November 2014

Research Monthly

Inside Issue

Research Office Updates

Information

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CHHS RESEARCH NEWS UPDATES

Touati H , Ras ZW , Studnicki J . Meta-actions as a tool for action rules evaluation , in Feature Selection for Data and Pattern Recognition (Stanczyk and Jain , Eds. ), Studies in Computational Intelligence, Vol. 584, Springer-Verlag, 2014.

Touati H, Ras ZW ,Studnicki J, Wieczorkowska A. Side effects analysis based on action sets for medical treatments. Proceedings of the Third ECML-PKDD Workshop on New Frontiers in Mining Complex Patterns. Nancy, France, September 15-19, 2014; 172-183.

Niggel, S.J. and Brandon, W.P. (2014). Social Determinants of Health and Community Needs: Implications for Health Legacy Foundations. Health Affairs, 33(11): 2072-2076. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0850

Elnitsky C, Lind J., Rugs D., Powell-Cope G. (Nov 2014) Implications for Patient Safety in the Use of Safe Patient Handling Equipment: A National Survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies 51, 1624-1633. (Published online 22 May 2014 at doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.04.015.)

Sara Shahbazi presented the study (Racial and Geographic Variation in Cataract Surgery) at the 8th International Symposium of Geospatial Health, GnosisGIS 2014 in New Orleans on October 31-November 2. The symposium hosted by the Global Network for Geospatial Health focused on Geospatial Health and Global Health Issues. The main goals of the symposium were to encourage local and international scientists to share data and geospatial health application methods. Researchers were invited from all over the world to participate.

Blanchette CM, Lian C, Lubeck D, Newsome B, Gutierrez B, Lin ND. Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Progression: Measuring Chronic Kidney Disease Stage Transitions. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week; Philadelphia, PA. November 12-18, 2014.

Burudpakdee C, Khan Z, Gala S, Nanavaty M, Kaura S. Impact of Patient Programs on Adherence in Inflammation and Immunology: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Published Evidence. Presented at the ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 8-12, 2014.

Seetasith A, Burudpakdee C. Comparison of Resource Use and Healthcare Costs in New Initiators of Long-Acting Injectable and Oral Second Generation Antipsychotics. Presented at the ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 8-12, 2014.

Cornelio N. Burudpakdee C. A Guideline-Based Estimate of Healthcare Resource Use and Cost of Metastatic Unresectable Osteosarcoma. Presented at the ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 8-12, 2014.

Nyandege A, Burudpakdee C, Philip S. Predictive Modeling to Assess Predictors of Treatment Success and Failure among Combination Statin Therapy Patients. Presented at the ISPOR 17th Annual European Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 8-12, 2014.

Noone, J., Blanchette, CM. Roy, D., Van Doren, B., Ar-thur, S. (2014) “Cachexia in the US Health Care System.” Presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research International congress November 2014. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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November 2014

New Awards

Publications

Presentations / Workshops

INFORMATION

November 2014

VMH:

The UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing and Department of Social Work, in partnership with the UNC Charlotte Office of Veterans Student Services, Student Health Center and Counseling Center, and Mecklenburg County Community Support Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office and W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center, are cohosting “Access to Culturally Competent Health Services: Serving Military Veterans from a Holistic Perspective.” The event is funded by a grant from the UNC Charlotte Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund.

The conference will feature a research poster session and opportunities for audience interaction and questions with all the presenters. Attendees also will have the opportunity to visit the “community services” vendor fair and view an art exhibit featuring works by Rob Bates, a former U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal and current UNC Charlotte student.

Keynote speakers, including national expert Marianne

Mathewson-Chapman, Major General (Ret.), PhD, ARNP, former Deputy Surgeon General United States Army National Guard

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in UNC Charlotte’s Cone University Center McKnight Hall.

Attendees may register by visiting the veteran health RSVP website.

Contact information: Christine Elnitsky at celnitsk@uncc.edu

ARCHES: Contact information: Mark DeHaven at Mark.DeHaven@uncc.edu

HINORA: Meets every month on the second Thursday of the month from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM effective 09/11/2014. Contact information: Bill Saunders at wsaunde6@uncc.edu

Healthy Aging: It is with great pleasure that we have the opportunity to announce that Dr. Michael Turner will be taking on the role as Director of the Healthy Aging Research Academy (HARA). Dr. Turner is not only a natural fit for this position because his research focuses on the intersection of cardiovascular functioning, physical activity and aging, but also because of his commitment to faculty research development and mentoring. I am confident that with Dr. Turner’s leadership and with support from Dr. Julian Montoro Rodriguez (our new Director of Gerontology), HARA will development into a strong research organization within our College, the University and the community. Contact information: Michael Turner at MITURNER@uncc.edu

Academy Updates

CHHS Celebrates Veterans: Says Dean, Dr. Nancy Fey-Yesan, “It is time, our

turn, and our privilege to now serve those who have served us so well."

In the future, we would like to add your new publications when they occur and other research activities, speaking

engagements, etc. to this weekly newsletter. Please forward this information to Vikki or Elizabeth

for addition to the next edition.

CHHS Research Office Contacts

~ Christopher Blanchette, PhD, MBA, Associate Dean for Research

CHHS 481 ~ 704-687-5610 ~ cblanche@uncc.edu

~ Vikki Cherwon, Research Officer, Pre-Award

CHHS 483 ~ 704-687-7912 ~ V.Cherwon@uncc.edu

~ Elizabeth Mace, Post Award Administrator

CHHS 483 ~ 704-687-7885 ~ emmace@uncc.edu