Dr. Inbal Billie Nahum-Shani, Research Professor at the University of Michigan, will introduce the hybrid experimental design (HED), describe the key characteristics of HEDs, explain their scientific rationale, and provide guidelines for their design and corresponding data analysis.

In this special edition webinar, Dr. Rebecca Walwyn, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK will give an overview of trial designs that might be considered in the optimization phase of MOST when interventions involve a chain of components (e.g., training of therapists, treatment of patients) or when components are directed at multiple levels of a health or social care system (e.g., dental practices, patients).

Dr. David Vanness, Professor at Penn State, will give a background on the history of using economic evaluation methods to evaluate interventions and present the case that the DAIVE approach may offer advantages over traditional cost-effective analysis (CEA) as a decision-making tool in the optimization phase of MOST.

Sophie Green, Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, will talk about the optimization of an information leaflet aiming to support medication adherence in women with breast cancer.

In this webinar, Dr. Jillian Strayhorn, Associate Director of cadio, will pitch the latest thinking on methods for selecting optimized interventions based on data from optimization RCTs, leaving time for questions and discussion among the cadio leadership.

In this webinar, Dr. Danielle Ostendorf, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado SOM, will present the overall design and goal of her NIH-funded Career Development Award and walk through her decision-making process.

In this discussion, cadio Director Linda Collins and Associate Directors Kate Guastaferro and Jillian Strayhorn will address common questions about intervention optimization.

Dr. Jamie Lachman, Senior Research and Training Fellow at the University of Oxford, will present on his use of MOST to pilot, optimize, and evaluate the Parenting for Lifelong Health program for young children ages two to nine years in Moldova, North Macedonia, and Romania.

Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, Associate Professor at Washington University School of Medicine, will present on her work using user-centered design to develop a chatbot to identify individuals with eating disorders and encourage services use.

In this panel discussion, cadio Director Linda Collins and Associate Directors Kate Guastaferro and Jillian Strayhorn will clarify when investigators should use a conclusion- vs. decision-priority perspective.

Dr. Edward Watkins, Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology at the University of Exeter, will describe the design, findings, and lessons of a factorial trial examining therapist-supported internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression, along with future plans in this space.

Dr. Karey O’Hara, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, will talk about the intervention design itself as an implementation determinant that often gets overlooked.

Dr. Jonathan Mitchell, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss findings generated from an optimization trial focused on intervention components for childhood sleep promotion.

Merna Ihab, cadio’s visiting scholar from Alexandria University in Egypt, will present on her intervention optimization work in the field of oral health.

Dr. Emily Feinberg, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University, will present.

Drs. Linda Collins (Director) and Kate Guastaferro (Associate Director) will answer any of your burning intervention optimization questions!

In this special edition webinar, Dr. Sam Smith, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK, will present on his team’s application of MOST in complex interventions in cancer control.

Dr. J. Nick Dionne-Odom, Assistant Professor of Nursing at University of Alabama Birmingham, will present on strategies for conducting and managing a factorial optimization trial. Lessons are drawn from Dr. Dionne-Odom’s NCI funded project using MOST.

Dr. Michael Lorber, from the Family Translational Research Group at NYU, will present on his NICHD funded optimization study.

Dr. Marya Gwadz, Professor of Social Work at NYU, will present on a current and ongoing intervention optimization project.

Dr. Jillian Strayhorn, postdoctoral associate at cadio, will present.

Drs. Linda Collins (Director) and Kate Guastaferro (Associate Director) will give a brief overview of MOST and introduce the cadio webinar series for Spring 2023