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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | April 9\, 2026 — Jesse Kaye\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Click image to view or download event flyer.\n\n\nThe Health Disparities Research Working Group welcomes Jesse Kaye\, PhD as our featured presenter for April. Join us on Thursday\, April 9 to learn about his work:  \n\nRethinking Smoking: Cannabis\, Tobacco and Cancer\nAbout the Talk: Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of cancer\, and tobacco cessation treatment has long been considered the pinnacle of cancer prevention. It is long overdue for tobacco cessation to be considered an essential element of quality cancer treatment\, as quitting tobacco smoking after a cancer diagnosis has profound effects on survival\, treatment response\, and quality of life. \nWhile the harms of cigarette smoking are well established\, far less is known about cannabis use and its consequences\, particularly in the context of cancer care. Evidence suggests that cannabis use might impede both motivation and ability to quit smoking tobacco cigarettes\, which may\, in fact\, constitute one of the greatest health risks associated with cannabis use. \nThis presentation will review dissemination and implementation science efforts to increase the reach\, accessibility\, and equity of tobacco treatment in the context of cancer care and emerging clinical research priorities posed by the rising prevalence of cannabis use among patients with cancer. \n\n\nDr. Jesse Kaye is a clinical psychologist\, a Scientist at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI)\, and a Member of the UW Cancer Prevention and Control Program within the Carbone Cancer Center. His research on tobacco\, cannabis\, and other substance use disorders focuses on understanding mechanisms that maintain addiction and using this knowledge to develop and implement more effective treatments. He examines psychological and neurobiological processes related to risk\, etiology\, and treatment common across addictive disorders. His research on tobacco addiction specifically aims to enhance smoking cessation treatment for populations who bear greater consequences from smoking\, such as those who use other substances (e.g.\, alcohol\, cannabis); live with mental illness; have chronic pain; have socioeconomic disadvantages; are incarcerated; or have cancer. \n\n\n\nIn person attendance strongly encouraged. \nUnable to join in person? \nJoin via Zoom \n  \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \nWhat is the HDRWG? \n\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/hdr-working-group-april-9-2026/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | March 12\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Laura Andrea Prieto\, PhD as our featured presenter for March. Join us on Thursday\, March 12 to learn about her current work:  \n\nImproving Access to Community-based Exercise Programs for Latino/as with Parkinson Disease and their Care Partners\nAbout the Talk: Dr. Prieto will share her preliminary findings from her research study on the physical activity experiences of Latino/a people with Parkinson disease and their care partners. She will discuss barriers and facilitators experienced by participants and potential avenues to improve access to community-based exercise programs for this population. \n\n\nDr. Laura Prieto earned her PhD in Kinesiology from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a concentration on motor control and behavior and adapted physical activity. Her research explores the physical activity experiences of Latine older adults and their families with the goal of creating meaningful and impactful community-based health interventions. \n\n\nIn person attendance strongly encouraged. \nUnable to join in person? \nJoin via Zoom \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \nWhat is the HDRWG? \n\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/hdr-working-group-march-12-2026/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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SUMMARY:SMPH Collaborate to Feature Adrienne RS Lee\, PhD\, MPH
DESCRIPTION:CHDR Postoctoral researcher and NIA F99/K00 Fellow Dr. Adrienne Lee will present a selection from her collaborative work focused on longitudinal life-course methods to examine the impact of early life adversities on ADRD risk as determined through neuropathological assessment at the February 6\, 2026 SMPH Collaborate event.  \nA social hour and poster session will follow the talks. \nFor additional details and to register\, please visit the SMPH Collaborate site. \n  \nAbout the Series: SMPH Collaborate fosters connections among investigators\, researchers and learners through the sharing of research discoveries and building of community.
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/adrienne-lee-smph-collaborate-february-2026/
LOCATION:HSLC 1345\, 600 Highland Ave\, Madison\, WI\, 53792\, United States
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | December 11\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nClick image to view or download flyer.\nThe Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Leigh Senderowicz\, ScD\, MPH as our final presenter for 2025. Join us on Thursday\, December 11 for a discussion of her current work: \nHow to Take Population Control Out of Family Planning Measurement\nAbout the Talk: This talk will explore the ways that the ideology of population control permeates the design and quantitative evaluation of contemporary family planning projects\, 30 years after the International Conference on Population and Development called for an end to population control.  The talk will draw from the Contraceptive Autonomy Study\, a project designed to explore various dimensions of autonomy and coercion in family planning\, and to develop new theories about why and how adverse experiences with contraceptive coercion manifest. \n\n\nDr. Senderowicz is a feminist demographer focusing on global sexual and reproductive health and rights. Leigh is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, with a joint appointment in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her doctorate in global health at Harvard University and earned her masters in public health from Johns Hopkins prior to that. Leigh’s research focuses on reproductive autonomy\, exploring the ways that new approaches to measurement and evaluation can promote person-centered care and reproductive wellbeing. \n\nIn-person attendance is strongly encouraged and appreciated.\nZoom is available for those unable to join us in HSLC 1229.\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n  \nWhat is the Health Disparities Research Working Group (HDRWG)? \n\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/hdr-working-group-december-11-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | November 13\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Click image to view or download flyer.\nThe Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Jacqueline Kruser\, MD\, MS on November 13 to discuss her current work:  \nEnsuring equitable design of a novel intervention: The ICU Care Plan \nAbout the talk: The Kruser Research team recently completed a human-centered Design Thinking project with older adults and their family caregivers who live across the state of Wisconsin. \nIn this WPP-supported project\, Kruser sought to develop and refine a new tool to help critically ill patients\, their families\, and their clinicians make a collaborative plan for ICU care. This new tool\, called the ICU Care Plan\, was developed in English and for use during an in-person ICU family meeting. However\, through their human-centered design process\, they identified a need to adapt the tool for use in other languages and contexts. \nIn this presentation to the UW Health Disparities Research Working Group\, Dr. Kruser seeks feedback and input on how best to accomplish rigorous and equitable adaptation of the ICU Care Plan. \n\n\nDr. Kruser (Associate Professor of Medicine\, Division of Allergy\, Pulmonary\, and Critical Care Medicine) is a pulmonologist and critical care physician whose research aims to improve healthcare delivery and decision making for patients with critical illness. \n\nLearn more about her research here: \nKruser Research \n\nIn-person attendance is strongly encouraged and appreciated.\n\nThose unable to join us in HSLC 1229 may join via Zoom. \n  \n\nWhat is the HDRWG? \n\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/hdr-working-group-november-13-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251014T120000
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SUMMARY:CHDR Seminar Series | Dr. Stacey M. Schaefer | October 14\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to welcome Stacey M. Schaefer\, Ph.D\nLeader\, MIDUS Neuroscience Project\nUW Institute on Aging\nInsights into Risk and Resilience for Health\, Wellbeing\, and Brain Aging from MIDUS\, WRAP\, and Affective Neuroscience\n  \nDr. Stacey M. Schaefer is an aging/affective/cognitive neuroscientist whose research explores the socioemotional determinants of health\, wellbeing\, and brain aging\, with an emphasis on how individual differences in the time course of emotional and stress responses in the brain and body shape these outcomes. \nDr. Schaefer leads the Affective Neuroscience Project within the longitudinal Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) National Study of Health and Wellbeing at the UW Institute on Aging. \n  \nView or Download Flyer \nAbout the Talk \nFindings will be shared illustrating how socioemotional factors influence trajectories of health\, wellbeing\, and brain aging from large NIH-funded studies\, including in the Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) and Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) samples. Adversity such as experiencing discrimination may accelerate neurobiological aging\, while protective factors like a strong sense of purpose can foster resilience and brain health. Emotional and stress-related processes\, reflected in individual differences in reactivity and regulation across neural and physiological systems\, reveal mechanisms that contribute to these risk/resilience and health disparities. \nCHDR is pleased to co-sponsor this event in partnership with the UW Department of Neurology.\n\n\nThis event will take place in person in HSLC Room 4201.\nThose unable to attend in person are welcome to join via Zoom.\n  \n\n\n  \n\n \nCo-Sponsored by\nCenter for Health Disparities Research\nUW Department of Neurology \n  \n\n\nAbout the CHDR Seminar Series\nHeld four times per year\, the purpose of the CHDR Seminar Series is to provide a focused learning opportunity and promote competency in health disparities research. These invited talks feature both rising and accomplished experts from across the disciplinary spectrum whose current work in health disparities research demonstrates a variety of models\, approaches\, and frameworks critical for working toward a shared goal of eliminating health disparities. \n\n\n 
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/seminar-series-stacey-m-schaefer-october-14-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 4201
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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SUMMARY:CHDR Seminar Series Special Event | Dr. Crystal M. Glover | September 23\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we welcome Crystal M. Glover\, PhD\nAssociate Professor of Neurology\, UC Irvine School of Medicine\nNavigating Complex Topics in ADRD Research: The Role of Mixed Methods Approaches\nDr. Crystal M. Glover is a world-renowned applied social psychologist\, mixed methodologist\, and health disparities researcher focused on social determinants of health as it relates to aging and dementia.  Along with her many international and national leadership roles\, Dr. Glover is the UC Irvine ADRC Outreach\, Recruitment\, and Engagement Core Leader within the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) and the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging. \nCHDR is pleased to co-sponsor this event in partnership with the Johnson Research Lab \, the Wisconsin ADRC Research Education Component (REC)\, and the University of Wisconsin Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology.\n\n\nThis event will take place in person in HSLC Room 1335.\nThose unable to attend in person are welcome to join via Zoom.\n  \n\nView or download event flyer here! \n\n  \n\nCo-Sponsored by\nJohnson Research\nCenter for Health Disparities Research\nDivision of Geriatrics and Gerontology\nUW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center \n  \n\n\nAbout the CHDR Seminar Series\nHeld four times per year\, the purpose of the CHDR Seminar Series is to provide a focused learning opportunity and promote competency in health disparities research. These invited talks feature both rising and accomplished experts from across the disciplinary spectrum whose current work in health disparities research demonstrates a variety of models\, approaches\, and frameworks critical for working toward a shared goal of eliminating health disparities. \n\n\n 
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/chdr-seminar-series-september-23-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1335\, 600 Highland Ave\, Madison\, WI\, 53792\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T150000
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | September 11\, 2025—Jackson Musuuza\, MD\, PHD
DESCRIPTION:Click to enlarge or download flyer.\n\nThe Health Disparities Research Working Group is delighted to welcome Jackson Musuuza\, MD\, PhD as our first presenter of the 2025-2026 academic year. Join us on Thursday\, September 11 to learn about his current work:  \n\nImproving Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Outcomes: The Effect of Pre-admission Residence on Readmission Rates and Rural Delivery Challenges\nAbout the Talk: Some life-threatening infections require prolonged intravenous antibiotics\, which can be costly and increase the risk of hospital-acquired complications. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) offers a safer\, cost-effective alternative\, but it carries its own risks such as higher readmission rates and is very challenging for patients from rural or disadvantaged communities. Jackson will seek feedback from the group on a grant proposal aimed at optimizing OPAT delivery for rural patients to improve outcomes. He will also seek feedback on a proposed secondary analysis of UW Health data to assess how preadmission residence (high Area Deprivation Index areas vs. Skilled Nursing Facility) affects OPAT readmission rates. \n\n\nDr. Musuuza is a faculty member in the Division of Hospital Medicine within the UW Department of Medicine. His scholarly interests include implementation science\, care transitions to non-acute settings\, and infection prevention. He co-led a nationwide study on chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing in both ICU and non-ICU settings across five VA and three non-VA hospitals\, which resulted in a CHG bathing toolkit at UW’s HIPxChange. \n  \nUnable to join in person? \nJoin via Zoom \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWhat is the HDRWG? \n\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/hdr-working-group-september-11-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1268\, 750 Highland Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53705\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250521T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250521T130000
DTSTAMP:20260512T160609
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SUMMARY:CHDR Seminar Series Presents Dr. Felicity Enders
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to welcome Felicity Enders\, PhD\, MPH\nas our featured Seminar Series speaker on May 21\, 2025!\nOptimizing HOPE in Research: Introducing both Health Outcome & Population Engineering and Population Conscious Analysis\nDr. Felicity Enders is a Professor of Biostatistics at Mayo Clinic. She is a consulting statistician with over 180 publications\, an H-index >60\, and an I-100 of 25. Dr. Enders’ personal research focuses on educating researchers. For about 15 years\, this took the form of statistics education\, in which she leveraged her award-winning expertise as a statistics educator to develop a national statistics education research team. While this team is ongoing\, her research interests have evolved to equity. \nAs the Associate Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (funded by NCATS)\, Dr. Enders serves as Program Director for Mayo’s PhD program in Clinical and Translational Science (funded by NCATS). Dr. Enders also serves as the Director of the Mayo Clinic Office for Research Belonging and the Deputy Director for People and Culture in the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is MPI for the Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion Across Minnesota (C2DREAM\, funded by NIMHD) and Program Director for the Minnesota Learning Health System K12 program (MN-LHS\, funded by AHRQ). \nDr. Enders’ expertise has been recognized nationally with multiple awards\, including the 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Section on the Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences in the American Statistical Association\, the 2023 Publication Award from the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science for her initial paper on the hidden curriculum in research\, and the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Justice\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion group in the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. She is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Encoding Equity Alliance through the Council of Medical Specialty Societies\, an elected fellow in the American Statistical Association\, and a member of the board of directors for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. In 2025\, Dr. Enders was named as President-elect for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. \nAbout the Talk\nPlease click or tap image to view or download flyer.\nWith changes to research nationally\, scientists seek new tools to provide hope in a new environment. In response\, Dr. Enders will introduce the topic of differential impact and illustrate this framework with two examples\, health outcome and population engineering (HOPE) and population conscious analysis. \nHOPE is a new framework to rethink medicine and research. Patients may be exposed to chronic stress\, which can lead to accelerated biological aging and early morbidity and mortality. However\, this has not yet been incorporated into medical practice. With HOPE\, Dr. Enders proposes we proactively identify people at risk of accelerated aging with the goal of intervening to improve health outcomes. The screening can be done through a brief survey assessing lifetime stress or using geocoded home address data. As no suitable survey currently exists\, Dr. Enders has developed one and will present early results. \nPopulation conscious analysis focuses on social demographic variables\, which are used pervasively across research. This is appropriate when used to assess inclusion and describe study populations. However\, such variables are also used as predictor variables. This practice is so frequent it is nearly automatic\, yet it is deeply flawed. Dr. Enders will illustrate this with the race variable. Race is not a biological variable; as such\, when we reflexively include race as a predictor variable\, it inadvertently acts a proxy for differences often observed by race within our society. Current analytic practices risk developing clinical calculators and other models that include race-ethnicity as a predictor variable\, thereby embedding structural racism into both research and the medical practices that evolve based on research. Population conscious analysis defines new analytic best practices to resolve this conundrum. \nThis hybrid event will take place in person in HSLC Room 1335 and via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.\nRegistration is appreciated but not required. \nRegister Here\nWe hope to see you on May 21!\n\nAbout the CHDR Seminar Series\nHeld four times per year\, the purpose of the CHDR Seminar Series is to provide a focused learning opportunity and promote competency in health disparities research. These invited talks feature both rising and accomplished experts from across the disciplinary spectrum whose current work in health disparities research demonstrates a variety of models\, approaches\, and frameworks critical for working toward a shared goal of eliminating health disparities. \n 
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/chdr-seminar-series-presents-dr-felicity-enders/
LOCATION:HSLC 1335\, 600 Highland Ave\, Madison\, WI\, 53792\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR)":MAILTO:chdr@medicine.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250515T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250515T150000
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | May 15\, 2025 — Anoop Mayampurath\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Click image to view or download flyer.\nPlease join us in welcoming Anoop Mayampurath\, PhD\, Assistant Professor in Biostatistics & Medical Informatics and co-lead of the ICU Data Science Lab in the UW Department of Medicine\, as he presents his work: \n“Improving Fairness in the Early Identification of Critical Illness”\nAbout the Research: Hospitals nationwide use early warning scores (EWSs) for the timely identification of critically ill patients. These scores\, based on vital signs and laboratory values\, drive clinical actions such as rapid response team activation. In this talk\, Dr. Mayampurath will discuss his team’s recent efforts to evaluate EWS fairness criteria among patient subgroups and introduce possible strategies to mitigate disparities. \nJoin us in person for great conversation and light refreshments. \nCan’t join in person? \nJoin via Zoom \n  \n\nABOUT THE HEATH DISPARITIES RESEARCH WORKING GROUP \nWhat is it?\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/health-disparities-research-working-group-may-15-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250429T130000
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SUMMARY:CHDR Seminar Series Presents Dr. Stephanie Budge
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to welcome Stephanie Budge\, PhD\nas our featured Seminar Series speaker on April 29\, 2025!\nClick image to view or download event flyer.\nUnderstanding Health Disparities and Recommendations for Health Equity for Two Spirit\, Transgender\, and Nonbinary Communities\nStephanie Budge (she/her) is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She founded the Trans CARE Collaborative in 2014—the collaborative is a group of scholars and community advocates who work together to improve research focused on Two Spirit\, transgender\, and nonbinary people. Stephanie’s research focuses on improving of medical and psychotherapy treatments (and access to care) for Two Spirit\, trans\, and nonbinary (2STNB) clients. She provides clinical trainings nationally and internationally related to LGBTQ issues\, focusing on practitioners’ self-efficacy\, knowledge\, awareness\, and skills. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, she promotes 2STNB advocacy on campus by providing workshops to students\, faculty\, and staff related to navigating gender identity within a university environment. \nThis hybrid event will take place in person in HSLC Room 1345 and via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \nRegistration is appreciated but not required. \nRegister Now \n  \nWe hope to see you on April 29!\n\nAbout the CHDR Seminar Series\nHeld four times per year\, the purpose of the CHDR Seminar Series is to provide a focused learning opportunity and promote competency in health disparities research. These invited talks feature both rising and accomplished experts from across the disciplinary spectrum whose current work in health disparities research demonstrates a variety of models\, approaches\, and frameworks critical for working toward a shared goal of eliminating health disparities. \n 
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/chdr-seminar-series-presents-dr-stephanie-budge/
LOCATION:HSLC 1345\, 600 Highland Ave\, Madison\, WI\, 53792\, United States
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | April 17\, 2025 — Eleanna Melcher\, MD/PhD Trainee
DESCRIPTION:Click image to view or download flyer.\nPlease join us on April 17 to welcome Eleanna Melcher\, an MD/PhD Trainee in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)\, to present her work\, \nDetermining the effects of life-course exposure to coal-fired power plants on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Neuropathology\nAbout the Research: Proximity to coal-fired power plants (CPP) has been linked to increased mortality and poorer health\, but little is known about its effects on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) or how critical windows of exposures across the life-course may influence ADRD pathogenesis. Air pollution is a modifiable environmental exposure linked to the pathogenesis of ADRD; however\, the fundamental mechanisms linking air pollution to ADRD across the life-course are only partially known\, motivating the investigation of the environmental-biological relationship to inform novel therapeutic approaches and policy-based strategies for prevention. In order to reduce ADRD disparities through pollution exposure modification and the development of long-term therapies\, we need to characterize environmental exposures across the life-course. This work will quantify and describe the nature of life-course exposure to coal-fired power plants’ heavy metal pollution on ADRD neuropathological outcomes\, thereby addressing a critical gap in the field of life-course toxin-brain health associations. \nUnable to Join in Person?\nJoin via Zoom \n\nABOUT THE HEATH DISPARITIES RESEARCH WORKING GROUP \nWhat is it?\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/health-disparities-research-working-group-april-17-2025-2/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | March 20\, 2025 — Sara Gustafson\, MS\, CCC-SLP & Nicole Rogus-Pulia\, PhD\, CCC-SLP
DESCRIPTION:Click to view or download flyer.\nPlease join us in welcoming Sara Gustafson\, MS\, CCC-SLP and Nicole Rogus-Pulia\, PhD\, CCC-SLP as they present on the Swallowing and Salivary Science Bioscience Lab‘s community-engaged research and their preliminary work toward the development of a mobile swallowing clinic: \nDesigning a Mobile Swallowing Clinic for Addressing Community Needs\nThis presentation will highlight the swallowing care needs in rural and underserved communities\, plans for characterizing and defining issues surrounding dysphagia evaluations\, and the proposed solution for addressing this important health issue. Specifically\, we will discuss the development of a Mobile Swallowing Clinic (MSC) to provide access to necessary dysphagia evaluations for community members. A discussion regarding this proposal with the Working Group will help to identify important considerations for further defining the project. \nJoin Via Zoom \n  \n\nABOUT THE HEATH DISPARITIES RESEARCH WORKING GROUP \nWhat is it?\nPresenters will share their work\, wherever they are in the research process—from developing initial research ideas to final research products—and get valuable feedback from the working group.\n\nWhat do presenting researchers get out if it?\nThe diversity of perspectives within the working group will help presenters strengthen their ongoing research. Also\, communicating your own research to others is really challenging! As a presenter\, this meeting is a great venue to practice presenting your research in a supportive environment.\n\nWhat does an attendee get out of it?\nAttendees get a great chance to stay up to date on the latest health disparities research developments on campus. It’s also a great chance to get more involved\, foster connections with colleagues\, explore different research topics that you may be interested in\, and better understand how all of our efforts at fit together to address health disparities.\n\nWe think these meetings have something to offer to everyone\, regardless of your research experience!
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/health-disparities-research-working-group-march-20-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250311T120000
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SUMMARY:CHDR Seminar Series Presents Dr. Nicole Rogus-Pulia
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nPlease join us on March 11\, 2025 to welcome CHDR’s newest Deputy Director\,\nDr. Nicole Rogus-Pulia\, as our featured Seminar Series speaker!\n\nElevating Dysphagia Science: Addressing Eating and Swallowing Challenges Across the Care Continuum\nEating and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) are prevalent and can significantly impact health and quality of life. This talk will explore the multifaceted challenges of managing dysphagia across various care settings\, including hospitals\, long-term care facilities\, and home care. We will discuss the latest advancements in dysphagia assessment and intervention\, emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to care. A key focus will be on identifying and overcoming barriers to accessing dysphagia care\, such as socioeconomic disparities\, geographic limitations\, and lack of awareness. We will propose strategies to make dysphagia services more accessible to all\, ensuring equitable care regardless of background or location. \nIn addition to her role as Deputy Director for CHDR\, Dr. Rogus-Pulia is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine\, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and the director of the Swallowing and Salivary Bioscience Research Program. \nThis hybrid event will take place in person in HSLC Room 1345 and via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \nRegistration is appreciated but not required. \nRegister \n\nAbout the CHDR Seminar Series\nHeld four times per year\, the purpose of the CHDR Seminar Series is to provide a focused learning opportunity and promote competency in health disparities research. These invited talks feature both rising and accomplished experts from across the disciplinary spectrum whose current work in health disparities research demonstrates a variety of models\, approaches\, and frameworks critical for working toward a shared goal of eliminating health disparities. \n 
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/chdr-seminar-series-presents-dr-nicole-rogus-pulia/
LOCATION:HSLC 1345\, 600 Highland Ave\, Madison\, WI\, 53792\, United States
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SUMMARY:Health Disparities Research Working Group | February 20\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Military Exposome and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: Research Opportunities\nClick to access or download flyer.\nW. Ryan Powell\, MA PhD is an Associate Director for the Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He has over 20 years of experience conducting quantitative social science research with a focus on the social exposome\, methods development\, mechanistic health disparities research\, and veteran health. \nThe military exposome represents all the military conditions and contexts experienced throughout an individual’s military service\, including greater exposure to known and yet to be uncovered Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias risk factors. For the February Health Disparities Research Working Group meeting\, Ryan will be seeking feedback from the group on a grant proposal he is in the process of developing to understand of the role that the military exposome has in shaping Alzheimer’s disease and related AD disparities. \n  \n  \nJoin via Zoom
URL:https://chdr.wisc.edu/event/health-disparities-research-wg-february-20-2025/
LOCATION:HSLC 1229
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