MGH Research News for November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024

Announcements, events, funding opportunities and more news for the Mass General Research Institute community.

In this edition:

Funding Opportunities

Interim Support Funding 25-1
Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
MGH Research Scholars 2025
The MGH Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards for Junior Faculty Women Investigators
NEW! Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award
NEW! Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health
Limited Submission Funding
Foundation Funding Opportunities

Announcements:

Stairwell Storage and Blocking Emergency Equipment
HMS Core for Mentorship Excellence
Apply for the 2025 Claflin Consultation Initiative

Events:

TODAY! Fun Friday: Painting Demonstration with Troods
NEW! Virtual HRA Town Hall
Leadership Skills Retreat
RCR: Responsible Conduct of Omics
Speed Mentoring Hour
Faculty Transition Webinar Series S1 - "Successful Transition to Retirement While Balancing Continued Engagement at MGH"
A Practical Guide to Leveraging the Mass General Brigham Biobank and All of Us Research Program for Genetic and Biomarker Research
NEW! Course: Qualitative and Mixed Methods: Mixed Methods Research
Gene and Cell Therapy Research Symposium
NEW! Drop-In Sessions for CRC's
Boston Angiogenesis Meeting 2024
NEW! REDCap MyCap
NEW! Research Recharge
NEW! Parenting Series 2024-2025: “The Ins and Outs of Paternity Leave”
NEW! Clinical Trial Opportunities for Young Investigators: Partnering with the TCRC
Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards Panel Discussion
NEW! “How Do You Feel?”, a moderated discussion with Dr. Jessi Gold
Maurizio Fava Lecture Series on Well-Being: “Reading Kafka in the Hospital Cafeteria - Reflections on 17 years of Literature and Medicine at MGH”
Endocrine Grand Rounds: 36th Annual Farahe Maloof Lectureship: “Strategic Treatment of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: The Reach for a Cure”
Two Meditation Sessions available every week

INTERIM SUPPORT FUNDING 25-1

The Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) is now accepting applications for Interim Support Funding.

What are they?

Interim Support Funding

The Interim Support Funding (ISF) Program is open to Principal Investigators during a lapse or delay in their research funding from the NIH or another Federal agency (e.g., the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense). Investigators must have applied for independent, long-term support (R01, R21, U01, P01, equivalent federal research grant). The intent of the program is to rescue strong scientific programs that are in need of bridge funding in order to sustain their research. Applications will be accepted regardless of percentile or score, including applications that were not discussed.

When is the deadline?

Monday, December 2, 2024 - 5:00 PM

How do I learn more and apply?

Interim Support Funding - Click here

Learn More and Apply

Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award

The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. The Clinical Investigator Award program is specifically intended to provide outstanding young physicians with the resources and training structure essential to becoming successful clinical investigators. The goal is to increase the number of physicians capable of moving seamlessly between the laboratory and the patient’s bedside in search of breakthrough treatments.

MGH is eligible to nominate a maximum of five (5) candidates.

$600,000 for a period of three years. Funding in the amount of $200,000 will be allocated to the awardee’s institution each year for the support of the Clinical Investigator. No part of this grant can be used for indirect costs or institutional overhead.

MGH letter of intent deadline: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 5:00pm

Sponsor deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025 at 4:00pm

Learn more

MGH Research Scholars 2025

The MGH Research Scholars program is a philanthropy-fueled initiative established to support MGH research faculty and accelerate important work that will improve and transform the future of healthcare. The intent of these awards is to support the careers of outstanding MGH investigators doing cutting-edge research that is highly innovative and expected to result in fundamental scientific discoveries and/or clinical applications. This opportunity is open to faculty at the level of Assistant and Associate Professor.

Each award is $500,000 over 5 years; funded at $100,000 per year, including 20% indirect costs.

Deadline: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 – 5:00 PM

Learn more

The MGH Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards

for Junior Faculty Women Investigators

Applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards!

What are the Claflin Awards?

Although women scientists are recruited to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) programs, their advancement to senior faculty positions is still far less frequent than that of their male counterparts. In 1993, The Women in Academic Medicine Committee, originally chaired by Mrs. Jane D. Claflin, Honorary Trustee, was established to facilitate the academic careers of women in science at MGH. Recognizing that a significant obstacle to career advancement is the difficulty of maintaining research productivity alongside the responsibilities of parenting, this Committee, with the sponsorship of the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR), established the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards. It is intended that this funding will increase opportunities for women to advance to senior positions in academic medicine.

How much is each award?

These are two-year awards for $60,000 per year in direct costs, plus 20% for indirect costs.

When is the deadline?

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:00 PM

Learn More

Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award

A program of the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation

What are they?

The Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in 2017 to fuel creativity and innovation in junior investigators in the basic sciences. The Award supports the pursuit of high impact ideas to generate breakthroughs and drive new directions in biomedical research. The awards will fund high-risk, high-reward pilot projects. Projects should be conceptualized as a novel research line and a distinct and novel off-shoot from the applicant’s current research.

Eligible applicants must be junior investigators who received their first independent faculty appointment on or between November 1, 2016 and November 1, 2021.

There is no longer a limit on the number of applications from a given institution. Applicants no longer need to be internally selected and nominated by their institutions. Please apply directly to the sponsor.

How much is the award?

The award is $400,000 over two years ($200,000 per year) inclusive of 5% IDC

When is the deadline?

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 12:00 Noon

How do I learn more about the opportunity?

Smith Family Foundation: Odyssey Award – Click here

Learn More

Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health

Request for Applications (RFA)

Applications due: January 15, 2025

Highlights:

Funding: $25,000 - $50,000 per award, up to eight awards available
Applications due: January 15, 2025

This pilot funding opportunity focuses on potential solutions to common roadblocks that impact faculty, research staff, and other communities in the conduct of research on human health.

Background: The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) requires all clinical and translational science centers, including Harvard Catalyst, to use translational science methodologies to identify and mitigate roadblocks impeding health-related research at their local institutions. Through multiple outreach formats across Harvard University schools and affiliated hospitals, Harvard Catalyst identified translational roadblocks that faculty and other employees felt limited the breadth and impact of research on human health. These formed the basis for initiatives proposed in Harvard Catalyst’s current NCATS award and several are addressed by this pilot opportunity.

This request for applications (RFA) invites proposals for innovative pilot projects that address some aspect of any one of the following three translational roadblocks:

Research and clinical data need to be connected and their access democratized.
The clinical translational research (CTR) workforce is not sufficiently diverse and must be grown in all domains.
Insufficient mechanisms exist to support implementation of CTR evidence into practice.

Examples illustrating the broad range of responsive proposals can be found in the full program announcement posted on the website.

It is important that clinical research moves toward a greater emphasis on translational science research, the outcomes of which will increase the impact of clinical research on human health. Your participation can drive meaningful change.

In accord with the above mandate, this RFA seeks studies that explore or demonstrate how a range of processes, assessments, models, or modifications can inform clinical translational research more generally, rather than asking for proposals focused on a specific aspect of a highly-defined clinical question or setting.

Applications are due January 15, 2025.

Visit our website for more information, including application details, examples of projects that might be proposed, the NCATS definition of translational science, and key dates. Please do not hesitate to email us at grants@catalyst.harvard.edu if you have any questions or require further information.

Visit our Website

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.

Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

MGH LOI Deadline: 11/13/24

Learn more

NCI National Clinical Trials Network – Network Lead Academic Participating Sites (UG1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

MGH LOI Deadline: 12/11/24

Learn more

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 .

Transition to Independence Grants (multiple opps), ASN Foundation/American Society of Nephrology. $200,000 (10% IDC). Application Deadline: December 5
William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program, ASN Foundation/American Society of Nephrology. $100,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: December 5
Discovery Grant, American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA). $50,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: December 11
KY Cha Award in Stem Cell Technology, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). $20,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: December 2
The Maya's Wings Foundation Research Award (abnormal placentation in IVF-pregnancies), American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). $25,000 (10% IDC). Application Deadline: December 2
Early Faculty Development Research Grants, American Society of Transplantation (AST). $150,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: December 1
Fellowship Research Grants, American Society of Transplantation (AST). $150,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: December 1
Research Grant Program (multiple opps), International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF). $1.5 million (IDC varies). Application Deadline: February 26
Transformation of Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF). $200,000 (10% IDC). Application Deadline: December 15
Scholar Awards, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. $225,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: January 13
Development Grants (DG), Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). $210,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: December 9
Research Grants (RG), Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). $300,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: December 9
PKD Foundation Fellowships, Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD Foundation). $120,000 (IDC Exempt). Application Deadline: January 14
Racial Disparities Grant, Prostate Cancer Research Centre. ≈$650,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: November 17
Basic Research Award in Chronic Pain for Early Career Scholars, Rita Allen Foundation. $150,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: December 11
NEW! Early Career Small Pilot Grants (impact of digital technology on young people), The Huo Family Foundation. $33,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: November 17

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.

Stairwell Storage and Blocking Emergency Equipment

During quarterly inspections with the Boston Fire Department (BFD) earlier this month, we encountered multiple locations across Main Campus with chairs unattended in stairwells, and multiple locations with blocked fire extinguishers and gas shut-off valves. These findings are violations of the Massachusetts Fire Code and have resulted in citations and fines.

We ask that you ensure the following in your areas at all times:

No storage of anything in stairwells
At least 3 feet of clearance around all emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers, fire alarm pull stations, and emergency shut-off valves
Unobstructed egress for all exit doorways and corridors
No storage less than 18” from the bottom of sprinkler heads

Related hospital-wide policies for fire and life safety management can be found on Ellucid. You can also contact the Safety Office at 617-726-2425 or mghsafety@mgb.org for questions or to report violations.

Learn More

HMS Core for Mentorship Excellence (CFME)

HMS has just launched the HMS Core for Mentorship Excellence (CFME). The Core builds upon two decades of research conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “Center for the Improvement in the Mentored Experience in Research” (CIMER). Led by Bruce Birren, Lindsay Frazier and Marjorie Oettinger, the core will offer workshops based on the CIMER curriculum and will cover the core mentoring competencies that will be required by for NIH training grants as of January 2025. CIMER Research Mentor Workshops use an evidence-based, case-based, interactive approach that engages mentors in collective problem solving and connects them with resources to optimize their mentoring practices.

Learn More

Apply for the 2025 Claflin Consultation Initiative

Applying for the Claflin Awards? ECOR and the Office for Women’s Careers are offering help with your application.

If you are applying for a Claflin Award, and would like help preparing your application, ECOR and the Office for Women’s Careers (OWC) encourages you to take advantage of the Claflin Consultation Initiative (CCI) for applicants.

The CCI is designed to help eligible faculty prepare their best application for the 2025 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards. Many prior Claflin winners have volunteered their time to answer questions and offer guidance and encouragement to potential applicants. Coaches may give advice on all aspects of the application, including the research plan, budget, and the description of child-rearing responsibilities.

Please click here to enroll in the Claflin Consultation Initiative by Monday, December 2.

We encourage you to attend the Claflin panel discussion on November 20 from 9:00 – 10:00am. Please refer to the call for more details.

To review your eligibility please click here or email ecor@mgh.harvard.edu before registering for the CCI.

click here these events and more on the calendar of events

Fun Friday: Painting Demonstration with Troods

Friday, November 1, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Zoom

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development's

Office for Well-Being

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity.

Join artist Patricia Nolan-Brown, aka “Troods,” who will be demonstrating her favorite way to paint. You will see how painting can be a form of joyful meditation once you let go of expectations.

Facilitator: Patricia Nolan-Brown (aka Troods) is an artist with a studio at Western Ave Studios in Lowell, MA. She holds a BA in art from Framingham State University and has used her creative brain to launch many inventions and businesses (most noted for the original Rear Facing Car seat Mirror). Also an author, her published book is called “Idea to Invention.”

She paints with oils in an expressive impasto style. Her paintings are widely collected here and abroad, including a permanent collection at Galerie Diederot in France. Troods offers private and group instruction visit Troodsart.com

Click to register

Virtual HRA Town Hall

Thursday, November 7^th at 12:00 PM (Noon)

Join Us!

Zoom Link: https://partners.zoom.us/j/89385703584

Agenda

Fiscal Year 2024 Recap: HRA Metrics
Change to RedCap Texting
Update on new Remuneration Core

Presenters:

Martha Jones, VP, Human Research Affairs

Daniel Foley, RISC Applications Analyst II

Gala Laffey, Administrative Director, HRA

Zoom Link

Leadership Skills Retreat

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 12:00 – 5:00 pm, MGH Main Campus

A half-day in-person retreat geared toward mid-career faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) looking to build their leadership skillset. Topics include: “Giving an Engaging Presentation,” “Leading Effective Teams,” and “How to Develop a National Reputation.”

Facilitators:

David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH, Director, Glaucoma Service, MA Eye and Ear; and Co-Director, Glaucoma Center of Excellence, HMS Department of Ophthalmology

Laurie S. Pascal, MBA, MPH, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and President, Pascal Coaching and Consulting LLC

Sareh Parangi, MD, Chair of Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital; and Director, MGH Thyroid Cancer Research Laboratory

Miriam A. Bredella, MD, MBA, Bernard and Irene Schwartz Professor of Radiology & Vice Chair for Strategy, Department of Radiology, Associate Dean for Translational Science, Director Clinical and Translational Science Institute NYU Langone Health and Grossman School of Medicine

RCR: Responsible Conduct of Omics

Course Director: Jeremiah Scharf, MD, PhD, Director, Tic Disorders Unit, Division of Movement Disorders, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry Principal Investigator, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, MGH

When: Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 1:00-4:30 pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Description:

The Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Clinical Research sponsors this conference. The goal is to cover various topics relevant to human genetic research in the modern era. The target audience includes junior and senior research faculty, postdocs, graduate, and medical students, and cross-training established investigators who are just getting started on complex trait genetics. Responsible conduct of research (RCR) training is required of students, trainees, and investigators with career development awards supported by NIH funds. In addition, the National Science Foundation (NSF) requires RCR training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows with any NSF support.

RCR Credit: Completion of this course will fulfill one lecture or discussion requirement.

Speed Mentoring Hour

Friday, November 8, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom

Every month, two mentor leaders from different departments will answer your questions about any aspect of being a mentee or mentor. You do not need to be in the same department as the leaders—this event is open to faculty across MGH, but registration is required. Come ready with your questions and be ready to learn not only from the senior mentoring leaders but also from fellow attendees.

This session is scheduled for November 8, 12 – 1 pm, with Steven Greenberg, MD, PhD, Vice-Chair, Faculty Development and Promotions, MGH Department of Neurology; and Jason Harris, MD, Associate Chief for Academic Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Pediatrics.

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.

Faculty Transition Webinar Series S1 -

"Successful Transition to Retirement While Balancing Continued Engagement at MGH"

Monday, November 11, 2024, 4:00 - 5:00pm, Zoom

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development

The Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Senior Faculty Transitions invites you to join a panel of MGH faculty members who transitioned to retirement while finding opportunities to stay engaged in academic activities, such as teaching and mentoring.

Panelists:

Jeffrey B. Cooper, MD, Founder, Center for Medical Simulation

Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD, Pediatric Neurosurgeon

Robert Rollings, MD, Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center

Isaac Schiff, MD, former Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Anne B. Young, MD, PhD, former Chief of Neurology, currently researcher and clinician

Click to register

A Practical Guide to Leveraging the Mass General Brigham Biobank and All of Us Research Program for Genetic and Biomarker Research

When: Tuesday, November 12 | 1:00-4:30 pm

Course Director: Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD, Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, MGH

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Description:

Recent years have seen the rise of precision medicine as an organizing framework for biomedical research. Mass General Brigham has emerged as a leader in this new paradigm, facilitated partly by the availability of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Biobank and involvement in the NIH All of Us Research Program. With more than 150,000 participants enrolled, broad clinical data, biospecimens, and genomic data, the MGB Biobank offers a powerful resource for basic, clinical/translational, omics, and biomarker research. The All of Us Research Program, with more than 800,000 participants, offers a national research resource that includes electronic health records, genomic, survey, and other data and is broadly accessible to MGH researchers. The MGH Division of Clinical Research Omics Unit is sponsoring a mini course focused on how investigators may leverage the MGB Biobank and the All of Us Research Program for genetic, biomarker, and observational research. The course will include an overview of these resources, practical tips on conducting research, and illustrative use cases.

Course: Qualitative and Mixed Methods:

Mixed Methods Research

QMMR: Mixed Methods Research

Speakers: Rachel Vanderkruik, PhD and Vanessa Merker, PhD

When: Tuesday, 11/12/24 | 10:00-11:00 am

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Description:

Sponsored by the MGRI Division of Clinical Research and the Mongan Institute

This one-session course will introduce clinical investigators to the principles and practices of mixed-method research. Mixed methods research is an approach to collecting, analyzing, and integrating both quantitative and qualitative research and methods within a study. This course will summarize how integration in mixed methods research can occur at the research design, methods, and/or interpretation and reporting levels. We will highlight the value of mixed methods approaches and common misconceptions. Examples of how mixed methods research can be used in healthcare will be provided.

This course is intended for MGH researchers but is available to all across MGB.

Gene and Cell Therapy Research Symposium

November 12-13, 2024, MGH Assembly Row

The 2nd annual Gene and Cell Therapy Research Symposium will take place November 12-13, 2024, bringing together Mass General Brigham researchers and clinicians dedicated to advancing gene and cell therapy. There will be opportunities for networking and collaboration among attendees and engaging discussions led by MGH researchers:

Sharl Azar, MD
Edwin Choy, MD, PhD
Allan Goldstein, MD
Max Jan, MD, PhD

Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD
Jeff Schweitzer, PhD, MD

Drop-In Sessions for CRC's

When: Wednesday, 11/13/24 | 12:00-1:00 pm

Location: Virtual via Teams

Join Here!

Are you a clinical research coordinator? Do you have questions about MGB or MGH clinical research processes or systems, who to contact, and the next steps? We are here to help. Come to the DCR’s Virtual Drop-In Sessions for CRCs! Get answers to all of your clinical research operations questions from experienced members of the DCR and chat with your fellow CRCs. Drop-in sessions are hosted on MS Teams bi-weekly on Wednesdays from Noon to 1:00 PM starting June 12th.

Join Here

Boston Angiogenesis Meeting 2024

Friday, November 15, 2024, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Simches Research Center

Meeting Chair: Dan G. Duda, DMD, PhD, FAIMBE, FAAAS, FASGO, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Investigator, Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute

Director of Translational Research in GI Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital

REDCap MyCap

Speakers: Daniel Foley, Applications Analyst II, and Jeremy Alphonse, Project Analyst II, Research Information Science and Computing (RISC) Applications and Services

When: Friday, 11/15/24 | 11:00 am-12:00 pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Description:

MyCap, a new feature now available in REDCap, is a customizable participant-facing mobile application (app) that captures patient-reported outcomes based on a REDCap project. MyCap collects data through surveys and the automated administration of active tasks (activities performed by participants using mobile device sensors under semi-controlled conditions) from any mobile device (iOS or Android).

Learning Objectives:

MyCap Overview: Explain what the MyCap Mobile App can provide participants and researchers, identify likely research projects that would benefit from MyCap, and review the process for requesting access to the tool.
MyCap Build Process: A demonstration on how to setup a MyCap enabled project will be included. Activation of surveys/tasks/active tasks will be provided.
Future MyCap Improvements: A discussion of upcoming features available for MyCap enabled projects will be shown.
More information about MyCap can be found at: https://confluence.partners.org/display/MRRC/MyCap+Application

REDCap link: https://rc.partners.org/research-apps-and-services/collect-data#redcap

Research Recharge

A social and networking event hosted by the MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion

Monday, November 18, 12p – 1p

CNY 149 – 2-220

To RSVP, click here

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is dedicated to building a diverse research workforce at Mass General Hospital. The Research Recharge is time set aside for the MGH underrepresented in medicine (UiM) research community to engage and build valuable connections.

Lunch will be served!

Please email cdi@mgh.harvard.edu if you have any questions or concerns.

Parenting Series 2024-2025:

“The Ins and Outs of Paternity Leave”

Monday, November 18, 2024 • 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Women’s Careers

The Parenting Series is an Office for Women’s Careers initiative focused on well-being and work-life balance for MGH faculty and trainee parents.

This panel will present the logistics as well as the lived experience of taking paternity leave, a benefit that has received less attention than maternity leave but that is also of crucial value and importance.

Panelists:

Daniel Hall, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, HMS
Mitchel B. Harris, MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, HMS
Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, HMS
Virginia Rosales, HR/Benefits Manager, Professional Staff Compensation and Benefits Office

Click to register

Clinical Trial Opportunities for Young Investigators:

Partnering with the TCRC

Speakers: Mason Freeman, MD, Director, Translational Research Group, MGH, and Melanie Haines, MD, Neuroendocrine Unit, MGH, and Joshua Salvi, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, MGH

When: Monday, November 18, 2024 | 2:00-3:00 pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Opportunities for junior investigators to become involved in industry-sponsored clinical trials
Assess junior investigators' interest in a certificate course/training for investigators conducting industry-sponsored trials
Career pathways for investigators interested in conducting industry trials

Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 9:00 – 10:00am, Zoom Meeting

Would you like to know more about the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards?

These awards are designed to provide bridge funding for women with an HMS faculty appointment of instructor or assistant professor, to sustain research productivity alongside the responsibilities of parenting, with the intention of advancing women in academic medicine. The discussion will cover:

Eligibility requirements
Resources to improve your application
Advice from recent Claflin Scholars
How the award can advance your career

Join Zoom Meeting

https://partners.zoom.us/j/83468202869

Meeting ID: 834 6820 2869

Find your local number: https://partners.zoom.us/u/kbK6AlZx9Z

Zoom Link

“How Do You Feel?”, a moderated discussion with Dr. Jessi Gold

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

In-person in Bulfinch-450 with virtual option

Dr. Jessi Gold is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System and is a psychiatrist who cares for healthcare workers, faculty, and young adults. Dr. Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, Director of the Office of Clinical Careers, will moderate a discussion with her about her new book, “How Do You Feel?"

The first 30 to register will receive a copy of the book via interoffice mail. You must have an interoffice mailing address on-campus or pick up the book at the event.

Presenter

Psychiatrist Jessi Gold, MD, MS, is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She is a fierce mental health advocate and highly sought-after expert in the media on everything from burnout to celebrity self-disclosure. Dr. Gold has written widely for the popular press, including for The New York Times, The Atlantic, InStyle, Slate, and Self. In her clinical practice, she sees health care workers, trainees, and young adults in college. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (with a degree in anthropology), the Yale School of Medicine, and the Stanford University Department of Psychiatry, she spends her free time traveling with her friends, watching live music (especially Taylor Swift) or mindless television, and on walks with her dog, Winnie. Find her on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Threads @DrJessiGold.

Click to register

Maurizio Fava Lecture Series on Well-Being:

“Reading Kafka in the Hospital Cafeteria - Reflections on 17 years of Literature and Medicine at MGH”

Thursday, November 21, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Sponsored by Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being

The Maurizio Fava Lecture Series on Well-Being was created to honor Dr. Fava’s vision and advocacy for well-being of the MGH community.

Reading literature has been shown to increase empathy and enhance clinical and academic skills. At MGH we have had a monthly literature and medicine discussion group for 17 years. How has reading and discussing the works of Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, and many other writers improved our personal and professional lives? Can poetry and prose heal burnout? In this lecture Dr. Koven will address these questions and also trace the long tradition of narrative in medicine.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Explore the role has narrative played in the evolution and practice of medicine.

• Analyze how reading literature can improve patient care and caregiver satisfaction.

• Understand how writing literary narrative contributes to clinical and academic medical faculty well-being.

Target Audience: This activity is intended for physicians with any specialty.

Course Director: Joshua N. Goldstein, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Faculty Development (CFD) and Professor of Emergency Medicine.

Presenter:

Suzanne Koven, MD, received her B.A. in English literature from Yale and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins. She also holds an M.F.A. in nonfiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars. After her residency training and chief residency in medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, she joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and practiced primary care internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital for over 30 years. She is an associate professor of medicine and global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and holds the Valerie Winchester Family Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine at Mass General. In 2019 she was named inaugural Writer in Residence at Mass General. Her essays, articles, blogs, and reviews have appeared in The Boston Globe, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, NewYorker.com, Psychology Today, The L.A. Review of Books, The Virginia Quarterly, STAT, and other publications. Her monthly column “In Practice” appeared in The Boston Globe and won the Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Writing from the American Medical Writers Association. Dr. Koven co-directs the Media and Medicine program at Harvard Medical School and speaks to a wide variety of audiences on literature and medicine and the role of women in medicine. Her essay collection, Letter to a Young Female Physician, was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2021. Her memoir, the Mirror Box, will be published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2026.

Click to register