LECURES OCCUR EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 CAT (1500-1600 CAT Nov/Dec)

The recurring zoom link for these sessions is linked here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85371581659?pwd=3kxiWrQBwAJ7ttbPy5FzuZpxtVqHT6.1 

Meeting ID: 853 7158 1659

Passcode: acshope 

Lecture 1: Introduction/Identifying a Clinical Research Question

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 PM CAT

Lecturer: Muriel Cleary MD, MHS, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Director, Global Surgery

Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Program

Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery

UMass Memorial Medical Center  |  University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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Lecture 2: Literature Reviews and Critical Review of Study

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 PM CAT

Lecturer: Andrew Haggarty

Education & Clinical Services Librarian

Lamar Soutter Library

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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Lecture 3: Research Study Designs

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

8:00 - 9:30 AM EST/1400 - 1530 PM CAT

Lecturer: Zachary Ballinger MD, MSCI

Senior Surgical Resident

UMass General Surgery Training Program

UMass Memorial Medical Center  |  University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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Lecture 4: Abstract and Poster Design

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 CAT

Lecturer: Dr. Chihena H. Banda MD, PhD, FCS Plastic (ECSA)

Head of Department (Acting)

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine,

University of Zambia, Ridgway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia

Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit

Department of Surgery, The University Teaching Hospital, Zambia

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Lecture 5: An Overview of Clinical Biostats

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 CAT

Lecturer: Isaac Fwemba, PhD

Associate Professor  of Biostatistics and Epidemiology  University of Namibia

Chairperson, National Health Research Ethics Board (Zambia)

External Examiner and Moderator for Witwaterands University

Alumina Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) 

University of Zambia and Vanderbilt Medical Center

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Lecture 6: Measures of Association

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

8:00 - 9:30 AM EST/1400 - 1530 CAT *90 minute lecture

Lecturer: Ashutosh Tamhane, MD, PhD, MSPH, DPH, MBBS

Associate Professor/Epidemiologist, Division of Nephrology

Associate Scientist, Nephrology Research & Training Center

Associate Scientist, Center for Clinical & Translational Science

Department of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

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Lecture 7: Confounding and Multivariable Analysis I

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1400 - 1500 CAT

Lecturer: Ashutosh Tamhane, MD, PhD, MSPH, DPH, MBBS

Associate Professor/Epidemiologist, Division of Nephrology

Associate Scientist, Nephrology Research & Training Center

Associate Scientist, Center for Clinical & Translational Science

Department of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

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** Please note time change to 1500-1600 CAT going forward due to Daylight Savings Time in the US**

Lecture 8: Confounding and Multivariable Analysis II

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Ashutosh Tamhane, MD, PhD, MSPH, DPH, MBBS

Associate Professor/Epidemiologist, Division of Nephrology

Associate Scientist, Nephrology Research & Training Center

Associate Scientist, Center for Clinical & Translational Science

Department of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

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Lecture 9: Working with Large Datasets (Using R)

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Randeep S. Jawa, MD, MS Analytics, FACS, FCCM, FAMIA

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer

Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery

Department of Surgery

Stony Brook Medicine

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Lecture 10: Qualitative Research 

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Mary E. Byrnes, Ph.D., MUP

Assistant Research Scientist

Department of Surgery

Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy

University of Michigan Medicine 

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Lecture 11: Manuscript Writing 1

Wednesday, November 25, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Lily Gutnik MD MPH FACS| Assistant Professor 

Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery

Assistant Program Director General Surgery Residency- Global Surgery

Department of Surgery | Heersink School of Medicine

Department of Health Policy and Management | School of Public Health

UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Lecture 12: Manuscript Writing 2

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Dr. Chihena H. Banda MD, PhD, FCS Plastic (ECSA)

Head of Department (Acting)

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine,

University of Zambia, Ridgway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia

Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit

Department of Surgery, The University Teaching Hospital, Zambia

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Lecture 13: Grant Writing 1

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Elyse LeeVan, MD. MPH

Program Officer Division of Cancer Prevention

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Program Officer Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN)

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Lecture 14: Data Management and Cleaning

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Annabelle Fonseca, MD, MHS

Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncolocy

Co-Director, Pre-College Research Internship for Scholarship and Mentoring (PRISM) 

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Lecture 15: Grant Writing 2 

Wednesday, December 23, 2026

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Nicole A. Wilson, PhD, MD, FACS

Division of Pediatric Surgery | Oklahoma Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor | Departments of Surgery & Biomedical Engineering

Vice Chair of Research | Department of Surgery | OU College of Medicine

Director | OU Center for the Advancement of Research Excellence in Surgery (OU CARES)

Director | Wilson ECLIPSe Lab

University of Oklahoma Health Campus (OKC)

University of Oklahoma Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering (Norman)

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Lecture 16: Research Mentorship

Wednesday, January 6, 2027

8:00 - 9:00 AM EST/1500 - 1600 CAT

Lecturer: Shaneeta Johnson MD MBA FACS FICS FASMBS MAMSE ABS-FPD DABOM

Chair and Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College 

Associate Dean and Vice President of Global Health Partnerships and Engagement

Professor of Global Health, Meharry School of Global Health

Chief of Surgery, Nashville General Hospital

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