Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medicine: Mind the Gap, NIH Seminar Series

Upcoming Seminars

Raising the Bar: Engineering Optimized Behavioral Interventions for Increased Public Health Impact
Linda M. Collins, Ph.D. External Website Policy
Director, The Methodology Center
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and
   Department of Statistics

The Pennsylvania State University

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
10:00 a.m. – noon
Natcher Auditorium, Balcony B

Cosponsored by
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Helping Smokers with Behavioral Health Comorbidity Requires a National Effort
Jill Marie Williams, M.D.
Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
10:00 a.m. – noon
Natcher Auditorium, Balcony C

Designing and Analyzing Randomized Controlled Trials in the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Drug Abuse
C. Hendricks Brown, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Prevention Science and Methodology Group (PSMG)
Director, Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (Ce-PIM)
Director, Social Systems Informatics
Center for Family Studies
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Thursday, May 9, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Natcher Auditorium, Balcony A

Bridging the Gap between What Health Professionals Should Do to Help Smokers Quit and What They Actually Do: What is the Role of Public Health Care Workers and the NIH?
Steven Schroeder, M.D.
Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
Professor, Department of Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
10:00 a.m. – noon
Natcher Auditorium, Balcony B

Previous Seminars:

Evidence-Informed Factors for Promoting Psychological Resilience in the U.S. Military
Terri Tanielian, M.A.
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Cancer Care: The Patient’s Role, Palliative Care, and Implications for Health Policy
Amy Berman, R.N.
Friday, August 3, 2012

Communicating Possible Harms and Benefits of Treatment and Lifestyle
Professor David Spiegelhalter, OBE, FRS
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Evidence-to-Practice Gap: Teaching Clinicians Evidence-based Medicine
W. Scott Richardson, M.D.
Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Pressure To Get It Right: Biases in Biomedical Research
John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.
Monday, March 19, 2012

Innovative Approaches to Clinical Trials
Robert M. Califf, M.D.
Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Skin You’re In: Making Progress in Eliminating Health Inequalities
Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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