War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center

Lunchtime Seminar Series

The NJ WRIISC monthly lunchtime seminar series hosts speakers to discuss topics of relevance to medically unexplained symptoms, war related illnesses, communication and stress. Unless otherwise specified on the list below, seminars at the NJ WRIISC are held from 12 -1pm at the East Orange VA Medical Center in the eleventh floor conference room (11-137).

If you are interested in finding out more about a seminar listed below, please call us at 973-676-1000 ext. 2018.

Please click here to view a list of upcoming seminars to be hosted at the NJ WRIISC.

Previous Seminars

Date	Seminar
05/19/2006	New Research Findings in Fibromyalgia and Related Illnesses Daniel J Clauw, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Director, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center University of Michigan
05/05/2006	Vertigo - Diagnostic, Physiologic and Therapeutic Issues Susan Szapiel, MD UMDNJ
05/05/2006	Current Topics in Research Methods and Practices: Power Analysis Malvin Janal, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
04/28/2006	Current Topics in Research Methods and Practice: Getting Grants at NIH and in the VA: Now That You Have A Research Idea, Who Will Pay for It? Gudrun Lange, PhD Director, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) Karen S Quigley, PhD Associate Director for Research, War Related Illness Center (WRIISC) East Orange, NJ
04/21/2006	Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Update: Gulf War and MS Stuart Cook, MD UMDNJ, NJ
04/21/2006	Current Topics in Research Methods and Practice: What Is MUS? Diagnosis, Research Findings and Questions to Be Addressed Benjamin Natelson, MD UMDNJ-NJMS
04/11/2006	The Neurohumoral and Hemodynamic Response to Blood Loss. What's Important and What's Not? James C Schadt, PhD Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center University of Missouri
04/07/2006	Garnering Support from Private Funding Sources Ms. Inya Chehade, MSW Senior Director of Development UMDNJ, NJ
04/07/2006	Current Topics in Research Methods and Practice: Improving Quality of Care for Patients with Chronic Fatigue and Illness: An Introduction to the Issues and Methods Drew A Helmer, MD, MS WRIISC, NJ
03/24/2006	Journal Club Elizabeth D’Andrea , PhD Post Doctoral Fellow East Orange, NJ WRIISC
03/17/2006	Radiological Terrorism: Biological Responses to Radioactivity at the Cellular Level Roger W. Howell, PhD Professor of Radiology Chief, Division of Radiation Research UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
03/10/2006	Data Seminar Series- Heroes Project: Initial Data Karen S. Quigley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
03/03/2006	Journal Club MaryCarol Rossignol, RN, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow East Orange, NJ WRIISC
02/24/2006	Cost-efectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination in the Prevention of Child Mortality Dr. Anushua Sinha, MD Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health UMDNJ, NJ
02/10/2006	What is Rolfing Structural Integraton? Jason DeFilippis, PhD Tom Findley, MD, PhD WRIISC, NJ
02/10/2006	Current Topics in Research Methods and Practices: Recruiting and Retaining Research Subjects Patricia Findley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
02/03/2006	Opioid modulation and TRPV1-dependent sensitization of spinal pain transmission neurons William A. Eckert III, PhD Senior Research Scientist Inspire, Discovery, Drug Evaluation Durham, NC
01/30/2006	Working more effectively with Excel Mangala Rajan WRIISC, NJ
01/20/2006	Current topics in research methods and practices: Reviewing a framework for setting up an evaluation design Liesel Copeland, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
01/06/2006	Journal Club Liesel Copeland, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
12/06/2005	Beliefs and Attitudes that Guide Decisions About Influenza Vaccination Gretchen Chapman, PhD Associate professor Department of Psychology Rutgers University, NJ
11/18/2005	Dealing with the Distressed Patient Lisa Baker, PhD Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow WRIISC, NJ
11/16/2005	Physiological Consequences of Short-Term Military Operational Stress Bradley C Nindl, PhD, FACSM Research Physiologist Military Performance Division U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
11/07/2005	Journal Club Yujing Shen, PhD WRIISC, NJ
10/24/2005	Journal Club Helena Chandler, Ph.D East Orange, NJ WRIISC
10/21/2005	Readjustment and Reunion Guy Vanterpool Readjustment Counseling Technician Newark Vet Center, NJ
10/07/2005	What it Takes to Make a Th2 Response in Vivo William C. Gause, PhD Senior Associate Dean for Research at UMDNJ-NJMS University Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Host Defense and Inflammation
10/03/2005	Journal Club Leonard Pogach, MD, PhD WRIISC, NJ
09/19/2005	Data Entry Problems and Techniques to Minimize the Error Ritu Agarwal, MS Miriam Maney Mal Janal, PhD East Orange, NJ WRIISC
09/16/2005	OIF/OEF Healthcare Utilization Post WRIISC Assessment MaryCarol Rossignol, RN, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow Melissa Blatt, RN East Orange, NJ WRIISC
08/17/2005	Short-term Appetite Regulation, Ethnicity & Obesity Kim Brownley, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow University of North Carolina
07/08/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Evidence Synthesis: the Art and Science Leonard Pogach, MD, PhD WRIISC, NJ
07/01/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Real life evolution of a research project in rehabilitation and motor control Tom Findley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
06/24/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Preventing biases in research from sampling to error estimates Karen S. Quigley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
06/17/2005	International Work Standards and Risks Mark G. Robson, PhD, MPH, ATS Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Associate Professor and Chairman Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health UMDNJ-School of Public Health
06/17/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: What do your data mean? Drawing inferences from experimental data; Issues of reliability and validity Karen S. Quigley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
06/10/2005	Journal club Drew A Helmer, MD, MS WRIISC, NJ
06/10/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Laboratory Values, Quality Control and Measurement John E ottenweller, PhD WRIISC, NJ
06/09/2005	Neuritis, from the bench to the bedside Eli Eliav DMD, PhD Associate Professor Robert & Susan Carmel Endowed Chair in Algesiology Department of Diagnostic Sciences UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School
06/03/2005	Improving primary care for post-deployment health concerns: what can we learn from the literature on depression? Charles Engel, MD, MPH Director, Deployment Health Clinical Center Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
06/03/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Overview of basic survey design methods Liesel Copeland, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
05/27/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Randomized Controlled Trials: A Case Study Don Ciccone, PhD Assistant Professor UMDNJ-NJMS
05/20/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Clinical Research Design: Interesting questions, Testable Hypotheses, and Rational Power (Part 2) Malvin Janal, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
05/16/2005	Kampo - The Fine Japanese Art of Holistic Herbal Healing- Parts 2 Leo Oikawa, MD, PhD Post-Doctorate Fellow (Psychiatry),UMDNJ Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University, Japan
05/13/2005	Kampo - The Fine Japanese Art of Holistic Herbal Healing- Parts I Leo Oikawa, MD, PhD Post-Doctorate Fellow (Psychiatry),UMDNJ Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University, Japan
05/13/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Research Ethics: Part 3. Case Studies in Ethical Issues Richard P. Wedeen, MD ACOS, Research VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ
05/10/2005	Principles of Risk Communication 101 Susan Santos, PhD WRIISC, NJ
05/06/2005	The Four Laws of Group and Intergroup Relations Clayton P Alderfer, PhD Professor II of Organizational Psychology Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology
05/06/2005	Predictors of Battered Women's use of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Focus on IPV Exposure and Threat Appraisal Mai El-Khoury, M.Phil Department of Psychology The George Washington University
05/06/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Research Ethics: Part 2. Current issues in Human Subjects Protection Richard P. Wedeen, MD ACOS, Research VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ
04/29/2005	Dealing with the distressed patient Lisa Baker, PhD Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow WRIISC, NJ
04/29/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Research Ethics: Part 1. A history of Bioethical Considerations Richard P. Wedeen, MD ACOS, Research VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ
04/28/2005	Profile of WRIISC clinical evaluation of 26 OEF/OIF veterans Gudrun Lange, PhD Associate Director, Education WRIISC, NJ
04/22/2005	Emerging Links Between Diabetes and Environmental Exposures to Arsenic and Dioxin J. Jina Shah, MD, MPH Medical Officer, Strengthening Childhood Immunizations Global Immunization Division, NIP, CDC
04/22/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Clinical Research Design: Interesting questions, Testable Hypotheses, and Rational Power (Part 1) Malvin Janal, Ph.D Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
04/15/2005	Journal club Drew A Helmer, MD, MS WRIISC, NJ
04/15/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Analyzing Correlated Data with HLM Part 2: Categorical dependent variables Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health, UMDNJ Senior Health Scientist, HSR&D Health Care Knowledge management Center, EOVA Wenhui Wei, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, & Aging Research Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
04/08/2005	Communication Skills in Difficult Situations (WRIISC IN-SERVICE) Gudrun Lange, PhD Associate Director, Education WRIISC, NJ
04/08/2005	Current topics in research methods and practices: Analyzing Correlated Data with HLM Part 1: Continuous dependent variables Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health, UMDNJ Senior Health Scientist, HSR&D Health Care Knowledge management Center, EOVA Wenhui Wei, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, & Aging Research Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
04/01/2005	Journal club Andrea Cruz, MA Drew A Helmer, MD, MS WRIISC, NJ
04/01/2005	Session 1: Introduction to Research Methods and Practices John Ottenweller, PhD Thomas Findley, MD, PhD WRIISC, HSR&D REAP East Orange, NJ
03/21/2005	Sleep and Cytokines: Recent progress in models of disturbed sleep Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD Professor of Psychiatry Penn State University
03/18/2005	Comorbidity of FM and TMD in the Community Malvin Janal, Ph.D Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
03/18/2005	Stress and Pain: "Naturalistic" Psychosocial Research Perspectives Karen Raphael, Ph.D Associate Professor and Director of Research Education Department of Psychiatry at UMDNJ
03/11/2005	Multi-modality Study of Neural Mechanisms of Muscle Fatigue Jingzhi Liu, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Department Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio
03/04/2005	Disclosure of Trauma in the Medical Environment: Early Results and Ongoing Questions Ruth Q. Leibowitz Post-Doctoral Fellow, HSR&D South Texas VA Healthcare System
02/16/2005	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mortality among Veterans 30 Years after Military Service Joseph A. Boscarino, PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Senior Scientist The New York Academy of Medicine
02/11/2005	Journal club Lisa Baker, PhD Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow WRIISC, NJ
02/03/2005	Characterizing Depression in Patients with Chronic Pain Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH, MBA Associate Professor Director, Chronic Pain Treatment Programs Johns Hopkins Medicine
01/31/2005	Effects of Aging on Autonomic and Cerebrovascular Regulation Vera Novak, MD, PHD Director of SAFE Laboratory Assistant Professor in Medicine Harvard Medical Schools
01/06/2005	Introduction to qualitative data analysis Liesel Copeland, PhD Susan Santos, PhD WRIISC, NJ
12/17/2004	Journal club Dane B. Cook, PhD Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
12/09/2004	Identifying Factors that Prevent the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Dr. MaryCarol Rossignol, RN, PhD Seton Hall University, NJ
12/03/2004	Finding Way Around MEDUX Database Ritu Agarwal, MD,MS Health Science Specialist WRIISC, NJ
11/15/2004	An Examination of Session Content During Psychotherapy Sessions In the Context of Session Evaluation and Working Alliance Lia M. Pate-Carolan, PhD
11/12/2004	Measuring Comparative Risk Perception for Developing Diabetes or Diabetes Complications: Result from Two Trials Elizabeth A. walker, DNSc, RN, CDE Associate Professor of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine
11/01/2004	Analysis of Physiological Signals with Local Correlation Measures Stefan Heinrich, MS University of Konstanz, Germany
11/01/2004	Recent Updates in Research Methods from the Yamamoto Lab Yoshiharu Yamamoto, PhD University of Tokyo
10/29/2004	Journal club Karen S. Quigley, PhD WRIISC, NJ
10/29/2004	Mirror Therapy for Rehabilitation of Hemiparesis After Stroke Eric Altschuler, MD Resident, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
10/27/2004	Normal Variations in Problem-Solving Strategy and Cognitive Performance: Examining Potential Hormonal, Genetic and Experiential Effects Elizabeth A. D’Andrea, PhD Clinical Psychology Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/22/2004	Dealing with the acutely distressed patient or research participant Lisa Baker, PhD Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow WRIISC, NJ
10/21/2004	Stress-sensitive Somatic Disorders- Towards a Biological Model? Emeran A. Mayer, MD Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry Director, Center for Neurovisceral Sciences & Women's Health Co-Director, CURE:Digestive Diseases Research Center David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
10/18/2004	Neuroscience Research: Challenges to Overcome Mahmood Hassan MB.BS., PhD Department of Physiology University of Arizona
10/15/2004	Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine in Japan Leo Oikawa, MD, PhD Post-Doctorate Fellow (Psychiatry),UMDNJ Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University, Japan
10/07/2004	Motivation Based Recovery Oriented Therapy (MBROT) to better address poly-drug addiction Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH Associate Professor & Director Division of Addiction Psychiatry Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ
09/24/2004	Prevelence And Relative Cost of Medically Explained And Unexplained Illness in Disability Claims Helena Chandler, PhD Don Ciccone, PhD Benjamin Natelson, MD UMDNJ-NJMS
09/13/2004	Impact of Advanced Maternal Age on Pregnancy in Black Women Emmanuella cherisme, MD State University of New York
08/11/2004	Modified Focus Group: A Methodology For Scientific Inquiry And Knowledge Development Margaret Barton_Burke, Phd, RN Assistant Professor University of Massachussetts
08/03/2004	Role of Vestibular Input on Sympathetic Regulation in Humans Jian Cui
07/14/2004	Muscle Fiber, Skeletal Muscle Pump Activity, and Chronic Illness Ken McLeod
06/18/2004	Data Mining Overview David Madigan, PhD Rutgers University
06/04/2004	Risk Perception Research And Qualitative Research Methodology Howard Leventhal, PhD Rutgers University
05/26/2004	Veteran's Perception and Trust in Health Information and It's Implication in the Development of Health Education Intervention Kim Price, MA Health Education Specialist, WRIISC
05/04/2004	Yogic Insights and Contributions towards understanding Mind-Body Relations David Shannahof-Khalsa, MD University of California Southern California
05/04/2004	Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques for the Treatment of Fatigue, Depression, and Anxiety(workshop) David Shannahof-Khalsa, MD University of California Southern California
04/30/2004	The Effect of Social Support on Pain Perception: Preliminary Findings Kent Harbor, PhD Rutgers University
04/26/2004	Basics of Risk Adjustment Models : Model Construction and Sample Application in Stroke Patients Miriam Maney, MA, CPHQ WRIISC REAP
04/23/2004	Relationship of Mindfulness Meditation and Health Aretoula Fullam, PhD Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation
04/19/2004	Localization of Pain Following Sexual and Physical Abuse in Women Helena Chandler, Ph.D East Orange, NJ WRIISC
04/16/2004	Postural Stability Index is a More Valid Measure of Stability than Equilibrium Score Hans Chaudhry, PhD NJIT
03/08/2004	Report on the AFEB Meeting Drew Helmer, MD East Orange, NJ WRIISC
02/27/2004	Cardiovascular Deconditioning and Autonomic Dysregulation Kevin Shoemaker, PhD Neurovascular Research Laboratory, University of Western Ontario
02/24/2004	New Method for Analysis of Activity in CFS Kyoko Ohashi, PhD University of Tokyo
01/20/2004	Engineering: A behind the scenes science Michael Bergen, MS, Adjunct Professor NJIT
01/23/2004	Fibromyalgia and Depression: A Family Study Test of Alternate Hypotheses Karen G. Raphael, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-NJMS
01/09/2004	Opportunities and challenges of educating clinicians about the psychosocial aspects of bioterrorism and disaster medicine Elizabeth Kachur, PhD Medical Education Development New York University
12/29/2003	Everything you wanted to know about research on gulf war illness but were afraid to ask - a compilation of recent studies Tom Findley, MD, PhD New Jersey WRIISC
11/07/2003	Neuropsychiatric aspects of Lyme Disease Fallon Brian, MD Columbia University
10/17/2003	Effects of overtraining in athletes Raglin Jack, PhD Indiana State University
09/29/2003	NIRS and brain blood flow McCully Kevin, PhD University of Georgia
09/26/2003	Military deployment as a risk factor for psychiatric illness among Gulf war era veterans Fiedler Nancy, PhD Associate Professor Rutgers University
09/19/2003	Plasma cytoid dendritic cells in innate immunity Bocarsly Pat Professor of Pathology NJMS, Dept. Laboratory Medicine
07/14/2003	Fatigue in the elderly - hypothalamic/pituitary axis hypotheses Cristian Adrian, MD Bronx VA
06/30/2003	Effect of psychosocial trauma on women with Fibromyalgia Ciccone Don, PhD Assistant Professor UMDNJ-NJMS
06/25/2003	Endocrine causes of CFS Friedman Ted, MD, Ph Professor of Medicine UCLA, Charles Drew University
06/18/2003	Treatment of persistent fatigue in patients with Post Lyme Syndrome Krupp Lauren, PhD Professor Neurology and Psychiatry SUNY Stony Brook
05/16/2003	Service and Psychology Hallman William, PhD Rutgers University
04/11/2003	The Paradoxical Effect of Anchor Numbers on Helath Judgements and Choices Brewer Noel, Phd Rutgers University, Food Policy Institute
04/07/2003	Problems in communicating risk magnitudes to lay audiences Weinstein Neil Professor Rutgers University, Dept. of Human Ecology
04/04/2003	Neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous system interactions: relevance to fibromyalgia Adler Gail, MD,PhD Harvard University
03/20/2003	Reflections on the impact of Chornobyl on high risk mothers and their children Bromet Evelyn, PhD SUNY Stony Brook
03/10/2003	Environmental health risk communication to veterans and military Engel Charles, LTC,MD,MPH Deployment health clinic, USUHS
01/24/2003	CFS and immune function Oleske/Jyonouchi Jim/Jyonouchi UMDNJ NJMS
01/14/2003	Communicating with difficult patients--the RC paradigm Santos Susan, PhD WRIISC, Focusgroup & SPH
12/11/2002	Medically unexplained symptoms in primary care Kipen Howard, MD EOHSI
11/01/2002	Cognitive representation of symptoms Leventhal Howard, PhD Rutgers University
10/30/2002	Communicating with patients in difficult situations--the RC paradigm Santos Susan, PhD WRIISC, Focusgroup SPH
10/18/2002	On-line counseling for post traumatic counseling Alemi Farrokh, PhD George Mason University
10/16/2002	Somatization and primary care and cbt Allen/Gara Leslie/Michael UMDNJ
09/27/2002	Mathematical models of fatigue and tools for predicting fatigue Hursh Steve, PhD SAIC
07/26/2002	Autonomic dysfunction in CFS Stewart Julian, MD, PhD New York Medical College
06/24/2002	Breathing-related sleep disorders/ arousals Rapoport/Walsleber David/Joyce NYU Sleep Center
05/17/2002	Cognitive problems in hypertension with brain blood flow correlates Jennings Dick
04/25/2002	Circuitry of neuroendocrine stress integration Herman James Associate Professor University of Cincinnati
04/05/2002	Case-mix adjustment Ash Arlene
03/25/2002	Fibromyalgia epidemiology research study Raphael Karen Associate Professor UMDNJ-NJM
03/22/2002	Use of group CBT for medically unexplained symptoms Williams Dave, PhD Georgetown University
03/11/2002	Results from the wrist mounted computer ambulatory diary study Yamamoto Yoshi, PhD
02/15/2002	CBT and other psychotherapies in improving QOL for patients with unexplained illness Jason Leonard, PhD De Paul University
02/04/2002	Sleep, fatigue, and functional performance in heat failure Redeker Nancy, PhD/RN Rutgers School of Nursing
01/30/2002	DoD video conference on post deployment guidelines DOD VA sponsored
01/14/2002	Risk Communication: part 1 Santos Susan, PhD
12/28/2001	Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hypo-activity in animal models: curse or cur Weaver Shelley, PhD
12/26/2001	Designing and conducting surveys on the Internet Copeland Liesel, PhD CCF
12/20/2001	Use of Internet for education Beric Bojana NewYork University
12/11/2001	Health quality and outcomes Miller Don, ScD CHQOER, Bedford MA
12/06/2001	Immunology lecture 4: Immunity to bacteria, viruses, and parasites 7 hypersensitivity Alisauskas Rita, PhD UMDNJ
11/16/2001	Immunology lecture 3: Cellular issues Alisauskas Rita, PhD UMDNJ
11/16/2001	Modeling Strategies for a blood marker in prostate patients using mixed effects models Shamsa Falal
11/08/2001	Statistical techniques for one medical research project Tseng Chin-Lin, PhD
08/01/2001	Immunology lecture 2: antigen and antibodies Alisauskas Rita, PhD UMDNJ
07/01/01	Immunology lecture 1: overview of immune system Alisauskas Rita, PhD UMDNJ

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