The MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion is now accepting applications for the 2022 Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP), which will be held from June 6 to July 29. Each summer, students are selected from a nationwide competition to join SRTP. Students are assigned to specific MGH laboratory, clinical sites, health policy, or health services research areas where they undertake an original research project under the mentorship and guidance of an MGH investigator. Please note that this year we have expanded the scope of SRTP to also include students aspiring to obtain a PhD in biomedical sciences.  

The Evolving Role of Neuroimaging in Alzheimer's Disease: from symptoms to in Vivo Biology

Join us as Julie Price, PhD, Investigator and Professor in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Director of PET Pharmacokinetic Modeling at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and CDI faculty co-director for Research discusses the evolving role of neuroimaging in Alzheimer's disease.

The Chester Pierce Research Society (CPRS) is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI). CPRS is a speaker series named in honor of MGH's late Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry, Chester Pierce. Dr. Pierce was the first and most senior African-American physician-scientist at MGH. CPRS is designed to promote diversity and health equity by featuring the novel research of investigators to the MGH community.

On a brisk Saturday morning on December 4^th, members of the RFC Board joined our community in Nubian Square for the 29th Annual Roxbury Holiday Celebration. The day began with holiday parade, filled with music, dancing, with so much cheer and laughter filling the streets, even the Grinch himself wouldn’t help but smile at the merry scene! The RFC members spent the day connecting with community members—who generously shared stories of their lives, meeting multiple generation of family members and community leaders, and conducting health maintenance screenings for community members including diabetes and hypertension checks, with education offered on prevention and management. Information of mental health resources including substance use services was available for interested parties. Community Care and BWH COVID vans were there also offering resources including COVID-19 vaccines (including boosters) and education to community members.

The Association of MGH Multicultural Professionals is committed to the advancement, retention, recruitment, and development of multicultural professionals into leadership roles at all levels and areas of the Partners organization.

The TEDxMGH videos present inspirational stories from the MGH community, including how people have handled challenges through innovation, resilience, vulnerability, and connection. The TEDxMGH platform hosts a monthly series of 10-12 min. stories by your colleagues that cover far-reaching topics – from antiracism and social justice to climate change, laughter, coping with loss, COVID-19, and living and working with depression.

View previous videos on the TEDxMGH Apollo page.

Overview: The first wave of reform to modern medical education occurred early in the 20th century following the Flexner report. The second wave arose in the latter half of the last century driven by problem based learning and community orientation. Recently, the Lancet Commission called for a third wave of reform to create transformative system-based medical education. This is an excellent aspiration...but is it possible?

All HMS faculty, residents, and students are invited to attend and eligible to participate.

If yes, please consider nominating an HMS/HSDM faculty member, trainee, student, and/or staff member whose dedication and commitment to community service has made a positive impact on the local, national, international or global community. Recipients’ community service program will receive a donation of $1,000. (Organizations must have a 501c3 non-profit status to be eligible for the donation).

All nominations must be submitted online. Self-nominations are accepted.

For more information and online form: https://mfdp.med.harvard.edu/awards/deanscommunityserviceaward

For questions: dicp_csaward@hms.harvard.edu or call (617) 432-4697.

The AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) is accepting proposals for breakout sessions and posters for the GDI Professional Development Conference scheduled for March 10-12, 2022 in Washington, DC. This annual professional development conference offers leaders and emerging voices in diversity, equity, and inclusion a forum to strengthen their network, share success stories, and explore new strategies on topics including addressing culture and climate, serving graduate learners, supporting faculty, and advancing community engagement. Interactive panel presentations, small-group discussion formats, and submissions that incorporate collaboration are highly encouraged. The deadline for proposals is Dec. 17 by 11:59 p.m. PT, and acceptance notifications will be sent in January 2022.

“Guest Editors Drs. Miguel Villalona-Calero, Gilberto Lopes, Narjust Duma, and Pelin Cinar are soliciting papers from all oncology professionals about disparities in genomics, cancer-related access, care, toxicities, social determinants, costs, health economics and clinical outcomes for Hispanic-LatinX Americans.”

Click here to read more and submit a manuscript

In July 2020, the AAMC convened representatives from academic medicine, public health, and community-based organizations in the Washington, D.C., area to discuss how to address health and health care inequities in the region. A new AAMC report, Health Equity in Academic Medicine: Recommendations From an AAMC Community Roundtable in Washington, D.C., details several promising practices, critical challenges, and points for future collaboration among the academic medicine community and organizations addressing health inequities. Synthesizing the findings across all sessions resulted in four recommendations that medical schools, teaching hospitals, and residency programs can implement to deepen and integrate their health equity work. Read More

Announcements, events or awards to share? Email cdi@mgh.harvard.edu