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May Updates from the Mongan Institute
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Mongan ReflectionsFrom the Director
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Finally! We are now seeing indications that there is a “light at the end of the tunnel”. The CDC relaxed recommendations for wearing masks, vaccination rates continue to build, COVID-19 incidence continues to drop, outside recreation is being embraced, indoor businesses are reopening, sports and music venues are coming back to life, people working remotely are beginning to return to work, and regrettably, traffic is dramatically increasing.
Regardless of these hopeful indications of a return to our pre-COVID lives, it is also undeniable that we have been forever transformed by this past year. The devasting impact of COVID-19 was relentless and highlighted the many inequities and inadequacies of our public health system. The loss of friends, family members, co-workers, patients, and fellow citizens has been profound; the forced isolation for many seniors and young adults has had lasting psychological impact; and the economic impact is yet to fully play out. At the same time the pandemic continues to sweep across the globe highlighting the enormous gap in wealth and resources, between high- and low-and-middle income countries.
As researchers, we have also been transformed in ways that we could not have imagined just 14 months ago. We witnessed accelerated team science that created vaccines and transformed health care delivery in what seemed to be the blink of an eye. We learned that many collaborations and research endeavors can be conducted virtually. We came to understand that fixed randomized trials and observational studies quickly become difficult conduct and to interpret when the context (and literally the world) is constantly changing.
What comes next? What will be the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, health care, and on research? How (and where) will we do the work? How do we capture the “lightening in the bottle” of accelerated, agile, and responsive science using new and innovative methods? How do we prepare the next generation of scientists with these critical new methods? How can research truly advance health and health equity?
Before the pandemic, over 70 members of the Mongan Institute participated in 7 different topical workgroups that were tasked with identifying priorities for Mongan’s future. Over the coming months we will be revisiting these priorities to map our future --peering through a new lens, transformed by the experiences of the past year. Rather than signaling a return to the past, the “light at the end of the tunnel” should instead illuminate a new era in equity-focused health care delivery science-- with a permanently altered sense of possibility, pace, and purpose.
- Steve Bartels, MD, MS
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Dear Colleague,
In this newsletter you will find:
Mongan Institute News and Events
- Tejaswini More Dhawale, MD, Joins Mongan Institute as Core Faculty Member
- Awards & Honors
- John Hsu, MD, Awarded the NOGAs for Two COVID-Related Supplements
- Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, Recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award
- In the News
- Recent Publications
- Job Opportunities
- Social Media Highlight
News and Events from Our Partners
- Grant Opportunities from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
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Tejaswini More Dhawale, MD, Joins Mongan Institute as Core Faculty Member
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Please join us in welcoming Tejaswini More Dhawale, MD, to the Mongan Institute as a Core Faculty member. Dr. Dhawale is an oncologist who has recently been awarded the MGH American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant. Mentored by Dr. Areej El-Jawahri, she is studying communication interventions directed at improving the patient experience of advanced cancer care.
Dr. Dhawale is also an Assistant in Medicine at Mass General, and a member of the Division of Oncology.
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John Hsu, MD, Awarded the NOGAs for Two COVID-Related Supplements
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John Hsu, MD, was awarded the NOGAs for two additional COVID-related supplements: Improving Medicare in an Era of Change: Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities During the COVID-19 Era and Improving Medicare in an Era of Change: Post-Acute Use and Outcomes During the Pandemic for Patients with Dementia.
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, Recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award
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Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) as the 2021 recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award, an honor recognizing a Massachusetts physician for outstanding contributions to medical education and medical students.
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Karen Sepucha, PhD, Director of the Health Decision Sciences Center, collaborated with doctors and social scientists at UCLA and Harvard to determine the best way to persuade Americans who are still not vaccinated to get their shots. The results were published in The New York Times.
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Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH, Administrative Director of the Mongan Institute and Director of the Disparities Solutions Center, presented as part of the MGH Blum Center on how the mistrust of the healthcare system among communities of color affected organizations' ability to mitigate COVID-19, as well as how they have engaged these communities in the distribution of vaccines.
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Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Equity and Community, was featured in NEJM Podcast titled, "Podcast 278: Where equity and community health intersect - a conversation with Joseph Betancourt", regarding equity and the need for medical institutions to pay attention to what's happening in their communities.
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Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH, Administrative Director of the Mongan Institute and Director of the Disparities Solutions Center, spoke on a panel of experts in the webinar, “Racism and Violence Impacting the Asian-American Community” as part of the Equity and Social Justice Series at the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership.
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Recent Publications
Below are a few publications recently published by Mongan Institute investigators. Please find a more comprehensive list of publications from the past 3 months on our website.
- Implementation and sustainability factors of two early-stage breast cancer conversation aids in diverse practices.
Schubbe D, Yen RW, Saunders CH, Elwyn G, Forcino RC, O'Malley AJ, Politi MC, Margenthaler J, Volk RJ, Sepucha K, Ozanne E, Percac-Lima S, Bradley A, Goodwin C, van den Muijsenbergh M, Aarts JWM, Scalia P, Durand MA. Implement Sci. 2021 May 10;16(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13012-021-01115-1.
- Talking With Children About Prognosis: The Decisions and Experiences of Mothers With Metastatic Cancer.
Park EM, Jensen C, Song MK, Yopp JM, Deal AM, Rauch PK, Greer JA, Rosenstein DL. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021 May 3:OP2100003. doi: 10.1200/OP.21.00003. Online ahead of print.
- Urban sexual health clinic patients with 'undetermined risk' for HIV are less likely to receive PrEP.
Platt L, Shebl FM, Qian Y, Bunda B, Ard KL, Bassett IV.
Sex Transm Dis. 2021 May 1. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001460. Online ahead of print.
- Practices, challenges, and opportunities when addressing the palliative care needs of people living with dementia: Specialty memory care provider perspectives.
Bernstein Sideman A, Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Naasan G; Dementia Palliative Care Writing Group, Ritchie CS. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2021 May 1;7(1):e12144. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12144.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Who Respond to Treatment with Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Agents Demonstrate Improvement in Pre-treatment Frailty.
Kochar BD, Cai W, Ananthakrishnan AN. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 May 1. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-06990-8. Online ahead of print.
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Please visit our website to stay updated on all open positions at the Mongan Institute and our centers/programs. To apply, visit the MGH Careers website and search the job number listed.
- Implementation Research Scientist - 3149202
The Mongan Institute seeks an experienced Implementation Scientist at the advanced assistant professor or associate professor level to oversee the development and growth of a cross-institute implementation research, training, mentoring, and consultation program with a special focus on complex conditions and advancing health equity.
- Administrative Coordinator - 3150654
The Mongan Institute in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking a full time Administrative Coordinator. Founded in 2015, the Mongan Institute is dedicated to supporting research across MGH in the areas of population and health care delivery science. The Institute bridges research spanning data science to delivery science, and evaluative science to implementation science including a variety of disciplines and methods such as epidemiology, predictive analytics, cost-effectiveness, health policy, decision science, health disparities, health intervention and implementation research.
- Data Analyst I - 3156217
The Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking a full-time Data Analyst to support research at the Mongan Institute. The Data Analyst will work with investigators on externally funded research studies that focus that range from observational large data set analyses to longitudinal intervention and implementation research studies. The Mongan Institute is an innovative transdisciplinary research institute at MGH consisting of 13 centers and programs spanning data science to delivery science with over 115 faculty, over 30 research fellows, as well as medical student and undergraduate trainees
- Research Data Analyst/Biostatistician - 3129496
The Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) has an opportunity for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to join our research team investigating the clinical and economic value of alternative strategies of HIV treatment and prevention, as well as modeling other diseases, as a Data Analyst/Biostatistician. The candidate should be highly motivated with experience in quantitative methods and public health research. The candidate should have solid foundation in biostatistics and statistical programming. Ideally, the candidate will have experience in mathematical model development, parameterization, and debugging.
- Data Analyst I - 3129494
The Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) is seeking a clinical research Data Analyst to join our research team. The Data Analyst will work with investigators in the Outcomes and Implementation Science Program to analyze and evaluate interventions to improve health outcomes in the United States and international settings.
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The Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) in the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital seeks a Bioinformatics Specialist. Under the general supervision of the CASI Director and CASI faculty, the Bioinformatics Specialist/Data Analyst will work collaboratively with our team to perform a variety of activities including assisting with database development, software programming, data management, statistical analysis, and reporting results for a variety of internal and external projects and constituents.
- Clinical Research Coordinator I - 3138685
The Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) is seeking Research Assistants (Clinical Research Coordinators) to work with an internationally recognized multidisciplinary team from Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to improving clinical outcomes, increasing value in health policy, and informing global public health through innovative research, collaboration, and education.
- Program Coordinator - 3150808
The Program Coordinator will play a key role in research program administration for the Biometry (Biostatistics) Unit through coordination of data analysis activities and monitoring personnel bandwidth. In collaboration with the Directory of Biometry, the Coordinator will lead process improvements to maximize efficiency, transparency, and communication between Investigators and the Biometry Unit.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow - 3112800
This job posting seeks a highly-qualified, post-doctoral researcher with experience in field epidemiology and a career interest in global non-communicable disease research. The incumbent will lead scientific analysis and manuscript development with data from several NIH R01-funded studies focused on the effects of HIV on non-communicable disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, the goal of the research program is to use mixed methods research to elucidate the contributions of HIV infection to health, quality of life, and wellbeing among older-aged persons in rural Uganda. Study methods include qualitative interviews, longitudinal cohort and clinical trial design, and intervention design methods in concert with social, physical, and cellular functioning data to promote wellbeing for older individuals in rural Uganda.
- Programmer Analyst - 3140919
Do you want the code you write to have global social impact? Our research group at Massachusetts General Hospital seeks a talented, motivated full-time scientific Programmer Analyst to join our team. We collaborate with health organizations and research groups around the world to inform health policy by projecting health outcomes and healthcare costs using simulation models. We work on a wide variety of projects, focusing mostly on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and COVID-19, as well as on the health impacts of tobacco use. As a programmer in our group, you will have the opportunity to learn about public health issues while using your software skills to help solve global health problems.
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Grant Opportunities from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's new Health Equity Scholars for Action (HES4A) program is offering grant opportunities up to $250,000 each for research projects about health, well-being, and equity. HES4A is designed to enhance the supports, resources, and community necessary for participants to thrive professionally and personally. To be eligible for HES4A the applicipant must be from a systematically marginalized group that has historically been underrepresented in research disciplines. The application deadline is Wednesday, June 16th, 2021. For more information and to apply, please click here.
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