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June Updates from the Mongan Institute
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Mongan ReflectionsFrom the Director
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How does high impact science get made?
The conventional response is that good science is produced by a researcher who identifies a fundamental research question with high public health significance who then conducts a well-designed study to confirm or disprove a specific study hypothesis. A more contemporary description recognizes that real innovation and breakthroughs require a high functioning team of collaborative researchers with complementary backgrounds and skills. But this also falls well short of the real story. The bed rock of high impact science ultimately depends on the skills and efforts the staff who provide support and essential work that is critical to conducting the research, including project managers, research assistants, and research administrators. As science has become increasingly complex, research administration has become a science unto itself. The extraordinary productivity of the Mongan Institute is ultimately dependent on the work of our highly talented and hard-working research management staff.
In this month’s reflections, it is with great appreciation and deep pride that we celebrate they special distinction achieved by several of Mongan’s research administrators. During the pandemic Lisa Morse and Beth Walker-Corkery took it upon themselves to engage in a rigorous course of study in preparation to become Certified Research Administrators. Lisa and Beth attended a virtual course offered by Virginia Tech and formed a self-study group to prepare for a four-hour, 250-item examination to achieve the designation of Certified Research Administrator (CRA). This examination included such topics as grant funding agencies, proposal development, budget preparation, contracting, administering awards, bioethics, human subjects, regulation, financial management…...just to name a few! With Lisa and Beth achieving this certification, along with Jodi Kurtz who previously achieved the designation of CRA in 2014, the Mongan Institute is extremely fortunate to have three experts as Certified Research Administrators, among only 20 CRA’s at Massachusetts General Hospital.
To paraphrase Chris Trimble, a former colleague at Dartmouth and co-author of “The Other Side of Innovation”: “Innovation in health care research is easy, execution is hard”. It is with great pleasure that we recognize the special accomplishments of Lisa, Beth, and Jodi, as well as our entire extraordinary staff of research administrators who are core to the success of the Mongan Institute, and truly essential to our overall mission of “high impact science”.
- Steve Bartels, MD, MS
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Dear Colleague,
In this newsletter you will find:
Mongan Institute News and Events
- Annual Report on Equity in Health Care Quality
- Awards & Honors
- Esther E. Freeman, MD, PhD, FAAD, Received 2021 Presidential Citation Award
- Ingrid V. Bassett, MD, MPH, Named Co-Chair of MGH ECOR's Subcommittee on Review of Research Proposals (SPRP)
- Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, Co-Led a Study Awarded for Best Clinical Science Abstract
- Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, Recipient of American Lung Association Innovation Award Grant
- Emily Hyle, MD, MSc, Presented with the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Award
- In the News
- Recent Publications
- Job Opportunities
- Social Media Highlight
News and Events from Our Partners
- The Mongan Institute/Disparities Solutions Center Equity Speaker Series
- Center for Aging & Serious Illness Pilot Awards in Aging and Palliative Care
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Annual Report on Equity in Health Care Quality
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This year MGH celebrates 11 years of producing the Annual Report on Equity in Health Care Quality (AREHQ), which monitors quality of care by race, ethnicity, and language to identify disparities among people of color and patients with limited English proficiency. Produced by the Disparities Solutions Center and the Edward P. Lawrence Center for Quality and Safety, in collaboration with departments across the hospital, the AREHQ identifies areas for quality improvement and reports on the progress of initiatives to address disparities at MGH.
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Esther E. Freeman, MD, PhD, FAAD, Received 2021 Presidential Citation Award
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Esther E. Freeman, MD, PhD, FAAD, recently received the 2021 Presidential Citation Award from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), in recognition of her efforts to create and maintain the COVID-19 registry for dermatology, and her work to extract valuable clinical information and insight from it.
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Ingrid V. Bassett, MD, MPH, Named Co-Chair of MGH ECOR's Subcommittee on Review of Research Proposals (SPRP)
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Ingrid V. Bassett, MD, MPH, was named a Co-chair of MGH ECOR’s Subcommittee on Review of Research Proposals (SRRP). The SRRP committee reviews all funding applications submitted to ECOR, including Tosteson-FMD Postdoc Fellowships, Interim Support Funding, Claflin Scholars, Physician-Scientist Development Award and the SAC poster-of-distinction awards, as well as doing preliminary reviews for external single institution nominations such as PEW Scholars Awards, the Smith Family Awards, and the Charles H. Hood Foundation Awards.
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Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, Co-Led a Study Awarded for Best Clinical Science Abstract
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Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, co-led on a study titled “Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry”. The study was selected as an opening plenary abstract at the European rheumatology meeting and was also elected for an award for best clinical science abstract at the meeting.
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Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, Recipient of American Lung Association Innovation Award Grant
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Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, is a recipient of an Innovation Award grant for the modeling project, “The Public Health Impact of Electronic Cigarette Policies” from the American Lung Association.
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Emily Hyle, MD, MSc, Presented with the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Award
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Emily Hyle, MD, MSc, was presented with the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Award. The Center for Faculty Development’s Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award was presented to women faculty clinicians, educators, researchers and 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.
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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 unvaccinated to get their shots. Read their results in the article published in Scientific American, “From $1-Million Lotteries to Free Beer: Do COVID Vaccination Incentives Work?”
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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.
- Automated Behavioral Workplace Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain and Improve Diet: The ChooseWell 365 Randomized Clinical Trial.
Thorndike AN, McCurley JL, Gelsomin ED, Anderson E, Chang Y, Porneala B, Johnson C, Rimm EB, Levy DE.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2112528. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12528.
- Identification of Gene-Diet Interactions Impacting Glycemic Biomarkers in the Multi-Ethnic TOPMed Cohorts.
Westerman K, Walker M, Merino J, Manning A.
Current Developments in Nutrition. 2021 Jun 7;5(2):952. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab050_019.
- COVID Challenges and Adaptations Among Home-Based Primary Care Practices: Lessons for an Ongoing Pandemic From a National Survey.
Ritchie CS, Gallopyn N, Sheehan O, Sharieff SA, Franzosa E, Gorbenko K, Ornstein KA, Federman AD, Brody AA, Leff B.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021 Jun 8:S1525-8610(21)00480-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.05.016. Online ahead of print.
- Kidney Transplantation and Cardiovascular Events Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease due to Lupus Nephritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
Jorge A, Fu X, Cook C, Lu N, Zhang Y, Choi HK, Wallace ZS.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jun 13. doi: 10.1002/acr.24725. Online ahead of print.
- Patient characteristics associated with the successful transition to virtual care: Lessons learned from the first million patients.
Zachrison KS, Yan Z, Sequist T, Licurse A, Tan-McGrory A, Erskine A, Schwamm LH.
J Telemed Telecare. 2021 Jun 13:1357633X211015547. doi: 10.1177/1357633X211015547. 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.
- 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.
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The Mongan Institute/Disparities Solutions Center Equity Speaker Series
The Mongan Institute/Disparities Solutions Center Equity Speaker Series returns on July 6th, 2021 from 11am-12pm ET, "Building a Pathway to Increasing Diversity in the Health Care Professions". Dr. Alden Landry, MD, MPH, will discuss why, despite many national efforts and an increasing focus on diversity, it is still so challenging to diversify the health care workforce, particularly with regard to racial diversity. Dr. Landry will share experiences and lessons learned from the Tour for Diversity in Medicine, a grassroots effort to educate, inspire, and cultivate underrepresented minority physicians and dentists. To read more about Dr. Landry, click here.
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Center for Aging & Serious Illness Pilot Awards in Aging and Palliative Care
Applications are now being accepted by the Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness for the Chong Jin Park Innovative Early Career Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care & The Ki Sub Joung Innovative Early Career Faculty Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care. The awards will support innovative applied clinical research or implementation pilot project(s) (T3-4) focused on improving the evidence base for aging or serious illness care. This RFA will fund initial pilot work to provide data and planning for an externally funded, full-scale project grant (e.g. K award, R01, PCORI etc.). Applicants who hold a full-time appointment in any MGH Department, are pursuing a research career, and meet the eligibility criteria below are encouraged to apply. The Chong Jin Park Innovative Early Career Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care will support research focused on achieving health equity and improving the lives of older people and or those with serious illness through research in population and health care delivery science. The Ki Sub Joung Innovative Early Career Faculty Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care will support research focused on improving the lives of older people and or those with serious illness, with an emphasis on the care of those living with cognitive impairment or their caregivers. The award is $50,000 for one year plus 15% indirect costs and is effective October 1, 2021. The deadline to apply is August 16, 2021 by 5 pm EDT.
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