Enrichment Lecture Series
Learn from the experts and guest speakers in this lecture series hosted by the Center for Translational Research (CTR) and other special interest groups (SIG).
To register for upcoming lectures, email us.
Upcoming Lectures
To be announced.-
Title: Digital Scholarship for Healthcare Professionals How can we define and evaluate this emerging form of scholarship?
Date: July 27, 2022
Speaker: Traci Wolbrink, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director, OPENPEdiatrics
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor in Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical SchoolTitle: “Reducing Intergenerational Health Disparities in Chronic Disease through Visual-based Communication Tools"
Date: October 26, 2022
Speaker: Amrik Singh Khalsa, MD, MSc, FAAP, FACP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research
The Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The Ohio State University College of MedicineTitle: From Nags to Riches: Designing a Patient-Centered Financial Incentives Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Date: September 28, 2022
Speaker: Davene R. Wright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Harvard Medical SchoolTitle: CTR Enrichment Series co-hosted by Global Health SIG: "The Unknown Pandemic: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting"
***Viewer discretion advised. Sensitive topic***
Date: June 22, 2022
Speakers: Karen McDonnell, Ph.D.
Department of Prevention and Foundation | Milken Institute of Public Health
George Washington UniversityAngela Peabody
Executive Director and Founder of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E FoundationKhadijah Abdullah
Sr. Clinical Research Coordinator
Children’s National Hospital
Founder & Executive Director, RAHMA (Reaching All HIV+ Muslims In America)Title: Novel Tools to Enhance Risk Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease
Date: May 25, 2022
Speaker: Alan Remaley, M.D., Ph.D.
Lipoprotein Metabolism Lab
Translational Vascular Medicine Branch
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institute of HealthTitle: Implementation in Child Welfare Settings: Bringing Evidence to Systems
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 12-1 p.m.
Speaker: Lisa Saldana, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Senior Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC)
Clinic Director, OSLC Developments, Inc. (ODI)Title: Leveraging Data to Assess & Improve Health Systems
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 12-1 p.m.
Speaker: Brett R. Anderson, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.Title: The Critical Role of Understanding and Respecting Culture and the Lived Experience of Racism in Caring for our African American Patients and Their Families
Date: February 23, 2022
Speaker: Ronit Elk, Ph.D.Title: Collaborating to Optimize Parent Experience (COPE): Screening for Parental Social Determinants of Health
Date: January 26, 2022
Speaker: Kenna Sheak, M.D. -
Title: Promoting Equity in Developmental Health through Primary Care Literacy Promotion
Date: June 29, 2021
Speaker: Manuel Jimenez, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.Title: Lies, Damned lies, and Surveys: Designing Better Surveys for Education and Research
Date: June 15, 2021
Speaker: Anthony R. Artino, Ph.D.Title: Precision Therapeutics in Neonates: How to Improve Drug Dosing and Drug Response
Date: April 20, 2021
Speaker: Tamorah R. Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.Title: COVID-19: Why You Should Now Care Even More about Global Health
Date: March 16, 2021
Speaker: Richard Skolnik, M.P.A.Title: Developing a Social Needs Screening Program
Date: February 16, 2021
Speaker: Jessica SaundersTitle: Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities in Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Date: January 19, 2021
Speaker: Sylvie Naar, Ph.D.Title: A New Hope: Preventing Bias in Personal, Professional and Patient Encounters
Date: January 14, 2021
Speaker: Kenyon Michael Railey, M.D. -
Title: Implementation of Social Determinants of Health: Screening and Intervention at Children's National
Date: February 22, 2023
Speakers:
Gayle Gilmore, Family Services
Brooke Goodwin, Social Work
Amanda Jepson, Family Services
Caroline Van Buskirk, Family Services -
Topic: Black Emerging Adult College Students: More Than a Convenience Sample
Date: December 14, 2020
Speakers: Delishia M. Pittman, Ph.D.Topic: Beyond Fairytale Endings: Bibliotherapy and Creative Interventions in Palliative Care
Date: November 2, 2020
Speakers: Lori Wiener, Ph.D., and Meaghann Weaver, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.Topic: Fair Inclusion in Genomics Research: Progress and Opportunities Involving African and Black American Populations
Date: October 20, 2020
Speaker: Shawneequa Callier, J.D., M.A.Topic: Childhood Stress and Urban Poverty: The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health
Date: September 15, 2020
Speaker: Roy Wade, Jr. M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P.Topic: Instructor of Pediatrics within the Division of Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care
Date: August 25, 2020
Speaker: Nia J. Heard‐Garris, M.D., M.Sc.Topic: Facilitating Adolescent Decision-Making about Return of Genomic Research Results
Date: July 21, 2020
Speaker: Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D.Topic: Risk and Protective Factors for Psychosocial and Physiological Outcomes in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
Date: June 22, 2020
Speaker: Sarah S. Jaser, Ph.D.Topic: Medical Maximizing-Minimizing: A Concept to Help Understand Patients’ Motivations and Talk about their Preferences and Values
Date: June 15, 2020
Speaker: Laura Scherer, Ph.D.Topic: Interprofessional Teamwork in Supporting Decision Making for Seriously Ill Patients
Date: June 8, 2020
Speaker: Jennifer Walter, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.Topic: Impact of a Multimedia Educational Curriculum on Trainees across the United States: A Case Study on How to Translate your Teaching into Scholarship
Date: June 1, 2020
Speaker: Neha Shah, M.D.Topic: Keeping your Zzzzz’s and your Body Clocks in Tune: A Health Imperative during Stressful Times
Date: May 18, 2020
Speaker: Daniel S. Lewin, Ph.D., D.ABSMTopic: Mindfulness Interventions to Prevent Mental Health Problems and Promote Resilience
Co-hosted by CTR and the Behavioral Medicine Research SIG
Date: May 4, 2020
Speaker: Tamar Mendelson, Ph.D.Topic: Tiny Cargo, Big Deal! A Precision Prevention Strategy for Child Passenger Safety
Date: April 27, 2020
Speaker: Michelle Macy, M.D., M.S.Topic: Necessary, but Not Sufficient: The Challenges and Limitations of Addressing Diversity in Precision Medicine Research
Date: April 13, 2020
Speaker: Aaron Goldenberg, Ph.D., M.P.H.Topic: Deliberative Community Engagement
Date: April 6, 2020
Speaker: Michele Gornick, Ph.D., M.A.Topic: The Translation of Science into Practice: The Role of an Applied Research Center
Date: March 2020
Speaker: Olga Acosta Price, Ph.D.Topic: Improving Care for Children with Sickle Cell Conditions through a Primary Care Lens
Date: February 6, 2020
Speaker: Alexandra M. Sims, M.D., F.A.A.P.Topic: The Melanocortin 3 Receptor and Pediatric Obesity
Co-Hosted by CTR and Bioenergetics SIG
Date: February 3, 2020
Speaker: Jack A. Yanovski, M.D., Ph.D. -
Topic: Use of PrEP in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Opportunities for HIV Prevention for Adolescent and Young Mothers in Africa
Co-Hosted by CTR, Bioenergetics SIG and Global Health SIG
Date: January 2020
Speaker: Lynne Mofenson, M.D.Topic: Informing Genomic Medicine Using Virtual Reality
Date: December 2019
Speaker: Susan Persky, Ph.D.Topic: Present in the Room: Harnessing the Power of the Family Voice for Researchers, Fellow Parents and Clinicians Caring for Seriously Ill Children
Date: November 2019
Speaker: Blyth Lord, Ed.M.Topic: Using the EMR to Enhance Healthcare Research: HealtheDataLabs and the Children’s National Data Lake
Date: October 2019
Speaker: James E. Bost, M.S., Ph.D.Topic: Understanding the “Boyer Model” though the Lens of a Quality Improver
Date: September 2019
Speaker: Lamia Soghier, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.A.P., C.H.S.E.Topic: The Boyer Model: Innovative Restructuring of the Center for Translational Research
Date: September 2019
Speaker: Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, M.D.Topic: Community-Based Research: A Community Health Improvement Week at Children’s National Enrichment Seminar
Summary: Experts present current community-based research activities and demonstrate the value of partnerships that work to improve community health outcomes and increase engagement.
Date: June 2019
Speaker: Chaya Merrill, Dr.Ph., Sharon Singh, Ph.D., Ankoor Y. Shah, M.D., M.P.H.Topic: The Race for Physical Activity to Catch Up with Nutrition: The Critical Need to Promote Both for Health Outcomes Among Children
Date: May 2019
Speaker: Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D., FACSMTopic: 18-24 Months HIV Free Survival among HIV Exposed Children as a Measure of PMTCT Program Effectiveness
Date: April 2019
Speaker: Appolinaire Tiam, M.D., M.Med.
(No recording)Topic: BI Improvements and Expansion: Introduction to the Grants Dashboard
Date: March 2019
Speaker: Hilah Zia, M.P.A.
(No recording)Topic: Digital Solutions for Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment: Do Apps, Texts or Tweets Really Work?
Date: February 2019
Speaker: Nadia L. Downshen, M.D.Topic: Mind the Gap: Examining the Impact of False Positives and Diagnostic Dilemmas in Newborn Screening
Date: January 2019
Speaker: Beth A. Tarini, M.D., M.S.