PARC Seminars

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Jan Jansen, MD, PhD, MBBS
Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham

“Resuscitating (with) Thomas Bayes – using 18th Century Statistics to Improve Clinical Trials”

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (Lunch provided) PAC 5 Conference Room (Neuro-ICU, 5th Floor)

 

Dr. Jansen is a Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He trained in the UK, Canada, and South Africa. Prior to moving to the United States in 2017, he was a consultant surgeon and intensivist in Aberdeen and London. Dr. Jansen also served in the British Army, with Airborne Forces, and was awarded a Queen’s Commendation for his service in Afghanistan. Dr. Jansen’s principal research interest is clinical trials, with a focus on Bayesian designs. He directs UAB’s Center for Injury Science, and its Clinical Trials Unit. He has particular interests in trauma resuscitation and traumatic brain injury. He is the principal investigator of several clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Health Research, the Department of Defense, and industry. Outside of work, Dr. Jansen is an avid skydiver.

Past Seminars

2018-2019

March 2019
“Mobile ECMO for ARDS”
Jacob Gutsche, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

February 2019
“Investigation of Mitochondrial-Directed Therapy in
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – A Translational Approach”
David H. Jang, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of Toxicology and Critical Care Medicine (ResCCU)

 

 

May 2018
“BEST BET”
Carrie Sims, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Research Director for the Division of Trauma
Section Chief for Geriatric Acute Care Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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