Virtual Workshop: Going From Zero to 100: Generating Evidence Through Pragmatic Research to Address Pressing Healthcare Issues
2024-07-16 11:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s virtual workshop will explore how to generate meaningful, actionable evidence through pragmatic research. Day 2 will feature a keynote by NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli.
Join the Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54928
Day 2: July 16, 11:00 am–3:30 pm ET

Keynote: How Do We Identify the High-Priority Healthcare Issues That Require the Effort, Time, and Funding of a Trial?
Scaling to 100: How to Use Data From Disparate Data Systems
Phase Zero: Retrofitting, Reimagining, and Redesigning Healthcare Systems to Reach Populations Most Affected by Health Inequities
Scaling to 100: Overcoming Administrative Burden in Pragmatic Research

View the workshop flyer for detailed information and to register.

Grand Rounds July 19, 2024: Lessons From PRECIDENTD: A Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial (Brendan M Everett, MD, MPH; Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc)
2024-07-19 13:00 - 14:00
Speakers:
Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Divisions of Cardiology and Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine and Diabetes Unit Chief
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Title: Lessons From PRECIDENTD: A Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Date: Friday, July 19, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds July 26, 2024: Interventions for Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (Gregg C. Fonarow, MD)
2024-07-26 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Codirector, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
UCLA Division of Cardiology
Title: Interventions for Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
Date: Friday, July 26, 2024, 1:00-2:00 pm ET
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Grand Rounds August 2, 2024: Precision Health to Population Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Gene Editing Therapies (Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS)
2024-08-02 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS
Executive Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Vice Dean, Duke University School of Medicine
Title: Precision Health to Population Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Gene Editing Therapies
Date: Friday, August 2, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds August 9, 2024: Does Starting Buprenorphine Prevent Suicidal Behavior: What Trial Should We Emulate? (Gregory Simon, MD, MPH; Susan Shortreed PhD)
2024-08-09 13:00 - 14:00
Speakers:
Gregory Simon, MD, MPH
Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Susan Shortreed, PhD
Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Title: Does Starting Buprenorphine Prevent Suicidal Behavior: What Trial Should We Emulate?
Date: Friday, August 9, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds August 16, 2024: Methodological Insights and Lessons Learned From Conducting a Pragmatic Randomized Trial on Surgical Face Masks (Runar Solberg, PhD)
2024-08-16 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Runar Solberg, PhD
Scientist
Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR)
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Title: Methodological Insights and Lessons Learned From Conducting a Pragmatic Randomized Trial on Surgical Face Masks
Date: Friday, August 16, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds August 23, 2024: Improving Quality of Life in COPD and Heart Failure: Unpacking a Successful Multicomponent Virtual Team Intervention (David B. Bekelman, MD, MPH; Lyndsay DeGroot PhD, RN, CNE)
2024-08-23 13:00 - 14:00
Speakers:
David B. Bekelman, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC and University of Colorado Division of General Internal Medicine
Lyndsay DeGroot PhD, RN, CNE
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical
Campus School of Medicine
Title: Improving Quality of Life in COPD and Heart Failure: Unpacking a Successful Multicomponent Virtual Team Intervention
Date: Friday, August 23, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds September 6, 2024: Conventional, Complementary, and Integrative Pain Therapies in a Military Population With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Results of a Pragmatic Clinical Trial Using SMART Design (Ardith Z. Doorenbos, PhD, RN; Diane M. Flynn, MD, MPH)
2024-09-06 13:00 - 14:00
Speakers:
Ardith Z. Doorenbos, PhD, RN
Professor
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
College of Nursing
University of Illinois, Chicago
Diane M. Flynn, MD, MPH
Primary Care Pain Management Advisor
Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA
Title: Conventional, Complementary, and Integrative Pain Therapies in a Military Population With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Results of a Pragmatic Clinical Trial Using SMART Design
Date: Friday, September 6, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Scalable Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Pain: Results from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Trial
2024-09-10 11:00 - 12:00
Diana Burgess, PhD
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Agenda
Dr. Burgess will present results of the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) multisite, pragmatic clinical trial, which compares two scalable, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for Veterans with chronic pain. Both LAMP interventions improved pain functioning (the primary outcome) and important biopsychosocial outcomes (e.g., pain intensity; anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder; physical function; fatigue; sleep disturbance; participation in social roles/activities) over 12 months, compared to usual care, among Veterans with chronic pain and high levels of psychiatric comorbidity. These approaches to delivering MBIs could help accelerate the implementation of nonpharmacological pain treatment in the VA and other healthcare systems.

About the Spotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar Series
The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC) is delighted to share plans for sponsoring a special series of presentations as part of the VA Spotlight on Pain Management (SoPM) Cyberseminar series that will highlight the accomplishments and future initiatives of the Collaboratory.
The PMC is an important tri-government agency partnership involving the National Institutes of Health and Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that supports a growing number of large-scale, multisite, pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of nonpharmacological approaches for the management of pain and common co-occurring conditions in military and Veteran health systems. Launched in 2017, the originally supported eleven PCTs are nearing completion and are ready to present early findings, lessons learned in the conduct of the trials, and future directions and opportunities for implementation of important findings and products and for future research.
For more information check out the Cyberseminar Series Description page.
Pre-registration is required for participation, but there is no cost. Continuing education credits are available for several disciplines for participants who are affiliated with VA. Check out the accreditation page.

Grand Rounds September 13, 2024: The HARMONIE Trial: Reimagining How to Design and Deliver Contract Commercial Clinical Trials (Saul N. Faust, PhD)
2024-09-13 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Saul N. Faust, PhD
Professor
University of Southampton
Southampton, UK
Title: The HARMONIE Trial: Re-imagining How to Design and Deliver Contract Commercial Clinical Trials
Date: Friday, September 13, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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IMPACT Grand Rounds: Evidence for Reducing Infections, Hospitalizations, and Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens in Nursing Homes Through Universal Nasal Decolonization and Bathing with Chlorhexidine
2024-09-19 12:00 - 13:00
IMPACT Grand Rounds
Susan Huang, MD, MPH
“Evidence for Reducing Infections, Hospitalizations, and Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens in Nursing Homes Through Universal Nasal Decolonization and Bathing with Chlorhexidine”
Susan Huang, MD, MPH, is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, and the medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine Health. Dr. Huang studies healthcare-associated infections with a focus on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). She was a member of the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory for Pragmatic Clinical Trials to prevent MRSA disease and other healthcare-associated infections. She also studies the regional prevention of MDROs in hospitals and nursing homes through epidemiologic studies as well as simulation models. Dr. Huang has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and previously served as a member of HICPAC (federal guidelines committee for infection prevention), and on the technical expert panel for infection prevention and care transitions between acute and long-term care facilities for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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About IMPACT Grand Rounds
The IMPACT Collaboratory hosts free webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 12 noon ET addressing issues conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials on non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia and their care partners. If you are not yet on our mailing list, join here to receive IMPACT updates and reminders. Registration is not required, and a recording of the webinar and a companion podcast will be available the week following the event on our website, impactcollaboratory.org.

Grand Rounds September 20, 2024: Similarities and Differences Between Pragmatic Trials and Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials (John Fortney, PhD)
2024-09-20 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
John Fortney, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Senior Research Career Scientist
HSR Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Title: Similarities and Differences Between Pragmatic Trials and Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials
Date: Friday, September 20, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Implications of Informative Cluster Size for the Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trials
2024-09-27 11:00 - 12:00
Methods: Mind the Gap Webinar Series
Implications of Informative Cluster Size for the Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trials
Presented by Brennan Kahan, PhD
September 27, 2024
11:00 am-12:00 noon ET
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About the Webinar
Cluster randomized trials involve randomizing groups of participants, such as schools, hospitals, or villages, between different interventions. Because participants belonging to the same cluster are often correlated, statistical methods, such as mixed-effects models or generalized estimating equations, are required to account for this correlation during analysis. However, it is being increasingly recognized that these methods may be biased when outcomes or treatment effects differ between larger and smaller clusters (i.e., informative cluster size). This talk focuses on the implications of informative cluster size for cluster randomized trials, including choice of estimand, choice of analysis method, and ways to evaluate assumptions.
About Brennan Kahan
Dr. Brennan Kahan is a Principal Research Fellow at the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London. Dr. Kahan’s research program is focused on developing methods to improve the design, analysis, and reporting of randomized trials. His major research interests include using estimands to improve the interpretability and validity of randomized trials; evaluating statistical methods for complex trial designs, such as cluster, non-inferiority, factorial, and rerandomization trials; and improving the reporting of randomized trials. His recent methods research includes the development of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials extension for factorial trials, developing estimands and robust estimators for cluster randomized trials, and evaluating and comparing estimation methods for different intercurrent event strategies.

Can’t be there? A recording of this webinar will be available approximately 2 weeks after the session. You can view the full archive of previous Methods: Mind the Gap webinars on the Office of Disease Prevention website.
This event is open to the public and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation. Please feel free to share this information widely.
This webinar will be captioned in real time. Individuals needing reasonable accommodations should email MindtheGap@nih.gov. Requests should be made at least 5 business days before the event.

Grand Rounds September 27, 2024: Azithromycin for Childhood Mortality: Randomizing Entire Countries (Tom Lietman, MD)
2024-09-27 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Tom Lietman, MD
Director
Francis I. Proctor Foundation
University of California, San Francisco
Title: Azithromycin for Childhood Mortality: Randomizing Entire Countries
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Implementation of New Physical Therapy Programs for Knee Osteoarthritis in the VA
2024-10-01 11:00 - 12:00
Kelli Allen, PhD
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About the Spotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar Series
The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC) is delighted to share plans for sponsoring a special series of presentations as part of the VA Spotlight on Pain Management (SoPM) Cyberseminar series that will highlight the accomplishments and future initiatives of the Collaboratory.
The PMC is an important tri-government agency partnership involving the National Institutes of Health and Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that supports a growing number of large-scale, multisite, pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of nonpharmacological approaches for the management of pain and common co-occurring conditions in military and Veteran health systems. Launched in 2017, the originally supported eleven PCTs are nearing completion and are ready to present early findings, lessons learned in the conduct of the trials, and future directions and opportunities for implementation of important findings and products and for future research.
For more information check out the Cyberseminar Series Description page.
Pre-registration is required for participation, but there is no cost. Continuing education credits are available for several disciplines for participants who are affiliated with VA. Check out the accreditation page.

Grand Rounds October 4, 2024: Health Trends Across Communities – A Novel Health System-Public Health Data Partnership (Tyler Winkelman, MD, MSc; David Johnson, MPH)
2024-10-04 13:00
Speakers:
Tyler Winkelman, MD, MSc
Division Director, General Internal Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare
Co-Director, Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab
HHRI
David Johnson, MPH
Health Informatics and Epidemiology
Program Manager
Hennepin County
Title: Health Trends Across Communities – A Novel Health System-Public Health Data Partnership
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds October 11, 2024: Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma and COPD (Shawn Aaron, MD)
2024-10-11 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Shawn Aaron, MD
Professor
University of Ottawa
Title: Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma and COPD
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds October 18, 2024: Rigorous Testing of Behavior Change Interventions: Lessons from the BE ACTIVE Randomized Clinical Trial (Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS)
2024-10-18 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Rigorous Testing of Behavior Change Interventions: Lessons from the BE ACTIVE Randomized Clinical Trial
Date: Friday, October 18, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Evaluating Synergies in Multilevel Interventions: Mental Health in Schools as an Exemplar
2024-10-18 14:00 - 15:00
Evaluating Synergies in Multilevel Interventions: Mental Health in Schools as an Exemplar
Marta I. Mulawa, Ph.D., M.H.S.
About the Webinar
Multilevel interventions are essential for addressing complex societal challenges, such as systemic racism in educational institutions, but they present unique evaluation challenges. These interventions inherently operate across multiple levels of influence, such as schools and families, with components that often interact. Traditional study designs typically assess these interventions as a package, making it difficult to disentangle and understand the synergistic effects of the individual components. This talk presents a study design and corresponding analytic methods that enable a more nuanced understanding of the potential synergy occurring between intervention components of a hypothetical multilevel intervention promoting mental health in school systems.
About Marta I. Mulawa
Dr. Marta I. Mulawa is an assistant professor at the Duke University School of Nursing, with a secondary appointment at the Duke Global Health Institute. She is also a scholar at the Duke University Population Research Institute. Dr. Mulawa earned her M.H.S. in social and behavioral interventions from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, followed by a Ph.D. in health behavior from the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. With over 15 years of experience in NIH-funded social and behavioral intervention research, Dr. Mulawa focuses on addressing health disparities in low-resource settings, particularly related to HIV prevention and treatment. She has extensive experience working on teams conducting community-randomized and cluster-randomized trials. Currently, her research focuses on developing and testing a digital health intervention to improve treatment adherence among youth living with HIV in South Africa.

Grand Rounds October 25, 2024: Hybrid Working from Home Improves Retention Without Damaging Performance (Nicholas Bloom, PhD)
2024-10-25 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Nicholas Bloom, PhD
Professor of Economics
Stanford University
Title: Hybrid Working from Home Improves Retention Without Damaging Performance
Date: Friday, October 25, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Using LTC Data Cooperative – CMS Linked Data
2024-10-29 13:00 - 14:00
A special workshop cohosted by the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory and the NIH Data LINKAGE Program
Join the interactive session to:

Discover how to leverage the LTC Data Cooperative for your research
Understand the application process
Explore the types of studies suitable for these datasets
Get your questions answered!

Register at https://acumenllc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nHgVDePjREWxhwbObhDY4A#/registration
This session will be led by Stephanie Kissam, Executive Director of the LTC Data Cooperative from the American Health Care Association; Vincent Mor, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice in the Brown University School of Public Health; and Amy Recker, Project Director at Brown University School of Public Health.
Governed by the AHCA/NCAL and funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the LTC Data Cooperative, provides free access to person-level electronic medical records data from thousands of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living buildings. This data, linkable to Medicare and Medicaid claims through the NIA LINKAGE Program, is a powerful new resource for post-acute and long-term care research.
These interactive sessions are a great opportunity to learn how the LTC Data Cooperative can support your research projects.

Grand Rounds November 1, 2024: Congenital Heart Initiative: Redefining Outcomes and Navigation to Adult Centered Care (CHI-RON) Study (Thomas W. Carton, PhD, MS; Anitha S. John, MD, PhD)
2024-11-01 13:00 - 14:00
Speakers:
Thomas W. Carton, PhD, MS
Chief Data and Strategy Officer
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Anitha S. John, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Washington Adult Congenital Heart Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s National Hospital
George Washington University
Title: Congenital Heart Initiative: Redefining Outcomes and Navigation to Adult Centered Care (CHI-RON) Study
Date: Friday, November 1, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Optimizing Equity and Inclusion in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Findings from the Pain Management Collaboratory
2024-11-05 11:00 - 12:00
Travis Lovejoy, PhD
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About the Spotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar Series
The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC) is delighted to share plans for sponsoring a special series of presentations as part of the VA Spotlight on Pain Management (SoPM) Cyberseminar series that will highlight the accomplishments and future initiatives of the Collaboratory.
The PMC is an important tri-government agency partnership involving the National Institutes of Health and Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that supports a growing number of large-scale, multisite, pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of nonpharmacological approaches for the management of pain and common co-occurring conditions in military and Veteran health systems. Launched in 2017, the originally supported eleven PCTs are nearing completion and are ready to present early findings, lessons learned in the conduct of the trials, and future directions and opportunities for implementation of important findings and products and for future research.
For more information check out the Cyberseminar Series Description page.
Pre-registration is required for participation, but there is no cost. Continuing education credits are available for several disciplines for participants who are affiliated with VA. Check out the accreditation page.

Grand Rounds November 8, 2024: The Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Utilization and Health: A Randomized Study of an Income Support (Sumit Agarwal, MD, MPH, PhD)
2024-11-08 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Sumit Agarwal, MD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of General Medicine
University of Michigan
Title: The Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Utilization and Health: A Randomized Study of an Income Support
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds November 15, 2024: Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Smartphone-Based Nudges to Reduce Distracted Driving Among US Auto Insurance Customers (M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS)
2024-11-15 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology
Faculty Director, Penn Medicine Nudge Unit
Title: Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Smartphone-Based Nudges to Reduce Distracted Driving Among US Auto Insurance Customers
Date: Friday, November 15, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds November 22, 2024: Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: The HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial (Paul J. Karanicolas, MD, PhD, FRCSC)
2024-11-22 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Paul J. Karanicolas, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Sherif and Mary-Lou Hanna Chair, Surgical Oncology Research
The Edmond Odette Cancer Centre @ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Title: Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: The HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial
Date: Friday, November 22, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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How Many Chiropractic Visits Does it Take to Help Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain? Part 1: Characteristics of the VERDICT Sample
2024-12-03 11:00 - 12:00
Cynthia Long, PhD, PStat & Christine Goertz, DC, PhD
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About the Spotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar Series
The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC) is delighted to share plans for sponsoring a special series of presentations as part of the VA Spotlight on Pain Management (SoPM) Cyberseminar series that will highlight the accomplishments and future initiatives of the Collaboratory.
The PMC is an important tri-government agency partnership involving the National Institutes of Health and Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that supports a growing number of large-scale, multisite, pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) of nonpharmacological approaches for the management of pain and common co-occurring conditions in military and Veteran health systems. Launched in 2017, the originally supported eleven PCTs are nearing completion and are ready to present early findings, lessons learned in the conduct of the trials, and future directions and opportunities for implementation of important findings and products and for future research.
For more information check out the Cyberseminar Series Description page.
Pre-registration is required for participation, but there is no cost. Continuing education credits are available for several disciplines for participants who are affiliated with VA. Check out the accreditation page.

Grand Rounds December 6, 2024: Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Large Language Models for Post-Marketing Surveillance of Medical Products (Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH)
2024-12-06 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH
Director, Center for Improving the Public’s Health Through Informatics
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Staff Scientist, Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Service
Associate Director, VA ORD VINCI
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA
Title: Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Large Language Models for Post-Marketing Surveillance of Medical Products
Date: Friday, December 6, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds December 13, 2024: Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Nurse Case Management in Black and Hispanic Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial (Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH)
2024-12-13 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker:
Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH
Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE)
NYU Langone Health
Title: Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring and Nurse Case Management in Black and Hispanic Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Date: Friday, December 13, 2024, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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Grand Rounds December 20, 2024: No Presentation (Holiday)
2024-12-20 13:00 - 14:00
