Nancy Kirkendall - Improving Health Research on Small Populations: Proceedings of a Workshop

8:35 Welcome to the National Academy of Sciences Brian Harris-Kojetin, Director, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

8:45 Motivation and Objectives for the Workshop Robert T. Croyle, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute

9:05 Howard Koh, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The Importance of Health Research on Small Populations

9:35 Scarlett Lin Gomez, University of California, San Francisco, Data Issues in Studying Small Populations: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Case Study

9:50 Lisa Signorello, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Fielding Studies in Underrepresented Populations: Challenges and Considerations

10:05 Floor Discussion

10:45 Kelly Devers, NORC, The Feasibility of Using Electronic Health Records and Electronic Health Data for Research on Small Populations

11:05 Chris Fowler, Pennsylvania State University, Using Geospatial Methods with Demographic Data to Identify Populations

11:25 Ellen Cromley, Consultant, Using Geospatial Methods with Other Health and Environmental Data to Identify Populations

11:45 Floor Discussion

1:05 Marc Elliott, RAND, Probability Sampling Methods for Small Populations

1:25 Sunghee Lee, University of Michigan, Two Applications of Respondent Driven Sampling: Ethnic Minorities and Illicit Substance Users

1:45 Patrick Sullivan, Emory University, Venue-Based and On-line Sampling

2:05 Krista Gile, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Invited Discussant

2:25 Floor Discussion

3:05 Amy M. Kilbourne, University of Michigan, Designs for Dissemination and Implementation Research for Small Populations

3:35 Christine Lu, Harvard Medical School, Quasi-experimental Designs with Application to Small Populations

3:55 Diane Korngiebel, University of Washington, Addressing the Challenges of Research with Small Populations

4:15 Patrick H. Tolan, University of Virginia, Invited Discussant

4:35 Floor Discussion

8:40 SESSION 5: Recruitment, Retention, and Collection of Data with a Focus on Small or Hard to Reach Populations
MODERATOR: Jan Probst, Committee Member, University of South Carolina

8:45 Vetta Sanders Thompson, Washington University in St. Louis, Issues and Challenges Associated with Recruitment and Retention for Health Research

9:05 F. Douglas Scutchfield, University of Kentucky, Improving Health Research in Rural Areas

9:25 Kathi Mooney, University of Utah, Using Technology for Recruitment, Retention, Data Collection, and Intervention Delivery

9:45 Tracy L. Onega, Dartmouth College, Invited Discussant

10:05 Floor Discussion

10:45 Rick H. Hoyle, Duke University, Design and Analysis Considerations in Research with Small Samples

11:05 Thomas A. Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Bayesian Methods for Small Population Analysis

11:25 Katherine R. McLaughlin, Oregon State University, Estimating the Size of Hidden Populations

11:45 Floor Discussion

1:00 Steering Committee, Panel DiscussionNext Steps in Improving Health Research for Small Populations

1:30 Floor Discussion