The Advance RI-CTR Clinical and Translational Research Seminar Series showcases clinical and translational 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's awardees, presenting their early research. Seminars are held virtually, September-May, on the second Thursday of each month from noon to 1pm ET. Please check back as we continue to add seminars.

Previous Seminars

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Gaurav Choudhary, MD: "Pulmonary Hypertension: Definition, Epidemiology and Novel Therapeutic Targets" 

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Thursday, October 10th, 2024

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Thursday, November 14th, 2024

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Thursday, December 12th, 2024

Susan Cu-Uvin, MD: "The Global Burden of HIV/HPV Related Cancers" 

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Thursday, January 9th, 2025

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Thursday, February 13th, 2025

William E. Van Nostrand, PhD: “Molecular insights into the pathogenesis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy using novel rat models”

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Thursday, April 10th, 2025

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Thursday, May 8th, 2025

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP: “Translational Therapeutics targeting Cancer Cell Death”

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This Seminar Series has concluded for 2024. 

Sponsored by Advance RI-CTR, 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, health equity, community engagement, and global implementation science. These seminars take place Tuesdays at noon between October 8th and November 19th.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Brittney van de Water, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC: “Applying the systems analysis and improve approach (SAIA) and implementation science methods to reduce health inequities and barriers to tuberculosis care in South Africa

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Rosemary Meza, PhD: “Casual pathway diagrams: Understanding how and under what circumstances strategies work"

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Elizabeth McGuier, PhD: "Studying Teams in Implementation Science: Recommendations from a Systemic Review of Teamwork and Implementation Outcomes"

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Amelia Van Pelt, PhD, MPH: "Applying Implementation Science to Advance Global Health"

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Cara C. Lewis, PhD: "Articulating Implementation Mechanisms to Optimize for Impact, Efficiency, and Equity"

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Ariana Albanese, PhD: "A rapid approach to qualitative analysis"

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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 three speakers:

• 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"
• Akilah Dulin, PhD, Associate Professor at Brown SPH, "Applying Concept Mapping Methodology to Understand Resilience Resources among African Americans Living with HIV in the Southern United States" 

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