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Brown Bag Series

December 9, 2011
Neonatal Health Issues in South Asia
Muhiuddin Haider, Ph.D.

November 15, 2011
Model-Based Systems Engineering for Healthcare Organizations
Jeffery W. Herrmann, Ph.D.

June 22, 2011
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems in Education
Sarah Newman, Research Analyst

June 1, 2011
A Discussion on the Diffusion of Information in Social Networks
William Rand, Ph.D

May 16, 2011
Tools for Measuring the Performance of Federal Policy Agencies
Donald Malcolm Smith, Ph.D Candidate, UB

May 13, 2011
Clarity in the Clutter: Automated Temporal Topic Organization in Social Media
Chris Yang, Ph.D

March 30, 2011
Does Prevalence Matter?
Michael Kaiser, Ph.D

March 25, 2011
Entrepreneurial Choice, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital
Berna Demiralp, Ph.D

February 23, 2011
Strategies for Implementing Large-Scale Initiatives
Marion Pines, Director of the Sar Levitan Center for Social Policy Studies, JHU

February 8, 2011
An Alternative to Traditional Hospitals
Nitin Dua, Ph.D. Candidate, FSU

Publications

Measuring School Superintendant Efficiency

In-State Tuition Benefits and Non-Citizen Enrollment in Texas Universities Examined at the 81st Annual Southern Economic Association Conference

Poster Presentation at the 2nd Annual Improvement Science Summit on Real-Time Data Driven Analysis in Quality Improvement Research

Poster on Holistic Service Delivery Model to Enhance the Lives of Fathers and Families Presented at Annual Meeting of the Office of Family Assistance

Study on Extended School Days Presented at AEFP Conference

Employment Options for Low-skill Workers in the Baltimore, Maryland, Metropolitan Area. Viable Occupations, Local Dynamics, Workforce Training and Education: Issues and Challenges

Statistical Power Analysis in Education Research

Study of Teacher Preparation in Early Reading Instruction

The Role of Medicaid in Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiatives

The STEM Pipeline: The Role of Summer Research Experience in Minority Students' Graduate Aspirations

Report Evaluating Charter Schools Impacts Released by the Dept of Education

Press Releases

NCES Announces the Education Statistics Institute Network Awardees

Optimal Awarded International Development Evaluation

Optimal Wins MIPS Grant to Develop Virtual Collaborative System in Health Care

Demonstration of Dashboard Tools at 2011 National Forum on Education Statistics

Optimal Holds 5th Annual "Why be an Economist Day?"

Dr. Mark Turner Joins UM Health and IT Economics Board

Optimal Conducts Social Media Analysis Demonstration in Topic Detection

Optimal Wins Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Small Business Research and Demonstration Award

Capability Maturity Model Integration Training Emphasizes Risk Management and Best Practices

SBP Conference Brings Social, Behavioral and Computer Scientists Together for Innovation in Research

UMD Human Computer Interaction Lab Launches 28th Annual Symposium

Real-Time Systems Save Money for CMS and Other Federal Agencies

Quantifying Quality Improvement Cost Savings for Medicare

Optimal Contracted to Support SBA’s Regional Innovation Clusters Initiative