Conferences, Presentations, Workshops

May 18-22, 2013

American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA.

• The importance of assessing quality of life in outcomes research. In A. DiMartini and C. Jacobs (Mods). They have survived – what’s next?: Adding quality to survival.  Butt, Z.,
• Psychosocial outcomes 3 to 9 years after living liver donation in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL).   Dew, M. A., Butt, Z., DiMartini, A., Ladner, D., & Simpson, M. A.

May 18, 2013
International Society for Research on Internet Interventions, Scientific Meeting.  Hosted by Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.  Using Multimedia to Enhance Patient-Centered Care in Underserved Populations: the DiabetesHelp Learning Program. Elizabeth Hahn.

May 20, 2013
Institute for Policy Research Colloquium. Psychosocial Interventions in Prostate Cancer Survivorship: Considering Biobehavioral and Sociocultural Processes 12:00-1:00 p.m. Chambers Hall, Ruan Conference Room (lower level), 600 Foster St., Evanston Campus, Frank Penedo, PhD 

May 21 - 26 2013
Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), Hamburg, Germany.  Exploring Sexual Networks and HIV-related Risk Behaviors in Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in Chicago, Michelle Birkett, PhD

May 28 – May 31, 2013
Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  Studying Interpersonal Influences On HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Dyads, Networks, and Cultures.  Michelle Birkett, PhD, Michael Newcomb, PhD, Brian Mustanski, PhD.

May 29, 2013
David Cella, PhD, Zeeshan Butt, PhD, and Amy R Eisenstein, PhD, Northwestern University The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI): Working.  through the maze of a new research opportunity. 303 E. Superior, Lurie, Baldwin Auditorium.  12:00 - 1:00pm

June 15, 2013
AO Foundation Trustees Meeting, Lima, Peru.  Assessment Science in the 21^st Century and the AO Outcome Center, Mark Vrahas, MD and Nan Rothrock, PhD

June 16-20, 2013
Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, WA. Reduced activation of the working memory network in cognitively impaired chemotherapy patients. Abstract submitted for presentation at annual meeting. Wang, L., Schroeder, M., Ryals, A., Voss, J., Gitelman, D., Sweet, J.,Butt, Z., & Wagner, L.

June 17-18, 2013
Summer Institute on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Two-day Summer Institute on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes will provide an introduction to measurement theory and application in rehabilitation. Richard Gershon, PhD. and Nan Rothrock, PhD,
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July 20, 2013 
Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Interational Foundation, San Francisco, CA. Managing Fatigue in Bone Marrow Failure Disease, Timothy Pearman, PhD

July 31 - Aug. 4, 2013
American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, Symposium. 
A Guide to Navigating Career Success for the Early Career Health Psychologist. Butt, Z., Discussant. Negotiation and self-advocacy for the health psychologist: A conversation hour with two experts. Panel presentation.  Butt, Z., Chair and facilitator.

September 17, 2013
Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Interational Foundation, Boston, MA.  Managing Fatigue in Bone Marrow Failure Disease, Timothy Pearman, PhD

November 9, 2013
Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Interational Foundation, Tampa, FL.  Managing Fatigue in Bone Marrow Failure Disease, Timothy Pearman, PhD

November 12-16, 2013
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Instructional Course  SATURDAY, 16 NOVEMBER, Mid-Day Sessions:  11:30 AM -- 3:30 PM
Development of the NIH Toolbox for Neurological and Behavioral Functioning: Implications for Rehabilitation Research and Practice [#27]
Faculty: David S. Tulsky, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Richard Gershon, PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM,  Northwestern University and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ; Susan Magasi, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

November 14-17, 2013
Annual Regional Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Diego, CA. Examining psychometric properties of the sexual compulsivity scale and hypersexual disorder screening inventory among gay and bisexual men using item response theory (IRT) analyses. Rendina HJ, Ventuneac A, Cook KF, Mustanski B, Grov C, & Parsons JT.

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