Ron D. Hays, Ph.D.

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11/26/2008: Hays, Ron D. CAHPS® Medicare Survey/SEER Project. UCLA: November 25, 2008. 

11/25/2008: Hays, Ron D.  A Comprehensive Approach to the Measurement of Health Outcomes.  UCLA K30 Module - Health Services Research.  UCLA: November 25, 2008. 

11/12/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Multitrait Scaling and IRT: Part I.  UCLA Clinical Scholars Program - Questionnaire Design and Testing Workshop.  UCLA: November 10, 2008. 

11/12/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Multitrait Scaling and IRT: Part II.  UCLA Clinical Scholars Program - Questionnaire Design and Testing Workshop.  UCLA: November 10, 2008. 

10/14/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluation of Mode (Mail vs Phone administration) Effects for Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Clinical Outcomes and Measurement of Health Study (COMHS).   Lecture to Graduate Seminar in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy.  USC: Los Angeles, CA: October 10, 2008. 

9/16/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Construction and Evaluation of Multi-Item Scales.  RCMAR/EXPORT Meeting.  UCLA: September 15, 2008. 

8/18/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Welcome to My Nightmare. 
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UCLA GIM/HSR Introduction to Fellows.  UCLA: August 15, 2008

7/15/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Assessment in Outcome Studies.  GCRC Summer Course "The Essentials of Clinical Investigation: Developing a Research Proposal".  UCLA: July 14, 2008 (podcast to accompany above presentation).

7/1/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Measurement Issues.   Diabetes & Obesity Disparities in Health Care Systems Conference.   Bethesda, MD: June 30, 2008. 

6/26/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Impact of Mode and Order of Administration on Generic HRQOL Scores.  Institute for Healthcare Studies Seminar Series - CORE Speaker Series on Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcomes in Chronic Illness.  Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Chicago: June 26, 2008. 

6/9/2008: Hays, Ron D.  How to Measure Quality of Life.   American Diabetes Association.  San Francisco: June 9, 2008. 

6/9/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Effects of Mode and Order of Administration on Generic HRQOL Scores?  Health Measurement Research Group 4th Annual All-Project Meeting.  UC Irvine: March 21, 2008. 

6/9/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Ceiling (and floor) Effects.  Health Measurement Research Group 4th Annual All-Project Meeting.  UC Irvine: March 21, 2008. 

5/8/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Studying the doctor-patient relationship: Assessing patient perceptions of health care.  Lecture in HS265 Challenges in Clinical Health Services.  UCLA: May 8, 2008. 

5/7/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Considerations in Comparing Groups of People with PROs.  ISPOR, Toronto Canada: May 6, 2008. 

4/25/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Reader's Digest Introduction to Health-Related Quality of Life.  Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division Research Day, Ft. Lauderdale: April 25, 2008. 

3/27/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Part Time "Detailee" for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).   Multi-Level Mentoring Lunch Meeting.  UCLA: March 27, 2008. 

2/12/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.   Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 6, 2008. 

2/4/2008: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment as an Indicator of Quality of Care.  Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: January 30, 2008. 

12/3/2007: Hays, Ron D. Multitrait Scaling and IRT: Part I, Part II.   Lecture to UCLA Clinical Scholars: Questionnaire Design and Testing Workshop.  UCLA: December 4, 2007.

11/27/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Measuring Self-Reported Health.  UCLA K30 Module - Health Services Research.  UCLA: November 27, 2007.

10/17/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Cigarette Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in Medicare Beneficiaries.  14th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research.  Toronto, Ontario, Canada: October 13, 2007.

10/5/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Cigarette Smoking and Health-Related Quality of Life in Medicare Beneficiaries.  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.  UCLA: October 5, 2007.

8/13/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Highlights of Current Research.  UCLA GIM/HSR Introduction to Fellows.  UCLA: August 10, 2007.

8/6/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Assessing Patient Satisfaction.  AUA Foundation Summer Research Conference.  UCLA: August 4, 2007.

7/16/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Outcome Studies.   GCRC Summer Course "The Essentials of Clinical Investigation: Developing a Research Proposal".  UCLA: July 16, 2007.

6/25/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Another Perspective on PRO Content in Clinical Practice.   ISOQOL Conference.  Budapest, Hungary: June 25, 2007.

6/25/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Basic Methods for Measurement of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.  ISOQOL Conference on Patient Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice, Workshop #4.  Budapest, Hungary: June 24, 2007.

5/3/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Studying the Doctor-Patient Relationship using Consumer Evaluations of Care.  Lecture in HS265.  UCLA: May 3, 2007.

4/4/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Assessing the Minimally Important Difference of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures.  NCI, D.C.: April 4, 2007.

3/30/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Options for Summarizing the SF-36 Health Survey in Health-Related Quality of Life Research,  NCI, D.C.: March 29, 2007.

2/14/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Consumer Assessments of Health Care.  Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 14, 2007. 

2/8/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.   Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 7, 2007. 

2/1/2007: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment as an Indicator of Quality of Care.   Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: January 31, 2007. 

11/29/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Quality of Life in Health Outcome Studies.  Lecture in UCLA HS411 Issues in Cancer Prevention and Control.  UCLA: November 21, 2006.

10/26/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Assessing the Minimally Important Difference in Health-Related Quality of Life Scores.  UCLA Health Psychology Brown Bag.  UCLA: October 25, 2006.

10/24/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Comprehensive Approach to Measuring Health Outcomes.   UCLA K30 Module - Health Services Research.  UCLA: October 23, 2006.

10/24/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Quality of Life Research Journal 2006+.  ISOQOL.  Lisbon, Portugal: October 2006.

10/24/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Minimally Important Differences.   ISOQOL.  Lisbon, Portugal: October 2006.

10/24/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration.   ISOQOL.  Lisbon, Portugal: October 14, 2006.

9/29/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.  UCLA: September 29, 2006.

9/23/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Summary of the important work I do and how it can help you in life.  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series - meet the faculty.  UCLA: September 15, 2006.

9/15/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Physical Functioning. PROMIS development process session.  Washington DC: September 12, 2006.

9/11/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Psychometric Modeling and Calibration. PROMIS development process session.  Washington DC: September 11, 2006.

7/17/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Outcome Studies. UCLA: July 17, 2006. 

7/17/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Methodological Challenges in Studying Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care. NCI: Rockville, MD: May 16, 2006.

7/3/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Standards for Evaluation and Documenting Psychometric Qualities of PRO Instruments.  ISOQOL Patient-Reported Outcomes and Regulatory Guidance Meeting. Washington, DC: June 29, 2006.

6/23/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Summary of First Year as Editor-in-Chief of Quality of Life Research.  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series. UCLA: June 23, 2006.

6/23/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Use of CAHPS® Database by Researchers: Findings Related to Differences by Race and Ethnicity.  The 10th National CAHPS® User Group Meeting, Baltimore MD: March 30, 2006.

2/10/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.   Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 8, 2006.

2/3/2006: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment as an Indicator of Quality of Care.   Lecture in HS249F Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 1, 2006. 

11/23/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Quantitative Methods: Reliability, Validity, and use of SEM to Assess Psychometric Equivalence.   Presented at Geriatric Society of America: November 18, 2005.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Hays-GSA.ppt.

6/16/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Differences in Patient Reports and Ratings of Ambulatory Health Care by Race/Ethnicity.   Presented at National Cancer Institute: June 13, 2005.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- NCI-Race-Ethnic-06-13-05.ppt.

2/25/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Studying the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Consumer Evaluations of Care.   Lecture to UCLA HS265: February 24, 2005.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- HS265-Feb24-2005.ppt.

2/23/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Factor Analysis.   Lecture to UCLA School of Nursing N208: February 23, 2005.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Factor Analysis-N208-2005.ppt.

2/18/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Consumer Assessments of Health Care.   Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 16, 2005.  Presentation is available for download here --- feb-16.ppt.

2/18/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.   Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 9, 2005.  Presentation is available for download here --- feb-09.ppt.

2/17/2005: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life.   Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 2, 2005.  Presentation is available for download here --- feb-02.ppt.

12/13/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of East-West Medicine.   UCLA Center for East-West Medicine 2004 Conference, Improving Quality of Life Through Integrative East-West Medicine.   Los Angeles CA: December 11, 2004.  Presentation is available for download here --- CEWM-2004-Hays.pdf.

12/06/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Race/Ethnic Differences in Reports and Ratings of Health Care.   CAHPS 9th National User Group Meeting.   Baltimore MD: December 2, 2004.  PowerPoint show is available for download here --- CAHPS UGM Hays Race-Ethnic.ppt.

11/23/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Value-Expectancy Theories of Behavior.   Presented to UCLA Clinical Scholars.   UCLA: November 23, 2004.  PowerPoint show is available for download here --- Value-Expectancy Theory 11-23-04.pps.

10/14/2004: Hays, Ron D.  An Overview of Minimally Important Difference Estimation in Health-Related Quality of Life Studies.   1st Annual Quality of Life Research Meeting.  Seoul: October 14, 2004.  PowerPoint show is available for download here --- Hays-Seoul-October 14-2004.pps. Picture of Ron presenting his talk.

10/8/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating the Significance of Health-Related Quality of Life Change in Individual Patients.  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.   UCLA: October 8, 2004.  PowerPoint show is available for download here --- Hays-GIM-Oct-2004.pps.

10/5/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Comprehensive Assessment of Health Outcomes.  UCLA K30 Course on Translational Research.  UCLA: October 4, 2004.  PowerPoint show is available for download here ---K30-2004-Hays.pps.

6/18/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Is the Minimally Important Difference Really 0.50 of a Standard Deviation?  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.  UCLA: June 18, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---Hays-GIM-June-2004.ppt.

3/1/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Patient Reports and Ratings of Health Care.  Lecture in HS265.   UCLA, Los Angeles CA: February 26, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---hs265-feb26-04.ppt.

2/23/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Consumer Assessments of Health Care.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.   RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 18, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---QOC-feb18-04.ppt.

2/12/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.   RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 11, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---QOC-feb11-04.ppt.

2/10/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Preference-Based Measures.  HS214 Class Lecture.  UCLA: February 9, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---PrefMeasures-feb9-04.ppt.

2/5/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 4, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here ---HRQOL feb-04.ppt.

1/15/2004: Hays, Ron D.  Approaches for Estimating Minimally Important Differences.  Minimally Important Differences in COPD.   Beach House, Bal Harbor, FL: January 12, 2004.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- MID-Jan2004-Hays.ppt.

10/24/2003: Hays, Ron D.  Psychometric Analyses of Survey to Assess Parental Perceptions of Their Children's Dental Care in the California Healthy Families Program.  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.  UCLA: October 24, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- GIM-10-24-03-Noon.ppt.

10/23/2003: Hays, Ron D.  A Comprehensive Approach to the Measurement of Health Outcomes.  UCLA Graduate Training Program in Translational Investigation -- K30 Clinical Research Workshop: October 22, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- k30-1022-hays.ppt.

10/21/2003: Hays, Ron D.  Discussant: Item Response Theory Applications in Health.  American Statistical Association meeting.  Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago: October 18, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- asa-2003-hays.ppt.

7/16/2003: Hays, Ron D.  Intrapersonal Theories of Health Behavior.   Lecture to UCLA Health Services Research Summer Clinical Scholars and Fellows: July 16, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Theory and Behavior.ppt.

7/10/2003: Hays, Ron D.  Introduction to Psychometric Analysis of Survey Data.   Lecture to UCLA Health Services Research Summer Clinical Scholars and Fellows: July 10, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Intro-Psycho-Methods.ppt.

5/13/2003: Hays, Ron D.  Finding and Verifying Item Clusters in Outcomes Research Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses.   Lecture to UCLA School of Nursing N208: May 13, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- N208-hays-2003.ppt.

5/5/2003: Hays, Ron D.  A Critical Look at Health-Related Quality of Life Measures.  SGIM Annual Meeting.  Vancouver, B.C.: May 2, 2003.
PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- SGIM-Meet-the-Professor-Hays.ppt.

3/19/2003: Hays, Ron D.    Bounded Estimates and Other Considerations in Determining the MID.  DIA Conference.   Baltimore, MD: March 18, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- dia-2003.ppt.

2/28/2003: Hays, Ron D.    Similarities and Differences Between Classical and Item Response Theory.  Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Seminar Series.   UCLA: February 28, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- ctt-irt-feb28-03.ppt.

2/12/2003: Hays, Ron D.    Patient Reports and Ratings of the Quality of Care.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.   RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 12, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Quality-of-Care-feb12-03.ppt.

2/5/2003: Hays, Ron D.    Evaluating Self-Report Data Using Psychometric Methods.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.   RAND, Santa Monica CA: February 5, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Quality-of-Care-feb5-03.ppt.

1/30/2003: Hays, Ron D.    Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.   RAND, Santa Monica CA: January 29, 2003.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- Quality-of-Care-jan29-03.ppt.

11/27/2002: Hays, Ron D.    Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment.  Lecture at UCLA Center for East-West Medicine: November 27, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- east-west-11-27.ppt.

10/30/2002: Hays, Ron D. & Morales, Leo S.    Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Assessing Measurement Equivalence in Different Subgroups.  ISOQOL 2002 Annual Meeting -- Workshop #3: October 30, 2002 Orlando, Florida.  PowerPoint presentation (in PDF form) is available for download here --- ISOQOLpresentation.pdf.

10/17/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes.  UCLA Graduate Training Program in Translational Investigation -- K30 Clinical Research Workshop: October 17, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- k30-10-17-hays.ppt.

8/23/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Final Session of Summer: Psychometric Evaluation.  Health Services Research Summer Clinical Scholars Class: August 23, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- THEORY3.PPT.

8/14/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Development of Meaningful Survey Instruments.  Health Services Research Summer Clinical Scholars Class: August 14, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- THEORY2.PPT.

8/13/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Social/Psychological Theories of Behavior.  Health Services Research Summer Clinical Scholars Class: August 13, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- THEORY1.PPT.

3/20/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Development of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life Instrument (NEI-RQL-42). Presented at USC March 20, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- usc-rql class-march20.ppt.

2/14/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica, CA: February 13, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- qolcare-feb13-02.ppt.

2/7/2002: Hays, Ron D.  Consumer Assesment of Health Care.  Lecture in Quality of Care Course.  RAND, Santa Monica, CA: February 6, 2002.  PowerPoint presentation is available for download here --- qolcare-feb06-02.ppt.