It’s All About Networks this Spring in the CTSI Seminar Series
The spring CTSI Seminar Series (the former CTSI Grand Rounds) will explore networks: how to develop them, manage the challenges of working with in them, and reap their benefits. Networks allow for regular and broad exchange of ideas and information that can be a boon for your research. Join us on Thursdays at noon next semester to learn more!
The Learning Healthcare System: Clinical Care and Research Working Hand in Hand
The acting chief Research and Development Officer in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, David Atkins, will discuss learning healthcare systems at CTSI Grand Rounds on December 13. The Institute of Medicine developed the learning healthcare system concept, describing it as a cycle of patient care providing information that generates research studies, which get applied to clinical care, which provides new information and generates new studies.
Telling the Stories behind Suicide
CTSI Grand Rounds recently featured a discussion about suicide prevention via psychological autopsy, a method of learning from suicide deaths by examining the constellation of circumstances a person faced prior to their death. As veterans are at particularly high risk for suicide, URMC researchers have teamed up with the Canandaigua VA Medical Center to tackle this issue.