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.

Summer 2025 Schedule

July 9, 2025

Jong-Wook Ban, MD, DPhil
Pathways to Independence Instructor, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Impact of housing instability without homelessness on hospital readmission

July 16, 2025

David Meltzer, MD, PhD
Fanny L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine
Presentation Title: ITM Overview

July 23, 2025

Julie Johnson, PhD, MPH, RN; Maggie Hogan, MSN; Gwendolyn Ledford, MS
(Co-Sponsored by HDSI)
The ADAMS Center (Ask, Discover, Act, Measure, Share), University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Lights, camera, action: new faster access to healthcare data

July 30, 2025

Beatriz Rodriguez Sanchez, PhD
Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Professor), CHeSS, University of Chicago
Presentation Title: Treatment and hospitalization outcomes among people with iron deficiency

August 6, 2025

Haena Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University
Presentation Title: Extreme Heat, Living Alone, and Cognitive Decline: The Buffering Role of Neighborhood Social Cohesion.

August 13, 2025

Paula de la Pena, PhD
TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Loyola University Chicago
Presentation Title: TBC

August 20, 2025

TBC