The Outcomes Research Workshop (ORW) is focused on clinical outcomes, health services, and comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), and medical education, with an emphasis on the application or use of social science research methods. The workshop is highly interactive and provides opportunities for trainees, fellows, and faculty to present early-stage research ideas or preliminary results, to practice conference talks, or to use the time as a research or grant preparation working meeting with colleagues and senior faculty. The ORW originated over 10 years ago as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and continues to be open to the University community. The workshop is sponsored by CHeSS, the University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine, the Biological Sciences Division, and Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation (HDSI). Funding is also provided through the NIA P30 Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal InvestigationS (CHABLIS) (grant number P30AG066619).

Unless otherwise indicated, all ORW sessions will be held on Wednesday mornings from 8:30-9:30am via Zoom. Sign up here for email announcements and updates.

Winter 2026 Schedule

January 14, 2026

Lauren Gonsalves, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Serum bile acid composition and gut microbiome profiles across heterogeneous individuals

January 21, 2026

William Parker, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: TBA

January 28, 2026

Mona Moukkadem, MD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: TBA

February 4, 2026

David Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Elliott Crummer, MA
Project Manager, University of Chicago
Pavini Bhutani, BA
Pre-Medicine Certificate Student, Northwestern University
Presentation Title: TBA

February 11, 2026

Betsy Q. Cliff, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: The Impact of Medical Debt Relief on Health and Health Care Utilization: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Intervention

February 18, 2026

Sara Snitselaar, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: I’m More Like a Complex Disease Consultant’: Status Boundary Work Among Primary Care Physicians Practicing Functional Medicine

February 25, 2026 (Co-Sponsored by HDSI)

Spencer Asay
MD-MBA Student, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Value-Based Payment Adoption in the Primary Care Safety Net: A Qualitative Study of California’s Population Health Management Initiative

March 4, 2026

Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: TBA

March 11, 2026

Tony Copeland-Hardin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Genome-wide transcriptomic responses to carcinogenic environmental exposures