Upcoming CHPR Events
CHPR Thursday Health Services Research Seminar Series
Please visit the Seminar Calendar for a list of upcoming topics, speakers, and seminar locations.
Past Events
March 25, 2008
The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (CHPR), in cooperation with the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC), the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, and the Office of Research, recently hosted "Bridging the Causeway: A Center for Healthcare Policy and Research Symposium" at the Memorial Union on the Davis campus. A pilot grant program for collaborative, interdisciplinary proposals was announced at the conference.
John M. Westfall, M.D., Associate Dean for Rural Health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was the featured Plenary speaker. Dr. Westfall is the primary author of "Practice-Based Research—‘Blue Highways’ on the NIH Roadmap" (JAMA. 2007;297:403-406).
The symposium was held on March 25, 2008, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Community engagement and practice-based, collaborative research were emphasized. The symposium also featured speakers and breakout groups focusing on three areas of health services research. The breakout sessions were as follows:
Cancer
Session Leader: Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Obesity
Session Leader: Craig Warden, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Mental Health
Session Leader: Nolan Zane, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
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Program Schedule
Introductions, Thematic Overviews (Obesity, Cancer and Mental Health), and Pilot Grant Announcement
Plenary Address: "Mystery of the Blue Highway: Engaging Community in Research" - John M. Westfall, MD
Thematic Overviews (Includes Obesity, Cancer, Mental Health)
Obesity Breakout Group
Cancer Breakout Group
Mental Health Breakout Group
PILOT GRANT PROGRAM
The pilot grants have been announced and awardees are as follows:
Natalia Deeb-Sossa, PhD
UC Davis Department of Sociology
Migrant agricultural workers’ mental health needs and barriers to care: a pilot study
Bo Feng, PhD
UC Davis Department of Communication
What should doctors say when giving prescriptions? The use of persuasive strategies in medical recommendations
Michael Minzenburg, MD
UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Social attachment and neurocognitive function as predictors of parental dysfunction in at-risk mothers
Ben Rich, JD, PhD
UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine
Bioethics Endowed Chair
Designing sustainable educational materials for community-based programs
Ulfat Shaikh, MD, MPH
UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Validation of a parent exit interview survey to assess physician counseling on diet and physical activity during pediatric well child visits
Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, PhD
UC Davis Department of Nutrition
Validating methods for assessing vitamin D status in different ancestry groups
Call for Pilot Grant Applications
Pilot Grant Application