Future sessions will be posted here as they are announced.

Teaching Center Website

Future sessions will be posted as they are announced.

The Center’s bi-weekly Grand Rounds program is usually held every second Thursday, from 2-3:30pm. The talks are open to the public but seating is limited, so please let us know ahead of time if you would like to attend. For more information, go to: http://cchps.columbia.edu/GRounds.cfm.

October 2:
Philip F. Mangano, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
The Impact of the Federal Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness in 10 Years
CUMC
Room 6602, 6th Floor
Psychiatric Institute
40 Haven Avenue (168th St. & Haven Avenue)

October 16:
Bruce Henry, Executive Director, Covenant House–New York
The Launch of the Covenant House International Institute: Strengthening Research and Representation for At-Risk and Homeless Youth
CUMC
Room 6602

October 30:
James Mandiberg, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Columbia University
Developing Capacity and Infrastructure in Client Communities: Some Theory and Examples in Homelessness and Mental Health
CUMC
Room 6602

November 13:
Marybeth Shinn, Professor of Human and Organization Development, Vanderbilt University
Understanding Homelessness Among Older Adults in New York City
Room TBA

December 4:
Stefan Kertesz, Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Homelessness, Housing and Addiction: Untangling What We Know and Don't Know So Far
CUMC
Room 6602

This interdisciplinary seminar series is held on Thursdays from 2:00-3:30 pm in room 801 of the International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street (Amsterdam Avenue & 118th).

October 2:
Paul Schervish, Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, Boston College
Title TBA

October 16:
Fabrizio Bernardi, Juan March Institute, Madrid
Title TBA

October 23:
Shirley Liu, Department of Economics, University of Miami
Should We Get Married? The Effects of Parents' Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children

October 30:
Sigal Alon, Department of Sociology, Tel Aviv University
Effectively Maintained Class Inequality in Higher Education: Competition, Exclusion and Adaptation

November 6:
Hannah Shaw Grove, Russ Prince and Associates
Title TBA

November 13:
Frank Furstenburg, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Title TBA

November 20:
Paul Glewwe, Department of Applied Economcis, University of Minnesota
Title TBA

December 4:
Daniela Del Boca, Department of Economics, NYU and University of Turin
Title TBA

Future sessions will be posted here as they are announced.

All sessions are scheduled for 1:00-2:30 pm, unless otherwise noted. Please RSVP to Kim Fader (kf2012@columbia.edu).

September 23
Hess Commons, 722 W. 168th St.
Linda Fried, MD, MPH, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
On the Concept of Frailty

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October 21
NYSPI Boardroom (Room 6601)
Nanette Santoro, MD, Professor, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Determinants of Ovarian Cancer Throughout the Life Cycle

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November 11
Location: TBA
Yaakov Stern, PhD, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute
Title TBA

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December 15
PH 10
Richard Mayeux, MD, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology; Director, Sergievsky Center; Co-Director, Taub Institute
Title TBA

Please join Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, dean, for this new Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health lecture series that aims to inspire innovative approaches to transform the public's health—nationally & globally—setting our sights on leadership needs for the 21st century.

Location: Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th Street, New York City
Time: All lectures are from 4:00-5:30 pm
More information/webcasts: www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/grandrounds

October 2:
Coming of Age: Where Does an Aging World Fit in Public Health?
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health

October 16:
Thomas Friedan, MD, MPH, Commissioner, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

November 11:
David Vishov, PhD, RN, Senior Vice President for Research and Director, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine

Wednesday, September 10
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Low Library, Faculty Room

International Research

Dr. Susan Witte, Associate Professor of Social Work, will present her International Research Project: "Reducing sexual risk and alcohol abuse among women in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia." Dr. Witte's presentation will be followed by a review of the Columbia Human Research Protections Policy for International Research by staff from the Columbia University IRB Office.

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Wednesday, October 8
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Philosophy Hall, Room 301

Human Subjects and Dissertation Research

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Thursday, November 6
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Low Library, Trustees Room

Research Data: de-identified or coded, anonymous or confidential

Future sessions will be posted here as they are announced.

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Seminars Outside Columbia University

Tuesday, October 7
8:30 am - Noon
The Ford Foundation Auditorium
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017

Join keynote speaker Andrew Sum from Northeastern University; moderator Brent Staples, columnist for The New York Times; and a panel of experts:

Michele Cahill, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Jacquelynne Eccles, University of Michigan
Jean Grossman, Princeton University and P/PV
Loren Harris, Ford Foundation
Stacy Holland, Philadelphia Youth Network
Brent Orrell, US Department of Labor
Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University

Together, we will examine how 30 years of research can inform and advance policies that better meet the needs of older youth, especially in low-income communities.

With the presidential election just months away, we will address hard questions: What skills, supports, and opportunities do young people need to succeed in the 21st Century? Through the lens of evaluative research, which practices and program models produce positive results? In an era of tight public spending, what should policymakers be asked to invest in? How should leading stakeholders collaborate to address critical gaps and bring more effective policies and practices to scale?

Space is limited and guests will be accommodated on a first-come/first-serve basis. To RSVP please email events@ppv.org placing your full name in the email's subject line.

October 7, 2008
2:00-3:30 pm EDT
Web Link

This Webinar by Marc Winokur, Deborah Valentine, and James Drendel will provide participants with an overview of how kinship care impacts the safety, permanency, and stability of children placed with relatives. In a study that controlled for demographic and placement characteristics, the authors found that children in kinship care have significantly fewer placements than do children in foster care, and they are less likely to still be in care, have a new allegation of institutional abuse, and be involved in the juvenile justice system. This Webinar also will address implications for the permanency of this population.

October 7, 2008
2:00-3:00 pm EDT
Web Link

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, in partnership with Casey Family Programs, is pleased to announce the first in a series of web casts related to safely reducing the number of children in foster care. The first web cast will bring together experts to discuss permanency for older youth and what states can do to so that all youth receive the appropriate level of supports and services needed to achieve permanency.

October 15, 2008
4:00-5:00 pm (Presentation), 5:00-6:30 pm (Reception)
Weill Cornell Medical College, Uris Auditorium
1300 York Avenue at 69th Street
RSVP by October 12 to Laure Dietz at lad2018@med.cornell.edu.

Lauren Mosqueda, MD, Director, Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse & Neglect
Laura Giles, MSG, Program Officer, The Archstone Foundation

To work effectively in NYC's diverse communities, social workers need to know more about the religions of their future clients; the roles that religion plays in the lives of individuals and communities; and the ways in which this is relevant to the effective practice of social work in all areas, from individual counseling to community organizing, from research to public policy. Students of diverse backgrounds will be engaged in a dynamic learning experience, with community religious leaders and practitioners, as well as with each other, over the course of six Friday mornings.

Dates: October 17
October 24
October 31
January 16
January 23
January 30

Location: UJA-Federation of NY
130 East 59th Street between Lexington & Park Avenues

Room & Time: Room 712, 9am to 1pm
Notes: Participants must attend all training sessions. Breakfast/lunch will be provided.

For further information and to register, please contact:
Lindsay Schwager schwagerl@ujafedny.org, 212-836-1214
Amber Loveless lovelessa@ujafedny.org, 212-836-1661

November 2, 2008
Philadelphia
Web Link

The much anticipated REACH-SW workshops for faculty are finally here! CSWE, in partnership with Danya International, is offering two REACH-SW workshops at APM in Philadelphia, PA. Developed with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), REACH-SW offers social work faculty hands on support and teaches them the skills needed to infuse EBP content into baccalaureate and master’s level courses, including HBSE, Policy, Practice, Research Methods and many others. Prior to the workshop, all attendees will receive a copy of the REACH-SW CD-ROM, which contains a comprehensive tutorial on EBP for faculty, as well as dozens of video clips, lecture notes, student assignments and handouts, classroom activities, case examples, and PowerPoint slide presentations for use in the classroom.

Advanced registration is required.

January 3-11, 2009
Munich, Germany

This course examines human rights within a social work framework, from both European and US perspectives. Field visits and course instruction focus on political and social human rights, with an emphasis on defining human rights principles as they are applied to social work.

The location of Munich, Germany highlights the importance of human rights within our current environment, as contemporary human rights arose from the history of this part of the world. Participants in the course have the opportunity to explore concepts of human rights that apply to their own experiences, as well as historical events. This course is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students and professionals interested in learning about different approaches to social problems within a human rights context.

The estimated program fee is $2,000, not including airfare between the US and Germany. Three hours of course credit are available from Southern Illinois University, with tuition charged in addition to the program fee (approximately $800). Participants are not required to take the course for credit.

Dr. Elisabeth Reichert, Professor of Social Work at SIUC and author of several books and articles on human rights, will conduct the course. For further details, please contact Dr. Reichert at reichert@siu.edu or 618-684-5687.

Workshops & Seminars on Data and Methods

Future seminars will be posted here as they are announced.

September 24-25, 2008
Club Quarters Hotel
40 West 45th Street
New York, NY
Course Fee: $750 (includes all course materials and breakfast)
More Information

This course, taught by Paul D. Allison, focuses on regression analysis of panel data—the most common type of longitudinal data—consisting of measurements of predictor and response variables at two or more points in time for many individuals.

Panel data have two major attractions: the ability to control for unobservables, and the determination of causal ordering. However, repeated measurements typically violate assumptions of independence. This course covers four methods for dealing with dependent obeservations: robust standard errors, generalized estimating equations, random effects models and fixed effects models. Different variations of these methods are considered for quantitative outcomes, categorical outcomes, and count data outcomes.

September 24-25, 2008
Rockville, MD
Workshop Website

AHRQ is sponsoring a workshop to facilitate use of two of its important data resources: the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). The workshop, which will take place at AHRQ headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, will provide health services researchers with information on the components and capabilities of the two databases. Participants will be taught how to extract data for research projects from their choice of either MEPS or HCUP. For MEPS, a working knowledge of SAS is required. For HCUP, familiarity with SAS is recommended but not required. There is no fee for the workshop.

Archived Seminars

Webcast archived at: http://videocast.nih.gov
Podcast archived at: http://videocast.nih.gov/podcasting

"Leap into the Community"

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is an applied approach that enables community residents to more actively participate in the full spectrum of research with a goal of influencing change in community health, systems, programs or policies. Researchers partner with the community to develop models and approaches to building communication, trust and capacity, with the final goal of increasing community participation in the research process. This collaborative approach involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings.

Videocast Web Link

"Person-to-Person Spread of Health Behaviors in a Large Social Network"

Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medical Sociology, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Mt. Auburn Hospital.

Thisi lecture is an installment of the BSSR Lecture Series sponsored by the NIH OBSSR and organized by the NIH BSSR Research Coordinating Committee. The lecture covers the work done by Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH that has involved the quantitative investigation of whether and how various health-related phenomena might spread from person to person. For example, it explores the nature and extent of the person-to-person spread of obesity.

March 19, 2008
1:00 p.m. EST
Conference Website
Note: This website contains an archived broadcast of the web conference.

Almost 25 million children in the U.S. are growing up in families without a father present, a number roughly two-and-a-times higher than four decades ago. This web conference will analyze fatherhood research and programming as part of a broader movement to strengthen families. Panelists will also discuss promising strategies that some states are implementing to increase father involvement, and the potential for expanding and improving programs as new and continuing funding sources become available. The web conference is free and space is limited.

March 19, 2008
1:00-3:30 p.m. EST
Broadcast Website
An archived recording of the broadcast can be found via the link above.

The purpose of this satellite broadcast is to conduct a discussion of the difficulties faced by rural family caregivers and how to support them in areas with limited provider agencies, manpower shortages, and transportation challenges. With assistance from USDA/CREES and other organizations, this session will highlight creative responses to rural family caregiving such as consumer directed care. This broadcast will feature family caregivers who have applied innovative means to be effective caregivers in rural areas.

http://phrp.nihtraining.com/user/login.php

On March 1, 2008, the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) on-line tutorial Protecting Human Research Participants replaced the NCI Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams course. The NCI course will no longer be available as of March 1, 2008. Like the previous course, the OER tutorial is a free, web-based course that presents information about protections for himan participants in research. The tutorial is designed for those involved in the design and/or conduct of research involving human participants. It satisfies the NIH human subjects training requirement for obtaining NIH awards, but it is not the only way to satisfy this requirement. Information on satisfying the requirement and answers to commonly asked questions about the education requirement may be found on OER's FAQs on the Requirement for Education on the Protection of Human Subjects ().

April 17, 2008
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Conference Call Website

"Providing Early Childhood Mental Health Services that Meet the Needs of Young Children and their Caregivers: Building the Evidence Base"

This call is among a series of calls sponsored by the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Services to young children must be delivered in homes, child care programs and other natural settings to be most effective. Since greater emphasis is being given to evidence-based practices, presenters will share some current programs and practices that are being used across the country. They will share strategies for collecting and using data to evaluate outcomes.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT
Webinar Link

A team from the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University along with other partners have been working in partnership with SAMHSA’s Child Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB) and the Prevention Initiatives and Priority Program Development Branch (PIPPD) to develop a monograph that synthesizes existing work on a public health approach to mental health and proposes a new conceptual framework to guide this work in the future. This conference call will continue a series of conversations of critical elements of the new framework and its underlying values and principles, and link the array of systems of environmental supports, services and interventions that support the mental health of all children. This is an exciting opportunity to discuss how partners, stakeholders and consumers might use the framework in their communities and identify strategies to encourage diverse participation.

This 90 minute discussion will focus on a new monograph being written and will allow participants input into the ways in which the monograph will be organized and disseminated. Due to the tremendous interest in the call, you may not be able to listen via the conference call line. The call will be recorded and posted on the Georgetown website (http://gucchd.georgetown.edu).