Past Events

Have an idea that you would like to put into action? Not sure where to go or who to ask? Join us at the July RC Live where a panel of our innovation departments will be available to answer these questions and more. Featured departments include the BRI, Translational Accelerator, Innovation Hub, Development, Partners Innovation, and B-BIC. 

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Summer Research Faculty Luncheon from 12-1pm on Wednesday, July 12th. 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 a member of our research faculty, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution. The Summer Research Faculty Luncheon will be an opportunity for faculty from across departments to meet with us, the BRI Executive Committee, and provide feedback directly. We hope you will be able to attend and to offer your ideas as to how the BRI might better help you achieve your research and professional goals.

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Summer Research Faculty Luncheon from 12-1pm on Friday, July 7th. 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 a member of our research faculty, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution. The Summer Research Faculty Luncheon will be an opportunity for faculty from across departments to meet with us, the BRI Executive Committee, and provide feedback directly. We hope you will be able to attend and to offer your ideas as to how the BRI might better help you achieve your research and professional goals.

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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The Brigham Research Institute is sponsoring a Cores and Resources Fair which will feature core facilities and provide an opportunity for the BWH research community to learn more about resources available to them as well as for cores to connect with researchers. This event is open to the entire BWH community- all researchers and research support staff who are interested in learning more about the prolific BWH and Partners core facilities are encouraged to attend.

We are currently soliciting representatives from the BWH and Partners cores who would be interested in attending and staffing an informational table with brochures, business cards, or other materials helpful to the community. Please signup online to participate here. We will be extending the time of our standard Research Connection (RC) Live Lunch from 12-2 PM, and since space in the BTM Cafe is limited, preference will be given to cores that register early.

Please fill out this form by Friday, June 9th to be considered. The BRI will be in contact with you regarding next steps after this date. If you have any questions please contact the BRI at bwhbri@partners.org.

Ali Tavakkoli, MB, BS

Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, PhD

Presentations will be given regarding the brand new pre-clinical imaging devices now accessible to the research community which include the 3T Bruker Biospec for MR imaging, the Bruker Xtreme for optical imaging, the Bruker SkyScan for uCT imaging and the Bruker Albira for PET/CT imaging. Imaging specialists for each system will be in attendance to answer questions about the devices and techniques, as well as to give tours of the BTM imaging facility.Come learn about these unique devices available for all researchers in the Longwood area!

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.

*Exclusive $20,000 Pilot Grant Opportunity (For Attendees Only)

The Brigham Research Institute’s Musculoskeletal Research Center invites BWH researchers with a faculty rank of Instructor and above to join a series of networking sessions that the Center will host to enhance cross-collaborative research related to all aspects of musculoskeletal research. The goals of these sessions include:

• Providing a common forum for musculoskeletal clinicians and researchers from different departments/divisions/center in the hospital including Orthopaedic Surgery, Radiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and others to become familiar with each other’s areas of research/clinical expertise
• Promoting the exchange of ideas, information and resources between the participants
• Seeding potential collaborations between the participants especially those that establish a bridge between researchers and clinicians, between basic and translational investigators, between faculty from different departments/divisions/centers etc

As a follow-up to these sessions, the MSK Center announced a competitive pilot grant in the amount of $20,000 that only the participants of these sessions seeking to establish the types of collaboration above will be eligible for.

These sessions will have a limited number of spots available in order to facilitate a productive discussion. Register at the earliest!

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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Victor Navarro, PhD

Jun Yoshioka, PhD, MD

Love lunch? Love funding opportunities? Tired of scrolling all the way through your Friday Funding Opportunities email each week? Then join us for the inaugural Friday Funding LIVE Lunch! The Friday Funding LIVE lunch will feature information about open funding opportunities including the upcoming Sanofi Innovator Awards, Pew Scholar Program in the Biological Sciences and much more. BRI, Partners Innovation, and Development team members will be on hand to answer your questions about open funding opportunities.  Participants will also have a chance to help shape the next Friday Funding LIVE lunch and the FFO emails.

Ching-Pin Chang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Molecular and Translational Medicine
Krannert Institute of Cardiology
Indiana University School of Medicine

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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Have questions about using social media in a professional setting? Unsure of whether the pros outweigh the cons? Concerned about potential pitfalls? Come join us as we discuss how researchers can use social media effectively and wisely to promote their work and their career. Learn tips and tricks for how to own the conversation about you online.

Featuring: Haley Bridger and Amanda Rayno

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

Join via Webex – use password briofficehours1

Chandra Ramanathan, PhD, MBA,
Head, East Coast Innovation Center, Bayer Healthcare LLC.

]The MMS and its Committee on Women in Medicine in collaboration with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology present the Women’s Health Forum on April 21. This year’s program, “Hormones: Do They Define Us?” features a lecture and panel on transgender health, sessions on the effects of hormones on autoimmune diseases, CVD, metabolism/weight regulation, brain and mood, and a discussion on the evolution of breast surgery by faculty from the BWH and MGH.

Also planned are networking opportunities and award presentations to Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Robert H. Young, M.D., Fatima Cody Stanford, M.D., and JoAnn E. Manson, M.D.

Course Directors:

Helen Cajigas, MD, MRO, FCAP, chair, Committee on Women in Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society

JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, interim executive director, Connors Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Medicine and Women’s Health, Harvard Medical School

This month, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital will face off against each other in a fun and friendly competition to see which institution has the best team of science talkers.

The team that does the best overall job of presenting their science will take home the title of rumble champions—at least until the next time we square off!

Please join us over lunch for a brainstorming session on how (PCERC) can best use its resources to help the BWH community successfully apply for and execute contracts from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). While the reauthorization is uncertain, the PCORI Trust Fund is currently funded through Sept. 30, 2019 and all projects initiated before then will be fully covered through their completion. There is no time like the present to apply for these remaining funds through PCORI’s various funding opportunities, which can range from tens of thousands dollars to over $10M!

This brainstorming session will build on the successful ideas that came about this past fall during a similar session that led to partnerships with local Qualitative Research Experts who have offered to share their expertise with the BWH community, the creation of a PCORI Grant Review Committee and monthly seminar/networking events. Yet, there is so much more that can be done so please come and share your great ideas on what we can do to help the BWH community capitalize on these remaining PCORI funds.

The Executive Committee of the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) would like to invite you to attend the Senior PI Lunch meeting from 12-1pm on Tuesday, April 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 a member of our senior faculty, making sure that the BRI is working to address the needs and concerns of researchers across the institution. The Senior PI Lunch meeting will be an opportunity for principal investigators ranking Professor from across departments to meet with us, the BRI Executive Committee, and provide feedback directly. We hope you will be able to attend and to offer your ideas as to how the BRI might better help you achieve your research and professional goals.

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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Lisa Henske, MD

Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD
“The Genomic Basis of the Placebo Effect”

Jane Leopold, MD
“Proteomic Profiling Identifies an Exercise Signature in
Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”

The Lung Research Center at the Brigham Research Institute (BRI) cordially invites you to participate in its annual research symposium featuring Scott T. Weiss, MD, MS, Scientific Director at Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine and Director, Respiratory, Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology Research at Channing Laboratory. The keynote address will be followed by a poster session open to lung biology researchers at Brigham. The symposium will also include a lunch with Scott Weiss, MD, MS that is open to fellows working in lung research. Please RSVP to the BRI inbox (bwhbri@partners.org) if you are interested in attending the lunch.  The goal of this event is to bring together lung clinicians and researchers at BWH, highlight the exciting research activities of the lung community at the hospital and encourage cross-collaborative research efforts.

Poster Session Information

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Cabot Atrium
Presenters will be required to upload their slides to the electronic poster boards in the Cabot Atrium between 11:30 am – 12:30 pm on the day of the poster session
Eligibility: Posters will be selected for display at the workshop based on the following criteria:

• Participation and eligibility will be limited to the first 25-30 (space permitting) qualified applicants and accepted on a first come, first served basi
• Researchers working in a BWH-affiliated laboratory or research group are invited to submit a poster in the field of lung biology
  • Prize eligible applicants: Researchers with an academic rank of assistant professor or below, including research and clinical fellows, nurses, residents, students, etc.
  • In order to qualify for an award, the presenting author must be in attendance at the poster session to present their research. No proxies!
  • Other applicants: Researchers with an academic rank above assistant professor may submit, but they are NOT eligible for prizes
• An individual may be the presenting author on only one abstract but may be a coauthor on multiple abstracts
• Awards will be given based on a combination of pre-event review and live judging

Submission deadline: Monday, March 20th, 12:00 pm EST

Please submit an abstract of your poster (limit: 250 words) electronically via this online submission form by 12:00 pm EST on Monday, March 20th

Click here for a printable flyer!

Chandra Ramanathan, PhD, MBA,
Head, East Coast Innovation Center, Bayer Healthcare LLC.

“Regulation of brown fat progenitor cells by insulin’s action on the vascular endothelium”
Kyoungmin Park from the George King Lab

“Aldosterone and Salt’s Effect on mTOR Signaling in the Heart”
Danielle Cullinane from the Gail Adler Lab

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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Jessica Dudley, MD

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William F. Young, Jr., M. D.
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic 

Please join us to learn specific hints and ideas to build successful disparities research projects. Romana Hasnain-Wynia, former Director of the Addressing Disparities Program at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will talk about what health disparities research is, what the different types are, and what PCORI is looking for in successful proposals. This will be followed by an interactive panel session featuring PCORI funded investigators from the Brigham who are conducting health disparities research. Afterwards, stick around for some wine and cheese and network with your colleagues.

“Microglial activation in multiple sclerosis – lessons from positron emission tomography”
Laura Airas, MD, PhD, University of Turku, Finland

The talk will describe the usability of PET imaging methodology in the study of microglial cells in MS patients in vivo. This will include discussion about assessment of microglial response to treatment in MS patients and in animal models of MS

To schedule an appointment please email: bwhresearch@partners.org

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Lisa Henske, MD, BRI Director will provide a brief overview of the BRI, including recent accomplishments, and engage in a discussion about plans for the BRI going forward.

“Human Obesity Induces Metabolic Reprogramming In Natural Killer Cells Preventing Their Cytotoxicity Against Tumors”
Xavier Michelet, PhD from the Lynch Lab

“Targeted hydrogen peroxide metabolism and cardiovascular signal transduction”
Benjamin Steinhorn, BS from the Michel Lab