Presented by:
Amber Trickey, PhD
Biostatistician 3
Stanford-Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education Center
Health Services Research Unit
Bio
Amber Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH is Senior Biostatistician of the S-SPIRE Center. She supports multidisciplinary teams in research design, implementation, and analysis. In 15 years of health services research, with 8 years focused in surgery, Dr. Trickey has collaborated with diverse investigators, including attending physicians, residents, nurses, psychologists, and engineers. Dr. Trickey obtained degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics, evaluated data quality in trauma care, and led data validation studies using a surgical registry (NSQIP) and administrative claims. Dr. Trickey has contributed to public and private grants on surgical safety, simulation-based training, team communication, error disclosure, and quality metrics.
Dana T. Lin, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program.
Cara A. Liebert, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and VA Palo Alto and serves as the Assistant Clerkship Director and Director of the Balance in Life Program.
TALK TITLE: “Validity Evidence of ENTRUST for Assessment of Surgical Decision-Making.”
Please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu for Zoom dial-in instructions.
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.
Title: “The Physiologic Basis of the Operative Experience: The WHOOP Study”
Presented by the WHOOP Study Team:
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: Gifty Kwakye, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Clerkship Director of Surgery, University of Michigan.
Talk Title: “Colorectal Screening Amongst Vulnerable Populations.”
Bio: Dr Gifty Kwakye, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor for Surgery in the Division of Colorectal Surgery. She graduated from Yale University with a BSc degree in both Biology and Psychology. She received her medical degree from Yale University in 2010 and holds a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins. She completed her general surgery residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in 2017 and colorectal surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota in 2018. Dr Kwakye joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2018.
As a resident she received multiple awards including the Robert T. Osteen and the Partners Health System Medical Education awards for excellence in teaching. Her passion for global health was also recognized with a Global Health Scholarship award from Johns Hopkins during her public health training.
Presented by: Dr. Amber Trickey, Sr. Biostatistician, S-SPIRE Center
Talk Title: “How to work with your biostatistician”
Bio: Amber W. Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH, is Senior Biostatistician of the S-SPIRE Center. She supports multidisciplinary teams in research design, implementation, and analysis. In over 15 years of health services research, with 10 years focused in surgery and emergency medicine, Dr. Trickey has collaborated with diverse investigators, including attending physicians, residents, nurses, psychologists, and engineers. Dr. Trickey obtained degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics, and certifications in public health and SAS data analysis. She has evaluated data quality in surgical and trauma care, supported multiple clinical trials, and led data validation studies using the ACS-NSQIP surgical registry and administrative claims. Dr. Trickey has contributed to public and private grants on surgical safety, healthcare quality metrics, simulation-based training, team communication, error disclosure, and emergency services.