Research Groups (Work-in-Progress, or WIPs) 

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Lead – Allison Kempe, MD, MPH

Contact – Madonna Shafer

Description: The Health Services Research (HSR) Work-in-Progress (WIP) has existed to support HSR researchers for over 20 years and brings together senior and junior researchers from across the Anschutz campus, and partnering institutions, such as Denver Health and Kaiser Permanente. This WIP, now housed at ACCORDS, is rather unique in the consistent participation of many senior HSR researchers.

Membership: Currently, there are 17 regular members meeting virtually 8am on Mondays. Participation is by invitation and requires regular and consistent participation.

Meeting Schedule: Weekly virtual meeting on Mondays at 8:00 a.m. On a weekly basis, researchers present their ongoing research in a regular rotation.

 

Lead – Darcy Thompson, MD

Contact – Darcy Thompson

Description: Career Development Award Focused for junior faculty who focus on health services or health outcomes research and are preparing to submit Career Development Award applications.

Membership: open to all HSR researchers

Meeting Schedule: Meets virtually on the 2nd Monday of every month at 11 a.m.

Lead: Dan Matlock, MD

Contact: Kate Noonan

Description: A works in progress session for people interested in shared decision making and patient centered care.

Membership:

Meeting Schedule: 2nd and 4th Thursday at 3:00 p.m.

Lead: Larry Allen, MD

Contact: Larry Allen

Description: Cardiovascular (CV) outcomes research, with a focus on early faculty. The Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (CCOR) Consortium is a multidisciplinary group of investigators from the University of Colorado (UCD), Denver Health (DH), the Denver VA, and other like-minded organizations. It was started by John Rumsfeld, Ed Havranek, Fred Masoudi, David Magid in 1997 and has grown and evolved over the years. It has a strong track record of helping young cardiovascular health-services investigators obtain career development awards (K, VA CDA). CCOR is currently hosted by ACCORDS.

Membership: At its essence, it is a community of CV outcomes researchers who meet Wednesday mornings to support young investigators and discuss works-in-progress. All are welcome.

Meeting Schedule: 9am – 11am Wednesday mornings, ACCORDS Rocky Mountain Conference Room

Lead: Russ Glasgow, PhD

Contact: Justin Shrader

Description: Integrates WIPS with a variety of other related activities such as journal club discussions, invited guests, group activities on new directions in the field, etc.

Membership:

Meeting Schedule: Currently meets first and third Tuesdays of the month for 90 minutes at 2:30 pm and usually have 2 topics- each for 45 minutes

Lead: Sarah Tevis and Ajay Major

Contact: Sarah Tevis, Ajay Major

Description: The imPROve Working Group is a multi-disciplinary cohort of University of Colorado-affiliated researchers focused on the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in research and clinical settings. imPROve serves as a think tank for innovative PRO methodologic research and enables cross-disciplinary collaboration and discussion among investigators.

Membership: Please reach out to Sarah and/or Ajay if you are interested in joining this WIP.

Meeting Schedule: Monthly on the last Tuesday of the month, from 9-10am on Zoom

Lead: Sean O’Leary

Contact:Madonna Shafer

Description: The Immunization Delivery Work-in-Progress brings together a group of multidisciplinary investigators from Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, and Denver Health who work in the field of immunization delivery. Topics generally covered include identifying and exploring barriers to vaccination, developing and testing interventions to increase vaccination uptake, new grant ideas, manuscript development, and interpretation of study findings.

Membership: There are currently 7 active members, and all are welcome.

Meeting Schedule: Monthly, third Wednesday of each month at 10-11 a.m. Virtual and in-person at ACCORDS. Rotating schedule of presenters.