All Events

MCHS Science for Families

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:23:25 GMT

At this event, we will have have stations which families can move through at their own pace, with passport books available for kids to acquire stamps as they move through the stations. We will also have an area for kids to color or play with Legos. Kids and families will have fun learning about archaeology, chemical reactions, biology, physics and more!

The various research centers at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute will also host different interactive educational and research displays appropriate for the general public and all ages (trivia questions, posters, etc.). This will provide a general awareness of the key research activities taking place at MCRI and in the Marshfield community.

Stations/Activities:
•Crater in the Moon (Kindergarten +)
•Iron for Breakfast (3rd grade +)
•Ice Cream in Plastic Bags (Kindergarten +)
•Milk/Food Coloring (Kindergarten +)
•Dry Ice Farts (Kindergarten +)
•Sodium Alginate and Gavascon Experiment (two parts) (Kindergarten +)
•Non-Newtonian Solids (3rd grade +)
•Thin Film Interference Black Paper (Kindergarten +)
•Elephant Toothpaste (Kindergarten +)
•Boo Bubbles (Kindergarten +)
•Archaeology Dig
•Patient Experience/Usability Research. Tours of the usability lab: 10:30am, 11:15 am (High school, adults)
•Farm Medicine and Safety – jeopardy game
•Oral Health Matters: The importance of oral health and its connection to overall health

Contact: 715-387-5241

2018 Gwen D. Sebold Fellowship for Outstanding Research Award Presentation

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:23:25 GMT

The purpose of the Gwen D. Sebold Fellowship for Outstanding Research is to recognize an outstanding medical researcher or staff member and support continued research in his or her chosen field. Since its beginning in 1988 and continuing each year thereafter, one award of $5,000 and a memorial plaque will be presented by D. David “Dewey” Sebold in memory of his sister, Gwen.

CONGRATULATIONS to James Donahue, D.V.M., Ph.D. on being this year's recipient of the Gwen D. Sebold Research Fellowship Award. Dr. Donahue is a Project Scientist/Epidemiologist in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health (CCEPH).

Jim has made a tremendous contribution to the success of MCRI research, particularly in the area of vaccine safety. Over the past 15 years Jim has become recognized as a leading vaccine safety investigator both within and outside Vaccine Safety Datalink. Comments from CDC regarding Jim’s contribution to the field were "James Donahue has been critical to the success of the CDC Vaccine Safety Datalink Project”.

Jim has published approximately 36 research articles since joining MCRI. In addition to his scientific contributions, Jim has demonstrated a high level of commitment to service at MCRI. The best example of this is his work as both a member of the IRB and interim Chair of the IRB; and he just rejoined the IRB this year to provide assistance with expedited reviews during a staff transition.

This year's award will be presented on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Robert Froehlke Auditorium of the Laird Center for Medical Research. A reception will follow.

Preventing the world's most prevalent disease: caries

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Richard Niederman is professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology & Health Promotion at New York University College of Dentistry, and Co-Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Quality-improvement, Evidence-based Dentistry (QED). He graduated magna cum laude in 1976 from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine where he also received his periodontal specialty training. He received certificate training in Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University in 1996. He is the founding USA editor of the journal Evidence-Based Dentistry; co-author of the book Evidence-based Dentistry, and author of more than 100 peer reviewed scientific articles.

His current work focuses on improving oral health equity by disseminating and implementing community-based and evidence-based caries prevention programs. These bring primary and secondary preventive care to people, rather than people to care. NIH, PCORI, and foundations support his work in urban New York and Boston, as well as rural Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Data from these programs indicate that effective caries prevention programs:
(1) Vary directly with intensity and frequency
(2) Can be effectively delivered by non-dentists
(3) Can reduce untreated cavities by 80%
(4) Inadequate preventive intensity or frequency has little to no impact on oral health.

Contact Hour Statement for Allied Health Professionals
Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. is approved as a provider of continuing health education by the Wisconsin Society for Healthcare Education and Training (WISHET). Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. designates this activity for up to 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing education for allied health professionals.

Academy of General Dentistry Credit Statement (PACE)

The Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc. is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this program provider are accepted by the AGD for Fellowship/Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 6/12/2017 to 6/11/2021. Provider ID# 211279

Target Audience
This program is intended for dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and all MCHS staff interested in research.

Registration
There is no fee to attend but an RSVP is appreciated for food services.

Evaluation
Following this program, you must fill out the evaluation to receive credit and for tracking attendance: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WGTLD3J

Hosted by: Neel Shimpi, PhD

*Note: This presentation will be recorded and will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/4c35573967d94bd89b8fff685d9938891d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Contributions of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to medicine and public health

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Rocca is Professor of Epidemiology and Neurology and the Ralph S. and Beverley E. Caulkins Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases Research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (USA). He is the Co-Director of the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage system and Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic Specialized Center of Research on Sex Differences.

Dr. Rocca's research focuses on brain aging and on the etiology of common neurodegenerative diseases such as parkinsonism and dementia. He has recently focused his work on the effects of surgical menopause and estrogen on brain aging in women and on multimorbidity as a clinical marker of accelerated aging. He is also contributing to the emerging fields of dimorphic neurology and dimorphic medicine (impact of sex and gender on health and diseases).

Dr. St. Sauver is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota (USA). She received her MPH and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. After graduation, she joined Mayo Clinic as a Collaborative Scientist in 1999. She is an epidemiologic methodologist, with extensive experience in the design and conduct of observational research studies.

Her current research focuses on using the Rochester Epidemiology Project to understand the impact and outcomes of multiple chronic conditions at the population level. She is also a member of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, with specific interest in community-based interventions to improve population health.

Hosted by: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD

*Note: This will be recorded and will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/65c378484b40474fb3e6689eb9c191e81d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

The immigrant’s journey to work: Implications for health and safety on the farm

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Ms. Liebman has devoted her career to improving the health and safety of immigrant workers and families. Since 1999, she has served as Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at Migrant Clinicians Network, where she has established national initiatives to improve the recognition, management and prevention of environmental and work-related health. She oversees efforts involving research, programmatic interventions and policy. She has been a national leader in working to integrate occupational and environmental health into the community health worker model. She also is at the forefront of ongoing advocacy to ensure the protection of immigrant workers, promoting regulations such as the EPA Worker Protection Standard, spearheading policy initiatives within the American Public Health Association, and serving on a federal advisory committee to the EPA. Her programs have won several awards including the EPA Children’s Environmental Health Champion Award and the National Safety Council Research Collaboration Award, and in 2011, she received the Lorin Kerr Award, an American Public Health Association honor recognizing public health professionals for their dedication and sustained efforts to improve the lives of workers.

Hosted by: Barbara Lee, RN, PhD

Note: This will be recorded and will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/6b15b59d67ef489b84206076e9817b701d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Summer Research Internship Program - Research Symposium

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:20:19 GMT

Join the 2018 Summer Research Interns for presentations on the results of their projects.

8:15 a.m. - Welcome
Huong McLean, PhD, SRIP Director Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD, Executive Director Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Matt Faber, Gift Officer MCHS Foundation

8:30 a.m. - Ciera Danen
Laparoscopic Removal of a Primary Retroperitoneal Mucinous Cystadenoma in a
Woman with a History of Hirsutism

8:46 a.m. - Shelley Gabel
Resident Involvement and Patient Outcomes in Pancreatic Surgery at a Rural
Pancreatic Surgery Center

9:02 a.m. - Peter Gerstenberger
Correlating Telomere Length with Diseases and Novel Genetic Variants

9:18 a.m. - Break

9:33 a.m. - Allison Foster
Serious Outcomes of Medically-Attended, Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Illness
among School-Aged Children with and without Asthma, 2008-2018

9:49 a.m. - Chibuzor Abasilim
Attainment of Sleep Recommendations by Persons with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

10:05 a.m. - Raunak Dey
Efficacy of Machine Learning Algorithms in Aiding Radiologists

10:21 a.m. - Chuanbo Wang
Assisting the Visually Impaired: Sign Detection and Recognition Using Deep Learning

10:37 a.m. - Break

10:52 a.m. - Sailee Tambe
Oral Health Literacy and Outcomes in Central Wisconsin Adults

11:08 a.m. - Logan Zhang
Retrospective Evaluation of Periodontal Disease among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Utilizing Combined Electronic Dental-Medical Record Data

11:24 a.m. - Zengyan Wang
An Alternative Way of Characterizing Injury to Youth on Farms

11:40 a.m. - Rachael Rol
Beliefs and Practices of Farm Parents to Prevent Child Injury

12:00 p.m. - Closing and luncheon to follow

The event will be streamed live (internally only) on MediaSite:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/348b15abd5b3412bb660e276bbcb11621d

A recording of the Symposium will be available publicly on the MCRI website after the event.

This program is made possible by a gift from The Boldt Company and other generous donors.

Interesting Use Cases in REDCap to Address Public Health Issues

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:38:53 GMT

Topic: Interesting Use Cases in REDCap to Address Public Health Issues

The Office of Research Computing & Analytics (ORCA) invites staff to join them for the next session of 'Interesting Use Cases in REDCap to Address Public Health Issues' on August 8.

'Interesting Use Cases in REDCap to Address Public Health Issues' is part of a series of Lunch-n-Learns addressing new and existing technologies, hardware, and software available to MCRI and other staff interested in the topics. Presentations will run for around 30 minutes. Stop by to learn more or just ask questions of the ORCA team. Feel free to bring your lunch!

*Note: This will be recorded and will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/5503b2ca938546b0ae3b74ed5b11f6031d

Have suggestions for future presentations? Contact Joe Ellefson or Laurel Verhagen.

Upcoming sessions:

-Wednesday, September 5 - REDCap e-Consent
-Friday, October 5 - REDCap Action Tags
-Tuesday, November 13 – Study Design Best Practices

Newborn Genomic Sequencing: Early Results from the BabySeq Project

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Stacey Pereira, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. Her current research focuses on social and ethical issues in genomics, with particular emphasis on the impact of integrating genomics into the clinical care of different populations, including newborns, healthy adults, and military personnel. Additional research interests include issues related to banking, sharing, and research use of human biospecimens. She received her PhD in anthropology with a focus on medical anthropology and anthropology of science from Rice University, and completed her postdoctoral training in ethical, legal, and social issues in genomics in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.

Objectives

Describe parents’ perceptions of newborn genomic sequencing.
Describe the impact of newborn genomic sequencing on families.
Identify the ethical and practical implications of these findings for clinicians and families.

Target Audience
This program is intended for all MCHS staff interested in research

Registration
There is no fee to attend but an RSVP is appreciated for food services.

Evaluation
Following this program, you must fill out the evaluation to receive credit and for tracking attendance: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GH35LZJ

*Note: This will be presented live only. This will not be on Mediasite for viewing.

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.

RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Hosted by: Casper Bendixsen, PhD; Murray Brilliant, PhD; Scott Hebbring, PhD

Preventing Child Agricultural Injuries: Designing a New Workshop Model

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Marsha Salzwedel is the Agricultural Youth Safety Specialist at the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (part of the National Farm Medicine Center) in Marshfield, WI. She has a Master’s Degree in Human & Community Resources from the University of Wisconsin Steven’s Point, and is working on her doctorate degree at Edgewood College in Madison. Marsha’s work addresses children and youth who live, work and play on farms, and this workshop reflects her work, as well as the work of the Children’s Center.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:

http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/928930f28f1444eb8e9943f461cfe7a61d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Hosted by: Casper Bendixsen, PhD

MCRI HUB Security and Notifications

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:38:53 GMT

Topic: MCRI HUB Security and Notifications

The Office of Research Computing & Analytics (ORCA) invites staff to join them for the next session of 'MCRI HUB Security and Notifications' on July 10.

MCRI HUB Security and Notifications is part of a series of Lunch-n-Learns addressing new and existing technologies, hardware, and software available to MCRI and other staff interested in the topics. Presentations will run for around 30 minutes. Stop by to learn more or just ask questions of the ORCA team. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Have suggestions for future presentations? Contact Joe Ellefson or Laurel Verhagen.

Upcoming sessions:

-Wednesday, August 8 - Request Module
-Wednesday, September 5 - REDCap e-Consent
-Wednesday, October 3 - REDCap Action Tags

Time and Effort Tips and Tricks

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:38:53 GMT

The Office of Research Computing & Analytics (ORCA) invites staff to join them for the next session of 'Time and Effort Tips and Tricks' on June 13.

Time and Effort Tips and Tricks is part of a series of Lunch-n-Learns addressing new and existing technologies, hardware, and software available to MCRI and other staff interested in the topics. Presentations will run for around 30 minutes. Stop by to learn more or just ask questions of the ORCA team. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Topic: Time and Effort Tips and Tricks

Have suggestions for future presentations? Contact Joe Ellefson or Laurel Verhagen.

The Role of Health Literacy in Decreasing Health Disparities

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Horowitz, a health educator, formerly was a senior scientist at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Health (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Horowitz has extensive work in dental caries prevention and early detection. While at the NIDCR she organized the Consensus Development Conference, on Pit and Fissure Sealants and co-organized one on Dental Caries Diagnosis and Management.

Dr. Horowitz was instrumental in initiating the need to address health literacy in dentistry and was one of the authors of the first NIH Program Announcement addressing health literacy. She organized the NIDCR’s workshop on oral health literacy and co-authored the resultant findings. Currently she is a Co-Chair of the Education/health literacy Sub-Committee of the Maryland Dental Action Coalition, a group commissioned by Maryland’s Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, John Colmers following the tragic and untimely death of Deamonte Driver, a 12-year-old boy who died in 2007 because of an untreated dental infection. She serves as the PI of a statewide oral health literacy needs assessment study.

She served on a recent Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) panel, Advancing Oral Health in America. She has contributed several invited presentations to the IOM’s Round Table on Health Literacy. She has published over 130 scientific papers and book chapters and is the recipient of several awards. Dr. Horowitz conceptualized, designed and conducted the study, Health Literacy Environmental Scans of Community-based Dental Clinics in Maryland and published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:

http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/4957ce62f58c437aad8369587176ca7c1d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Hosted by: Neel Shimpi, PhD

Patient and Provider Perspectives Towards Oral Cancer

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Shimpi is currently an Associate Research Scientist within the Center for Oral and Systemic Health at MCRI. Dr. Shimpi received her PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery from India and a master’s degree in Healthcare Management with majors in Health care Informatics from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her areas of research interest spans: medical and dental informatics, artificial intelligence, oral and systemic health connections, developing clinical decision support tools, provider and patient education and electronic health records.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:

http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/55e122d3d45348f68897d2851f34a6031d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.

RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Hosted by: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD

Lessons from the ADAPTABLE trial – Why this matters to Marshfield Clinic

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Schuyler Jones is an interventional cardiologist, and his clinical interests include peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, and percutaneous coronary intervention. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Duke University Hospital Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and the medical director of the Duke Heart Center Clinical Research Unit (that oversees site-based research within the Heart Center).

Since joining the Duke Faculty in 2010, Dr. Jones has worked as an investigator at the Duke Clinical Research Institute where he has been part of the leadership team for several clinical trials across a broad spectrum of cardiovascular care, including CAD, PAD, PCI, and CABG. He serves as the Co-Medical Director of the Clinical Endpoints Committee (CEC) at the DCRI, and has been an active participant in the angiographic core laboratory at DCRI. He has also been funded by the American Heart Association and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to investigate factors associated with the use and outcomes of peripheral vascular intervention.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:

http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/5683f955d88440bbb172d653a96268d21d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Hosted by: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD

Technology Approval Process

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:38:53 GMT

The Office of Research Computing & Analytics (ORCA) invites staff to join them for the next session of Lunch-n-Learns on May 9.

Topic: Technology Approval Process

Lunch-n-Learns are a series of topics addressing new and existing technologies, hardware, and software available to MCRI and other staff. Presentations will run for approximately 30-60 minutes. Stop by to learn more or just ask questions of the ORCA team. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Upcoming presentations

Wednesday, June 13 - Time and Effort Tips and Tricks

Have suggestions for future presentations? Contact Joe Ellefson or Laurel Verhagen.

Big Lies and Dangerous Middles: Using Ethnographic Listening to Understand Forest Worker Safety

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Trevor J. Durbin is a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Kansas State University. He has conducted field research in Samoa and the Cook Islands where he studied the impacts of scandal on nation making and biodiversity conservation. More recently, he conducted fieldwork in North America (including South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho) where he used ethnographic methods to better understand the impacts of beetle kill on forest industry safety from the perspective of workers themselves.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/7bae23dc907c42d6b910bb7ffd3662a61d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

The Journey from Machine Learning to Deep Learning

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:09:16 GMT

This event is free and open to the public – Limited seats available. Advanced registration is required.

Learn more and register at:
http://www.marquette.edu/mscs/sctc-2018-deep-learning.shtml
http://www.marquette.edu/mscs/sctc-workshop-registration-form.shtml

Breakfast and lunch provided for registered attendees only.
Parking Available for fee in 16th Street structure.
Parking info: http://www.marquette.edu/parking/visitorparking1.shtml

Click here to download a workshop flyer.

Building a Good Data Request

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:38:53 GMT

The Office of Research Computing & Analytics (ORCA) invites staff to join them for the next session of 'Office Hours' on April 12th.

Office Hours is a series of Lunch-n-Learns addressing new and existing technologies, hardware, and software available to MCRI and other staff interested in the topics. Presentations will run for around 30 minutes. Stop by to learn more or just ask questions of the ORCA team. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Topic: Building a good data request (Repeat of the presentation done March 21^st)

Upcoming presentations

Wednesday, May 9 - MCIS Process Review (Resource, Security, Software, Hardware, etc.)
Wednesday, June 13 - Time and Effort Tips and Tricks

Have suggestions for future presentations? Contact Joe Ellefson or Laurel Verhagen.

Exploring Integrated Models of Care Delivery for Diabetes and Oral Health

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Glurich received her PhD in Microbiology at the University of New York in Buffalo with an emphasis in the areas of host response and oral immunity and immunopathology, microbial pathogenesis and impact of host-pathogen interaction on oral and systemic health. She is currently a project scientist in COSH. Her areas of research interest spans: the role of oral microbiome in oral and systemic health, impact of microbial pathogenesis on oral-systemic health, impact of host immune responses on oral-systemic disease establishment/progression, potential of identifying biomarkers for monitoring of oral disease status to promote clinical precision medicine, and further delineation of mechanisms underlying connections between oral and systemic disease processes

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/2bc41259fdaa4040bd9728c686e23e0f1d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food

Bioaerosols: Novel Methods in Measurement, Exposure and Control

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:14:39 GMT

Dr. Nonnenmann is from Rock Island, IL. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a MS and PhD in Industrial Hygiene/Ergonomics and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist. Dr. Nonnenmann has blended his expertise in industrial hygiene air sampling and molecular biology to focus on innovative and novel approaches to measure, characterize and control bioaerosols in hospital and agricultural settings. He is the PI or co-Investigator on several university- and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - funded grants.

Note: This presentation will be available via mediasite for live viewing:
http://mediasite.mfldclin.edu/Mediasite/Play/6de0dc868c534b6c84bad05d5a246a6f1d

Light lunch will be offered at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP is appreciated to assist with ordering adequate food