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Seminar Series 2021 – 2022

Fall 2021

  1. July 1, 2021 – Introduction and Program Review. Cindy Feltner and David Gerber.
  2. July 8, 2021 – Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2021;325(12):1202-1215. Cindy Feltner.
  3. July 22, 2021 – Randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer’s disease with lecanemab, an anti-Ab protofibril antibody. Margaret Drickamer.
  4. August 5, 2021 – Population vs individual prediction of poor health from results of adverse childhood experiences screening. JAMA pediatrics. 2021 Apr 1;175(4):385-93. Ginny Moyer.
  5. August 19, 2021 – Antibiotics versus Appendectomy for Acute Appendicitis. BJS 2016; 103: 656-667; NEJM 2020; 383:1907-19. Jared Gallaher.
  6. September 2, 2021 – SBRT and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in advanced Non-small cell lung cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2019;5(9):1276-1282. Patricia Rivera.
  7. September 16, 2021 – New compounds to stimulate endogenous erythropoietin production in patients undergoing dialysis. Article: Safety and Efficacy of Vadadustat for Anemia in Patients Undergoing Dialysis. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1601-1612. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury.
  8. September 30, 2021 – Healthy Weight Loss Maintenance with Exercise, Liraglutide, or Both Combined. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1719-1730. Sriram Machineni.
  9. October 7, 2021 – PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer and USPSTF. JAMA, 2018; 319(18):1914-1931. Matthew Milowsky.
  10. October 21, 2021 – A Systematic Review of the Methods of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies of the Afirma Gene Expression Classifier. Thyroid. 2017. Vol 27, No. 10, 1215-1222. Jen Jen Yeh.
  11. November 4, 2021 – SPF 100+ sunscreen is more protective against sunburn than SPF 50+ in actual use: Results of a randomized, double-blind, split-face, natural sunlight exposure clinical trial. J Am Acad Dermatol 2018 May;78(5):902-910.e2. Donna Culton.
  12. November 18, 2021 – Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease. NJEM 2006 Apr;354(15):1567-1577. Cindy Feltner.
  13. December 2, 2021 – Check-in and review with 1st year Scholars. Cindy Feltner and David Gerber.

Spring 2022

  1. January 20, 2022 – Cost-effectiveness of surgery in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. World J Surg 2014 Jan;38(1):252-63. Anthony Charles.
  2. January 20, 2022 – Effect of IV Fluid Treatment with a balanced solution vs NS on mortality in critically ill patients The BaSICS RCT. William A. Fischer.
  3. February 17, 2022 – Comparative effectiveness of treatments for binge-eating disorder in adults. Christine Peat.
  4. March 3, 2022 – Comparing Laparoscopic elective sigmoid resection with conservative treatment in improving QoL of patients with diverticulitis (LASER) RCT. Munee Kapadia.
  5. March 17, 2022 – New compounds to stimulate endogenous erythropoietin production in patients undergoing dialysis. Article: Safety and Efficacy of Vadadustat for Anemia in Patients Undergoing Dialysis. N Engl J Med 2021; 384:1601-1612. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury.
  6. March 24, 2022 – Food Insecurity and Health. Seth Berkowitz.
  7. April 14, 2022 – Evaluating shared decision-making for lung cancer screening. Alison Brenner.
  8. April 28, 2022 – Stadtmauer et al., CRISPR-engineered T cells in patients with refractory cancer. Science 367, 1001 (2020); Frangoul et al., CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and β-Thalassemia. NEJM 2021; 384:252-260. Jean Cadigan.
  9. May 12, 2022 – Scholar Presentations