To recognize and honor senior faculty members with ten or more years of mentoring experience at MGH, in the spirit of further building a culture of mentoring at our hospital. 

Dr. Caravan leads a multidisciplinary and translational molecular imaging lab focused on the invention of novel molecular probes and their broad applications in cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, and hepatic diseases as well as in cancers. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at the Université de Lausanne, Dr. Caravan worked in industry developing targeted MR probes including the blood pool MRI contrast agent gadofosveset (Ablavar). He joined the MGH in 2007 and established an independent lab that has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2009. Dr. Caravan has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, is a named inventor on over 25 issued patents, has brought multiple PET and MRI probes from conception to first-in-human studies, and has co-founded two companies. Committed to training and mentoring students, research fellows, and junior faculty, Dr. Caravan has directly mentored 10 K-awardees, in so doing advancing the careers of women (7 of the 10 K-awardees) and those underrepresented in science and medicine (2 K-awardees, as well as 3 NRSA Fellows).

Dr. Goldberg is Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an Associate Member of the Broad Institute, and a Physician and attending in Infectious Diseases at MGH. A physician-scientist, she investigates the mechanisms of infectious diseases, including the molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and innate immune responses to bacterial infection. She co-chairs an institutional committee at MGH on equity in research, the mission of which is to evaluate and report to hospital leadership on the equity of resources and opportunities available to MGH researchers, with a focus on gender and diversity. 

The CFD received 35 nominations of our faculty and trainees for the following four Excellence in Mentoring awards.

To recognize faculty members at the Instructor through Assistant Professor rank with less than ten years of mentoring experience at MGH. 

Dr. Fiechtner is a board-certified pediatrician, pediatric gastroenterologist and nutrition physician, a clinical epidemiologist, obesity and food insecurity researcher. Director of the Center for Feeding and Nutrition at MGfC, she also serves as the Senior Health and Research Advisor at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Dr. Fiechtner has extensive expertise in epidemiologic investigations, neighborhood food environment, social determinants of health, health services research, implementation science, direction of randomized controlled trials. She is the principal investigator of multiple grants that seek to implement and disseminate evidence-informed childhood obesity management practices to reduce disparities in childhood obesity. In addition, her work with the Greater Boston Food Bank has sought to improve access to food assistance programs by understanding the prevalence of food insecurity and barriers and facilitators to accessing food pantries and federal food assistance programs.

Assistant Professor of Neurology, HMS; and Director of Imaging Operations, MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit

To recognize allies who support and empower women colleagues in advancing their career and achieving their professional goals and who actively work to create a more open, equitable environment in which women can thrive, grow, and attain major leadership roles. 

Associate Neurologist, MGH; Associate Professor, HMS; Director, Neuroimmunology Clinic and Research Laboratory; and Research Director, Division of Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious Disease

To recognize faculty who support and empower their UiM colleagues in advancing their careers and achieving their professional goals and who actively work to create a more open, equitable environment in which UiM can thrive, grow, and attain major leadership roles. 

Means Firm Chief, MGH Internal Medicine Residency Program; Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Board, MGH Department of Medicine; Associate Director, MGH Center for Diversity & Inclusion; and Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS

Psychiatrist, MGH; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, HMS; and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2023 Outstanding Research Fellow Award Recipients 

To recognize research fellows who have made outstanding contributions in mentoring fellow postdoc trainees, graduate students, college students, and/or high school students.

Dr. Muñoz is originally from Puerto Rico and a graduate of the NYU MD-PhD program. At Dr. Ziv Williams’ lab, he is leading a project to implement ultra-high-density Neuropixels recording for intraoperative use in the OR, with the goal of better understanding how language is generated by our brains, with potential avenues for restoring speech in disease., He has mentored several students in the lab researching emerging neuroscientific questions using this cutting-edge neurotechnology. At HMS, he teaches Neuroanatomy for the HST class as well as a Neurosurgery case series for medical students interested in the field.