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AHC Clinical Research Conference
The Clinical Research Conference is a forum for clinical research scholars from across the Academic Health Center to present research ideas, progress, and findings, and to gather feedback from colleagues. The conference, which is open to all, is held on the first and third Monday of each month, from 8:00-9:00 a.m., at D119 Mayo. Click here to receive Clinical Research Conference email announcements.
The 2008-2009 conference schedule:
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Date
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Lecturer
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Title
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| Nov. 17 |
Melissa Geller, MD |
“Cytokine Stimulated Allogeneic NK cells in an In Vivo Ovarian Cancer Mouse Model” |
| Dec. 1 |
Fang Yu, PhD, RN; and Carolyn Garcia, PhD |
TBA |
| Dec. 15 |
Kamakshi Lakshiminarayan, MD, PhD |
TBA |
| Jan. 5 |
Sarah Cooley, MD |
TBA |
| Jan. 26 |
Sean Elliott, MD |
TBA |
| Feb. 2 |
Ken Kunisaki, MD |
TBA |
| Feb. 16 |
David Boulware, MD |
TBA |
| Mar. 2 |
Marcie Tomblyn, MD, MS |
TBA |
| Mar. 16 |
Heather Vezina, PharmD |
TBA |
| Mar. 30 |
Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD |
TBA |
| Apr. 6 |
Jerica Berge, PhD |
TBA |
| Apr. 20 |
Lisa Chow, MD |
TBA |
| May 4 |
Adam Carpenter, MD |
TBA |
| May 18 |
Daniel Mulrooney, MD, MS |
TBA |
| June 1 |
Donald Nixdorf, MD |
TBA |
| June 29 |
Mukta Arora, MD, MS |
TBA |
| July 6 |
Rahel Ghebre, MD |
TBA |
| July 20 |
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN |
TBA |
The 2008-2009 conference schedule included:
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Date
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Presentation Title
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Speaker
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| Sept. 15, 2008 |
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Conference kick-off |
| Sept. 29, 2008 |
“The inter-relationships of childhood height and BMI in the prediction of early adult obesity: Analysis of a large longitudinal U.S. cohort.” |
Steven Stovitz, MD, FASCM |
| Oct. 6, 2008 |
"Transition from Chronic Kidney Disease to Dialysis: Targets for Improvement." |
Yelena Slinin, MD |
| October 20 |
”Exploring HIV-mediated Cardiovascular Risk” |
Jason Baker, MD, MS
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| Nov. 3 |
“Phase 3 study of growth hormone in children with Hurler and Hunter syndromes: novel implications of treatment” |
Lynda Polgreen, MD
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The 2007-2008 conference schedule included:
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Date
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Presentation Title
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Speaker
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Sept. 17, 2007
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"Clinical Study of the Effect of Childhood Obesity on Phase 1 and Phase 2 Drug Metabolism"
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L’Aurelle Johnson, Ph.D. |
| Oct. 1, 2007 |
"Multiple Sclerosis - one disease, or several? Approaching the problem with multimodal patient assessment." |
Adam Carpenter, M.D. |
| Oct. 15, 2007 |
"Understanding the biology of ovarian cancer to develop novel therapeutic strategies" |
Melissa A. Geller, M.D. |
| Oct. 29, 2007 |
"Assessing effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer by age and gender" |
Aasma Shaukat, M.D., M.P.H. |
| Nov. 5, 2007 |
"Micronutrients and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a research proposal" |
Ken M. Kunisaki, M.D. |
Nov. 19, 2007
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"Quantification of Trigeminal Central Hypersensitivity" |
Donald Nixdorf, D.D.S., M.S. |
Dec. 3, 2007
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"Neuroimaging and neurocognitive correlates of prenatal alcohol exposure: Understanding the full spectrum of effects beyond classical Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" |
Jeffrey R. Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P. |
| Dec. 17, 2007 |
"Promoting Cognition and Functional Independence in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease" |
Fang Yu, Ph.D., R.N. |
| Jan. 7, 2008 |
"HIV Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Sub-Saharan Africa" |
David Boulware, M.D., M.P.H., D.T.H.&M. |
Feb. 4, 2008
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"Skeletal Muscle Lipid Metabolism and Insulin Resistance - A Possible Relationship?" |
Lisa Chow, M.D. |
Feb. 18, 2008
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"Creation of a Biospecimen Repository for the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program: Investing in Translational Research for the Future" |
Sarah Cooley, M.D. |
| Mar. 3, 2008 |
"Relationship between thought disorder in schizophrenia and brain structure and connectivity : a proposal to analyze data collected by the MIND Research Network (MRN) Joint Study of First Episode and Chronic Schizophrenia" |
Peter Milev, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Mar. 17, 2008 |
"Stroke Rates in the Twin Cities: 1980-2000. The Minnesota Stroke Survey" |
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Mar. 31, 2008 |
"Cardiovascular Disease in Adult Survivors of Childhood and Young Adult Cancer" |
Daniel A. Mulrooney, M.D., M.S. |
| Apr. 7, 2008 |
"The Intricacies of Phase II Studies" |
Marcie Tomblyn, M.D., M.S.A |
Apr. 21, 2008
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"A proof of concept study to evaluate the clinical pharmacology of valacyclovir in young adults with primary EBV infectious mononucleosis" |
Heather Vezina, Pharm.D. |
May 5, 2008
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"Exercise Walking for Claudication: Arm Ergometry versus Treadmill Training. Revising and Resubmitting an NIH Application" |
Diane Treat-Jacobson, Ph.D. |
May 19, 2008
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"Reversal of aberrant translation: strategies for establishing novel anticancer regimens" |
Mark N. Kirstein, Pharm.D. |
June 2, 2008
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"Graft versus Host Disease- An Update"
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Mukta Arora, M.D. |
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The 2006-2007 conference schedule included:
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Date
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Presentation Title
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Speaker
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Sept. 21, 2006
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"Understanding the Bleeding Complications in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices" |
Ranjit John, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| Oct. 16, 2006 |
"Mechanisms of Improvement in Response to Aerobic Training in Claudication Patients" |
Diane Treat-Jacobson, Ph.D. |
| Nov. 6, 2006 |
"Clinical Pharmacology for Intraperitoneally-Administered Oxaliplatin and 5'-Fluorouracil" |
Mark Kirstein, Pharm.D. |
| Nov. 10, 2006 |
"Activating the Innate Immune System to Treat Cancer" |
Sarah Cooley, M.D. |
| Dec. 4, 2006 |
"Therapy For Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease" |
Mukta Arora, M.D. |
| Dec. 18, 2006 |
"Algorithms for identification of acute stroke cases in Medicare data" |
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Feb. 5, 2007 |
"Fat and the Muscle - A Possible Reason for Insulin Resistance in Humans" |
Lisa Chow, M.D. |
| Mar. 5, 2007 |
“Studies of visual perceptual organization and thought disorder in schizophrenia: functional MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of glutamate and GABA” |
Peter Milev, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Mar. 19, 2007
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"Nicotine addiction and stress response"
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Michael Kotlyar, Pharm.D.
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| Apr. 2, 2007 |
“Cardiovascular Disease in Adult
Survivors of Childhood Cancer" |
Daniel Mulrooney, MD, MS |
| Apr. 16, 2007 |
"The Association of Myocardial Fibrosis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy." |
Selcuk Adabag, MD, |
| May 7, 2007 |
“Homocysteine in Alzheimer’s Disease
and Mild Cognitive Impairment” |
Rebecca Rossom, MD |
| May 21, 2007 |
"HSCT Management for Lymphoma:
What can we do to improve?"
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Marcie Tomblyn, MD, MS |
| June 4, 2007 |
"Valacyclovir Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Adults with Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis" |
Heather Vezina, PharmD |
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June 18, 2007
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"Outcomes of Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty"
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Jasvinder Singh, MD
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| July 16, 2007 |
“Patient physician contact and outcomes in kidney disease – random thoughts” |
Areef Ishani, MD, MS
Yelena Slinin, MD |
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The 2005-2006 conference schedule included:
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Date
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Presentation Title
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Speaker
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Sept. 16, 2005
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"Introduction to the Conference and Writing a Research Article"
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Frank Lederle, M.D.,
VA General Internal Medicine
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Sept. 30, 2005
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“Developing Clinical Research at the Mayo Clinic" |
Sherine Gabriel, M.D., M.Sc.,
Chair, Department of Health Sciences Research and Director, Clinical Research Training Progrma (K30 and Roadmap K12), Mayo Clinic
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Oct. 21, 2005
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“A Proposal for a Randomized Trial of the ICE inhibitor Minocycline to Effect Cardiac Remodeling" |
Y. Chandrashekhar, M.D.,
VAMC Cardiology
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Nov. 4, 2005
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“The Long-term consequences of acute postoperative changes in serum creatinine – a work in progress" |
Areef Ishani, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Nov. 18, 2005
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“Randomized Clinical Trial of Induction and Maintenance Therapy of Chronic Graft vs. Host Disease" |
Mukta Arora, M.D., M.S.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Dec. 2, 2005
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“Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenetics of Gemcitabine" |
Mark Kirstein, Pharm.D.,
Assistant Professor College of Pharmacy
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Dec. 16, 2005
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“NIH Peer Review" |
Elizabeth Seaquist, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine
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Jan. 6, 2006
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“Antidepressants, smoking and response to mental stress" |
Michael Kotlyar, Pharm.D.,
Assistant Professor College of Pharmacy
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Jan. 20, 2006
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“Mechanisms of Improvement in Response to Aerobic Training in Patients with Claudication" |
Diane Treat-Jacobson, R.N., Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Nursing
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Feb. 3, 2006
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“Development and Testing of a Decision Aid for the Treatment of Malignant Polyps of the Colon" |
Rocco Ricciardi, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Feb. 17, 2006
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“Usefulness of Exercise Heart Rate Profile for Predicting Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community" |
Selcuk Adabag, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Mar. 3, 2006
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“Opportunities in Clinical Research" |
Anne Joseph, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine
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April 7, 2006
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“A multicentered randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of disease management for diabetes" |
Areef Ishani, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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April 21, 2006
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“Improving Efficacy of Allopurinol and Colchicin Use in Gout Patients" |
Jasvinder Singh, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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May 5, 2006
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“Colon Cancer in Persons Undergoing Serial Colonscopy for Colon Cancer Surveillance" |
Mandeep Sawhney, M.D.,
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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May 19, 2006
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“Deciphering Summary Statements: K23 Award Applications" |
Elizabeth Seaquist, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine
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June 2, 2006
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“Access and Quality of Care for Youth with Chronic Conditions during the Transition to Adult Health Care: Recent Finding and Research Project Planning" |
Peter Scal, M.D., M.P.H.,
Fellow in Health Services Research and Policy and Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
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June 16, 2006
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"Group peer review of the article draft, "Gout is associated with poor health related quality of life and functional status, and great health services utilization," authored by Jasvinder Singh"
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Anne Marie Weber-Main, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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