In collaboration with the Center for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation (3DI), the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME) seminars, directed by Beth Cohen MD MAS, provide timely feedback to fellows and faculty on patient-oriented research projects. For more information, contact Akira Look.
Mondays 2-3 PM
Microsoft Teams information sent with calendar invite for each presenter.
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 1/26/26 | "3DI COIN: The Year Ahead" | Carolyn Gibson, PhD MPH Salomeh Keyhani, MD MPH |
| 1/12/26 | "Identifying Clinical Aging Phenotypes in Patients with Cancer Using Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Latent Variable Modeling Approach" | Lisa Morse, PhD(c), MS, RN, AG-CNS-BC |
| 12/1/25 | VA CDA Proposal Review: “A Brief, Low-intensity Intervention for Disordered Eating Behaviors in Veterans: Increasing Access to Care" | Patrycja Klimek-Johnson, PhD |
| 11/17/25 | VA IIR Proposal: "Improving Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD Delivered by Video Telehealth in Routine Practice" | Nicholas Holder, PhD |
| 11/10/25 | "Development and validation of natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to identify cannabis use" | Katherine Hoggatt, PhD MPH |
| 10/27/25 | "Veteran Engagement in Research: Background and Opportunities" | Francesca Nicosia, PhD |
| 10/6/25 | TRDRP Postdoctoral Award Proposal Review: "Impact of Cannabis Use on Tobacco Cessation in Adults 65 Years and Older" | Vira Pravosud, PhD MPH MS |
| 9/22/25 | TRDRP New Investigator Award: "Impact of cannabis on lung cancer risk independent of tobacco cigarettes | Anna Blanken, PhD |
| 9/15/25 | VA ISLI Proposal: "Implementing and evaluating a PLIE Train-the-Trainer program for sustainment of the PLIE Program for Veterans with dementia" | Jennifer Lee, GCFP Neal Yuan, MD |
| 9/8/25 | "Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Electrograms for Signal Classification" | Sanket Dhruva, MD MHS Neal Yuan, MD |
| 8/18/25 | NIMH K23 Resubmission: "Identifying HIV treatment engagement factors using clinical informatics and stated preference methods" | José Gutierrez Jr, PhD, FNP-BC, AAHIVS |
| 8/4/25 | VA CDA Proposal: "The Impact of Health-Related Social Needs on Predicting Dementia Risk and Downstream Nursing Home Placement for Veterans With Serious Mental Illness" | Alison Hwong, MD PhD |
| 7/14/25 | TRDRP New Investigator Award: "Impact of cannabis on lung cancer risk independent of tobacco cigarettes" | Alison Rustagi, MD PhD |
| 6/9/25 | "Scaling LLMs for the Real World: case study of the longstanding smoking history problem" | Julie Wu, MD PhD |
| 6/2/25 | VA Project Presentation: "Improving delivery of germline testing in Veterans with advanced prostate cancer" | Daniel Kwon, MD |
| 5/19/25 | "Collaborations with the VISN 21 Clinical Resource Hub” | Tanvir Hussain, MD MBA MSc MHS FACP |
| 5/12/25 | VA Grant Proposal: “Synchronous Video Telehealth Delivery of Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” | Nicholas Holder, PhD |
| 5/5/25 | VA Grant Resubmission: “Measurement Science QUERI” | Mary Whooley, MD |
An archived list of previous seminars is listed here.
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