Inaugural Albert Sherman Center Scientific Symposium, University of Massachusetts Medical School

October 10th, 2013 | Worcester, MA

Dr. Ware lectured on "The Impact of Health Care: Quantifying the Voice of the Patient," one of four presentations during the Albert Sherman Center Inaugural Scientific Symposium at the UMass Medical School on October 10th, 2013. Other speakers included Joseph Goldstein and Michael Brown (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) who summarized their Nobel Prize winning discoveries in 2-part lectures entitled: "A Century of Cholesterol and Coronaries." Robert Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) lectured on "Controlled Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering for Angiogenesis Inhibitors." Dr. Ware demonstrated advances in psychometric methods and Internet-based surveys that are fundamental to understanding patient functioning and well-being outcomes in clinical research and practice.