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February Updates from the Mongan Institute
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Mongan Reflections from the Director:DSC & COVID-Corps Program Highlight
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In keeping with the 2022 theme highlighting our centers and programs at the Mongan Institute, this February Reflections shines a spotlight on the Disparities Solutions Center. The Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) is the first disparities action-oriented center with a focus of moving the issue of disparities in healthcare beyond research into the arenas of policy and practice. Founded in 2005, the Center serves as a national, regional, and local resource, dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to improve quality, eliminate racial and ethnic disparities, and achieve equity in health care. Under the leadership of the Director, Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH, one of the DSC signature initiatives is the Disparities Leadership program, a year-long, hands-on, national executive education program focused on helping health care leaders to advance equity and eliminate health disparities. Since 2008, this extraordinary program has trained over 500 leaders across the nation from over 225 organizations across the United States, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Switzerland. The DSC maintains an active alumni network and itinerary of projects undertaken by participants. In addition, the Disparities Leadership Program, the DSC leads the equity in access to and delivery of clinical care for Mass General as well as the Annual Report on Equity in Healthcare Quality. For more on the Disparities Leadership Program and other outstanding initiatives by the Disparities Solutions Center aimed at making a difference, click here. More recently, in 2020, the DSC launched an innovative program aimed at providing opportunities for mentored experience in biomedical research for diverse undergraduate and graduate students, co-sponsored by the Mongan Institute and the Department of Medicine. The MGH COVID Corps Research Internship Program was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic when many conventional internships were cancelled. The COVID Corps program provides a summer opportunity to conduct COVID-related research, specifically targeting historically underrepresented students in the biomedical research sciences. With thought-leading experts and mentors from the Mongan Institute and across MGH in areas such as epidemiology, population health, health care delivery research, computational biology, immunology, and other major research areas, the COVID Corps scholars have the unique opportunity to learn, grow, and expand their network as official members of the nation’s top hospital-based research program. In this month’s update, you will find a call for the third cohort of COVID-Corps scholars and mentors, as this innovative program continues to advance developing diverse future scientists. Under the close guidance of a carefully selected primary faculty lead mentor, MGH COVID Corps Scholars will benefit from participating in an exciting program of training, while actively contributing to COVID-related research projects to advance novel prevention and therapeutic strategies. More information on the COVID-corps Biomedical Research Internship program and the application process can be found on our website here. Please consider identifying potential candidates and contributing as a sponsor and faculty member in this outstanding program. - Steve Bartels, MD, MS
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MGH COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program
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Applications for the 2022 program are now open for students and mentors! The COVID Corps program provides a summer opportunity to conduct COVID-related research, specifically targeting historically underrepresented students in the biomedical research sciences. If you are wanting to lead students into the fast-paced, pragmatic world of research, please consider applying as a COVID-Corps mentor like many of Mongan's colleagues! Please see some important dates below and check your eligibility on our website here. For questions, please email us at mghmonganinstitute@mgh.harvard.edu.
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Kenneth Freedberg, MD, MSc, Received the MGH Excellence in Mentoring Award
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Kenneth Freedberg, MD, MSc, received the MGH Excellence in Mentoring Award under the Ally for Women Faculty Award. He has served as a direct mentor to 25 post‐doctoral trainees and 4 pre‐doctoral trainees. Twelve of these former trainees have received federal funding, including multiple K01, K08, K23, K24, and R01 awards ‐ ten of whom are women. Four of his female mentees are full Professors at HMS.
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, Named One of Fifty Changemakers of Cancer Prevention
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, chief of the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and director of Cancer Epidemiology at the MGH Cancer Center, has been named one of 50 Changemakers of cancer prevention by the National Cancer Institute. Champions were recognized for their early detection and symptom science in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act. He was also recently highlighted in WBUR for a paper about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy he along with many CTEU faculty such as Long Nguyen MD, MS, Amit Joshi MBBS, PhD, and David Drew PhD published in Nature Communications.
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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.
- Randomized Trial of a Palliative Care Intervention to Improve End-of-Life Care Discussions in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Greer JA, Moy B, El-Jawahri A, Jackson VA, Kamdar M, Jacobsen J, Lindvall C, Shin JA, Rinaldi S, Carlson HA, Sousa A, Gallagher ER, Li Z, Moran S, Ruddy M, Anand MV, Carp JE, Temel JS.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Feb;20(2):136-143. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7040.
- Association of Primary Care Physicians Per Capita With COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among US Counties.
Lo CH, Chiu L, Qian A, Khan MZ, Alhassan HA, Duval AJ, Chan AT.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2147920. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47920.
- Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Injectable HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
Neilan AM, Landovitz RJ, Le MH, Grinsztejn B, Freedberg KA, McCauley M, Wattananimitgul N, Cohen MS, Ciaranello AL, Clement ME, Reddy KP, Hyle EP, Paltiel AD, Walensky RP.
Ann Intern Med. 2022 Feb 1. doi: 10.7326/M21-1548. Online ahead of print.
- Comparative Risk of Thrombotic and Cardiovascular Events with Tofacitinib and Anti-TNF Agents in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Kochar BD, Cheng D, Cai T, Ananthakrishnan AN.
Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Feb 3. doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07404-z. Online ahead of print.
- Longitudinal Electronic Cigarette Use among Patients Recently Diagnosed with Cancer Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Trial.
Kalkhoran S, Streck JM, Kruse GR, Rigotti NA, Perez GK, Regan S, Ponzani CJ, Muzikansky A, Park ER, Ostroff JS.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Feb 4:ntac031. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac031. 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 - 3184035
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 - 3184005
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.
- Grant Coordinator - 3178255
The MGH Mongan Institute in the Department of Medicine seeks a detail oriented, organized, self-directed individual to work with investigators throughout the research funding application and administration process. The candidate will be responsible for assisting investigators from various centers and units in the preparation of research grants, including pre award processes. Serving as the primary liaison between the investigators, Partners Research Management, research administrators based at affiliate and subaward sites, and sponsors, the Grant Coordinator will facilitate all aspects of the application process, including budget development, to ensure timely submission of proposals to meet both internal and external review deadlines.
- Data Analyst I - 3184008
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.
- Senior Data Analyst / Bioinformatics Analyst - 3185834
The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI), a research center within the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital, seeks a Senior Data Analyst to add to our dynamic and growing team. The mission of the Center for Aging and Serious Illness is to better understand the needs of those living with serious illness and their caregivers, develop new interventions, improve current treatments, and explore new questions at the intersection of aging and serious illness. The research team is responsible for a growing number of clinical studies, observational studies, investigator-initiated primary care, hospital-based and community-based implementation studies. The successful Senior Data Analyst will have experience conducting observational data analyses, working with raw data, and using large longitudinal datasets. The ideal candidate has strong analytic and methodological skills, excellent communication skills, experience working with health care data and medical claims data, and the ability to mentor and lead other members of the team.
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MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award
MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award 2022 is open! The MGH Physician/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. We encourage applicants to engage with the center and learn more about our programs and other initiatives: www.massgeneral.org/cdi. The CDI will evaluate the need for this Award on a regular basis. The deadline to apply is Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 at 5:00pm.
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Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Awards
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Preliminary applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Awards. The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the Assistant Professor level. MGH is eligible to nominate one candidate. MGH internal preliminary applications are due on Wednesday, March 23, 2022– 5:00 PM.
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Will Host the Health Disparities Research Institute
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from August 15–19, 2022. Open Application Cycle: Monday, February 7, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET to Monday, March 14, 2022, 5:00 p.m. ET. HDRI aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health and health disparities research scientists and to stimulate research in disciplines supported by health disparities science. The program will feature: Lectures on minority health and health disparities research, Mock grant review, Seminars, and small group discussions. Institute participants will also have the opportunity to engage in sessions with NIH scientific staff involved in health disparities research across the various NIH Institutes and Centers. Please note that applications will only be accepted from extramural scientists who meet NIH’s Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility criteria. All applications must be submitted via the HDRI online application system no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on March 14, 2022. For questions, please email HDRI@nih.gov.
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