WHI 2010-2015
Psychosocial and BehavioralScientific Interest Group (Behavioral SIG)
Conference Call Minutes
May 22, 2012 4-5 pm (EDT)
Attendees: Rosemary Blieszner, Bob Brunner, Bob Brzyski, Suzanne Danhauer, Beth Dugan, Lorena Garcia,Dorothy Lane, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Sally Shumaker, Bev Snively, Marcia Stefanick, Jennifer Stern, Hilary Tindle, Leslie Vaughan, Kate Weaver
Absentees: Shirley Beresford, Deb Bowen, Stephanie Brown, Gretchen Brenes, Crystal Cene, Barbara Cochrane, Laura Coker, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Sean David, Charles Eaton , Margery Gass, Joe Goveas, Melanie Hingle, Patricia Hogan, Candyce Kroenke,Wenjun Li, Eric Loucks, Todd Manini, Jeanne McCaffery, Catherine Messina, Yvonne Michael, Michelle Naughton, Saquib Nazmus, Judy Ockene, Mary Jo O’sullivan, Steve Rapp, Susan Resnick,Milagros Rosal, Rebecca Rossom, Haleh Sangi-Haghpeykar, Teresa Seeman, Tetyana Shippee, Emma Simmons,Lisa Uebelacker, Mara Vitolins, Cyndi Thompson, Lisa Uebelacker, Mara Vitolins, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Risa Weisberg, Julie Weitlauf , Matthew Whited, Oleg Zaslavsky
TOPIC / KEY POINTS / ACTION ITEMS (PERSON)Introduction of new members / Jennifer Stern - Univ of Arizona
Lorena Garcia – UC Davis
Minutes / Marchminutes were reviewed and approved.
Updates on ancillary study proposals/edits /
- Driving –Beth Dugan
- Subclinical Anxiety AS proposal – Suzanne Danhauer
3.RFA Proposal – Bev Snively
-We received a score of 34
-The percentiles weren’t given
- We had a lot of positive comments
-They did note we need to have additional data to be used in the analyses
- Looking at a Sept/Oct submission
4. Smoking Cessation – Hilary Tindle & Kate Weaver
-Submitted our AS and it was approved
-We have since submitted it to OSMB for approval
-It has been 3 weeks and haven’t heard anything
5. Women 80 and over –Steve Rapp
-The group had a call a couple weeks ago and we are moving forward
-We have set up regular calls to keep things moving forward
-Bev and Iris are heading up the bios piece
-Steve is writing the introduction
-We are setting up coeditor calls with Sally, Steve, Andrea, Teresa, Bev and iris
-We are planning to set up the subset calls soon / 4.Sally suggested Hilary contact Shari Ludlam and Nancy Morris for follow up on where it stands
SERC Research Summit / -We will hold the 2nd annual WHI SE-RC Research Summit September 27-28, 2012 in Winston-Salem
-Additional information will follow
Late Life Study – Sally Shumaker / -Recruitment will go lower in age in order to get 8,000 participants
Question Insert to form 33 – Sally Shumaker / -Steering Committee agreed for a subgroup to allow an insert of questions to form 33
-This will come out soon for folks to compete for their questions to be added
-Would be a subset of questions that would enhance resources in WHI
-This will be very competitive / More info will follow
Paper Proposals / Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher has a preliminary idea for a possible K award or paper proposal : “Association of depression/personality characteristics (hostility, optimism) and silent ischemia episodes in the Myocardial Ischemia & Migraine Study (MIMS) substudy of the WHI”
Sally Shumaker added an idea for a paper proposal on Meditation and Cognition. This would possibly look at an intervention study.
Suzanne Danhauer noted that she, Gretchen Brenes and Laura Young from UNC are working on a proposal with differences in women with diabetes and with and without arthritis. They are also working on a proposal with health behavior in women with diabetes. They plan to have a call next week to discuss further / Anyone interested besides; Suzanne Danhauer, Hilary Tindle, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Bob Brzyski, Leslie Vaughan and Dorothy Lane’s coworkerIris Granek are all interested in this subgroup. Please let Sonya know if anyone else is interested.
Next Call: The next call will occur Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 4-5 pm (EDT).
The calls will continue thereafter on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (EDT) with the call in information of 1-866-618-2448Passcode: 9920978.
Recorder: Sonya Ashburn