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Sep
18
2023

Common Metric for Substance Use to Prevent HIV: Psychometric Linking of Substance Use Severity Questions

When: Monday, September 18, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Central

Where: Online
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Audience: Faculty/Staff - Post Docs/Docs

Contact: Dana Kauffman  

Group: Third Coast Center for AIDS Research

Category: Lectures & Meetings

Description:

In this Third Coast Center for AIDS Research seminar, Patrick Janulis, PhD, and Benjamin Schalet, PhD, will present findings from their 2020 CFAR administrative supplement award, “A common metric for substance use to prevent HIV: Psychometric linking of substance use severity questions.”

About the Presenters:

Dr. Janulis is an assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a quantitative methodologist for the Third Coast CFAR. His research examines the intersection of HIV, drug use, and LGBTQ health.

Dr. Schalet is an universitair docent in the Department of Epidemiology and Data Science at Amsterdam UMC. His research focuses on the methodology of developing and applying patient-reported outcomes (PROs) instruments, with an emphasis on psychometrics and standardized PRO assessments such as PROMIS. He conducts research in collaboration with the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he was a faculty member for 10 years.

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