June 9-11, 2008: University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. 2nd Annual Summer Institute in Pharmacoepidemiology. Attend my session to learn how to produce and understand systematic reviews and meta-analyses in drug development and commercialization.  Attend my colleagues' sessions to learn about genetic epidemiology & personalized medicine, pharmaceutical outcomes research, risk management within pharma companies, and FDA safety surveillance initiatives. Register Online

www.uri.edu/pharmacy/ce/si08                

September 7-9, 2008: ISPOR 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference. Evidence-based Health Care Decision Making in Asia-Pacific: The Application of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. Seoul South Korea. Plan to attend the workshop Health Technology Assessment in Asian-Pacific Countries on September 9, where colleagues from S2 Statistical Solutions and DePuy will join me in teaching HTA developers and HTA consumers how to produce and/or critique HTA dossiers for use in Asia-Pacific.

Register online at:

http://www.ispor.org/Events/Index.aspx?eventId=26

September 7-10, 2008: AHRQ Annual Conference, Bethesda, MD. Learn about AHRQ's latest research aimed at improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of care. http://www.ahrq.gov 

November 8-12, 2008: AMIA Annual Symposium, Washington, DC.  Sponsored by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

http://www.amia.org/meetings/upcoming.asp