Past Events

Direction to Carrie Hall (15 Francis Street): Carrie Hall is located at 15 Francis Street. Upon entering at 15 Francis Street, you will notice a Guard Desk and a hallway on your left and right. Go right, down the hallway until you come to a conference room which is Carrie Hall.

“Myeloid Cells in Cancer”

Mikael Pittet, PhD
Director, CSB Cancer Immunology Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Associate Professor,
Harvard Medical School

For any inquires, please contact Madoka Morris at mmorris19@bwh.harvard.edu 

Direction to Hale Conference Room:
Enter at 60 Fenwood Rd lobby. Take the S elevators to the 3rd floor. Once on the 3rd floor, take a right at the corridor and the room will be on your right through the glass doors.

As a part of our Open Call for Sessions, Demos, or Ideas for Discover Brigham 2019, the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) will have tables set up next week for anyone interested in being a part of Discover Brigham. There will be a table in the Mezzanine (2nd floor, 75 Francis Street) near the Gift Shop and coffee and bagels will be served. We hope to see you there!

Click HERE for more info about open call.

The Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, drives cutting-edge innovation within our institution and with external collaborators. The iHub-led Digital Health Innovation Guide (DHIG) creates a fast lane for innovators and disruptors to meet the necessary guidelines to accelerate the implementation and evaluation of digital health pilots. The DHIG toolkit enables innovators to predict and navigate the complex institutional processes which can often hinder pilots at an academic medical center.

Join Josie Elias, MBA, MPH of the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub to learn more about the DHIG, and other ways iHub and the Brigham are aiming to be the collaborator of choice.

Josie Elias, MBA, MPH
Program Manager, Digital Health Innovation
Brigham Digital Innovation Hub

Josie Elias’ focus on technology design and usability arose from many years in small business and disaster response. As Program Manager for Digital Health Innovation, within the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, she has the pleasure of working with innovators across Brigham Health to build and implement digital innovations from research apps, to indoor positioning, and to startup collaborations.

Elias believes that technology should be a tool for clinicians to simplify their work, And not the work itself. She brings over 20+ years of experience in business development, product design and manufacturing, as well as disaster response at both small and large organizations. Josie received her MBA from Cornell University and MPH from George Washington University. In her spare time, she is COML/ITSL for the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue system.

Direction to Carrie Hall (15 Francis Street): Carrie Hall is located at 15 Francis Street. Upon entering at 15 Francis Street, you will notice a Guard Desk and a hallway on your left and right. Go right, down the hallway until you come to a conference room which is Carrie Hall.

As a part of our Open Call for Sessions, Demos, or Ideas for Discover Brigham 2019, the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) will have tables set up next week for anyone interested in being a part of Discover Brigham. There will be a table in the Hale Café Atrium (1st Floor, 60 Fenwood Road) on Monday, February 4th from 2:00 – 4:00pm, as well as in the Elements Café space (1st floor, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur) on Thursday, February 7th from 11:30 – 1:30pm. We hope to see you there!

Click HERE for more info about open call.

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Research Faculty and Trainee Luncheon from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Tuesday, February 5th. Lunch will be served. 

The BRI’s overarching mission is to accelerate discoveries that improve human health; supporting strategies include fostering groundbreaking, interdepartmental, and interdisciplinary research, ranging from basic fundamental studies to clinical innovations.  We strive to provide a clear voice (internally and externally) for the entire BWH research community, raise the profile of research at BWH, develop mission-centric collaborations with external entities and engage the scientific community in fundraising.

We need your help, as research faculty and trainees, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution.  These luncheons provide opportunities for investigators from across BWH departments to meet with the BRI Executive Committee and provide feedback directly.

Space is extremely limited for these luncheons; once registration limit is reached we will start a waiting list. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation with the room location.

If you have suggestions for discussion topics feel free to send them to us in advance by clicking here.

As a part of our Open Call for Sessions, Demos, or Ideas for Discover Brigham 2019, the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) will have tables set up next week for anyone interested in being a part of Discover Brigham. There will be a table in the Hale Café Atrium (1st Floor, 60 Fenwood Road) on Monday, February 4th from 2:00 – 4:00pm, as well as in the Elements Café space (1st floor, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur) on Thursday, February 7th from 11:30 – 1:30pm. We hope to see you there!

Click HERE for more info about open call.

Direction to Hale Café Atrium: Enter at 60 Fenwood Rd lobby. Take the S elevators to the 1st floor, and the atrium will be on your right. OR at the 60 Fenwood Rd lobby take the stairs up one flight to the 1st floor, and the open atrium will be on your left.

Wondering how to get funding and in-kind support for your research from drug and device companies? Come hear partnering execs from Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, and J&J describe their academic collaboration programs at this expert panel and networking session sponsored by the Brigham Research Institute and MassBio!

Panelists:

• Michal Preminger, PhD, MBA, Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation Boston
• Chandra Ramanathan, PhD, MBA, Vice President & Head, East Coast Innovation Center, Bayer
• Jeffrey Warmke, PhD, Senior Vice President of Global Business Development, Daiichi Sankyo Group

Moderator:

• Frank S. David, MD, PhD, Innovation Strategist at the BRI, Founder and Managing Director of Pharmagellan

Direction to the Zinner Breakout Room (70 Francis Street): The Zinner Breakout Room is located in the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at 70 Francis Street, Boston, MA. Upon entering the building at the street level, walk straight towards the escalators in the rear of the building. The Zinner Conference Center is located on your right; the Breakout room is through the large doors on the left.

Advances in Clinical Research is a new seminar series that will highlight the clinical research being conducted at the Brigham. Researchers from the Channing, Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Divisions will present on topics such as new clinical trials, the development of new methods and the results from recent studies in addition to highlighting resources available to investigators. These seminars are intended for clinical researchers and trainees as well as clinicians, whose feedback and perspective will be greatly appreciated.

Speakers:

Lung Center Strategist Program: A Novel Care Delivery Model to Improve Timeliness of Diagnosis and Treatment
William Phillips, MD
Yolonda Colson Lab
Division of Thoracic Surgery

Circulating miRNA and Airways Responsiveness in Asthma
Kelan Tantisira, MD, MPH
Channing Division of Network Medicine

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Research Faculty and Trainee Luncheon from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Tuesday, January 15th. Lunch will be served. 

The BRI’s overarching mission is to accelerate discoveries that improve human health; supporting strategies include fostering groundbreaking, interdepartmental, and interdisciplinary research, ranging from basic fundamental studies to clinical innovations.  We strive to provide a clear voice (internally and externally) for the entire BWH research community, raise the profile of research at BWH, develop mission-centric collaborations with external entities and engage the scientific community in fundraising.

We need your help, as research faculty and trainees, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution.  These luncheons provide opportunities for investigators from across BWH departments to meet with the BRI Executive Committee and provide feedback directly.

Space is extremely limited for these luncheons; once registration limit is reached we will start a waiting list. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation with the room location.

If you have suggestions for discussion topics feel free to send them to us in advance by clicking here.

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Research Faculty and Trainee Luncheon from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Tuesday, January 8th. Lunch will be served. 

The BRI’s overarching mission is to accelerate discoveries that improve human health; supporting strategies include fostering groundbreaking, interdepartmental, and interdisciplinary research, ranging from basic fundamental studies to clinical innovations.  We strive to provide a clear voice (internally and externally) for the entire BWH research community, raise the profile of research at BWH, develop mission-centric collaborations with external entities and engage the scientific community in fundraising.

We need your help, as research faculty and trainees, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution.  These luncheons provide opportunities for investigators from across BWH departments to meet with the BRI Executive Committee and provide feedback directly.

Space is extremely limited for these luncheons; once registration limit is reached we will start a waiting list. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation with the room location.

If you have suggestions for discussion topics feel free to send them to us in advance by clicking here.

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Research Faculty and Trainee Luncheon from 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Tuesday, December 11th. Lunch will be served. 

The BRI’s overarching mission is to accelerate discoveries that improve human health; supporting strategies include fostering groundbreaking, interdepartmental, and interdisciplinary research, ranging from basic fundamental studies to clinical innovations.  We strive to provide a clear voice (internally and externally) for the entire BWH research community, raise the profile of research at BWH, develop mission-centric collaborations with external entities and engage the scientific community in fundraising.

We need your help, as research faculty and trainees, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution.  These luncheons provide opportunities for investigators from across BWH departments to meet with the BRI Executive Committee and provide feedback directly.

Space is extremely limited for these luncheons; once registration limit is reached we will start a waiting list. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation with the room location.

If you have suggestions for discussion topics feel free to send them to us in advance by clicking here.

Topic: Canary – a Free Natural Language Processing Platform for Researchers and Clinicians 

Speaker: Alexander Turchin, MD, MS

A large fraction of information in electronic medical records is “locked” in narrative documents, such as provider notes, radiology reports, etc. Natural language processing technology can be used to extract information from narrative documents. However, it remains underutilized, because in many cases natural language processing solutions require advanced computer science expertise and/or expensive commercial software.

Canary is a free, open-source solution designed to solve this problem. It is a GUI-based platform that allows clinicians, researchers and analysts without computer science or software engineering background to develop their own natural language processing solutions. Canary has been downloaded in dozens of institutions around the world and has been successfully used in a number of projects. Dr. Turchin will describe Canary and illustrate how it can be used to obtain information from narrative documents you always wanted, but could not reach.

BEI Knowledge Center – Directions from 15 Francis Street:

1. Enter BWH at 15 Francis Street.
2. Walk towards the left of the lobby, between the “B” Elevator and the information desk to find a staircase.
3. Take the stairs down one level.
4. After exiting the staircase, walk ahead to the main hallway, and take a right.
5. You will now be walking in the “lower pike”
6. Walk ahead passing a few hallways until you reach a sign for “Office Services” “Mail Room” “AV” and “Medical Library”
7. Take a right to enter the Office Services/AV, Mail Room, Medical Library hallway.
8. The BEI Knowledge Center will be the last door on your left.
9. Press the handicap/wheelchair button and the door will open.

Immigration Challenges in 2018

Speaker: Noel Palatas, Partners Office for International Professionals and Students (PIPS)

Direction to Carrie Hall (15 Francis Street): Carrie Hall is located at 15 Francis Street. Upon entering at 15 Francis Street, you will notice a Guard Desk and a hallway on your left and right. Go right, down the hallway until you come to a conference room which is Carrie Hall.

An event to educate and inspire collaboration around innovative science, technology, and medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This event is free and open to the public – all are welcome to attend.

Agenda: TBD

Website – www.discoverbrigham.org

Ever wonder how discoveries in BWH labs make their way to start-up companies? Want to learn how to move your idea forward? Join the Brigham Research Institute and MassBio for an expert panel and networking session to learn more!

Panelists:

• Jonathan Thon, PhD
  Jonathan is the Chief Executive Officer of  Platelet BioGenesis and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School.
• Alexander Lin, PhD
  Alex directs the Center for Clinical Spectroscopy in the BWH Department of Radiology, and is a co-founder of BrainSpec.
• Glenn Miller, PhD
  Glenn is Market Sector Leader for Radiology, Anesthesiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at Partners Healthcare Innovation.
• Lina Williamson, DVM, PhD
  Lina is the Director of BWH Translational Accelerator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Moderator:

• Frank S. David, MD, PhD
  Frank is Founder and Managing Director of Pharmagellan

Direction to the Zinner Breakout Room (70 Francis Street): The Zinner Breakout Room is located in the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at 70 Francis Street, Boston, MA. Upon entering the building at the street level, walk straight towards the escalators in the rear of the building. The Zinner Conference Center is located on your right; the Breakout room is through the large doors on the left.

Direction to the Zinner Boardroom (70 Francis Street, 1st Floor):
The Zinner Boardroom is located in the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center across the street from the 75 Francis Street entrance of the hospital. Upon entering the building at the street level, walk straight towards the escalator, keeping to the left side of the building. The Conference Center is located on your right; the Boardroom is through the large doors on the back wall.