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HOP Master’s Students Successfully Defend Theses
Leandra Stubbs, a master’s student in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, and Steve Newell, Ph.D., a recent graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Psychology and master’s student in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, successfully defended their individual theses in early June. The thesis defense serves…
Shenkman Joins Selby of PCORI and Munster of UCSF as Invited Speakers at the Association for Health Care Journalists Conference in April
Betsy A. Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was invited to speak on a panel discussion at the annual Association for Health Care Journalists conference in Santa Clara, Calif., in April. The conference brought together hundreds of members of the national media each year, as…
HOP Professor’s Research Proposal Awarded Informatics Institute Seed Fund
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was recently selected to receive one-year, $50,000 seed funding for his research proposal, “New Collaboration to Increase the Development of Computable Phenotypes for Improving Health Outcomes.” The award was made possible by the University of Florida…
HOP Faculty and ICHP Affiliate Faculty Participate in the 2015 Medical Student Research Program
In an effort to expose medical students to the research conducted in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy early in their careers, faculty members, including William Hogan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy; Melissa Bright, Ph.D., assistant research scientist in the Department of Health Outcomes…
HOP Faculty Member Invited to Attend PDMP Research Forum
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was recently invited to attend the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Research Forum: Identifying Priorities to Optimize Use and Improve Public Health in Washington, D.C., on May 28-29. The invitation-only event brings together PDMP administrators, researchers, public health…
HOP M.D.-Ph.D. Student to Give Several Presentation on Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Justin Rossi, an M.D.-Ph.D. student in the Departments of Neuroscience and Health Outcomes & Policy
New HOP Faculty Member Joins Cancer Research Network 2015 Scholar Cohort
Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was one of ten researchers from around the country selected to join the Cancer Research Network 2015 Scholar Cohort, which aims to develop cutting-edge skills for conducting research in a network of health care organizations. The 26-month…
HOP Recruitment at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
Alana Christou, MPH, education and research administrator in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, and Lindsay Thompson, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and assistant director of clinical research in the Institute for Child Health Policy, attended the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting April 25-28 in San…
ICHP Affiliate Faculty Member Speaks at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
Lindsay Thompson, M.D., M.S., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and assistant director of clinical research in the Institute for Child Health Policy, spoke at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif., on April 26. Her presentation was on the creation of an adolescent patient portal,…