HAP 786: Workshop in Health Informatics

Lecture: Report Progress to Industry Contacts

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Overview

• Report complex analysis to your future employer Slides► Narrated Slides► Video► YouTube►

Objectives

• Present complex analytical concepts to policymakers
• Maintain network of industry contacts
• Gain insights to analysis from industry leaders.

Assigned Reading and Learning Materials

• Redd's lung cancer paper Read► (Use instructor's last name for password)
• Report on All of Us breast cancer study YouTube►
• Shima Salim's paper on response to antidepressants Read►

Assignment

Task 1: Report Your findings. This report should include the following section and provided at approximate times indicated by email to the instructor:

1. Abstract/Executive Summary.  Include a structured abstract using objective of the study, method, results, and main conclusion.  The abstract should be written after you complete other sections.  The abstract must not exceed 500 words and should report the number of words used in the abstract.
2. Background. Literature review should not exceed 1 page. Your one page literature review should assume a reader familiar with the literature and not exceed three paragraph.  The first paragraph should address the significance of the area you are addressing, including prevalence of depression and importance of selection of antidepressants. The second paragraph should describe failure of clinicians in selecting the right antidepressant for African Americans, as reported in the literature. The paragraph should not exceed two or three sentences but can have numerous references.  The last paragraph should discuss how your analysis can help selection of antidepressants for African Americans.  Background section should be a brief synthesis of existing research findings related to the problem being addressed in the study. Every sentence should have a reference.  We are not interested in unsupported claims.
3. Methods. The method section should be a complete description of the methods; and there is no page limit but brevity is appreciated. It should include a paragraph or a sentence on source of data. It should describe the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the creation of the cohort and compare these criteria to what has been done in the literature. It should have a sentence or a paragraph, with citations, on definition of remission.  It should have a sentence or a paragraph on number of, and definition of, independent variables. These statements should clarify how missing values were treated and explain what steps were taken to ensure that independent variables occur prior to response/dependent variable. There should be a paragraph on analytical methods used.  
4. Results. The result section should describe the findings and there is no page limit.  Table 1 should be description of the population studied.  Figures and additional tables should summarize the statistical findings. These should include parameters of your model and the fit between the guide and experience of African Americans. There should not be any discussion of findings in the result section.  Here is an example of a Table to report McFadden R-square for AI predictions among African Americans:

   Table 2: Cross-Validated McFadden R²in Predicting African Americans Antidepressant Response

   	Amitriptyline	Bupropion	Nortriptyline	Escitalopram
   Cases	1,984	2,658	804	2031
   Cases with Remission	780	1,064	277	791
   AI Predictions	5%	13%	15%	15%
   AI & Race-Specific Model	7%	12%	30%	20%

   
   Table 3: Top 5 Factors with Largest Absolute value Added to the AI
   

   	Amitriptyline	Bupropion	Nortriptyline	Escitalopram
   Intercept	xx	vv	bb	vx
   Top	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient
   1st	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient	factor, coefficient
   2nd	…	…	…	…
   3rd	…	…	…	…
   4th	…	…	…	…
   5th	…	…	…	…

   
   
   
5. Discussion section should include 4 distinct sections and there is no page limits.  The first section should be a summary of the key findings.  The second section should be a review of support for the findings in the literature. The third section should summarize study limitations.  The last section should conclude with policy implications.

Task 2: Maintain your relationship with industry contacts by sending them relevant reports on your work.

1. Prepare Your Progress Report. Draft your email about your progress to date.  Send the email and your report to the instructor. 
2. Get Approval to Send the Email. Make sure that you do all the corrections and additional analysis that your instructor requests. 
   
3. Post Your Report to the Web.  Prepare a narrated slides based on your progress report.  See section on Presentation in the course page. Upload presentation to the web.
4. Send Progress Reports. Send progress report to your industry contacts. 
5. Post to your LinkedIn Site.  Posts your progress report on your LinkedIn site.