Science Cafe aims to initiate new collaborations through shared common interests.
Science Cafe is a monthly educational series that gathers together scientists, investigators, trainees, and community members to engage in meaningful discussions aimed at forging new collaborations through common interests in exciting areas of research.
Every month will feature a new research focus, content expert, fresh perspectives, and a chance to discover uncharted territories in the world of science. Each Science Cafe will begin with our content expert discussing their own work and potential areas of collaboration.
The sessions will be relatively unstructured to promote conversation and collaborative thinking with the goal of uncovering overlapping interests on that topic. For example, Long COVID can result in multi-organ complications thus resulting in increased risk of new health conditions. So, a vast array of disciplines would benefit from attending the Science Cafe.
Schedule
Science Cafes are held via Zoom on the second Thursday of the month at 12:00 PM.*
*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.
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March 12, 2026 at 12:00PM |
Real World Data |
David Kaelber, MD, PhD Chief Health Informatics Officer / VP of Health Informatics and Patient Engagement Technologies Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, ÃÛÌÒAPP Craig Jarrett, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon |
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February 12, 2026 *video replay available soon! |
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Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD Marisa McGinley, DO |
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| January 15, 2026 |
Bridget Hegarty, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Case School of Engineering |
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| December 11, 2025 |
Ashley Hughes, PhD Associate Professor and Research Informaticist ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine |
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| November 13, 2025 |
Abdus Sattar, PhD Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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| October 9, 2025 |
Larisa Tereshchenko, MD, PHD Staff, Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute |
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September 11, 2025 |
Amy Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
ÃÛÌÒAPP
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| August 14th, 2025 |
Zahoor Shah, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Toledo |
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July 17th, 2025 |
Disaster Preparedness |
Charles Macias, MD, MPH
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
University Hospitals
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June 12th, 2025 |
Postdocs in Translational Science/Research |
James Spilsbury, PhD, MPH
Vice Chair for Education & Associate Professor, PQHS,
Director, CTSC T32 Postdoctoral Training Program,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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| May 8, 2025 |
Bionutrition |
Alicia Thomas, MS RDN LD GXMO Director, Bionutrition Research, ÃÛÌÒAPP |
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April 16, 2025 |
Women's Health |
Rachel Pope, MD, MPH Division Director, Female Sexual Health, Urology Institute, University Hospitals |
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| March 13, 2025 |
Ethical Issues in Translational Science |
Aaron Goldenberg, PhD Director of Research, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine Director, Department of Bioethics, Bioethics Center for Community Health and Genomic Equity (CHANGE)
Eric Kodish, MD Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of ÃÛÌÒAPP Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine |
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| February 13, 2025 |
Gerontology/Special Populations |
Margy Sanders, MA, LSW Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, NEOMED |
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| January 9, 2025 |
Research Participant Recruitment |
Jerry Tribout Research Participant Recruitment Manager, CTSC of Northern Ohio |
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| December 12, 2024 |
Dissemination and Implementation |
Anita Misra-Hebert, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine of ÃÛÌÒAPP ​​Center Director, Healthcare Delivery and Implementation Science Center |
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| November 14, 2024 |
Cardiovascular Health Equity |
Shari Bolen, MD, MPH Founding Director, Population Health and Equity Research Institute, MetroHealth
Director, Center for health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth and ÃÛÌÒAPP |
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| October 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
Community Based Research |
Maeve MacMurdo, MD Pulmonologist, Cleveland Clinic |
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| September 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
Princess Ogbogu, MD* Division Chief, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Heather Tribout, BS, CCRP* Manager, Research Support Core *Trial Innovation Network Liaison Team |
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| August 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
Rural Health |
Fredrick Schumacher, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Co-Leader, Population and Cancer Prevention Program ÃÛÌÒAPP |
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July 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM* *Note date change. |
Parkinson's Disease |
Thyagarajan Subramanian, MD, MBA Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Bioengineering Director, Junior Faculty Translational Research Program University of Toledo |
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| June 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
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Grace McComsey, MD Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Principal Investigator, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio ÃÛÌÒAPP |
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| May 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
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Cynthia Owusu, MD Medical Oncologist, Department of Hematology and Oncology
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| April 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
Artificial Intelligence in Research |
David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH Chief Medical Information Officer, MetroHealth System |
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| March 14, 2024 |
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Un-Meeting PI: Rachel Pope, MD OBGYN, University Hospitals and Founder, Our Womanity |
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| February 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
Santosh Rao, MD, ABOIM Medical Director of Integrative Oncology |
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