Sep 24, 2020  |  4:30pm - 6:30pm

DFCM City Wide Research Rounds with Dr. Ross Upshur and Sumeet Kalia

Research

Keynote Presentation: 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Dr. Ross Upshur presenting Whither Primary Care Research? Reflections on the research response to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic.

In this presentation, Dr. Upshur will reflect on the research response to the current pandemic. He will describe the WHO R&D blueprint strategy and raise critical questions as to the absence of primary care research as a priority. He will discuss some promising avenues that have emerged from the research response that could inform DFCM research directions.

Research in Progress Presentation: 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Sumeet Kalia presenting Causal effects in observational studies using directed acyclic graphs. 

Prospective randomized experiments are often conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment. However, due to high-cost, time-commitment and ethical concerns associated with a randomized study, clinical information collected in observational data sources such as electronic health records (EHRs) may provide an alternative source to emulate prospective randomized experiments. The overarching theme of this research is to construct novel statistical methods for causal inference using an observational data source of EHRs in primary care. This work focuses on the estimation of causal effects with different complexities of EHRs (including informative visit process, and correlated data). The causal effects in observational studies are illustrated using the graphical representation of directed acyclic graphs

About

DFCM City Wide Research Rounds are an accredited (two Mainpro+ Credits) bimonthly, two-hour interactive event focusing on primary care research and research practices. Research Rounds are open to all Family Medicine / Community Medicine / Primary Care researchers, faculty, residents, students, and staff. Invited guest speakers will focus on research results, methodologies, and techniques; and the Research In Progress discussion will highlight new and exciting research.

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