News and Announcements

Join C-DIAS PSMG's upcoming virtual Grand Rounds with Howard Kim, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, for his talk, Embedded Emergency Department Physical Therapy: Groundwork for a Future Multi-Site Effectiveness-Implementation Trial. 

Low back pain is a common reason for patients to visit the emergency department (ED) yet our current care model is suboptimal. Patients continue to experience pain and disability following an ED visit for back pain and clinicians frequently utilize low value care. Physical therapy can be an effective non-pharmacologic intervention for low back pain but is typically offered only by appointment in dedicated clinics. This presentation will describe our foundational work building an embedded ED physical therapy care model for low back pain, share results from a recent single-site randomized trial, and discuss our plans for a future multi-site trial on the application of this care model to other clinical conditions such as dizziness/vertigo.

Date: March 3, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (CST)

Join the Zoom here

MSS and CDIS are excited to welcome Mike Pullman, PhD, from PCORI on Friday March 13th for a virtual fireside chat with our community focused on PCORI applications with an implementation science lens. Dr. Pullman will offer perspective on what PCORI looks for in proposals that include implementation science components and will answer questions from our community.

To help maximize our time together, we’ll be soliciting questions in advance, so you can get direct answers to what matters most for your work. Please submit questions by February 27th via the Slido QR code or link here. We hope you’ll join us for this engaging and informative discussion!

OAI Knowledgebase presents a live webinar:
State of the OAI and Introduction to the OAI Knowledgebase

Date/Time
February 09, 2026 at 11:00am

Speaker
Jeffrey Driban
Director, OAI CORE Knowledgebase

Register 

Visit oaiknowledgebase.com for more information 

Presenting Medical Research with Excellence with Michael Foley

Presenting Medical Research with Excellence is an advanced workshop designed to enhance each participant’s ability to conceptualize, construct and deliver a clear and compelling presentation on a complex subject.

How do we engage and hold our audience’s attention? How do we avoid getting bogged down in details and sidetracked by challenging questions? How do we make a persuasive case in a relatively short period of time? During this session we will address each of these questions in detail. In addition, the following topics will be addressed:

• Persuasion Skills: Structure ideas in a logical and concise format while using relevant facts, figures, visuals, examples and stories to drive home a compelling message.

• Performance Skills: Demonstrate good presentation mechanics: voice, eye contact, gestures, energy, stance and movement.

• Content Organization & Development: Quickly and easily develop a customized presentation that is designed to address your audience’s most pressing needs and concerns.

• Audience Engagement: Use various interactive methods to stimulate your audience’s curiosity and participation.

• Slide Design: Quickly and easily create attractive / easy to understand slides that flow from one idea to the next.

Featuring
Michael Foley
Founder and CEO, Clarity Central, Inc.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University

Date and Time
Thursday, November 13
12:00pm - 1:00pm CT

Location
Hughes Auditorium 
Lurie Medical Building 
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago

**This seminar is offered as a HYBRID event, but IN-PERSON attendance is strongly encouraged. Please RSVP regardless and indicate your intended mode. Lunch will be provided for in person attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.**

From Evidence to Engagement: Using Strategic Communications to Protect Public Health with Angela Bradbery

Public health educators, scholars and workers face an unprecedented time. Trust in science and government is being deliberately eroded, and federal agencies are being dismantled from within. How can we make progress in protecting and advancing public health?

No magic solution exists, but certain approaches can help. One of those is public interest communications – research-based strategic communications for social change. Public interest communicators draw on research into behavioral science, cognitive linguistics, political communication, social science and other disciplines to approach problems strategically and craft powerful messages that motivate people to act positively. They seek opportunities, acknowledge barriers and figure out how to overcome those. Despite seemingly insurmountable challenges, they have managed to effect positive social change.

In this session, we’ll highlight key public interest communications concepts and frameworks. Using examples and case studies, we’ll offer practical guidance to bolster efforts to reach and move policymakers, provide a quick guide on countering disinformation and show how to strengthen communications with communities to protect public health.

Featuring
Angela Bradbery
Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications
University of Florida

Date and Time
Thursday, November 23
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location
Zoom Only

Join the Arthritis Foundation Science Team for our free, virtual Community Health & Workforce Summit.

Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025

Time: 1:00pm - 4:15pm ET

This event will bring together thought leaders and practitioners with expertise in clinical rheumatology, accessibility of care and community health to learn more about the Arthritis Foundation’s efforts to empower all people with arthritis to live their best lives. The Summit will highlight:

1. Our commitment to augmenting the rheumatology workforce and improving health outcomes for everyone living with arthritis
2. Updates on our patient education, community-building and advocacy initiative

In addition, two keynote speakers will present on their Arthritis Foundation Awards focused on cultivating a new generation of health care professionals to serve people with arthritis.  

Register Today

Save the Date!

Make sure to block your calendar and join the Feinberg Office of Health Equity (OHE) for the Fall 2025 Lyceum Speaker Series from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hughes Auditorium on Tuesday, October 14.

Fall Lyceum 2025 Speaker:

Leslie R. Walker, MD
Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Ford/Morgan Endowed Chair and Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Dean, University of Washington School of Medicine
Co-Founder and Executive Sponsor, UW/Seattle Children’s Health Equity Institute for Healthy Pregnancy, Children and Families

Immediately following the lecture, the second annual Health Equity Research Symposium will take place in the Potocsnak Family Atrium from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. The symposium will feature a poster session that highlights innovative research into interventions and policies aimed at reducing health disparities and promoting equitable healthcare for all populations. Abstract submissions will open in July!

Add these events to your calendar.

Join Us

Date: Tuesday, October 14

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
Hughes Auditorium & Potocsnak Family Atrium (First Floor)
303 E. Superior St., Chicago