The CHOICE Institute Graduate Seminar (HEOR 597) meets weekly during the academic year (Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters). This is a required course for HEOR graduate students, and other UW students may enroll for credit.
For information about presenting, attending, or registering for the CHOICE Seminar Series, please contact Dr. Noemi Kreif, Assistant Professor at nkreif@uw.edu.
Day & Time: Wednesdays, 12:30- 1:20pm
Location: Magnuson Health Sciences Building, T-Wing, Room T-478 (in-person only)
Fall 2026 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic | Format |
| Sep 30 | All
Noemi Kreif Students |
Icebreaker
Class information, Introductions from new PhD students and fellows
|
5 min
10 min Introductions (5 min each) |
| Oct 7 | Noemi Kreif
all |
Using AI tools in research
|
Interactive discussion (50 min) |
| Oct 14 | Jing Li | Economics of aging: work in progress | 20 + 5 min presentation |
| Students | New PhD student/fellow introductions | Introductions (5 min each) | |
| Oct 21 | Lou Garrison | Biopharmaceutical Knowledge as a Global Public Good: Financing by Differential Contribution | 40 + 5 min presentation |
| Oct 28 | Douglas Barthold | The effects of improved access to diabetes medications on risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias | 20 + 5 min presentation |
| Students | New PhD student/fellow introductions | Introductions (5 min each) | |
| Nov 4 | Andy Stergachis | Living systematic review and meta-analysis of vaccines for pregnant women and children. | 20 + 5 min presentation |
| Kyueun Lee | Identifying Spatiotemporal Patterns and Hotspots in Seasonal Influenza Hospitalizations in the United States | 20 + 5 min presentation | |
| Nov 11 | No seminar (Veterans Day) | ||
| Nov 18 | Students | Student discussions, part 1 | 45 min |
| Nov 25 | No seminar (Thanksgiving week) | ||
| Dec 2 | Anirban Basu | TBD | 20 + 5 min presentation |
| Josh Carlson | TBD: sharing ongoing research | 20 + 5 min presentation | |
| Dec 9 | David Veenstra | Writing using AI | 15 + 5 min presentation min |
| Students | Student discussions, part 2 | 30 min |