CONFERENCE
on INNOVATIONS in TRAUMA RESEARCH METHODS
November
17-18, 2004
New Orleans, LA
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OPENING
PLENARY: "DISASTER RESEARCH: PAST INNOVATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS."
Fran H. Norris, PhD Research Associate, Executive Division, National Center for PTSD, and Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School. |
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METHODOLOGICAL
THINK TANK: SAMPLING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES Presenting the Issue "Sampling Problems and Solutions in Epidemiological Studies of Trauma and Mental Health: Lessons from the 11 March Study in Madrid" |
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Rafael Gabriel Sanchez MD, PhD, Director, Clinical Epidemiology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid |
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Laura Ferrando MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Alcalá., Madrid |
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Responding
to the Issue:
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Linda B. Bourque, PhD Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, Associate Director, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, and Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California/Los Angeles. |
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Brett T. Litz, PhD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Professor, Department of Psychology, Boston University, and Associate Director, Behavioral Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD. |
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Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH Medical Epidemiologist and Associate Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine. |
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DESIGN
AND MEASUREMENT WORKSHOP: "MEASURING AND MODELING THE SOCIAL AND
GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF TRAUMA" Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health. |
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BAYESIAN
STATISTICAL METHODS: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW CAN THEY IMPROVE TRAUMA
RESEARCH? Dalene Stangl, PhD Professor and Director of the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences, Duke University. |
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RESEARCH
CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: "HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE: TIME
MANAGEMENT FOR BUSY PEOPLE" Jayne Thorson, PhD Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Director of Faculty Affairs, University of Michigan Medical School. |
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INTERPRETING
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES APPROPRIATELY TO THE CONTEXT: TRAUMA RESEARCH
IN THE SETTING OF CHAOS. Joan Sieber, PhD Psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University/Hayward. |
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STATISTICS
WORKSHOP: "NEW LONGITUDINAL METHODS FOR TRAUMA RESEARCH" Daniel King, PhD, and Lynda King, PhD Research Professors, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University, and Research Psychologists, National Center for PTSD and Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center. |
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WEB-BASED
SAMPLING METHODS IN DISASTER RESEARCH: "OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES" William Schlenger, PhD, Director, Center for Risk Behavior and Mental Health Research, Research Triangle Institute |
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Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Department of Medicine, University of California/Irvine |
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Karestan C. Koenen, PhD -Panel Moderator, Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health. |
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David Foy, PhD Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University. |
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Paula Schnurr, PhD Deputy Executive Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center for PTSD and Research Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. |
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Glenn Saxe, MD Boston University School of Medicine and Center for Medical and Refugee Trauma, and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Boston Medical Center. |
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Grant Marshall, PhD Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA |
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Ned Rodriguez, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Trauma Research Consultant, Santa Monica, California. |
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PATHWAYS
TO PUBLICATION: "THE WRITER'S TASK FORCE MODEL" Joseph Guydish, PhD Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco |
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MEASUREMENT
WORKSHOP: "KEY ISSUES IN ASSESSING EXPOSURE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA" Frank Weathers, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology, Auburn University |
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BRAINSTORMING
SESSION: "WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN DISASTER RESEARCH,
AND WHAT METHODS ARE NEEDED TO ANSWER THEM?" Facilitator: Terence Keane, PhD, Associate Chief of Staff for Research & Development, VA Boston Healthcare System, Director, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine |
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SESSION: "LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE CHALLENGES" Fran Norris and Lynda King |
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