
1052_SHSO_2026 Research Symposium_Live
Description:
The 2026 Sutter Health Research Symposium provides an opportunity for the professional exchange of research, innovations, and scholarly work from across Sutter Health. Participants will engage with clinician-scholars, researchers, and external experts who will share current evidence, research findings, and quality improvement initiatives relevant to clinical practice and healthcare delivery. The symposium also features a poster session showcasing more than 150 research and quality improvement projects. Through interdisciplinary learning and discussion, participants will gain insights into emerging evidence, advances in care, and opportunities to translate research findings into evidence-based practice and future investigation. Content Validation: Each Presentation were reviewed in depth. Educational content was developed using peer-reviewed scientific literature, established clinical guidelines, population health research, and health services research methodologies. Presentations included both established evidence and emerging research findings. Speakers were expected to distinguish observational findings, implementation outcomes, and investigational research from established standards of care. New findings were presented to advance scientific understanding and inform future research, quality improvement, and clinical decision-making rather than to promote adoption of unproven interventions or departure from evidence-based practice.
Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:
Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)/Cultural or Linguistic Considerations
- Baggett, T.P., Barbosa Teixeira, J., Rodriguez, E.C., Anandakugan, N., Sporn, N., Chang, Y., Percac-Lima, S., Park, E.R., & Rigotti, N.A. (2022). Patient navigation to promote lung cancer screening in a community health center for people experiencing homelessness: Protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 113, 106666. LINK TO ARTICLE
- Moyer VA, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for lung cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160(5):330-338. LINK TO ARTICLE
Target Audience
Nurse, Registered (RN)
Physicians (MD or DO)
Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
After attending this symposium, participants will be able to:
1. Evaluate emerging clinical, translational, and health systems research findings presented across Sutter Health and describe their potential impact on patient care, population health, and healthcare delivery.
2. Identify evidence-based research methods, innovations, and best practices that can be applied to advance research quality, scholarly productivity, and clinical effectiveness within their own practice or operational setting.
3. Recognize opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge dissemination that support the translation of research findings into meaningful improvements in clinical outcomes, healthcare operations, and organizational strategy across Sutter Health.
Presentation: Proteomic Disorder in the Blood Predicts Unplanned Hospitalization and Functional Decline in Older Adults: Findings from the SOMMA Cohort
- Identify the practice gap existing for identifying older adults at risk and the importance of filling it
- Compare the association between proteomic disorder and both physical function and unplanned hospitalization, including the size of the risk after adjustment (HR 1.85).
- Identify the patient groups that might benefit from a biological aging measure
Presentation: Finding the Polyps We Used to Miss: How Sutter Data Linked Physician Detection Quality to Later Colorectal Cancer Risk
- Differentiate the sessile serrated lesion detection rate from the adenoma detection rate and explain why the two measures capture different aspects of colonoscopy quality.
- Interpret the observed association between physician SSLDR and patients’ subsequent risk of post colonoscopy colorectal cancer, including the adjusted risk difference between the highest and lowest detection quartiles.
- Identify at least two potential health-system applications of SSLDR, such as complementary quality measurement, physician feedback, coaching, or targeted detection training.
Presentation: Effectiveness of a Lung Nodule and Cancer Screening Program in Improving Lung Cancer Detection, Early-Stage Diagnosis, and Mortality
- Describe gaps in adherence to lung cancer screening guidelines and care coordination that may limit effective screening, follow-up, and early detection among high-risk patients.
- Identify eligible patients and appropriately refer them to a comprehensive, navigator-supported Lung Nodule & Cancer Screening Program to facilitate timely follow-up after abnormal LDCT screening results.
- Evaluate the impact of the LNCSP on cancer detection rates, stage at diagnosis, mortality, and health equity outcomes.
- Identify system-level strategies to improve guideline adherence, optimize resource utilization, and enhance multidisciplinary care coordination for high-risk patients undergoing lung cancer screening.
- Apply lessons learned to strengthen lung cancer screening implementation and follow-up processes within their own practice settings.
Presentation: PREDICT TRIAL - precision medicine to stratify de-escalation therapy in breast cancer treatment
- Explain the core principle of precision medicine — that patients whose disease looks identical by traditional clinical and pathologic features can differ biologically, and that molecular testing can sort them into groups who will or won't benefit from a given treatment, allowing therapy to be matched to the individual rather than the average patient.
- Describe the limitations of clinicopathologic criteria (age, grade, size, RTOG 9804-like eligibility) for selecting which women with DCIS treated by breast-conserving surgery benefit from adjuvant radiation, in the context of a century of evidence-based de-escalation from radical mastectomy through breast conserving surgery.
- Recognize how biomarker-guided care supports de-escalation and "first, do no harm" — using biologic information to safely withhold treatment from patients unlikely to benefit, sparing them its burdens and toxicities, while ensuring those who do benefit still receive it, and appreciate how such tools inform shared decision-making between clinician and patient.
Presentation: Bicycle and Motorized Micromobility Trauma Have Distinct Injury Patterns and Hospital Utilization
- Compare the demographic characteristics and injury patterns of patients presenting with traditional bicycle-related trauma versus motorized micromobility-related trauma. - Analyze differences in hospital resource utilization and clinical outcomes between traditional bicycle and motorized micromobility trauma populations.
- Evaluate the relative likelihood of head, chest, and spine injuries among patients injured while using traditional bicycles compared with motorized micromobility devices.
Presentation: Next-generation precision medicine at scale: How multiomics profiling in the Sutter Health Biobank supports the development of novel diagnostics for diagnosis and treatment.
- Analyze the role of comprehensive genomic testing in supporting personalized patient care and disease prevention strategies.
- Differentiate the applications of pharmacogenetics, clinical genetics, and proteomics in predicting, preventing, and detecting disease.
- Evaluate how genomic and proteomic data can be used to inform individualized treatment plans and improve patient outcomes.
Course summary
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
- 1.50 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - 1.50 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest
No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.
– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D.
Jodi Bobbitt, Cancer Service Line High-Risk and Early Detection Program RN Supervisor
John Dodson, MA, CPTD
Garrett Hagwood
Veronica Luna, BA, Human Biology
Jodi Bobbitt, Cancer Service Line High-Risk and Early Detection Program RN Supervisor
Garrett Hagwood
Edward Huang
Varun Kapur, MD, MPH, FACS
Jiang Li, Ph.D.,M.P.H.
Su-Ying Liang, PhD
Tyler Mansfield, Biostatistics, MA
Gregory Tranah
Amanda Wheeler
Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 1.50 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Other Disciplines: Non-Physician Participation Credit (AKA - AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™) Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
- 1.50 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. - 1.50 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

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