The Advance RI-CTR-N Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series showcases research from across Rhode Island. This series features the best of both worlds: outstanding science from expert investigators across the translational spectrum, alternating with Advance RI-CTR-N's awardees, presenting their early research. Seminars are held virtually, October-June, on the second Thursday of each month from 12-1pm ET. Please check back as we continue to add seminars.

Thursday, October 10th, 2026

Patrick McGann, MD PhD: “Advancing Sickle Cell Outcomes through Research: In Rhode Island and Across the World”

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Thursday, November 12th, 2026

Martin Taylor, MD PhD: "The LINE-1 Retrotransposon, A Novel Cancer Biomarker and Potential Contributor in Both Cancer and Pregnancy Complications"

Jared Saletin, PhD: TITLE TBD

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Thursday, December 10th, 2026

Hank Wu, MD, MPH: "From Bedside Question to Health System Change: A Research Trajectory"

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Thursday, January 14th, 2027

Alisse Hausprug, MD: TITLE TBD

Hannah Frank, PhD: "Community-partnered development of dissemination strategies to improve exposure therapy help-seeking"

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Thursday, February 11th, 2027

Patricia Cioe, PhD: "From the Clinic to the Research Lab: Advancing Tobacco Treatment and Health in People with HIV"

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Thursday, March 11th, 2027

Micheline Anderson, PhD: TITLE TBD

Jay Trivedi, PhD: TITLE TBD

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Thursday, April 8th, 2027

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Sponsored by Advance RI-CTR-N, Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence (BRIDGE), and Brown Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH), this 6-part series explores implementation science, its methodology, and application. Local and national experts share talks on  implementation strategies, economic evaluation in implementation science, implementation policy, community engagement, and global implementation science. These seminars take place Tuesdays at noon between October 20th and December 1st.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman PhD: “Use of AI to Support Implementation and Access to Effective Mental Health Interventions: Current Status, Use Cases, and Ethical Considerations”

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Danielle Adams, PhD: “Understanding the real-world implementation of a novel and complex treatment: Psychedelic-assisted therapy"

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Lorella Palazzo, PhD: "Rapid Ethnographic Assessment (REA): A Powerful Methodology to Advance Implementation Science Research"

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Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Briana Last, PhD: "Supporting and Sustaining the Behavioral Health Workforce: Challenges and Reforms"

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Tuesday, November 24, 2026

Allison Carroll, PhD: "Community-informed adaptations for implementation of behavioral medicine interventions"

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2026

Trisha Arnold, PhD: "Adapting ACT for PrEP: Applying the Adaptome to Promote PrEP Uptake, Adherence, and Persistence in Mississippi"

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The Spring 2023 offering of the Machine Learning for Health Seminar Series has concluded. These three talks explored machine learning, its methodology, and application in biomedicine and health. The purpose of this series is to serve as an introduction to machine learning for researchers, clinician scientists, and others who may be interested in using these methods in their research.
Please see below for the recordings.

Sponsored by Advance-CTR, the Data Science Initiative and the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics

Friday, February 24th, 2023

Chris Schmid, PhD | Adam Levine, MD | Kexin Qu, MSPH: “Validating a Predictive Model” 

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The Informatics and Implementation Science Learning Series (I2S2) covers a breadth of topics around effectively using data and technology to advance biomedical discovery and healthcare delivery. Each seminar features a rotating topic area expert who shares methods, applications, and resources that are aligned with components of a learning health system. 

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The series is sponsored by Brown BCBI, the Brown Department of Psychology and Human Behavior Implementation Science Core, RIQI, and Advance-CTR.

Advance RI-CTR, S4 and the Brown Library teamed up for this 2-part series exploring data visualization, its methodology, and application in biomedicine and health. The purpose of this series is to serve as a data visualization introduction for clinicians and others who may be interested in using these tools and methods in their research.

Part 1 from Friday, 4/22
“Data Visualization from 10,000 feet: A Quick Introduction to Visual Communication”
Patrick Rashleigh, Data Visualization Coordinator
The Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University Library

Poised to plunge into data visualization, making the latest-and-greatest fancy interactive extravaganzas? Well, hang on—before pulling out all the tools, let’s take a step back and think about some basic principles of visual perception, design and representation, and communicating to an audience.

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Part 2 from Friday, 5/13/22
"What GIS & Spatial Analysis can do for Health Research"
Guixing Wei, Senior GIS Developer and Spatial Scientist
The Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) Population Studies & Training Center

Dr. Wei provides an introduction to GIS, mapping and spatial epidemiology and their applications in health research. A brief survey of common GIS techniques in health applications is presented to showcase how health studies can benefit from spatial perspectives and geo-analytics. During the talk, Wei also introduces S4 and Brown’s GIS infrastructure and their supportive resources to the Brown community.

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The Qualitative Methods Series features rotating topic area experts who share their insights and expertise on a range of qualitative methods. 

The Spring 2021 Series featured :

• Aaron J. Horowitz, Co-Founder and CEO of Sproutel, "The Power of Designing with Patients"

• Alexandra Collins, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown SPH, "An Introduction to Rapid Ethnography: Its Applications and Utility in Public Health Research"

   

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