{"id":4482,"date":"2019-05-01T10:46:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cgibd\/?page_id=4482"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:01:18","slug":"epi-conferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cgibd\/enrichment-strategy\/epi-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Epi Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Epi Conferences<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-33\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-33 tablepress-responsive\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Seminar Date<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Speaker<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Affiliation<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/27\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rebecca Rubinstein, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in Progress: Effects of human milk oligosaccharides on Campylobacter infections in Nicaraguan Children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/04\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Leiman, MD, MSHP<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Duke University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Dysphagia in older adults<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/11\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Edward Barnes, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/18\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trevor Barlowe, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in progress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/01\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Walker Redd, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in progress: Assessing for racial disparities in the diagnostic evaluation of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in patients with dysphagia or esophageal food impaction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/08\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cary Cotton, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/15\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jared Sninsky, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Development and Validation of a Novel Machine Learning-Based Serum Protein Electrophoresis Biomarker Model: A Practical Treat-to-Target Tool for Ulcerative Colitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/29\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Joy Chang, MD, MS<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Michigan<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Shared decision making in eosinophilic esophagitis: Barriers and facilitators to patient-centered care<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/06\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Access to Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in Patients with Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: Why Does the Treatment Gap Exist and What Can We Do?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/13\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Errors in Literature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/20\/2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Stephanie Borinsky, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Treatment Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization in Eosinophilic Esophagitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/10\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Meghan O\u2019Leary, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Using systems science to implement and evaluate colorectal cancer screening programs in diverse settings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/17\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trevor Barlowe, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in progress: glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists do not increase the risk of aspiration events during upper endoscopy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/24\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eric Shah, MD, MBA<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Michigan Health<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">GI Innovation and entrepreneurship: empowering the next generation of gastroenterologists with a rewarding career path<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/31\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Ransohoff, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">The power of designing focused questions for the reliability of clinical research: a discussion using a recent study on gallstone disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/07\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John Baron, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">What happened to Vioxx?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/14\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brian Sullivan, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Duke University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Understanding and implementing quality improvement in GI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/21\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Investigator initiated studies: lessons learned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/28\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Luther Bartelt, MD, DTM&amp;H<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Individual and community costs of childhood malnutrition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/28\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Intestinal dysbiosis, pathogen amplification, and spread<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/06\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John Haydek, MD, MSCS<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Non-invasive biochemical versus endoscopic surveillance of disease activity for patients with ulcerative colitis in clinical remission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/20\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cary Cotton, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in Progress; measuring health state utility for health economics research in eosinophilic esophagitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/27\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Michael Li, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of California<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Immunotherapy and liver disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/10\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jennifer Lund, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Developing a research program on climate change and health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/17\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Douglas Robertson, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Colorectal cancer screening and the CONFIRM trial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/24\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">DDW Practice Talks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">05\/08\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Disha Subramaniam<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in progress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">07\/24\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Robert Sandler, MD, MPH and Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">07\/31\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Edward Barnes, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/07\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andrew Moon, MD, MPH and Donna Evon, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/14\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR and Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/21\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD and Cary Cotton, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/04\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Evan Dellon, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/11\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: journal editor roundtable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/18\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Peter Leese, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: research resources at UNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/25\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: research resources at UNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/02\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Walker Redd, MD, MSCR and Trevor Barlowe, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">ACG Practice Talks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/09\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jared Sninsky, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Baylor College of Medicine<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Non-invasive biomarkers of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease: prospective pilot data and future directions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/23\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Matthew Egberg, MD, MPH, MMSc<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/06\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ellen Green, MD, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in Progress: Emergency presentation diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in SEER-Medicare beneficiaries; disparities and undertreatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/13\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UT Health Houston<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Early life exposures and risk of gastrointestinal cancers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/20\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Manasi Agrawal, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Icahn School of Medicine<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Environmental pollutants and inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/04\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Meghan O\u2019Leary, PhD and Kristen Lich, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Using simulation and systems mapping to assess the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of approaches to improving colorectal cancer screening in public health screening initiatives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/11\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">NC TraCS Institute panel on engagement, inclusive science and recruitment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12\/18\/2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Multiple Speakers<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Errors in Literature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/08\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gabriel Lupu, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">WIP: Less restrictive Medicaid policies for DAA access are associated with greater declines in HCC-related deaths<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/15\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sonia Napravnik, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">AI v EHR data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/22\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Lessons learned from applying for foundation career development award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">01\/29\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Tips for preparing a successful submission to PCORI: lessons learned in planning a study in Pediatric IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/05\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dazhe Chen, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NIEHS\/NIH<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Pesticide exposure and inflammatory bowel disease in two prospective cohort studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-52 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/12\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Robert Sandler, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Nuts and bolts of how to get a study started<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-53 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/19\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Ransohoff, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Stories of success and failure in cancer screening test development and commercialization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-54 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">02\/26\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jessie Edwards, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Designing target emulation trials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-55 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/05\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Benjamin Sines, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Data driven biologic understanding of disease and treatment response inference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-56 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/19\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Oren Fix, MD, MSc<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Generative AI large language models (LLMs) for clinical care in hepatology and gastroenterology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-57 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">03\/26\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Maire Conrad, MD, MS<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Pennsylvania<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Distinct features of the gut microbiome in children with inflammatory bowel disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-58 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/02\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Cary Cotton, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Works in Progress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-59 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/09\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Disha Subramanian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Work in Progress: Missing data in external comparator arms for pediatric IBD trials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-60 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/16\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Ransohoff, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cancer Screening Part II: Developing screening beyond the 5 \u2018standard of care\u2019 tests: Challenges and approaches in 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-61 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/23\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Angelica Lackey, MPH <\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Increasing social vulnerability impacts EoE presentation and decreases treatment response in eosinophilic esophagitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-62 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/23\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Edward Barnes, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Partnering with Industry: An opportunity to expand research opportunities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-63 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">04\/30\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jared Sninsky, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Quasi-experimental study design and non-invasive biomarkers of inflammation in IBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-64 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">05\/07\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Ransohoff, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Developing new cancer screening tests in 2025: Difficult challenges and potential approaches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-65 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">07\/23\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trevor Barlowe, MD, MSCR and Gabriel Lupu, MD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: Performing clinical research at UNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-66 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">07\/30\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Robert Sandler, MD, MPH and Andrew Moon, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-67 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/13\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Edward Barnes, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-68 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/20\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Donna Evon, PhD and Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-69 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">08\/27\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Erica Brenner, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-70 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/03\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-71 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/10\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Evan Dellon, MD, MPH and Cary Cotton, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-72 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/17\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Andrew Moon, MD, MPH; Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH; and Robert Sandler, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: Journal Editor Roundtable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-73 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">09\/24\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eric Orman, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Indiana University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Cirrhosis readmissions: Challenges and progress over the last decade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-74 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10\/22\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Anne Peery, MD, MSCR<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">UNC at Chapel Hill<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Introduction to division research: Research resources at UNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-75 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/05\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alison Faust, MD and Shari Rogal, MD, MPH<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Pittsburgh<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Using implementation science to improve care for alcohol associated liver disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-76 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/12\/2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Wisconsin<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Prevention of C-difficile in healthcare systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-77 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11\/19\/2025<\/td><td 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