive Video

12/11/17

Abby Meyer
Social Media Consultant Public Relations
UNMC

New Recruitment Techniques
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

11/13/17

W. Scott Campbell, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Microbiology
UNMC

Efforts to link molecular pathology results and anatomic pathology encoding to the EHR for cancer research
Archive Video

10/09/17

Fernando Wilson, PhD
Associate Professor,Department of Health Services Research & Administration
UNMC

Incorporating Economic Evaluation in Clinical & Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

09/25/17

Shinobu, Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
Vice-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
UNMC

Health Status of Great Plains Region: The Roles of Population-Based Health Indicators in Clinical Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

09/11/17

Christopher Wichman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics
UNMC

Investigational Design I/II
Archive Video

06/12/17

Ed Ellerbeck, MD, MPH
Chair and Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Kansas University Medical Center

Design and Critique of Grants for Implementation Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

05/08/17

Russ Waitman, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair Health Management and Informatics
University of Missouri

Building Regional Informatics Capacity for Clinical/Translational and Pragmatic Research through the Greater Plains Collaborative
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

04/10/17

Ken Saag, MD, MSC
Professor, Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Elements of Successful Research Mentoring and where to find funding as Junior Clinical Investigator
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides

03/13/17

Ashok Mudgapalli, PhD
Director, Research Information Technology Office (RITO)
Fang Yu, PhD
Director of CCORDA and Professor of Biostatistics
UNMC

Research IT and Biostatistics Resources for Clinical and Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint Slides – Part 1

PowerPoint Slides– Part 2

02/13/17

Babu Guda, PhD
Professor, Director of Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Core
Purnima Guda, PhD
Director, EHR Access Core
Jim McClay, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
UNMC

Accessing Biomedical Informatics Resources for Clinical and Translational Research
Archive Video

PowerPoint – Part 1

PowerPoint – Part 2

PowerPoint – Part 3

01/12/17

Lynn Johnson, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Faulty Affairs & Institutional Effectiveness
University of Michigan

Health Records in the Cloud: Success Requires Both Technical and Cultural Change
Archive Video