Event Calendar

Clinical and Translational Research Grand Rounds:“Safe Babies Safe Moms: Redesigning Maternal & Infant Healthcare in DC with a multigenerational model that reduces health disparities”

Date	Fri, Mar 14
Time	12: 00 PM - 1: 00 PM
Location	Virtual via Zoom Directions

Guest Speaker: Angela D. Thomas, DrPH, MPH, MBA

Dr. Thomas is Vice President for Healthcare Delivery Research at MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI) and executive lead for the Safe Babies Safe Moms (SBSM) initiative. At MHRI, she leads multidisciplinary and multi-institutional teams to develop, implement, evaluate, refine, and disseminate impactful and sustainable data-driven solutions to improve healthcare quality, safety,
and outcomes by integrating scientific, clinical, and operational perspectives to meet patient and community needs.
SBSM introduced an integrated care continuum model with more than 70 evidence-based interventions in 47 categories across the five timepoints of preconception, prenatal, delivery, postpartum, and early infancy health care. This talk will provide an overview of the structure and implementation of SBSM in Washington DC and progress on its key clinical and process metrics. As well, Dr. Thomas will discuss future directions for expanded implementation and dissemination of this approach across, DC, Maryland, and beyond.

Upcoming Events

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Mar 20

GHUCCTS 2025 KL2 Mini-Symposium Series: "Reimagining Perinatal Care to Promote Health Equity" Mar 20, 2025 12: 00 PM - 1: 30 PM

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Mar 21

MHRI-GHUCCTS Monthly Statistical Seminar Series: Classification and Regression Trees Mar 21, 2025 12: 00 PM - 1: 00 PM Zoom

This free monthly webinar features Dr. Paul Kolm, Associate Director in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics at the MedStar Health Research Institute.

Mar 21

2025 Clinical Research Coordinator Workshop Mar 21, 2025 08: 30 AM - 3: 00 PM Washington DC VA Medical Center

Join us for a free workshop that is designed for clinical research coordinators who are interested in enhancing their competency in the field of clinical research. This workshop is open to all clinical research team members.