Past Research Lectures

2011 Annual Nuts and Bolts Research Methods Symposium

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• Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Etiology, Evaluation and  Evidence Based Management Presentation given by Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine 
• Handout: Obesity Prevention, Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• ,Handout: Diet and Activity History, Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Professor, Deparment of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• ,Handout: 5-3-2-1 Almost None, Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• The YMCA Healthy, Fit & Strong Program:  A  Community-Based Family Centered Obesity Prevention/Treatment Program
  Presentation given by Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine  
• Research Mentors Presentation given by Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director of Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, UTCOMC Surgery
• Background and Literature Search Presentation given by Victor O. Kolade, MD, Associate Professor, UTCOMC Internal Medicine
• Literature Searching: Navigating the Medical Library Presentation given by Langhorne Waterhouse, MLS
• IRB and SRC Compliance Presentation given by Sylvia Friedl, CIP and Stacey Hendricks, CIM
• Collecting Data and Communicating Results Presentation given by Francis Fesmire, MD, Associate Professor, UTCOMC Emergency Medicine
• The Impact of the Rotovirus Vaccines on a Pediatric Academic Tertiary Referral Hospital Presentation given by Alicia Andrews, DO, 2011 Coddington Award Winner, UTCOMC Annual Research Week
• Research Development Workshop Presentation given by Paul Stumpf, MD, Professor and Chair, UTCOMC Obstetrics and Gynecology 

2009 Annual Nuts and Bolts Research Methods Symposium
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General Sessions:

• Next Generation Research Presented by Karah Nazor, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UC San Francisco, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Resident Research - Lessons Learned Presented by Sandy Varghese, MD, Administrative Chief Resident, UTCOMC Pediatrics

Track I:

• Asking the Right Question Presented by Rich Metzger, PhD, Professor of Psychology, UTC
• Research Methodology Presented by Gregory Heath, DHSc, MPH, Director of Research, UTCOMC
• Data Collection and Analysis Presented by Marc Loizeaux, PhD, Manager, Provider Performance, BCBS of Tennessee]
• Abstract Writing Presented by Beth Choby, MD, Clerkship Director, UTCOMC Family Medicine 
• Proposal Writing Presented by J. Daniel Stanley, MD, Associate Professor, UTCOMC Surgery, Program Director, UTCOMC Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
• SRC/IRB Panel Discussion

 Track II:

• Research Grant Submission & Research Review

2008 Annual Nuts and Bolts Research Methods Symposium
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• Faculty Responsibility for Clnical Quality Presented by Karen Kmetic, PhD, Director of Clinical Performance Evaluations, AMA
• Legal Issues in Medical Research Presented by Carol A. Schwab, J.D., LL.M., Director of Medical/Legal Education, UTHSC
• Mentorship: Giving and Receiving Presented by J. Daniel Stanley, MD, Associate Professor, UTCOMC
• Research Methodology and Design Presented by Gregory Heath, DHSc, MPH, Director of Research, UTCOMC
• Asking the Right Question Presented by Rich Metzger, PhD, Professor of Psychology, UTC
• Research Data Sources

Presented by Sarah Stuart Chewning, MPH, Hamilton County Health Department

Presented by Ione Farrar, Chattanooga Community Research Council

Presented by Rae Bond, Chattanooga and Hamilton County Health Department

• Academic Research in Quality  Presented by Karen Kmetic, PhD, Director of Clinical Performance Evaluations, AMA
• Data Collection and Analysis Presented by Marc Loizeaux, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mathmatics, UTC
• Abstract Writing and Literature Review Presented by Mukta Panda, MD, Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine, UTCOMC, Langhorne Waterhouse, MLIS, Grant Writer, UTCOMC 

2007 Annual Nuts and Bolts Resesarch Methods Symposium
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• Low Birth Weight Collaboration (Drs. David Adair, UTCOMC, and Sean Richards, UTC)
• Abstracts
  • Abstract Submission Do's and Don'ts (Dr. Billy Arant, UTCOMC)
  • Writing Your Abstract (Dr. Billy Arant, UTCOMC)
• Asking the Right Research Question (Dr. Rich Metzger, UTC) 
• Clinical Research Methods and Study Design (Dr. Gregory Heath, UTCOMC)
• Conflict of Interest in Research
  UTHSC Policy on Conflict of Interest in Research
  AMA Managing Conflict of Interest in Research
• Institutional Policy Roundtable (Moderated by Sylvia Friedl, UTCOMC)
• Medical Library Handout (Langhorne Waterhouse, MLS, Erlanger Library Manager)
• Research Development Workshop for Mentoring (Dr. Vineet Arora, University of Chicago)
•  Tracking Budgets and Trolling for Grants (Dr. Colleen Schmitt, Southeastern Clinical Research and UTCOMC)
•  Writing Clinical Research Protocols (Dr. Manoo Bhakta, UTCOMC)

Research Core Lectures

The following were presented as part of the 2007 - 2008 Faculty and Resident Development Series by Greg Heath, DHSc, MPH and Marc Loizeaux, PhD.  Click on the inks to view the files: 

• Study Design 11-12-2007 Dr. Greg Heath
• Sampling 12-10-2007 Dr. Marc Loizeaux
• Descriptive Statistics 1-14-2008 Dr. Marc Loizeaux
• Confidence Intervals Hypothesis Tests 2-11-2008 Dr. Marc Loizeaux
• Designing and Testing Questionnaires 3-10-2008 Dr. Greg Heath

2006 Annual Nuts and Bolts Research Methods Symposium

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•  Abstract Writing (Dr. Mukta Panda, UTCOMC)
•  Bottom Line:  Research, Promotion, and Tenure (Dr. BIlly Arant, UTCOMC)
•  Data, Databases, and Discovery (Dr. Andy Novobilski, UTC)
•  Evidence-Based Medicine:  Implications for Coverage, Practice, and Research (Dr. Steven Teutsch, Merck)
•   Health and Productivity:  A Research Agenda from the Private Employer Sector - What Works and What Doesn't (Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, Unum Provident)
• Research How To's in a Community Setting (Dr. Gregory Heath, UTCOMC)
• UT Health Science Center:  Current Projects in the Research Enterprise (Dr. Leonard "Randy" Johnson, UTHSC)