In this edition:

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Funding Opportunities:

• Home Base FY 2024 Innovation Award
• Gene and Cell Therapy Institute “Spark” Grant Program
• The 2023 Raynor Cerebellum Project Research RFA
• MGH Screening Technologies in Primary Care Innovation Fund (PCIF)
• K12/Catalyst Medical Research Investigator Training Award
• Interim Support Funding 23-2
• ISCCCE Pilot Funding RFA
• Andrew L. Warshaw, M.D, Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research
• Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
• Foundation Funding Opportunities

Announcements:

• Financial Planning 10-week Class
• Postdoctoral Research Training Opportunity
• Consulting: NIH K Grant Specific Aims
• MGB Research Core NVivo Software
• MathWorks Training
• Fundamentals of Drug Development at Mass General Brigham

Events:

• MGB World Medical Innovation Forum
• ERIS Virtual Office Hours
• Artificial Intelligence for Clinicians (AI4C) Lecture Series
• MIT Hacking Medicine - Grand Hackathon
• Metabolic biomarker profiling of MGB Biobank participants
• 1st Annual Northeast Regional Clinical Research Nurse Symposium
• 8th Annual Skeletal Research Symposium
• MGH Midlife Women's Health Conference
• MGH Nursing Research Day Events
• Lab Managers’ Discussion Group Meeting
• The 24th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium
• Fun Fridays
• Meditation Sessions available every week
• 2023 Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series 05
• CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award

Home Base FY 2024 Innovation Award to Catalyze Military-Connected Research

Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and MGH Program, is providing catalyst funding to be used toward innovative and novel military-focused research. The purpose of this grant funding is to stimulate the entry of new ideas and exciting approaches to research designed to yield meaningful impact for Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, and Military-Connected Families. 

Proposals should relate to advancing one or more of the following areas of clinical or translational research: 

• Post-traumatic stress and its most common comorbidities including but not limited to depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders. 
• TBI and its most common comorbidities including but not limited to depressive, anxiety, and sleep disorders. 
• The impact of invisible wounds on the service member’s or veteran’s family relationships, as well as interventions to improve these relationships. 
• Interventions to improve wellness among service members and veterans, irrespective of specific clinical diagnoses. 

We plan to provide $150,000 in total funding, distributed according to project merit, timeframe and number of awards. 

The application deadline is Friday, June 2, 2023 at 5:00 pm

Gene and Cell Therapy Institute “Spark” Grant Program

The GCTI Spark grants will fund projects that can demonstrate tangible advancements towards clinical applications as well as commercialization outcomes including licensing, commercial partnerships, or new spinoff companies. The program will enhance the innovative potential of the Mass General Brigham gene and cell therapy research community, stimulate new inventive concepts, identify areas of commercially significant scientific strength, and accelerate commercialization of Mass General Brigham intellectual assets. Individual grants up to $250,000 total cost will be funded (inclusive of 20% IDC).

For FY23, the GCTI funding opportunity is open to all clinical areas and technology types that include cell or gene therapies, with a focus on research and preclinical stage programs. Multi-investigator collaborations are encouraged.

Pre-proposals will be accepted until May 10, 2023.

The 2023 Raynor Cerebellum Project Research RFA

The Raynor Cerebellum Project is a new initiative that invites applications from collaborative teams in order to bring together research teams and clinicians with the goal of treating individuals with cerebellar disorders.

The following four projects are the programmatic focus of the current 2023 RFA and are intended to be the logical continuation of the work started at the RCP’s Fall 2022 Big Ideas Summit in New Mexico.

1. Cerebellar circuit-targeted interventions.
2. Understanding longitudinal anatomical changes in developmental cerebellar disorders.
3. Cerebellar “Prosthesis”.
4. Circuit network changes in cerebellar disorders.

Letters of Interest (LOIs) for each RFA will be due by June 23, 2023 and should be submitted to submissions@raynorcerebellumproject.org.

MGH Screening Technologies in Primary Care Innovation Fund (PCIF)

There is great promise for the development of new technologies to detect disease or disease risk factors at an earlier stage in the primary care setting. However, innovative screening technologies are frequently difficult to get off the ground due to challenges conducting research in the primary care setting and difficulties translating and commercializing technologies that need to be implemented in a cost-effective manner and on a large scale.

Due date for proposals is May 31, 2023

Proposals will be reviewed by an internal committee with expertise on primary care screening technology development, clinical translation, and commercialization.

Funding will begin on July 1, 2023

K12/Catalyst Medical Research Investigator Training Award

The K12/CMeRIT program offers advanced training through educational activities and mentored research for senior fellows and junior faculty in clinical and translational research. The award provides two years of salary support at 50-75% of the awardee’s institutional salary base within NIH guidelines. Please see the website for application instructions and detailed eligibility requirements.

The application opens March 9 and is due May 26.

Contact us is you have questions. 

NEW ISCCCE Pilot Funding RFA: Implementation Science Pilot Grants



The Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control Equity (ISCCCE) is excited to share the release of a new Request for Applications for Pilot Grants on implementation research on health equity in community settings. Up to $75,000 for 1 year to support the planning of a new clinical, community, or policy implementation science research project. Letters of Intent are due April 10, 2023.

ISCCCE leadership will host an orientation webinar to share more about the center’s infrastructure, existing pilots, and answer any questions about the RFA on March 9th from 3-4pm (no registration required, attendance is strongly encouraged). As part of the grant application process, we will also offer Community Engagement Studios to provided applicants with direct feedback and guidance on their research concepts via a facilitated conversation with community health center partners.

2023 Request for Applications: Andrew L. Warshaw, M.D, Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 5:00PM

The Andrew L. Warshaw, M.D., Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research is pleased to announce the 2023 call for applications for $60,000 pilot awards for MGH Investigators. Applications are welcome from new investigators, established investigators in the field of pancreatic cancer, as well as senior investigators who have not previously worked in this area. The Institute is particularly interested in research directed towards identifying specific causes of pancreatic cancer; early detection, understanding factors that promote tumor growth; novel imaging modalities; understanding mechanisms of resistance to existing chemotherapy and radiation, as well as exploring novel therapeutic approaches. Basic, translational, and clinical research projects will be considered.

Pilot Awards: Up to three pilot grants will be funded for one year at $60,000 (direct costs).

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.

NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.

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Consortium for Food Allergy Research: Clinical Research Center (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the Clinical Research Centers (CRC) for the NIAID Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR). 

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Consortium for Food Allergy Research: Leadership Center (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the Leadership Center of the NIAID Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR).

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Jointly Sponsored Rith L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) program will advance infectious disease modeling science by serving as a hub for collaboration and dissemination of research products from the MIDAS investigator network.

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Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Program (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) program will advance infectious disease modeling science by serving as a hub for collaboration and dissemination of research products from the MIDAS investigator network. 

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Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2024 (P2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.

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Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (R25 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. 

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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.



CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:

See full details for all awards on our website.

ACCF/Merck Research Fellowship Award, ACC Foundation (ACCF)/American College of Cardiology (ACC). $100,000. Application Deadline: May 15

Starting Grants in ALS Basic Research, Bruno and Ilse Frick Foundation for Research on ALS. ≈$109,000. Application Deadline: September 30

NEW! Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) (multiple funding levels), Critical Path Institute (C-Path). $1 million. Preproposal Deadline: April 17

HD Human Biology Project, Huntington's Disease Society of America. $150,000. LOI Deadline: May 5

NEW! Well-Being in Multiple Sclerosis, International Progressive MS Alliance. ≈$3.2 million. Stage 1 LOI Deadline: May 1

Brain and Neurodegenerative Disease Health Outcomes Research Grant, Local Initiative for Excellence (L.I.F.E.) Foundation. $100.000. LOI Deadline: June 30

Faculty Starter Grants (multiple opps), PhRMA Foundation. $100,000. LOI Deadline: May 15

NEW! Frontier Award in Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research (VA-HOR), PhRMA Foundation. $500,000. LOI Deadline: April 14

Postdoctoral Fellowships (multiple opps), PhRMA Foundation. $120,000. LOI Deadline: May 15

Bayer-PCF Darolutamide Challenge Awards, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). $1 million. Application Deadline: June 5

Bayer-PCF Health Equity Research Awards, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). $200,000. LOI Deadline: May 5

NEW! Homerun Cancer Cure Research Grant, The Cure Starts Now. $200,000. Application Deadline: June 1

NEW! Alpha-synuclein Post-translational Modification Quantification Program, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). $1 million. Pre-Proposal Deadline: April 18

Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). $2 million. Application Deadline: May 25

Mentored Research Fellowship, The Myositis Association. $100,000. LOI Deadline: May 5

Pilot Project Grant, The Myositis Association. $200,000. LOI Deadline: May 5

Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program, Thermo Fisher Scientific. $200,000. Proposal Deadline: May 15

Child Development Research: Motor Impairments and the Neurodiverse Brain, The Waterloo Foundation (TWF). ≈$98,000. LOI Deadline: October 29

Child Development Research: Physical Activity in Neurodevelopment Disorders and Psychology Outcomes, The Waterloo Foundation (TWF). The Waterloo Foundation (TWF). ≈$98,000. LOI Deadline: July 2

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.

Financial Planning 10-week Class

Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development

The Center for Faculty Development and Professional Benefits Office are excited to partner with Her Personal Finance to offer a 10-week online financial planning class for all faculty at MGH (not only women faculty)! Have questions about how much to save for retirement or how much you should invest in a single asset like a house? Unsure if you should pay off your student loans first or save more for retirement? This class is designed to answer those questions while helping you navigate common pitfalls which trip up professional faculty in academic medicine. This is a unique opportunity and space is limited, so please click here for more information and here to apply.

Facilitated by Eryn Schultz, MBA, Founder of Her Personal Finance.

Classes will take place every Wednesday from 4-5pm from April 12 to June 14, 2023.

Postdoctoral Research Training Opportunity

Program Overview

Bridging the Science-to-Service Gap: Prevention, Optimization and Living Well with Persistent or Serious Illness (Bridge-The-Gap) is funded by a T32 training grant award from the National Institute on Aging. It is focused on training scientists to conduct clinical and behavioral prevention interventions across the continuum from health to illness across all care settings (hospital, nursing homes) and in the community for older individuals or those with persistent or serious illness, and their care-partners. Fellowships are 1-3 years in duration.

MGB Research Core NVivo Software

Time to renew your NVivo portal license through the ERIS Research Computing Core. Annual NVivo licenses expire each year on February 28th. Your license will automatically cancel, and you will need to order again at rcservices.partners.org (MGB login required). Nvivo licenses are $350/year per User and new licenses can be ordered and accessed today.



NVivo is software that can be used for qualitative analysis of textual and audiovisual data sources. NVivo portal licenses require no installation and you may log into your account on any computer, to access the NVivo portal. For more information on NVivo go to the Research Computing Core's software page or order now at rcservices.partners.org (MGB login required). All questions may be directed to rcc@partners.org.

MathWorks Training

Online training is available offered by MathWorks.

Fundamentals of Drug Development at Mass General Brigham

On-Demand Innovation Education: MESH Core Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp

What is the process involved in taking a new drug from the laboratory to market? What are the barriers and logistical challenges along the way? In this session, Dione Kobayashi, PhD, Head of Therapeutics and Operating Partner with Amplify, will discuss the factors driving successful drug development and outline approaches that may be applied in an academic setting including the Amplify translational technology program.

MGB World Medical Innovation Forum

June 12-14, 2023

Boston's Top Healthcare Innovation Gathering

Join leading healthcare and financial experts at the World Medical Innovation Forum as they assess the impact of the latest innovations in three of today’s fastest breakthrough areas.

Network with industry disruptors and executives, including top Harvard clinicians and scientists from Mass General Brigham, the premier academic research organization and medical system in the U.S., and financial experts from Bank of America, manager of one of the largest healthcare portfolios in the industry.

Plan ahead for April ERIS Virtual Office Hours:

At virtual ERIS office hours, subject matter experts will be online to help you troubleshoot and get started with ERISOne/Two Linux Clusters, ERISXdl GPU platform and can assist with questions about other ERIS related services.

April 10th, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

https://partners.zoom.us/j/88272437606

Artificial Intelligence for Clinicians (AI4C) Lecture Series

Learning prespecified multidimensional neuropsychiatric phenotypes from the EHR for risk stratification

Thomas McCoy, MD

Thursday, April 13th, 12pm ET

MIT Hacking Medicine - Grand Hackathon



Tackle healthcare’s toughest pain points alongside healthcare professionals, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Participants of any background with a passion for healthcare are welcome! With 400+ participants and multiple healthcare tracks, there’s a challenge for everyone.

Where is MIT Grand Hack?

MIT Hacking Medicine is excited to bring you the 2023 MIT Grand Hack on April 20-23rd, in Cambridge, MA.

Metabolic biomarker profiling of MGB Biobank participants



The Mass General Brigham Biobank is hosting a seminar on Nightingale Health’s multi-biomarker metabolic profiling panel. The purpose of the seminar is to gauge interest within the MGB research community in a proposal to generate biomarker data for 65,000 Biobank participants using Nightingale Health’s technology.

Nightingale Health has developed a platform for multi-biomarker metabolic profiling. The platform is based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and enables comprehensive profiling of metabolic biomarkers in blood samples with high throughput and accuracy. The Nightingale platform covers 249 measures of lipoprotein lipids, fatty acids, and small molecules such as amino acids, ketones, and glycolysis metabolites.

Seminar: The seminar is scheduled for Monday April 24 at noon, and will feature Jeff Barrett, the Chief Scientific Officer of Nightingale Health.

To participate in the Seminar, please register on Zoom at: https://partners.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdOmupzgpEtPbbQtJbn_DAnXVbxKbhT-3

For more information, you can contact the Biobank at biobank@mgb.org.

More information about Nightingale Health: The Preventative Health Company | Nightingale Health

More information about the Biobank: Biobank | Mass General Brigham

8th Annual Skeletal Research Symposium

Monday, May 8, 2023 •  9:00am – 5:00pm ET

Keynote Speakers

“Mouse models of osteoarthritis”

by Frank Beier, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research

Western Bone and Joint Institute

University of Western Ontario

Talk Title TBD

Anne-Marie Malfait, MD PhD

The George W. Stuppy, MD, Chair of Arthritis at Rush

Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL

PI Chicago Center on MSK Pain: https://mskpain.center

Co- Editor-in-Chief, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

MGH Midlife Women's Health Conference

May 12, 2023

Midlife Women’s Health 2023 provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the care of menopausal women. Advances in research, technology, and pharmacology increase options available for midlife women, but this rapidly changing knowledge-base presents a challenge for clinicians. Care for women at this stage of life is optimized by education on a range of medical concerns provided by experts from a wide variety of medical specialties. Given demographic changes in the US population, midlife women are becoming an increasingly important group served by health care professionals, with needs that cross many areas of medical expertise. CME will be offered for this conference.

MGH Nursing Research Day Events

Calling ALL Nurses! A Celebration of Practice Nurse’s Scholarship: MGH Nursing Research Day Poster Award Winner Presentations

Tuesday May 16^th 1:30-2:30-Virtual Presentation

Support and cheer on your colleagues as they present their award winning projects! Learn how to access and review over 40 virtual EBP, QI and research projects conducted by YOUR fellow nurse colleagues from MGH and affiliates! 

MGH Nursing Research Day: Learn How Our Nurses Transform Cutting Edge Practice into Scholarship to Improve Outcomes

Thursday May 18^th 1:30-3:00-Hybrid Presentation

Come in person to the O’Keeffe Auditorium to celebrate and hear updates from the MGH Munn Center, the announcement of the 2023 Nursing Grant Award Recipients,

and learn about fun initiatives for ALL Nurses!

Featured Invited Presenter: 

Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN

Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Presentation title: “The Power of Nursing: Pathways and Possibilities.”

Program details and registration information are forthcoming. We hope to see everyone!

The Munn Center munncenter@partners.org

Lab Managers’ Discussion Group Meeting

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, Zoom 

The next Lab Managers’ Discussion Group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 23, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.

If you have any questions or comments you would like to submit in advance of the next meeting, please fill out the form.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://partners.zoom.us/j/89339890422

Meeting ID: 893 3989 0422

The 24^th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium – Adiposity, Immunity, and Inflammation: Interrelationships in Health and Disease

Date: June 7, 2023

Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm EST 

The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH) invites you to attend our 24th Annual Symposium, featuring the latest research on a wide range of topics including nutritional regulation of immunity, immunometabolic drivers of heart failure, and immunological landscape of adipose tissue. The George L. Blackburn Keynote Lecture, "Obesity and Immunometabolism," will be given by Dr. Lydia Lynch of Harvard University School of Medicine.

Additional event info and speaker information can be found here.

This event will be held virtually. All are welcome!

Registration is free for all attendees. Register now

TODAY! Fun Fridays- Music by Young and Restless Composers at Berklee

Friday, April 7, 2023, 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.

Prof. Park will host brand-new music compositions written by her students at Berklee. The pieces include song, orchestral, and piano music in various styles! This session will be a great opportunity to hear new music and see what's happening in Boston's vibrant musical place. Please come and show your support for the young and restless composers!

Facilitator: Joo Park, PhD, is a composer and pianist. She seeks to write music that explores the dual nature of existence: simple and complex, obsessive and impulsive, serious and humorous, and tonal and atonal. She wants to create music that combines fascinating musical traditions, such as tonality and counterpoint, with her approach to timbre, chords, fast-changing meters, and texture. She intends to create music that is positive and easy to listen to, and yet intellectual.

Joo is the author of the book Musical Creativity in Composition and Improvisation, published by Springer. Her CD, Passionate Message, published by Silkheart, contains six of her compositions and piano performances. She received a Ph.D in Composition at the University of Minnesota. She is assistant professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music.

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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 à next session, Monday, April 10!

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 à next session, Wednesday, April 12!

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

Join guest leader, Alyssa Adreani, Newton-Wellesley Hospital Spiritual Care Department, for next Wednesday’s guided meditation session on April 12^th!

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2023 Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series 05

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Zoom

Provided by: MGH Center for Faculty Development & Mass General Brigham

"The gender pay gap and reproductive outcomes among women physicians"

The Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series was created to support and advance the careers of women. These lectures offer the opportunity for women faculty from outside institutions that have hosted Anne Klibanski Scholars to present on their expertise, either alone or in tandem with an Anne Klibanski Scholar.

Learning Objectives:

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

·       Discuss the gender pay gap, and how it exists in a fee-for-service system

·       Review the data on delayed childbearing and reproductive outcomes among women physicians (the Dr. Mom cohort)

·       Discuss solutions to closing the gender pay gap and supporting physicians who are parents 

Target Audience: This activity is intended for faculty and faculty trainees.

Course Director: Miriam A. Bredella, MD, Director, Center for Faculty Development; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Presenter: Andrea Simpson, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Obstetrician Gynecologist, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto.

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham 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.

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award

Applications are now being accepted by the Center for Faculty Development for the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award 2023-2024.

Despite extensive work to improve gender equity in academic medicine, women continue to lag behind men in promotions and leadership positions. This inequity was intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately affected women who were tasked with taking on increased childcare and household responsibilities and/or the care of ailing relatives. However, due to COVID-19-related restrictions, many Grand Rounds and Visiting Professorships were conducted virtually, a change that provided an opportunity to promote the participation of more women in Visiting Professorships by removing the barriers that often prevent women from traveling.

The Center for Faculty Development’s Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award will be presented to women faculty clinicians, educators, researchers and senior women postdocs at MGH, who have shown exceptional promise as leaders in their field and whose careers would specifically benefit from speaking, mentoring and networking opportunities at the national or international level. This award will provide an opportunity to serve as a “virtual” Visiting Professor to give Grand Rounds at a national or international institution, organized by the Center for Faculty Development.

The application deadline is Monday, May 15, at 11:59 pm. To learn more and apply, click here.