{"id":156,"date":"2022-02-17T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:20:28","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BIRCH holds a range of in-person and online events to share recent findings and best practices.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Events<\/h2>\n<h3>Methods Events<\/h3>\n<p>The UW BIRCH Methods Core is tasked with developing supporting research design, statistics, visualization, and results presentation with regard to BIRCH research. Methods Core faculty will host seminars and webinars to share recent findings and best practices for methodological design.<\/p>\n<h3>General Events<\/h3>\n<p>Webinars and Work in Progress Sessions will be presented by members of all BIRCH cores to present current research, provide feedback on projects, and support ongoing collaboration within the Center.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Events (RSVP HERE)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"future-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Future Events<\/div>\n<p>Please stay tuned for upcoming BIRCH Events in 2026!<\/p>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH and UW CSSS Seminar: Dr. David Huh<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>A Marginalized Regression for Bounded Outcomes with Floor and Ceiling Effects<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date &amp; Time: April 29th, 12:30 PM PST<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: David Huh, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, UW School of Social Work<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: Virtually over Zoom (joinable at this <a href=\"https:\/\/washington.zoom.us\/s\/91612004486\">link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outcomes studied in social science and health research frequently take the form of fractions or percentages with a defined lower and upper limit, such as the percentage of medication doses taken, the rate of condom- protected sex, and the number of substance use-related problems endorsed in a screening questionnaire. Such data commonly exhibit floor and ceiling effects due to many participants that never engage in the outcome (e.g., never take prescribed medication) or are consistently at the upper limit (e.g., take all prescribed doses). Prevailing statistical approaches used to analyze such data do not fully account for clusters of responses at the lower and upper limits, which risk invalid conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions and theoretical models. We introduce an accessible extension to zero-inflated regression, the marginalized zero- and N-inflated binomial (MZNIB) model, that can analyze fractions and percentage data on the entire range between zero and 100% with greater accuracy than prevailing approaches when assessing naturally bounded outcomes with floor and ceiling effects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Past Events<\/h2>\n<h3>2026 Events<\/h3>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"accordion-2026-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 Events<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH EHE Research Seminar: Dr. Lydia Chwastiak and Dr. Akansha Vaswani-Bye<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: A Pilot Study to Co-Develop and Implement a Single Session Therapy Intervention in a Low-Barrier Primary Care Clinic: Implications for Increasing Access to Mental Health Services<\/p>\n<p>Date: March 23rd, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akansha Vaswani-Bye PhD, Assistant Professor, UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Lydia Chwastiak MD, MPH, Professor, UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">Dr. Akansha Vaswani-Bye and Dr. Lydia Chwastiak shared the results of their BIRCH-supported Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) supplement that aimed to adapt and implement a single session approach to walk-in therapy services at the Aurora-SHE clinic. They discussed the implications of their pilot findings for using single session interventions to increase access to mental health services for people with complex psychosocial issues, and for integrating behavioral health services in low-barrier clinics.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Developmental Core Research Seminar: Dr. Thomas Walton<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and HIV Risk in the U.S. Military, with Emphasis on Sexual Minority Service Members<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: February 26th, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Dr. Thomas Walton, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Walton reviewed his prior research on alcohol use and mental health among military populations, including the development of targeted interventions. Then he will provide an overview of alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among active-duty men who have sex with men, followed by a summary of his ongoing K01-funded research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2025 Events<\/h3>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"accordion-2025-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025 Events<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Developmental Core Research Seminar: Dr. Yang Jae Lee<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Bridging Research and Community: Addressing Mental Illness in Low-Resource Contexts<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: October 23rd, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Dr. Yang Jae Lee, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Global Health, UW<\/p>\n<p>At this seminar, Dr. Yang Jae Lee discussed his work focused on societal interventions to reduce mental health stigma. This seminar was co-sponsored by the UW Behavioral Research Center for HIV and the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Seminar: Dr. Helen Jack<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Bringing behavioral healthcare where it needs to be: Mental health and addiction treatment in high-need primary care clinics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: September 26th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Dr. Helen Jack, Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington<\/p>\n<p>At this seminar, Dr. Jack shared examples of research on the integration of mental health and addiction care into primary care in both global and local communities. She talked about depression care in Zimbabwe and treatment of opioid use disorder in Washington state prisons. This event was a collaboration between UW BIRCH, the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health, and the UW Population Health Initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Meeting<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Date: June 4th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>To aid and inform our revised center application, BIRCH\u2019s Methods Core held a meeting on June 4th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the meeting, the Methods Core addressed Reviewers\u2019 comments on the Core, which included:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Discussing how to Map the Methods Core plans onto the core conceptual model<\/li>\n<li>Developing additional curriculum related to NAM\u2019s framework<\/li>\n<li>Defining community engagement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Meeting: Accelerating Integrated HIV and Mental Health Care Research<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Accelerating Integrated HIV and Mental Health Care Research<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: May 9th, 2025<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">To aid and inform our revised center application, BIRCH\u2019s Integrated Care Core held a meeting on May 9th.<\/p>\n<p>Their presentation, \u201cAccelerating Integrated HIV and Mental Health Care Research\u201d, provided an overview of integrated care models, their rationale, and their potential to improve care and outcomes across the HIV care continuum.<\/p>\n<p>The presenters described four gaps in the existing research on Integrated HIV and Mental Health Care that are critical to ending the HIV epidemic in the US and globally. They also facilitated a discussion about the services and support that investigators need to expand or extend their research on Integrated HIV and Mental Health care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Chongzhi Di<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>An Overview of Statistical Methods for Intensive Longitudinal\/Functional Data<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: February 28th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Dr. Chongzhi Di, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics at UW<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chongzhi Di presented this virtual workshop on statistical methods for intensive longitudinal data or functional data.<\/p>\n<p>Intensive longitudinal data or functional data are increasingly collected in biomedical studies, where many repeated measurements are recorded for each individual. Standard longitudinal models might be too simplistic to capture the rich features in such dense data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Dr. Di first covered spline-based nonparametric methods to capture nonlinear trajectories. Then he presented functional principal component analysis and functional linear regression models to flexibly model the relationships between intensive longitudinal\/functional data and scalar outcomes. Finally, he illustrated the use of these methods in mobile health applications. Examples with publicly available data and R scripts were provided to illustrate its use in biomedical applications.<\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5-KG-IJ3-aU?si=QmnyY9SPJ8HNUKwW\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Day: Highlighting Pilot Awardees<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>BIRCH Day: Highlighting Pilot Awardees<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: January 24th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>At this symposium event, six BIRCH-funded pilot awardees showcased their progress to date, engaging with the audience through insightful discussions and Q&amp;A sessions. The event culminated in a feedback session with BIRCH Core Directors, aimed at refining support strategies for our pilot principal investigators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2024 Events<\/h3>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"accordion-2024-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">2024 Events<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Developmental Core Research Seminar: Dr. Jane Lee<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Adapting an HIV Prevention Intervention<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: December 6th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Lee, PhD LWSW,\u00a0Associate Professor &#8211; UW School of Social Work<\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&quot;bullet_list&quot;,{&quot;fontFamily&quot;:null,&quot;fontSize&quot;:null,&quot;lineHeight&quot;:null,&quot;textAlign&quot;:null},&quot;list_item&quot;,{&quot;listColor&quot;:null,&quot;lineHeight&quot;:null,&quot;textAlign&quot;:null}&#093;\">Martha Zu\u00f1iga, Deputy Director &#8211; Entre Hermanos<\/li>\n<li>Yesenia Cruz,\u00a0PrEP Non Medical Case Manager &#8211; Entre Hermanos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this seminar, Dr. Jane Lee, Martha Zun\u0303iga, and Yesenia Cruz discussed their collaborative research project focused on adapting an HIV prevention and care intervention. They described the adaptation process with attention to the importance of including community voices in research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series: #4 Strategic Storytelling for Advocacy<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Strategic Storytelling for Advocacy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: December 3rd, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Leah Nguyen, MSW BFA, Program Manager of the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">In this in-person workshop, Leah Nguyen discussed the impact of storytelling in advocacy and guided participants in developing techniques to share both spoken and written stories strategically.<\/p>\n<p>Leah emphasized that strategic storytelling should center people with lived expertise and those whose voices are underrepresented, while not overexposing or burdening them. They shared stories from their time working at The Mockingbird Society, a Seattle-based advocacy organization focused on improving outcomes for youth experiencing foster care and\/or homelessness. Storytelling there had a significant impact on the writing and implementation of policy.<\/p>\n<p>After their presentation, Leah facilitated an activity in which participants shared their stories, provided feedback, and revised their work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Gary Chan<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Models for Causal Inference<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: November 22nd, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Gary Chan, Professor of Biostatistics and Health Systems and Population Health, Adjunct Professor of Statistics, at the University of Washington<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual workshop, Dr. Gary Chan built on the basic concepts introduced in his previous two UW BIRCH workshops. Dr. Chan discussed the key differences between models for counterfactual outcomes and classical regression models. He also focused on certain examples of marginal structural models and structural nested models.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chan\u2019s two previous workshops can be viewed on the UW BIRCH YouTube channel:<br \/>\n1) &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JJDwI9expmw\">UW BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Treatment Effects Evaluation in Observational Studies&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0(2022)<br \/>\n2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uancK4hpLCI\">\u201cStatistical analysis on treatment non-compliance and mediation analysis\u201d<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NyFUGmaCa4g\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Day: Highlighting End the HIV Epidemic Supplements<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: BIRCH Day: <em>Highlighting End the HIV Epidemic Supplements<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: November 19th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>BIRCH hosted its second annual BIRCH Day: Highlighting Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Supplements at the Ninth &amp; Jefferson Building at Harborview Campus. The symposium-style event was a success; 20 attendees engaged with the research of seven BIRCH-funded investigators. The investigators showcased their progress and connected with the audience through insightful discussions and Q&amp;A sessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Chenglin Hong<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>An Introduction to Systematic Reviews: Consolidating Evidence for Mental Health Equity\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: November 1st, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Chenglin Hong, PhD MSW MPH, Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual workshop, Dr. Chenglin Hong shared his recent experiences in conducting systematic reviews and synthesizing evidence from the literature, highlighting two of his recent publications: one on mental health outcomes among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the other on the associations between intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zato3u_ZHfU\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series: #3 Writing and Disseminating Policy Briefs<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title:<em> Writing and Disseminating Policy Briefs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: October 17th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Cyrus Mugo, MBChB MPH PhD, Senior Research Scientist at Kenyatta National Hospital and Nancy Ngumbau, MBChB MPH, Research Scientist, Kenyatta National Hospital<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual workshop, Dr. Cyrus Mugo and Dr. Nancy Ngumbau presented the unique approach to policy brief workshops and dissemination taken by the Research and Programs department at Kenyatta National Hospital. They described how they workshop policy briefs in partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Health &#8212; simultaneously teaching attendees how to write policy briefs and receiving feedback on a specific brief from the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Seminar: NIMH's Dr. Lori Scott-Sheldon<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title:<em> Data Science at the NIMH Division of AIDS Research: Opportunities, Priorities, and Research Interest<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: October 4th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Lori Scott-Sheldon, NIMH&#8217;s Branch Chief of the HIV Data Science, Developmental, Social, and Translational Research Branch and Chief of Data Science and Emerging Methodologies in HIV<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual webinar, Dr. Lori Scott-Sheldon discusses the NIMH Division of AIDS Research priorities, interests, and opportunities in data science. She also highlights several NIH-wide data science activities, specifically around sustainable software and tools development and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BMTAAxWK-Ys\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Research Webinar: Dr. Cyrus Mugo<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title:<em> Integration of Mental Health Services in Adolescent HIV Clinics in Kenya<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: September 26th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Cyrus Mugo, MBChB MPH PhD, Senior Research Scientist at Kenyatta National Hospital<\/p>\n<p>In this virtual webinar, Dr. Cyrus Mugo presents an overview of three studies related to the integration of mental health services in adolescent HIV clinics in Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series: #2 Dissemination Toolkit<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Overview of the Global WACh Dissemination Toolkit<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: June 27th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Kellie List, MPA, Grant and Program Manager of Global WACh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalhealth.washington.edu\/faculty\/kellie-list\">Kellie List<\/a> presented this in-person workshop <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as part of the UW BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series. This series covers how research is translated into policy. Kellie <\/span>covered various components of the dissemination process, including summaries of proposals, flyers, policy memos, and best practices for collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series: #1 Foundations and Skill Building<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep it Brief: Translating Research into Policy and Programs with Effective Policy Briefs<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: June 13th, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Jeff Lane, JD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Global Health<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalhealth.washington.edu\/faculty\/jeff-lane\">Dr. Jeff Lane<\/a> presented this in-person workshop as part of the UW BIRCH Integrated Care Core Evidence to Policy Workshop Series. This series covers how research is translated into policy. Dr. Lane discussed best practices for policy brief writing and demoed useful skills in Microsoft Word and Excel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Day 2: Highlighting Pilot Awardees<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: February 28th, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BIRCH hosted its second BIRCH Day at the UW Hans Rosling Center. The hybrid symposium-style event drew over 30 attendees from diverse institutions, including the University of Washington, Muhimbili University of Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Organization for Public Health Interventions &amp; Development (OPHID), Kenyatta National Hospital, Entre Hermanos, and AARTH. Five BIRCH-funded pilot awardees showcased their progress, engaging with the audience through insightful discussions and Q&amp;A sessions. The event culminated in a feedback session with BIRCH Core Directors to refine support strategies for our pilot principal investigators, yielding valuable insights.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Chongzhi Di<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title: <em>Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models for Longitudinal Analysis<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: February 23rd, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/persons\/chongzhi-di\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chongzhi Di, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor of Biostatistics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics at UW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Chongzhi Di presented this virtual workshop on linear mixed models (LMMs) and generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) for longitudinal data analysis. This workshop discussed LMMs for continuous outcomes in the first half and then moved on to GLMMs for discrete or non-Gaussian outcomes (e.g., counts, binary data, etc.). Dr. Di discussed various aspects of LMMs and GLMMs, including model specification, estimation and inference, prediction of random effects, as well as implementations and practical considerations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Di presented GEE\u2019s conceptual foundations, including model specification, estimation and inference,\u00a0 as well as implementations and practical considerations (e.g., choosing working correlations). He also introduced advanced topics, including missing data and time-varying covariates in the latter part of the workshop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RQyMeiYn-2U\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional LMM and GLMM resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/j4x6c1j88bxtauuu8ivf5\/GLMM_workshop_examples.zip?rlkey=r1gp91fd9vm1qhudwlxfq3m1u&amp;e=1&amp;dl=0\">H<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/j4x6c1j88bxtauuu8ivf5\/GLMM_workshop_examples.zip?rlkey=r1gp91fd9vm1qhudwlxfq3m1u&amp;e=1&amp;dl=0\">ere<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Outside Speaker: Dr. John Jackson<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title: <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring Differences and an Analytic Approach for Informing Interventions to Reduce Differences<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 22nd, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/faculty\/3410\/john-w-jackson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Jackson, ScD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. John W. Jackson\u2019s research primarily focuses on developing methodological tools for translational health access research. This includes methods to identify high leverage targets and strategies for interventions that address health differences, as well as methods to evaluate effects of interventions and policies, and to translate interventions to new populations and contexts, with current applications in healthcare and clinical prognosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this session, Dr. Jackson focused on the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outlining how to incorporate access value judgements in analytic approaches to measure and identify leverage points for reducing differences (Dr. John W. Jackson called this &#8220;causal decomposition analysis&#8221;).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How covariate adjustments in defining differences and in equalizing potential determinants of differences (decompositions) ultimately convey value judgements about what is fair in the distribution of health and its determinants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various principles to guide the choice of covariates for meaningfully defining differences and decompositions while adjusting for other covariates to account for confounding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H448HQDmres?si=YeoAjbXwsbMMJxzk\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2023 Events<\/h3>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"accordion-2023-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">2023 Events<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Day: Highlighting Supplements<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: October 24th, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UW BIRCH hosted its very first BIRCH Day at Harborview Ninth and Jefferson Building. The symposium style workshop highlighted BIRCH\u2019s Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) supplement projects. BIRCH Core directors, Supplement PIs Implementation Science experts, and Qualitative Methods experts focused on the aims, plans and timelines for the grant submissions and potential next steps. The workshop drew nearly 20 attendees representing different institutions such as the University of Washington, Public Health-Seattle and King County (PHSKC), Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, and UW\/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Bryan Weiner<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selecting and Designing Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study Designs <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 12th, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalhealth.washington.edu\/faculty\/bryan-weiner\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryan Weiner, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, University of Washington Department of Global Health and Department of Health Services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Bryan Weiner presented this virtual workshop on selecting and designing studies to evaluate effectiveness and implementation. Hybrid effectiveness-implementation study designs can accelerate the translation of research into practice by addressing, in the same study, questions about the effectiveness of an intervention with questions about how best to implement it. This workshop introduced hybrid study designs, offered guidance about when to use them and which type to use given the state of the science, provided hands-on experience designing a hybrid study design, and offered individual consultation and feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_ceT6eq6h7k?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presentation Slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b49aaa77957df7db539152525\/files\/84fab08a-62a1-0f1b-e157-2ed6649b82c0\/Selecting_and_Designing_Hybrid_Effectiveness_Implementation_Study_Designs_2_compressed.01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Gary Chan<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW56819905 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW56819905 BCX9\">Statistical analysis <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW56819905 BCX9\">on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW56819905 BCX9\"> treatment non-compliance and mediation analysis<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 5th, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biostat.washington.edu\/people\/kc-gary-chan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gary Chan, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, University of Washington Department of Biostatistics, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Gary Chan presented this virtual workshop on statistical analysis on treatment non-compliance and mediation analysis. Treatment evaluation is often complicated by treatment non-compliance as the benefit of randomization is reduced. Moreover, it is often of interest to understand causal mechanisms through immediate variables along the causal pathway. Some essential evaluation concepts for randomized trials discussed in BIRCH\u2019s previous workshop were reviewed. Dr. Chan introduced several statistical methods for handling the intricate issues posed by treatment non-compliance and mediation analysis. Regression based approaches, such as two stage least squares, Baron and Kenny\u2019s method and Sobel test were discussed, and more contemporary frameworks such as principal stratification and causal mediation analysis were introduced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uancK4hpLCI?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presentation Slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/b49aaa77957df7db539152525\/files\/38866816-02ff-0811-9de5-2ec4c1906642\/BIRCH_Gary_Chan_Methods_Workshop_Presentation_2_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Alison Hamilton<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title: <em>Rapid Qualitative and Integrated Mixed Methods Implementation Research\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: February 6th, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semel.ucla.edu\/profile\/alison-hamilton-phd-mph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alison Hamilton, PhD, MPH<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Alison Hamilton presented this workshop on rapid qualitative and integrated mixed methods in implementation research. Qualitative and mixed methods implementation evaluations often necessitate rapid turn-around of preliminary results, e.g., to inform implementation processes and strategies and tailoring of interventions. In this workshop, varied approaches to designing and executing rapid turn-around qualitative and mixed methods implementation evaluations were explored, with an emphasis on rapid qualitative analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples and hands-on exercises familiarized participants with designing semi-structured, framework-driven interview guides; constructing summary templates; summarizing qualitative interview data; generating matrices; and developing products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBF6CxQH91M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBF6CxQH91M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presentation Slides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Saturation-slides.pdf\">Saturation slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hamilton_UW_Morning_2.6.23-1.pdf\">Morning Session slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hamilton_UW_Afternoon_2.6.23-1.pdf\">Afternoon Session slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relevant Readings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UW-Workshop_Implementation-Research_Readings.pdf\">Implementation Research Readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UW-Workshop_Mixed-Methods_Readings.pdf\">Mixed Methods Readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UW-Workshop_Rapid-Qualitative-Methods_Readings.pdf\">Rapid Qualitative Methods Readings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UCLA CHIPTS YouTube channel: <a href=\"https:\/www.youtube.com\/@uclachipts\">UCLA CHIPTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UW IS Resources Website: <a href=\"https:\/impsciuw.org\/\">impsciuw.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Webtool to help researchers decide which IS model to use: <a href=\"https:\/dissemination-implementation.org\/\">dissemination-implementation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Research Talk (where Alison\u2019s courses are offered): <a href=\"https:\/researchtalk.com\/\">researchtalk.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>COREQ: <a href=\"https:\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17872937\/\">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17872937<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UW HIV IS Hub website: <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/\">https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Transcription services: <a href=\"https:\/otter.ai\/\">otter.ai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/www.rev.com\/lp\/home-2\">rev.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CFIR Website: <a href=\"https:\/cfirguide.org\/\">cfirguide.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Chongzhi Di<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foundations of Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) for Longitudinal Analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 13th, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/persons\/chongzhi-di\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chongzhi Di, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor of Biostatistics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics at UW.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Chongzhi Di<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented this virtual workshop on foundations of generalized estimating equations (GEE). In longitudinal data analysis, the GEE approach has been widely used since being proposed by Liang and Zeger (1986). It builds upon generalized linear models (e.g., linear regression, logistic regression) and provides a valid, efficient, and robust statistical tool for analyzing correlated or clustered data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Di presented GEE\u2019s conceptual foundations, including model specification, estimation and inference, as well as implementations and practical considerations (e.g., choosing working correlations). He also introduced advanced topics including missing data and time-varying covariates in the latter part of the workshop. Examples with publicly available data and R scripts were provided to illustrate its use in biomedical applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rDfHfkTRlak\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2022 Events<\/h3>\n<div class=\"accordion \" id=\"accordion-2022-events\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">2022 Events<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Seminar: Dr. Linda Collins<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Achieving Intervention EASE: The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: October 25th, 2022<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.nyu.edu\/faculty\/linda-collins\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda M. Collins, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, New York University Departments of Social &amp; Behavioral Sciences and Biostatistics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Linda M. Collins introduced an expanded methodological framework for developing, optimizing, and evaluating behavioral and biobehavioral interventions. This framework, called the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), is a principled approach that integrates ideas from behavioral science, engineering, multivariate statistics, health economics, and decision science. MOST enables the investigator to balance intervention effectiveness, affordability, scalability, and efficiency to achieve intervention EASE. Using MOST, behavioral and biobehavioral interventions can be optimized to meet an objective chosen by the investigator. The objective may be any reasonable goal, such as an intervention that offers the best expected outcome achievable without exceeding a specified upper limit on implementation cost or time. MOST relies heavily on resource management by strategic choice of highly efficient experimental designs. Recent advances include an approach to identifying value-efficient interventions. Dr. Collins proposed that MOST offers several benefits, including more rapid long-run improvement of interventions, without requiring a dramatic increase in research resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lTpD0uNTP4Q\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Gary Chan<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Treatment Effects Evaluation in Observational Studies: Why do we have different methods?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: September 26th, 2022<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biostat.washington.edu\/people\/kc-gary-chan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gary Chan, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, University of Washington Department of Biostatistics, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Gary Chan presented this virtual workshop on treatment effects evaluation. Many methods and concepts exist for estimating treatment effect using observational studies: propensity scores, regression adjustments, predictive margins, weighting, matching, stratification, double robust estimation, covariate balancing, etc. There is considerable difficulty for an applied researcher to navigate the methodological zoo. Dr. Chan presented the conceptual foundations, described the pros and cons, and made some recommendations. Examples were provided using R. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JJDwI9expmw\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Webinar: Diana Louden<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>So you want to do a systematic review?\u00a0An introduction to systematic review methodology and practicalities<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: February 25th, 2022<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.uw.edu\/research\/diana?_gl=1*13klndl*_ga*MjI4NTc2Nzk0LjE3MDcyNTMwNTE.*_ga_63X2ZQHK8P*MTcxMTQ5NDI4NC4xLjEuMTcxMTQ5NDI5NC4wLjAuMA..\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diana Louden, MLib<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Life Sciences Librarian, University of Washington Libraries<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diana Nelson Louden presented on features of systematic and scoping reviews, formulating research questions, developing protocols and search strategies, using tools to manage the study selection process, and reporting results. Case studies of HIV systematic reviews were provided by Anjuli Wagner, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Global Health, and Mira Reichman, BA, Clinical Psychology Graduate Student, to illustrate how these principles play out in practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gaMZ4Tl43HQ\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Workshop: Dr. Jim Hughes; Emily Voldal<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Cluster Randomized Trials and the Stepped Wedge Design<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Date: February 11th, 2022<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenters: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biostat.washington.edu\/people\/james-hughes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim Hughes, PhD, MS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor, University of Washington Statistics; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredhutch.org\/en\/research\/divisions\/vaccine-infectious-disease-division\/faculty-labs\/vidd-staff-scientists-physicians\/voldal-emily.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily Voldal, PhD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, University of Washington Biostatistics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Jim Hughes, PhD, MS, and Dr. Emily Voldal, PhD, covered cluster randomized trials and stepped wedge designs, followed by useful examples. The first portion of the workshop was didactic and the second portion focused on conducting these analyses in R. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c_X8wICXv50\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header\" id=\"accordion-header\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-0\"><button class=\"btn btn-link\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse\"><span class=\"btn-text\">BIRCH Methods Core Seminar: Dr. Ying Qing Chen<\/span><span class=\"arrow-box\"><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse\" class=\"collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" role=\"region\">\n<p>Title: <em>Measuring Surrogacy in Clinical Research with An Application to Studying Surrogate Markers for HIV Treatment-as-Prevention<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: January 14th, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenter name: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/profiles\/ying-qing-chen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ying Qing Chen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Ying Qing Chen discussed measuring surrogacy in clinical research. 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