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May Updates from the Mongan Institute
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Mongan Reflections from the Director
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The tragic events of the past month once again remind us that gun violence is among the most pressing and growing public health crises in our nation today. The racially motivated killings of ten adults in Buffalo, followed a week later by 19 small children and two teachers gunned down in a school in Uvalde leave us at a loss for words. While we once again observe moments of silence, as health care providers and researchers we are called to speak out and address the ongoing carnage that affects us all, while disproportionately resulting in the deaths of people of color, children, and our elderly. As Dr. Chana Sacks, a Mongan faculty member who lost a 6-year-old family member at Sandy Hook, and Co-Director of the MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention recently stated, "I believe that we can do better. I believe this is not inevitable and that we don't have to live like this". More about the work of the center, and potential solutions approaching gun violence as a public health and health equity imperative can be found at https://www.massgeneral.org/gun-violence-prevention.
As we consider our mission of advancing health equity, the past few months have also been marked by extraordinary recognitions of our senior faculty. We are honored to recognize Dr. Lisa Iezzoni who was recently selected as one of 2022-2023 Radcliffe fellows. The Radcliffe Fellowship selects innovators and leaders spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences, basic sciences, as well as writers and journalists from across the nation and the globe “to pursue curiosity-driven research, expand human understanding, and grapple with questions that demand insight from across disciplines.” As one of the nation’s leading disability scientists and advocates for social justice and healthcare reform for people with disabilities, we are truly honored to have Iezzoni as a member of our faculty. Dr. Iezzoni’s career-long pioneering work exemplifies our commitment to advance research and policy reform across the full spectrum of health disparities, including those associated with disability, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, mental health, and socioeconomic disadvantage.
Among other extraordinary honors by senior faculty over the past few months was the selection of two of Mongan’s leaders for American Cancer Clinical Research Professor awards. This award is given to scientists at the rank of full professor who have achieved seminal accomplishments in research, mentoring and leadership in cancer prevention. It is a truly remarkable that in 2022, the two 5-year awards were both awarded to two physician leaders at the Mongan Institute. Dr. Andrew Chan, Director of the Clinical Translational Epidemiology Unit and Dr. Jennifer Haas, Director of Research for the Division of Internal Medicine, were announced as recipients of this highly prestigious 5-year award. Even more remarkable, Dr. Jennifer Temel, Co-Director of the Cancer Outcomes Research Education Program at the Mongan, was named in 2020 to this professorship—such that 3 of the 15 total current ACS Clinical Research Professors are Center Directors at the Mongan Institute.
These extraordinary leaders and honors are only a few of the many that are featured in our weekly and monthly updates. At the same time, it is clear that the future of our science and of our field is our outstanding junior and mid-career faculty—making Mongan a truly unique research community. As I reflect on our change leaders, spanning early to senior investigators, I am optimistic about our future capacity to advance innovative team science that to make a difference. At the same time, like all of us, I am impatient to accelerate the pace of our research in population and health care delivery science, and most importantly, to achieve rapid dissemination and uptake of our findings to effect real change in healthcare delivery and policy. I am excited about our next phase of development as we welcome Jason Hagan as Mongan Institute Administrative Director who will be engaged in helping to advance our strategic priorities over the coming months and years.
All the best.
- Steve Bartels, MD, MS
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Mongan Institute's new Administrative Director
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Jason Hagan is the Mongan Institute Administrative Director and works closely with Dr. Bartels in setting the administrative direction of the Institute and leads execution of the Institute’s strategic priorities and programs. In addition to administrative leadership and strategic management support, Jason oversees the Institute’s financial operations, policies, procedures, and systems. This includes facilitating staff recruitment and resource development and providing leadership over the Mongan Institute’s communication program aimed at enhancing our national and international recognition as a leader in population and health care delivery research and training.
Before joining the Mongan Institute, Jason was the Manager of Research Administration and Finance for the Cardiovascular Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and was responsible for leading the financial management and operations of the division’s research program supporting over 150 Harvard Medical School faculty and over 300 research employees. He developed reporting and analytics to monitor financial performance and program growth and worked closely with Division leadership to ensure that programs and resources were aligned with short and long-term strategic goals. In this role, Jason received the Mass General Brigham Pillars of Excellence Award in Optimizing Collaboration in 2021.
Jason is a recognized expert in research administration and management and has presented at both the regional and national level on sponsored programs administration and best practices in financial management. He has held leadership positions on the National Council of University Research Administrators New England Region as treasurer and advisory board member and is certified by the Research Administrators Certification Council. Jason is also a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Institute of Management Accountants. Jason holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from Emmanuel College and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bridgewater State University.
Welcome, Jason!
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Dr. Margarita Alegria PhD, was awarded the 2022 Inclusive Voices Award and Selected as a "Champion of Mental Health Equity"
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Dr. Margarita Alegria PhD, was awarded the 2022 Inclusive Voices Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research at the 77th Annual Conference in Chicago on Friday, May 13th. She is accepting the award on behalf of her collaborators for their groundbreaking work on the National Latino and Asian American (NLAAS) study. Read more about the award here. In addition, was selected as a “Champion of Mental Health Equity” by the NYU McSilver Institute as part of Mental Health Awareness month.
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Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Haas MD, MSPH Awarded American Cancer Soceity Clinical Research Professorships
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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, and Jennifer Haas, MD, MSPH director of the Center for Primary Care, have been awarded American Cancer Soceity Clinical Research Professorships. The American Cancer Society offers a limited number of grants to investigators who have had the rank of full professor for 15 years or less and made seminal contributions in the area of cancer control that have changed the direction of clinical, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy, or epidemiologic cancer research.
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Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc named one of the 2022-2023 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellows
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The Fellowship Program annually selects and supports artists, scholars, and practitioners who bring both a record of achievement and exceptional promise to the Institute. Radcliffe fellows are individuals at different stages of their careers who come to the Institute from across the United States and around the world and represent a broad range of academic, professional, and artistic fields. Dr. Iezzoni aims to use findings from interviews conducted with clinicians and patients to understand how to support people with disabilities or complex health needs more effectively while they remain at home.
Read more about Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellows and Dr. Iezzoni's work below.
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Below are a few publications recently published by Mongan Institute investigators.
- Change in emergency medical services-attended out-of-hospital deliveries during COVID-19 in the United States.
Cash RE, Kaimal AJ, Clapp MA, Samuels-Kalow ME, Camargo CA Jr.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022 May 5:1-10. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2022.2074179. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35510878
- Summary of the 2020 AHRQ research meeting on 'advancing methods of implementing and evaluating patient experience improvement using consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (CAHPS®) surveys'.
Quigley D, Qureshi N, Rybowski L, Shaller D, Edgman-Levitan S, Cleary PD, Ginsberg C, Hays RD. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2022 May 5:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2022.2064848. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35510496
- Age at Initiation of Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Risk Among US Women.
Ma W, Wang M, Wang K, Cao Y, Hertzmark E, Ogino S, Ng K, Willett WC, Giovannucci EL, Song M, Chan AT JAMA Oncol. 2022 May 5. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.0883. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35511155
- Race/Ethnicity and Duration of Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients in the US: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
Rosenbloom JM, Deng H, Mueller AL, Alegria M, Houle TT; Collaborators from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 May 3. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01318-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35505152
- Interventions addressing the adolescent HIV continuum of care in South Africa: a systematic review and modified Delphi analysis.
Zanoni B, Archary M, Sibaya T, Ramos T, Donenberg G, Shahmanesh M, Celum C, Pettifor A, Bekker LG, Haberer J. BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 29;12(4):e057797. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057797. PMID: 35487726
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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.
- Administrative Coordinator - 3197302
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 - 3189458
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.
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