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In this edition:
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Funding Opportunities
- Diabetes Research Connection
- Lubin Family Foundation Scholar Award
- The Dorothy A. Jones Endowed Research Fund
- NIH Instrumentation Grant Programs 2024
- Breast Cancer Alliance
- 2024 Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award
- Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and Dementia Research
- Fund for Medical Discovery Research Fellowship Awards
- Center for Suicide Research and Prevention
- Mass General Neuroscience Transformative Scholar Awards
- Mass General Brigham Precision & Genomic Medicine T32
- MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award 2024
- Limited Submission Funding
- Foundation Funding Opportunities
Announcements:
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NEW MGH Research Compliance Survey
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NEW Connors-BRI Symposium
- Updates regarding the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
- MGB Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp Course: MESH Core 2024
- MGB Research Strategic Planning Process 2024: Invitation to Contribute
- Celebration of Science 2024 Virtual Poster Session
- Discounted Stata Licenses
Events:
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NEW Speed Mentoring Hour
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NEW February Research Council
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NEW Artificial Intelligence for Clinicians (AI4C) Lecture Series
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NEW Faculty Transition Webinar
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NEW Research Tech Talk
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NEW K Grant Writing Workshop
- Two Meditation Sessions available every week
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Diabetes Research Connection
DRC is funding more research than ever and encourages any early-career scientists to apply. We have immediate funds available for type 1 diabetes (T1D) cure and care research grants ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.
DRC will accept grant applications during the following window:
RFA 2024-1: January 22nd to February 25th, 2024.
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Lubin Family Foundation Scholar Award
Created and funded by the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, the Lubin Family Foundation Scholar Award will combine opportunities for enhanced mentoring with financial assistance for gifted physician-scientists who aspire to serve as pioneers and champions of academic oncology and seek funding to propel their careers to a new level of mentored research.
Award Amount: $150,000 per year for 4 years
Key Eligibility: Applicants must be MD or MD/PhD fellows or Category 4 Instructors (or equivalent appointment at the applicant’s institution) who have completed no less than 18 months, and no more than 36 months, of laboratory research on July 3, 2024. Eligible researchers at all HMS and MIT affiliated institutions are encouraged to apply. See RFA for additional criteria.
Application Deadline: February 5th, 2024
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The Dorothy A. Jones Endowed Research Fund
The Dorothy A. Jones Endowed Nursing Research Fund (sponsored by Frances and Stephen Foster) is a grant award designed to support nurse researchers (Ph.D. prepared) who are advancing a program of research exploring the nurse-patient relationship, a holistic approach to nursing assessment and clinical reasoning to uncover the patient and/or family's response to illness and life pattern that guides actions to promote health and well-becoming.
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PROPOSAL DUE: March 31, 2024
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RECIPIENT NOTIFIED: May 1, 2024
- Grant awarded on Nursing Research Day 2024
To set up an appointment to learn more about The Dorothy A. Jones Endowed Nursing Research Fund please email: Dottie Jones, Ed.D, ANP, FAAN
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NIH Instrumentation Grant Programs 2024
The NIH ORIP's Shared Instrumentation Grant (S10) program, also known as a SIG, supports the purchase of research equipment in the $50,000 to $600,000 price range. Examples of instrumentation supported by SIG funding include nuclear magnetic resonance systems, electron and light microscopes, mass spectrometers, protein and DNA sequencers, biosensors, X-ray diffractometers and cell sorters. For research equipment exceeding the $600,000 price range, investigators may apply for the High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program.
The MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) has again committed funding to provide institutional support this year for Shared Instrumentation Grant (S10) and High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant proposals. ECOR has made this commitment because it recognizes that institutional support greatly increases the likelihood that an application will be funded.
When is the deadline?
ECOR Pre-application Deadline: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 5pm
NIH Application Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024
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Young Investigator Grants
The mission of the Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. This grant is intended to help advance the careers of young researchers who do not yet have their own major grant support but who design and conduct their own independent research projects.
MGH is eligible to nominate two candidates.
How much is the award?
The grant provides salary support and project costs for a total of $125,000 (distributed over the two-year period.) Indirect costs, which are included in the $125,000 award, must be limited to 8% of total direct costs.
When is the deadline?
MGH letter of intent deadline: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 5:00pm
BCA letter of intent deadline: March 31, 2023
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Exceptional Project Grants
The Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists at any stage of their careers whose primary focus is breast cancer to apply for an Exceptional Project Grant. This award recognizes creative, unique and innovative research.
MGH is allowed to submit a maximum of 2 LOIs to the sponsor.
How much is the award?
The award is $100,000 for one year. Administrative costs, which are included in the $100,000 award, must be limited to 8% of grant funds. ECOR policy states that for MGH investigators selected through a competitive process as the institutional nominee in which the grant will bring in less than 20% indirect cost (IDC), ECOR will cover the IDC gap up to a maximum of $50,000 per year.
When is the deadline?
MGH internal preliminary application deadline: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 5:00pm BCA letter of intent deadline: March 31, 2024
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2024 Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award
What are they?
The purpose of the fellowship award is to support research that focuses on the causes of human disease with the mission of improving its treatment. The program provides funding to postdoctoral fellows and clinician scientists in the mid to late stages of their research training in basic and preclinical science, and clinical, health services, population health, and implementation research to help them achieve their goals of becoming independent investigators in biomedical research.
This opportunity is open to senior postdoctoral researchers and mentored clinician-scientists (MD, DO or equivalent) who work in the state of Massachusetts.
How much is the award?
Two-year grants ranging from $194,100 to $215,000 total, inclusive of stipend, fringe, and a $25,000 annual flexible expense allowance will be awarded October 1, 2024.
When is the deadline?
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
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Massachusetts Center for Alzheimer and Dementia Behavioral Research in Minority Aging Pilot Funding and Training Opportunity
Funding and Training Opportunity: MASS-ENVISION is seeking to fund 4 pilot studies of behavioral interventions, $40,000 each, for one year. The awardees will be provided resources, rigorous training, and sustained mentorship in ADRD-related behavioral interventions following the NIH Stage Model, the Science of Behavior Change (SOBC), and the NIA Health Disparities Research Framework.
Eligibility
- Early career investigators or mid-career investigators who are transitioning to ADRD research.
- Underrepresented in medicine (UiM) backgrounds (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, first generation college students, individuals from rural areas, those with disabilities and women) as defined by the NIH.
- Must reside in the Boston area or be willing to relocate.
Applications are due by February 15, 2024.
For questions, email massenvisionrec@mgb.org
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Fund for Medical Discovery Research Fellowship Awards
What are they?
The FMD Awards are intended to support the salary of junior investigators (MD and PhD Research fellows, Clinical Research Fellows, Instructors), during a one-year period at MGH, who are in the training phase of their research. We recognize that research at MGH integrates the full translational spectrum of discovery from "bench to bedside to community and population.” To ensure that all areas of research conducted at MGH are included and eligible for FMD fellowship awards, ECOR is offering 3 types of training awards: fundamental research fellowships, clinical research fellowships, and population health care sciences fellowships.
How much is each award?
The award will include a stipend of $67,781 plus applicable fringe benefits and 20% indirect costs.
When is the deadline?
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 5:00 PM
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CSRP Pilot Grant Program
The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP) is launching its Pilot Grant Program to support burgeoning research in the space of suicide prediction and prevention.
Award amount
Selected projects will receive $50,000 (inclusive of indirect costs) to advance their research for one (1) year. Funds can be used flexibly to support salary or research costs.
Deadline
Applications will be accepted until Thursday, February 15, 2024 @5:00 PM EST
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CSRP Scholars Program
The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP) is launching its Scholars Program to support innovative early-career and advanced investigators with an interest in suicide prevention research.
Award amount
The Scholars Program provides a stipend up to $50,000 (inclusive of indirect costs).
Deadline
Thursday, February 15, 2024 @5:00 PM EST.
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Mass General Neuroscience Transformative Scholar Awards
Thanks to generous philanthropic donations, Mass General Neuroscience (MGN) will provide up to seven (7) Neuroscience Awards to encourage and support young investigators in conducting laboratory and/or clinical research in Neuroscience and Brain Health, Tinnitus, Neurodegeneration, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (new this year). Interdisciplinary research across 2 or more of the 4 departments representing Neurosciences is encouraged but not required.
Each award will consist of a commitment of $150,000 total costs ($75K annually total costs for two years, inclusive of 20% indirect costs) intended to support salary and/or research expenses of the junior investigator during a two-year period at Mass General.
Application Deadline Extended: Friday, February 16, 2024
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Mass General Brigham Precision & Genomic Medicine T32
The MGB Training Program in Precision & Genomic Medicine, co-led by Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, and Heidi Rehm, PhD, brings together three outstanding components to build a world-class training program in precision and genomic medicine:
- An internationally-recognized faculty with expertise in precision and genomic medicine across a broad range of disciplines.
- Outstanding institutional resources bridging clinical, genomic, and data sciences.
- Deep engagement with cutting edge, collaborative initiatives at the regional, national, and international levels to provide rich training experiences.
Funding is for 2-years and awards cover salary, travel to professional meetings, and other training-related expenses. Trainees will perform research in their respective Mentor’s lab but will participate in all T32 training related requirements (meetings, journal club, etc.) throughout the Mass General Brigham Healthcare System.
Application materials are due February 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM, and the fellowship term begins July 2024. Please direct any inquiries to Program Manager, Marina Wilson (mwilson49@mgh.harvard.edu).
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MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award 2024
The MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award (PSDA) is designed for MD and/or PhD investigators at MGH who are considered underrepresented in academic medicine (UiM). This Award is intended to provide transitional funding for support in the development of physicians and scientists underrepresented in academic medicine, and thereby increase opportunities for UiM researchers to advance to senior positions in academic medicine at MGH. This award is a key faculty initiative of the CDI.
How much is the award?
$180,000 plus 20% indirect costs will be awarded to be spent over a three or four-year period, with a maximum of $60,000 plus indirect costs per year for 3-year awards and a maximum of $45,000 plus indirect costs per year for 4-year awards.
When is the deadline?
Wednesday, February 7, 2024– 5:00 PM
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Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:
See full details for all awards on our website.
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Assessment of Climate at Institutions (Act) Award (RC2 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
MGH LOI Deadline: 4/01/24
Learn more
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Foundation Funding Opportunities
Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.
For all open foundation funding announcements, see the MGB Innovation External Funding Database
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:
See this week’s full foundation funding announcements (including eligibility, RM deadlines, and IDC) on our website.
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NEW! Sarcoma Research Grants Initiative, Alan B. Slifka Foundation (ABSF). $50,000 (Unspecified IDC). LOI Deadline: Continuous
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Clinician Scientist Fellowship (AACSF) Program, Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $250,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 28
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Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AACSF-D), Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $250,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 28
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Research Fellowship (AARF), Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $200,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 28
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Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D), Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $200,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 28
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Research Grant (AARG), Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $200,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 28
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World Wide FINGERS Network Funding Program (ALZ WW-FNFP), Alzheimer's Association (ALZ). $1 million (No IDC). Pre-submission Deadline: Continuous
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Young Investigator Grants, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF). $70,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: March 12
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Research Grants, Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF). $60,000 (10% IDC). Application Deadline: March 15
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NF Clinical Research Award, Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF). $150,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: February 12
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Damon Runyon Fellowship Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. $260,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: March 15
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Down syndrome Research Grants (multiple opps) (Unspecified IDC), Fondation Jérôme Lejeune. ≈$86,600 (Unspecified IDC). Application Deadline: March 4
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FSR Fellowship Grant, Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research. $150,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: March 20
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Grants to Support Young People with Eating Disorders, Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation. $50,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: Continuous
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Seed Grants to Research Adverse Effects in Cancer Treatment, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). $50,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: April 8
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NEW! Experimental Medicine Trials in Multiple Sclerosis (multiple opps), International Progressive MS Alliance. ≈$1.6 million (10% IDC). Pre-Application Deadline: March 15
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Team Endeavor Awards, Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. $3 million (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: March 12
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Young Investigator Awards, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). $225,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: April 15
| Do you want to learn more about identifying external funding opportunities? Please click here to request a research consultation with Amy Robb or see ECOR’s website for information on the Pivot database. | |
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NEW MGH Research Compliance Survey
MGH Research Compliance is working on a safety incident reporting process improvement project, and we’d like to hear the research community’s feedback on the MGH Safety Reporting System. Please share your thoughts through this quick survey: https://redcap.link/khj81c0j
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NEW Connors-BRI Symposium Call for Abstracts
Incorporating Sex and Gender into Research
Keynote Address:
What can we learn by considering sex as a biological variable? Lessons from neuroscience.
Rebecca Shansky, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Due February 14 at 11:59pm
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Updates regarding the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
- Remember to use our NIH DMS Policy Resources on Navigator
- Dataverse- What can I share?
- NEW: DMPTool has single sign-on (SSO) functionality
- Consultations with Joint Committee for DMS Plans are available
- FDP Slides Provides Feedback on NIH DMS Policy Rollout- Tips and Best Practices
- Incoming subawards require coordination with collaborators on DMS plans.
Remember to use our NIH DMS Policy Resources on Research Navigator
We have a variety of resources on Research Navigator to help you prepare your NIH DMS plans in compliance with both NIH and Mass General Brigham Requirements. 2023 NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy (sharepoint.com)
Be sure to use the template language for Element 6 of your plan from the Mass General Brigham template, regardless of whether you are using a different template for the rest of your plan. Mass General Brigham template.
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Mass General Brigham's Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp Course: MESH Core 2024 – May 20-21
MESH Core is a two-day intensive, in-person, hands-on healthcare innovation course in the mecca of biomedical innovation – Boston. Building on decades of cutting-edge innovation on the fringes - often in the dark and limited to a select few - this official curriculum of fundamental knowledge and lessons learned from healthcare trailblazers from Harvard, Mass General Brigham, and industry will arm new innovators with key knowledge on their lifelong journey of pushing the limits of what is possible.
Suitable for physicians, researchers, allied health professionals, students, MBAs, executives, and the public. A combination of lectures, hands-on cases, networking, roundtables, and scientific sessions.
Date: May 20-21, 2024.
Location: MGB HQ. Assembly Row, Somerville, MA.
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MGB Research Strategic Planning Process 2024: Invitation to Contribute
One of the current MGB system goals is to create a 10-year strategic plan for the MGB research enterprise.
We are embarking upon this strategic planning exercise in FY24 to ensure sustainable growth, address operational and organizational challenges, and maintain our reputation as a world leader in biomedical research. You can learn more here.
Input from our MGB research community is critical to the development of the strategic plan. For those who are interested in contributing, please complete this short survey. The information you provide in the survey will be shared with the Working Group for each of the strategic focus areas that you select within the form. The Working Group is charged with determining how to gather input from those who have expressed interest in contributing. In the meantime, if you have immediate ideas or feedback to share, there is an opportunity to do so within the survey.
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Celebration of Science 2024 Virtual Poster Session
A Celebration of MGH Trainees
The Celebration of Science 2024 Virtual Poster Session gives researchers the opportunity to create a compelling visual display of their work and present it to some of the best scientific minds in the nation. The poster session is an essential part of the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting, which highlights excellence in research at MGH. Posters of Distinction will be chosen to receive a $1,000 travel award to a scientific meeting.
A review panel will select a group of finalists from the submitted abstracts. Those finalists will be required to present their poster in order to be considered for the travel award.
ELIGIBILITY
Awards will be restricted to trainees (fellows and graduate students) and research staff (research coordinators, research technicians, etc.) The abstract submitter must have a full-time appointment at MGH.
QUESTIONS
If you have problems or questions please email sac@partners.org
Deadline: February 6, 2024
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Discounted Stata Licenses
The Research Computing Core offers Stata licenses to the Research Community at a discounted rate via rcservices.partners.org. Stata is a statistical software package that provides tools for analysis, data management and graphics. Interested in learning new tips or looking to learn about new functionality with Stata 18? Check out the Stata Webinars, which are offered free of charge via the vendor's website.
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NEW Speed Mentoring Hour
Monday, February 5 10:00 - 11:00 pm
Simches Research Center, 3.110
This session is scheduled for February 5, 10 – 11 am, with Elizabeth B. Klerman, PhD, MD, Research Investigator, Division of Neurophysiology, Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology; and Jennifer Wo, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology.
Mentor leaders will meet with up to 8 faculty members, each given 7-8 minutes to ask questions on any aspect of mentoring or being mentored and receive input from the mentor leaders.
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NEW February Research Council
Monday, February 5 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Simches Research Center, 3.110
MGB Research Strategic Plan Updates and Discussion
Come and hear the Elected Representatives as they discuss the developments involved with the Mass General Brigham research strategic plan. The Elected Representatives have been collecting feedback from the research community and have worked to allow for all voices to be heard by ECOR and MGB Leadership.
Learn more about the Elected Representatives
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NEW Artificial Intelligence for Clinicians (AI4C) Lecture Series
Thursday, February 8th, 12pm ET
Sensors, AI and the Changing Face of Clinical Care
Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, ScM, DPhil, FHRS, FACC
Dr. Singh has over 400 peer reviewed publications and has given over 600 invited lectures at national and international conferences. He has served as an International Associate editor for the European Heart Journal, the former Deputy Editor of the Journal of American College of Cardiology: Clinical EP and Editor-in-chief of the Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Singh's is the national & global principal investigator on 6 ongoing multi-center clinical trials in device therapy and sensor strategies for heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Jag is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Heart Rhythm Society. He is the author of the recently published book, Future Care: Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, and the Reinvention of Medicine.
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NEW 2024 Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series 03
Wednesday, February 14th, 12pm ET
Breast Imaging in the Developing World
Presenter:
Bagyam Raghavan, MD, Senior Consultant Radiologist and Department Co-coordinator, Apollo Cancer Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Epidemiology of Breast cancer in India -how it differs from the west.
- Screening in lower- and middle-income countries.
- Challenges to screening in India.
- What strategies can work.
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NEW Faculty Transition Webinar
Friday, February 16th, 12pm ET
Facilitators:
Stephanie Eisenstat, MD - As a physician educator, certified coach and practicing clinician now for almost 30 years, Dr. Stephanie Eisenstat has helped individuals and groups enhance their effectiveness and impact.
Russell Eisenstat, PhD - Dr. Russ Eisenstat has spent the last four decades coaching and supporting leaders and organizations around the world in unlocking their full potential.
Mid to late career for highly motivated individuals can be a time of stress and transition, but also a chance to reflect, re-energize, and reimagine work and life. Recent research in the fields of life span development and positive psychology highlights that the old paradigm and mindset of gradual decline into the retirement years is no longer accurate or helpful.
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NEW Research Tech Talk
Thursday, February 29th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Ivan Childress, Director, MGB Digital Information Security and Team will update us on Identity Management at MGB
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NEW Are you writing a K? Get practical advice
Thursday, March 28, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
This workshop is appropriate for clinical and basic science researchers from all fields.
Featuring special guest appearance by: Robin Huebner, PhD, NIH Program Officer
Hosted by Ingrid Bassett MD, MPH; Kenneth Freedberg MD, MSc; Jodi Kurtz MS, CRA; Athe Tsibris MD
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Two Meditation Sessions available every week
SESSION 1: Meditation Mondays with Dr. Darshan Mehta
Every Monday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom, next session, Monday, January 5!
Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being and the MGPO Frigoletto Committee
Join Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Director, Office for Well-Being, for a guided meditation session on Monday morning.
Register and add to calendar
SESSION 2: Midweek Meditation with Guest Leader
Every Wednesday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom, next session, Wednesday, January 7!
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being
Join guest leader, Joanne Doyle Petrongolo, PharmD ,Pharmacy Department, for next Wednesday’s guided meditation session.
Register and add to calendar
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