The numbers are in!

Another great match year for MGH Residency Programs

As many of you know, NRMP Main Residency Match Day was March 17. We matched a total of 61 UiMs into our MGH affiliated “main match” programs, which represents 23% of the residency match! Overall, this is the 3rd highest UiM match in MGH history.

We could not have done this without you! A huge thank you to everyone who took the time from their hectic schedules to attend the CDI receptions, our first virtual Revisit Day, and to be involved in your program’s selection process. Over 400 UiM applicants participated in these receptions and found this an extremely rewarding experience! We will be welcoming our new residents in June. Stay tuned for our welcoming event details.

Featuring Elena Olson, JD

Executive Director, MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion 

Many of us know Elena Olson, JD, as the leader of the MGH Center for Diversity & Inclusion (CDI). As Executive Director CDI, Elena works on numerous initiatives and serves on multiple committees to promote diversity and combat racism. In her work, Elena has been instrumental in spearheading initiatives focused on policy review and advocacy through an anti-racism and equity lens, as well as physician, trainee, and research workforce diversity.

What you might not know is that Elena has been at MGH for 22 years. And that during that time Elena has witnessed tremendous change not only within the UiM community, but also for women at the institution. 

To learn more about CDI and the progress of diversity through Elena’s valuable lens, keep reading.

A Message from Drs. Cesar Castro and Julie Price

As CDI Faculty co-Directors for Research, we have been working closely with the CDI team to create a plan to promote our UiM MGH researcher workforce.  We continue to work to expand investigative networks and catalyze the cross-pollination of ideas. Through enhanced, meaningful, and fruitful collaborations, we are poised to enact sustained change to address longstanding structural challenges facing UiM investigators.  It has been a pleasure to meet members of our UiM community and we look forward to future opportunities to do so.

Below are two opportunities to connect with us and here about our progress:

• Individual 1:1 consultations: We invite you to meet with either of us to discuss your research ambitions, lessons learned, and how we can leverage MGH’s collective resources to favorably shape your professional narratives. Please sign up through our individual Calendly sites (links below).



• Research Recharge: Our second Research Recharge event was March 16, 2023 at Simches and we had a great time meeting members of our UiM research community (click here to see recap and photo of a few of the attendees). Special thanks to Ashley Hayden for sharing information about the Post-Baccalaureate Association, Diversity, Belonging & Resource Group. We invite you, the MGH UiM research workforce, to attend our next Research Recharge. The date, time and location will be announced via email and in our next newsletter.

We very much look forward to meeting and engaging with you very soon!

We encourage you to explore resources from our colleagues in MGRI Division of Clinical Research. Browse DCR's Suggested Courses to sign up for role-specific and skills-based courses to advance your career.

Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) 2023

Wednesday, March 29 & Thursday, March 30

Please join the annual 2023 SAC Meeting being held at the Simches Research Center in Room 3.110 on Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30, 2023

The annual event will start off with a virtual Scientific Poster Session that highlights the ongoing research at MGH followed by our in person Celebration of Science symposium. During this time, we will present awards for the 2023 Martin Prizes for Clinical, Fundamental and Population Health Science Research, the 2023 Goodman Fellowship.

The second day of the SAC meeting, Thursday, March 30, will be the formal meeting. This meeting will also take place in the Simches Research Center Auditorium, room 3.110. We will begin with a morning session that focuses on The Power of AI to Transform Health Care. The afternoon session will focus on real word example and also Novel Technologies.

Please check the ECOR website for further details regarding this event!

Seeking Pathways to Science and Medicine Mentors

for Promising Bunker Hill Community College Students!

The Pathways to Science and Medicine Workshops and Mentoring Program is seeking MGH Faculty and Postdoc Research Fellows to speak with and mentor Bunker Hill Community College students during the current 2023 Spring and/or Fall semester to provide a more in-depth communication between MGPA/HMPA/MGH professionals and BHCC students. 

Please click here for more information.

Additional Funding Opportunities

Click here for a list of selected external and internal funding opportunities.

MGH CDI Chat & Chill

Inspire the Next Generation of Health and Science

Professionals this Summer

The CDI and RFC work closely with our Center for Community Health Improvement youth programs, and hope to get you involved too! This summer, they seek guest speakers to engage with local high school and college students working at MGH and other hospitals.  In addition to placing students in jobs at the hospital where they can learn skills and gain work experience, they offer a variety of ways for them to connect and explore careers with professionals like you who will share their personal and professional journeys that led you to where you are today.  The students are from local public high schools in Boston, Chelsea, and Revere; many will be the first in their families to attend college. Most of the venues will be for audiences of 80-100 students. Speakers have up to 20 minutes to share their stories and take questions from students. These are informal and interactive opportunities to engage with young people who are eager to learn from you, both in in-person and virtual.

To see a list of guest speaker opportunities this summer and to sign-up, click HERE. If you have any questions, please contact Tracy Stanley at tstanley2@mgh.harvard.edu

Immigrants' Day at the State House

Wednesday, March 29, 12 pm

The Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition will be hosting its annual Immigrants' Day at the State House. This is a fabulous opportunity to learn how the legislative process works and advocate for immigrant-friendly bills, as well as to meet other advocates, learn about community organizations doing important work in this space, and show up in support of immigrant community members whose voices are not always heard in halls of power. 

The day has such a packed agenda of impressive speakers (including Governor Maura Healey!), plus visits to legislators' offices, that they have extended it to run from 9am-1pm. We will have opportunities to walk over to the State House as a group from MGH in 2 waves: one leaving from the MGH main lobby at 8:45am, and the other at 9:30am. Please join us then, or feel free to walk over to the State House any time you're available—it's only 10 minutes away.

Please register here in advance if possible so that MIRA knows how many participants to anticipate.

MGB Government Affairs has prepared an excellent fact sheet on immigrant-friendly bills that MGB has endorsed for the current legislative session (attached). We will bring copies that folks can leave in legislators' offices. Please note that advocacy for any policies not listed on this fact sheet must be done in our personal capacities, not on behalf of MGB.

Center for Gun Violence Prevention Front and Centered

Thursday, March 30, 12 pm

The MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center (GVPC) is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to preventing firearm-related violence and promoting safety in the homes and communities of those we serve.

Join GVPC co-directors Peter Masiakos, MD and Chana Sacks, MD for this month’s Front and Centered to discuss the Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence (TNGV) initiative, a three-year partnership between the GVPC, Emerson College’s Engagement Lab, and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. This initiative centers those most impacted by the effects of gun violence in the exploration and creation of narrative interventions to restore urgency, dignity, and humanity to this pervasive issue.

This is an important and timely topic, and all MGHers are welcome and encouraged to attend this half hour webinar Thursday, March 30th at noon!

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/ECHfrontandcentered.

MGB Outreach with Indian Health Service

April 3-6, 2023

For those interested, The MGB Outreach Program with Indian Health Service is hosting 4 Cherokee Nation providers for a bi-directional learning in SUDs at MGH and Charlestown, April 3-6.  Sarah Wakeman and Carolina Abuelo are the lead clinical mentors. Cherokee Nation was the only indigenous tribe to sue on behalf of a tribal opioid epidemic and settled with the 3 largest pharmacies for $75million. They are using these funds to create significant programs for their community.

There will be a presentation called Cherokee Nation Health Services and Harm Reduction Programs on Thurs, Apr 6^th from 8a-9a. Join via Zoom: https://partners.zoom.us/j/9273082746?pwd=MDVCUmNtblRvNDBrWStRQkpKbUNuQT09

Cancer Equity Colloquium

April 21-22, 2023

New England Science Symposium

Sunday, April 2, 2023

The New England Science Symposium (NESS), established in 2002, provides a forum for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students (particularly for African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) to share their biomedical and health-related research activities through oral or poster presentations, to engage in discussions related to career development in the sciences, to exchange ideas and to expand their professional networks.

Nominations Are Open! Program Award for Culture of Excellence in Mentoring (PACEM)

Deadline: Friday, April 24, 2023

PACEM was established to recognize departments, divisions, offices or programs for efforts to foster innovation and sustainability in mentoring while building a culture of excellence in mentoring.

For more information visit the DICP website.

This award is not intended to recognize individuals.

• Formal mentoring programs at all levels including students, trainees, faculty, and leadership.
• Units include departments, divisions, offices, centers and programs at HMS, HSDM and HMS-affiliated institutions.

Link to Nomination Form: https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3aAKcD7hA8UOeYm

For more information: email dicp_pace_mentor@hms.harvard.edu or call 617-432-4697.

10th Annual Cancer Disparities Research Symposium

Wednesday, April 26, 9-11:30 am EST

For details and updates please visit our website at https://dicp.hms.harvard.edu

Nkechi Conteh, MBBS, MPH is the recipient of the 2023-2024 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation in Education Award for her program titled “ the Psychiatry Underrepresented in Medicine Mentorship Project”. This project pairs UIM residents with UIM faculty with guidelines for conducting mentorship. In addition, participating UIM faculty receive monthly lectures on salient topics related to the UIM resident experience. Residents and Faculty are surveyed before and after participation to ascertain change or improvement in the mentoring relationship. 

Christopher Vélez, MD  was awarded a "Health Equity Research Award" from the American College of Gastroenterology, for a project entitled "Improving Digestive Healthcare in Sexual and Gender Minority (LGBTQIA+) Communities".  The Health Equity Research Award is a two-year award to support actionable science that will translate to reducing health and/or healthcare disparities, thereby promoting health equity.

Opinion: To see if The Match limits diversity, data is needed on who doesn't win a residency spot 

Writing in a STAT First Opinion, three emergency medicine physicians from Harvard and Stanford — Onyekachi T. Otugo, Al’ai Alvarez, and Adaira I. Landry — spotlight the need for more doctors, especially from underrepresented groups.

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