Presented by: Dr. Krams, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education And Postdoctoral Affairs And Professor Of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation)
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by: Dr. Olivia Martinez, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation.
Talk Title: “Biomarkers for Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Children.”
Each first Monday of every month, S-SPIRE hosts a Zoom Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback on projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
Please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu for Zoom dial-in instructions.
Presented by: Laura Graham, PhD
Title: TBD
Bio:
Laura is a health services researcher with a wide variety of experience in data management and analysis, including large multi-center health services and outcomes research studies, provider survey studies, and laboratory-oriented research. Her research interest include surgical outcomes research, informatics, and implementation science to translate evidence into practice. The bulk of her research experience is centered around the use and analysis of large administrative datasets collected by the Veterans Health Administration. She has been involved in a multitude of Health Services Research & Development funded and unfunded studies using these administrative data to assess surgical outcomes.
Each week, S-SPIRE hosts an in-person Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback on projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here. Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Presented by: Lakshika Tennakoon, MD, MPhil
Talk Title: “Traumatic Injuries Due to Interpersonal and
Domestic Violence in the United States”
Bio: Dr. Lakshika Tennakoon is a clinical epidemiologist working in the Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma & Critical Care. Her work focuses on improving trauma systems and clinical outcomes for injured patients. Her broader research interests include epidemiology, intimate partner violence, injury prevention and outcomes, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and psychiatry. Prior to joining the Department of Surgery, she worked within the Departments of Psychiatry and Bioinformatics at Stanford. She was the domain expert for psychiatry for the development of the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR) for the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. Lakshika has extensive experience in research, teaching and clinical care. Before moving to the United States, she was a senior research scientist at Kings College in University of London, UK and the University of Melbourne, Australia
Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here. Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Presented by: Daniel Joseph Stoltz, MD, Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery
Talk Title: “Preventative Health Screening in Veterans With Obesity Seeking Bariatric Surgery: The Role of a Specialty Surgery Clinic.”
Bio: Dan Stoltz is a Stanford General Surgery resident currently in his second year of Professional Development time. He is funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program, the Division of Abdominal Transplantation, and a Professional Development Resident Award through the Division of General Surgery. Current research interests include translational diagnostics and clinical outcomes in pediatric abdominal transplantation, as well as clinical interventions for obese patients seeking bariatric surgery
Each week, S-SPIRE hosts an in-person Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback on projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
Please refer inquiries to Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu