On Friday, February 3, 2023 the CCTST is hosting Dr. Carolette Norwood, PhD, MA for a Grand Rounds entitled, “Black Doctors and the Jim Crow Health Infrastructure of Cincinnati”.

Dr. Norwood’s talk will chronicle the history of Black physicians in Cincinnati; the racism they encounter in the profession and the advocacy they undertook in the community.

Dr. Norwood is professor and department head of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University. Dr. Norwood is a Black feminist sociologist whose research explores the implications of violence (structural, spatial, and interpersonal) at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, and space on reproductive and sexual health injustice for Black women. Dr. Norwood’s research on Black women’s economic mobility and reproductive (in)justice in Cincinnati collectively informs her first book project tentatively entitled, Jim Crow Geographies: Mapping the Intersections of Poverty, Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Urbane Space, under contract with Columbia University Press.

This off-cycle Grand Rounds event is co-sponsored by UC’s Office of Clinical Research Education Committee for Clinical Research Professionals and will be offering continuing education units. To register for Dr. Norwood’s presentation, please click here.

CCTST Grand Rounds is a monthly virtual seminar series showcasing best practices in clinical and translational science. Recordings from past Grand Rounds presentations can be found on CTRonline.

On Friday, September 16th, the CCTST is hosting Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, PhD, MPH for a Grand Rounds entitled, “Toward our Shared Liberation: Reproductive Justice Epidemiology for Action”.

Dr. Sealy-Jefferson’s talk will cover theories and frameworks that ground scholarship on reproductive justice epidemiology as well as empirical examples of scholarship on macrosocial determinants of preterm birth in Black women.

Dr. Sealy-Jefferson is a social epidemiologist whose primary research seeks action to combat manifestations of structural racism that limit the human rights of Black families and communities. She is the Founder, Director, and Principal Investigator of the Social Epidemiology to Eliminate Disparities (SEED) Lab. The mission of the SEED Lab is to conduct high quality epidemiologic research to find solutions to the disproportionate burden of infant mortality among Black women. Specifically, Dr. Sealy-Jefferson’s scholar-activism draws from the Reproductive Justice Framework and seeks to: (1) empirically document associations between systems of oppression and preterm birth (which is the leading cause of infant death), (2) explicate the intervening biologic, social, and psychosocial mechanisms, as well as (3) identify effect modifiers of these associations among Black women. The goal of her scholarship is to inform future intervention studies, policy change, and social activism.

To register for Dr. Sealy-Jefferson’s presentation, please click here.

CCTST Grand Rounds is a monthly virtual seminar series showcasing best practices in clinical and translational science. Recordings from past Grand Rounds presentations can be found on CTRonline.

On Friday, July 22, the CCTST hosted Dr. Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM, for a Grand Rounds entitled, “A Brief History of Racism in Medicine: Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We Hope to Go”.

This talk provided critical history of how racism shaped medicine and the experience of populations of color within the medical field. It also provided an overview of our present, and how we can make the future of medicine better for everyone.

Dr. Sederstrom began her career at the Center for Ethics at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. After beginning her PhD studies at Howard University in medical sociology and race, class, and gender inequalities, she was made director of the Center for Ethics and director of the Spiritual Care Department. She proceeded to hold these positions until she left to join Children’s Minnesota in March 2016 where she served as the director of the Clinical Ethics Department for almost 5 years. She has recently joined the executive leadership team at Hennepin Healthcare System as the new chief health equity officer where she will lead efforts in addressing health disparities, equity, and antiracism in the institution and community. She is a member of several professional societies and holds a leadership position in CHEST Medicine and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

This talk was also aligned with our ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals; since implementing our strategies to increase invited lecturers who identify as underrepresented minorities (URM) in 2020, the number of URM speakers has increased from 13% to 29%.

Dr. Sederstrom’s talk, along with a PDF of her presentation, can be found in CTRonline.

Dr. Kara Ayers (photo courtesy of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)

The CCTST is excited to have Kara Ayers, PhD as this month’s CCTST Grand Rounds presenter. Dr. Ayers’ presentation is titled, “Advancing Research Through the Inclusion of People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities”. She will discuss the implications of the underrepresentation of disabled people in research-as both participants and researchers-and identify approaches to combat the inequities that result from this underrepresentation. Participants will also learn strategies to help make their online and in-person research more accessible for and inclusive of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

In addition to being associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Ayers also serves as associate director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, director of the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities, and co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project.

Her research interests include disability identity/culture, healthcare equity, bioethics, community inclusion, and the use of media to teach, empower, and reduce stigma. Dr. Ayers serves on multiple task forces and national and state coalitions related to improving outcomes for people with disabilities. She infuses the mantra, “Nothing about us without us,” into all her scholarly and community-based pursuits.

For more information and to register for Dr. Ayers’ presentation, please click here.

CCTST November Grand Rounds: Situational awareness and the maintenance of an informed, optimized response to key phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

November 20, 2020
12:00-1:00
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Presenters:

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  Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
  Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

• David Hartley, PhD, MPH
  Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

• Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH
  Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics
  Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine
  Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Presentation Overview:
With the holidays approaching and COVID-19 rates rapidly increasing, it’s important to review what we know thus far about this virus. In this presentation, we will provide an update on COVID-19 in Greater Cincinnati, illustrating current, worrisome trends in disease activity and models informing potential paths forward. In so doing, we will highlight how our approach to situational awareness for hospitals and healthcare systems has been extended to other sectors (e.g., public health, congregate care, and schools). We will also discuss how these methods have similarly been used to optimize testing and promote clear communication with key stakeholders, including with the public.

Ethics, Bias and AI in Medicine: More than Just Data

Friday, September 18, 2020
12:00 - 1:00pm
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Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Presentation Overview:

Widespread heralds of an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in medicine generate both hopes and fears.  Amidst recent high-profile cases that reveal profoundly biased data sets and AI algorithms, how can we avoid reifying racism when AI is designed and implemented?  Drawing from cases across the translational science spectrum, this presentation will describe how bias is about far more than data sets and algorithms -  and what we must do about it. 

Continuing to Optimize a Data-Driven, Collaborative, and Regional Response to COVID-19 – Learnings from the First Four Months

Friday, July 17, 2020
12:00 - 1:00pm
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• Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD
  Co-Director, James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
  Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

• David Hartley, PhD, MPH
  Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

• Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH
  Attending Physician, Division of General & Community Pediatrics
  Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine
  Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Presentation Overview:

In this presentation, we will provide an update on COVID-19 in Greater Cincinnati, depicting trends in disease activity and cross-sector responses. In so doing, we will highlight key learnings from the pandemic’s first several months. We will focus on the transformation of regional capabilities in pursuit of an optimized and equitable pandemic response. We will discuss efforts to enhance information sharing and continuous learning by key stakeholders. We will also compare and contrast our region’s experience with other parts of the country, introducing key advances and remaining challenges as we look ahead to an evolving, dynamic pandemic.

The February CCTST Grand Rounds, held on February 21, 2020 featured:

• Angela Braggs-Brown, MA, RAC, CIP
  Director, UC Human Research Protection Program, University of Cincinnati Office of Research Integrity

• Tais Doll, PhD
  Licensing Associate - Life Sciences, University of Cincinnati Office of Innovation

Drs. Braggs-Brown and Doll presented, “3D Printing Technology and FDA Regulations”

Presentation Learning Objectives:

1. Define a medical device according to FDA.

2. Understand when FDA regulations apply to 3D printing technology.

3. Describe the requirements for patient-matched devices.

4. Understand intellectual property issues related to 3D printing and other inventions.

Click here to view a recording of the presentation.

The July CCTST Grand Rounds, held on July 19, 2019, featured:

• Craig Vogel, FIDSA, FRSA, Associate Dean for College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), University of Cincinnati, and Co-founder of the Live Well Collaborative

• Linda Dunseath, Executive Director, Live Well Collaborative

Craig and Linda presented: “Full Integration of Design into Patient Centered Care at Cincinnati Children's Hospital?”

The Live Well Collaborative follows a design thinking/translational research model that utilizes user-centered research to develop product, service and system solutions for living well across the lifespan, with an expertise in the 50 plus consumer market.

Presentation Learning Objectives:

1. Through case study examples learn how the design process is used to impact patient centered care

1. Begin to use a mapping tool to organize your own team challenge for a future Design Thinking 101 workshop

Target Audience: Physicians, healthcare practitioners, researchers, community health advocates

Click here for a PDF of the presented material.

The June CCTST Grand Rounds, held on June 21, 2019, featured Jack Kues, PhD, Director of the CCTST Center for Improvement Science (CIS), Associate Dean for Continuous Professional Development at University of Cincinnati (UC), and Professor Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine at UC. 

Dr. Kues presented: “Pursuing Transdisciplinary Research: What Does It Mean and How Do I Do It?”

Brief Overview: Transdisciplinary research is widely accepted as the future of studying complex problems. This presentation provides an overview of models of transdisciplinary research methodology and a discussion of how to create an environment that supports and promotes this type of research.

Target Audience: Physicians, healthcare practitioners, researchers, community health advocates

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The April CCTST Grand Rounds, held on April 19, 2019, featured speaker Charles Hokayem, PhD, Administrator for the Kentucky Research Data Center and Economist in the Center for Enterprise Dissemination at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Hokayem presented: “Research Possibilities in the Kentucky Research Data Center”.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain an overview of the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers

• Learn about the health, demographic, and business data available in the Kentucky Research Data Center

• Learn about the process of writing a proposal to access data

Target Audience: Physicians, healthcare practitioners, researchers, community health advocates

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Click here to learn more about the Kentucky Research Data Center.

The March CCTST Grand Rounds, held on March 15, 2019, featured speaker Cole Brokamp, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Brokamp presented: “Decentralized and Reproducible Geocoding and Characterization of Community and Environmental Exposures at Scale”.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what geomarkers are and how they can be utilized in clinical and translational research

• Understand the privacy concerns and protected health information regulations surrounding the use of addresses and geocodes in research

• Understand the capability and availability of DeGAUSS, a free and open source software tool designed for HIPAA-compliant geomarker assessment within the Academic Health Center

Target Audience: Physicians, healthcare practitioners, researchers, community health advocates

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The February CCTST Grand Rounds, held on February 15, 2019, featured speaker, Tiffani Johnson, MD, who presented: “Rated R: The Impact of Racism on Child Health”. This Grand Rounds presentation was part of the 2019 Health Equity Day. Dr. Johnson's presentation was one of the highest attended CCTST Grand Rounds, with more than 150 people in attendance.

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Michele Russell-Einhorn, Chief Compliance Officer and Institution Official at Advarra presented at CCTST Grand Rounds on December 11, 2018. Her presentation, “How Changes to the Common Rule Affect Your Research,” is available. Click here to view a recording of the presentation.

The October CCTST Grand Rounds, held on October 19, 2018, featured speaker Susan Sprigg, Research Officer at Interact for Health, who presented “Community Surveys”.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the population health surveys for our region sponsored by Interact for Health

• Share selected results from each survey

• Describe how researchers can access and use these data

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The September CCTST Grand Rounds, held on September 21, 2018, featured speaker Eleni Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Department of Biostatistics at Erasmus Medical Center, who presented “Assessing Risk Indicators in Clinical Practice with Joint Models of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data”.

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The July CCTST Grand Rounds, held on July 20, 2018, featured speaker Abel N. Kho, MD, Director, Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHiP), Northwestern University, who presented “Record Linkage Misadventures and what we’ve learned along the way”.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe methods for linking by person, place and time

2. Understand available methods for privacy preserving record linkage

3. Outline considerations when selecting linkage methods for specific clinical research use cases

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Housing, Homelessness and Health was the focus of the CCTST Community Engagement Core Spring Speaker Series on Thursday, April 26, 2018.  Featured speakers included Rosanne Haggerty, Jake Maguire and Beth Sandor from Community Solutions, a nonprofit organization based in New York City whose mission is to end homelessness and the conditions that create it.

From 11 AM to 1 PM  they led a panel discussion for Community Grand Rounds in Room 6051 of the UC Medical Sciences Building (MSB)

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Ms. Haggerty also presented the keynote address for the Speaker Series Dinner and Awards Reception, 6-8 PM in the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center ballroom, 151 Goodman Drive, UC Academic Health Center campus.  CCTST Community Health Grant awardees and Community Leaders Institute graduates were also honored.  The networking hour began at 5 PM.  

Rosanne Haggerty is the President and CEO of Community Solutions. She is an internationally recognized leader in developing innovative strategies to end homelessness and strengthen communities. In 1990, Rosanne founded Common Ground Community, a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and research-based practices that
end homelessness. To have greater impact, she and her senior team launched Community Solutions in 2011 to help communities solve the problems that create and sustain homelessness, including the development of the 100,000 Homes Initiative.

The April CCTST Grand Rounds, held in conjunction with 2018 UC Neuroscience Research Day on April 17, 2018, featured speaker Craig Newschaffer, PhD, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University. Dr. Newschaffer presented: “Environmental Exposures and Autism Risk: Narrowing the Knowledge Gaps”.  The presentation took place from 11:30am-12:30pm in MSB 5051.

Autism spectrum disorders are highly heritable and, consequently, there has been much focus on the genetic underpinnings of autism over the past two decades at the dawn of the “genomics” era. However, it is also likely that there are environmental aspects to autism’s etiology as well. Discovering and confirming environmental risk factors is quite challenging. This presentation will review why we are not further along in revealing environmental autism risk factors and will present some of the more novel approaches that have been launched to address these challenges.

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Target Audience: Target audience: physicians, healthcare practitioners, researchers, community health advocates.

UC Neuroscience Research Day also included a poster session which began at 8:30 am in the CARE/Crawley atrium. Awards were presented at 12:30 p.m. in 5051 MSB following the lecture. Dr. Newschaffer also presented at Pediatric Grand Rounds on A Public Health Science Approach to Autism at 8:00 a.m. in Cincinnati Children’s Sabin Auditorium.

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