UNE faculty attend workshop at Harvard School of Public Health

Four UNE faculty members attended a workshop held at the Harvard School of Public Health August 18-20.  

The workshop, entitled, "Measurement, Design and Analysis for Health Outcomes Research," covered a broad range of topics, such as outlining the role of epidemiology, health economics, psychometrics and biostatistics in conducting outcomes research. 

Activities also addressed the different types of measures used in outcomes research, including clinical, health status, quality of life, work/role and health care utilization, and patient satisfaction. In addition, participants learned about innovative and complex measurement and statistical techniques such as conducting longitudinal and economic analyses.

The UNE group included: Michael Sheldon, Ph.D., P.T., program director and associate professor of physical therapy; Ron Deprez,  Ph.D., M.P.H., director of research programs, School of Community and Population Health; Allison Morrill, JD, Ph.D., associate research professor in the SCPH; and Rebecca Boulos, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant clinical professor in the SCPH.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.