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September 17, 2012

Early Life Origins of Pediatric and Adult Diseases
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern Time

The main objectives of the webinar are as follows:

  • Overview on life course framework and critical time windows for health and diseases
  • Discuss major factors contributing to early life origins of health and diseases
  • Discussion on the promise of biomarkers and multi-level data integration in early risk assessment, prediction, and preemptive prevention of pediatric and adult diseases
  • Summary: challenges and opportunities

The presenter for this webinar will be:

Xiaobin Wang, MD, ScD, MPH is director of the new Center on the Childhood Origins of Disease at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Zanvyl Krieger Professor in Children's Health at John Hopkins University. Dr. Wang is a board-certified pediatrician and molecular epidemiologist in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health. Dr. Wang has led dozens of large-scale molecular and environmental epidemiological studies on reproductive health, preterm birth, food allergies, obesity and precursors of pediatric and adult diseases. She has authored and co-authored more than 130 publications, including articles in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and JAMA.

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April 23, 2012

Cluster Analysis
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Eastern Time

April is Autism Awareness Month

This webinar will be focused on latent class cluster analyses (LCCA). LCCA is a model based cluster analysis method used to identify subtypes of related cases (latent classes) from categorical, ordinal, and continuous multivariate data. It provides a way of identifying latent segments (types) for which parameters in a specified model differ.

Traci Clemons, PhD, Vice President at The EMMES Corporation. Dr. Clemons oversees the Data Coordinating Center for MCHB funded Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P). Dr. Clemons also serves as Principal Investigator for numerous statistical and data coordinating centers sponsored by the Federal government and private pharmaceutical corporations in a variety of disease areas, such as age related macular degeneration, cataract, macular telangiectasia, and pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

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February 20, 2012

Measurement Selection and Development for Maternal and Child Health Research
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern Time

The webinar will focus on the following two objectives:

  • To determine best practices for the selection of measurement instruments in maternal-child health research.
  • To understand methods for measure development in maternal-child health research.

The presenters for this webinar are:

  • Dr. Jim Guevarra, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Dr. Carole Tucker, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions & Social Work, Temple University

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December 5, 2011

Longitudinal Data Analysis: An Overview of Mixed Models and Generalized Estimating Equations
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time

This interactive webinar will highlight statistical methods used for longitudinal data. Specifically, the session will describe the method of generalized estimating equations (GEE) that are often used to analyze longitudinal and other correlated response data; furthermore, the webinar will explore a practical application of mixed modeling containing both fixed effects and random effects in maternal and child health research.

The presenter for this webinar is:

  • Dr. Amy Herring, Professor of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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September 13, 2011

Latent Variable Analysis in MCH Research:
A Practical Application of Structural Equation Modeling and Latent Growth Models
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern Time

This interactive webinar will highlight a statistical method used in maternal child health research. Specifically, the session will describe practical application of structural equation modeling and latent grown models.

The presenter for this webinar is:

  • Dr. Beth McManus, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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June 6, 2011

Preparing a Successful Research Grant Application
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM Eastern Time

During this interactive webinar, you will hear from two leading researchers in the maternal and child health (MCH) field about how to prepare a successful research application for competitive funding agencies. This session will describe the key elements of a strong research proposal, as well as provide tips for making your grant application ready for submission.

The presenters for this webinar are:

  • Dr. Cynthia Minkovitz, Professor and Director, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  • Dr. Daniel Armstrong, Professor and Associate Chair, Pediatrics, and Director, Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami.

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March 9, 2011

Preparing a Successful Manuscript
EnRICH Webinar Series

Webinar Time: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM Eastern Time

During this interactive webinar, you will hear from two leading editors in the MCH field about how to prepare a successful manuscript for publication. This session will further describe the organization and key elements of a research paper. It will consider both quantitative and qualitative presentations and suggestions regarding making a paper ready for submission.

The presenters for this webinar are:

  • Dr. James Perrin is Professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Division of General Pediatrics and the MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy. Dr. Perrin is also the founding editor of Academic Pediatrics (formally known as Ambulatory Pediatrics).
  • Dr. Donna Petersen is Dean of USF's College of Public Health and the Editor-in Chief of the Maternal and Child Health Journal.

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