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FEATURED NEWS
Read the HMS News article on how this past summer’s Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity and Development Inclusion’s Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program (SCTRP) college students spent their summer at HMS, working closely with mentors on developing novel projects in C/T research.
The C3 Bioinformatics joint venture helps scientists with bioinformatics training through hands-on workshops on topics ranging from DNA, RNA, and protein sequence analysis to database searching and genomic predictions. Read the HMS news article on this program, and learn more about how the free workshops can benefit your research.
For the past six years, over 200 regulatory professionals from across Harvard and beyond have created innovative solutions to simplify the regulatory process and inform best practices in research oversight. Read the HMS News article about this interdisciplinary group of experts, and contact our Regulatory, Ethics, and Law Program if you have questions on regulatory topics in your own research.
SPOTLIGHT
Read about this highly innovative web tool used by 3,000 visitors a day, and the many ways Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine faculty can benefit from it and update their unique profiles with new social features.
HARVARD CATALYST EDUCATION
Navigating a career in research can be challenging. In this two-day interactive course, learn how to develop programs and manage projects, negotiate effectively, hire and manage a workforce, and manage budgets and grants.
This online, nine-week, course offers an introduction to mixed methods research in the health sciences. Participants will learn how qualitative and quantitative data can be integrated to capture the perspectives of patients, providers, communities, or healthcare organizations in order to answer complex research questions. The course will also cover formulating research questions, collecting and analyzing different types of data, choosing the appropriate mixed methods designs, and interpreting mixed method research results.
FaCToR offers an overview of the concepts of clinical/translational research through the dynamic and interactive medium of online learning. Participants will learn about the spectrum of clinical and translational research that begins with first-in-human studies and concludes with healthcare interventions implemented on a population level.
HARVARD CATALYST EVENTS
Through research, we now recognize that many exposures in infancy and early childhood exert profound effects on childhood, later in life, and even intergenerational health. Long-term health consequences of adverse early-life exposures include not only cardiovascular, renal, and neurological conditions, but also psychological and metabolic processes. The focus of this year’s symposium is to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for developmental origins of health and disease, as well as to discover how these findings can be translated into prevention strategies beginning in the earliest stages of life, including before birth. Matthew Gillman, MD, SM, will be the keynote speaker on October 7, 9:00am-5:30pm, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Rotunda, HMS. Please visit the website for more information on the event and to register.
This half-day workshop covers the full gamut: content strategy, slide design, and presentation delivery. With a dynamic combination of lecture, discussion, video analysis, and exercises, this workshop provides the skills, knowledge, and practice necessary to transform the way researchers present their work. October 7, 2:00-5:00pm, Forsyth Institute. Registration is required.
Sometimes you only have a couple of minutes to get your message across, and that “elevator pitch” can often make the difference between success and stagnation. This fun workshop will teach you how to create a clear and convincing summary of your work so that it’s compelling for any audience. October 8, 2:00-3:15pm or 3:45-5:00pm, Forsyth Institute. Registration is required.
Michael Stoto, PhD, professor of Health Systems Administration & Population Health at Georgetown University, will give a full-day course for the Harvard Catalyst Biostatistics Program. October 19, 8:30am-4:30pm, HMS Countway, Minot Room.
This event, led by the Bok Players, an interactive theatre group created and developed at Harvard University, will introduce participants to topics around cultural competency and study participant advocacy. Topics include establishing trust across cultures; respecting the diversity of communities; engaging diverse communities in research; and implementingculturally appropriate recruitment tools. Free and open to all faculty, staff, and community members, including junior and senior investigators, as well as research nurses, coordinators, and staff engaged in biomedical or social and behavioral research. Register by October 27, as space is limited.
Many important advances in human health depend on the effective collection, storage, use, and sharing of biological specimens and their associated data. However, recent controversies involving specimen-based research have raised important questions about ownership, data-sharing, privacy considerations, group harms, and standards for responsible specimen stewardship. At this collaborative symposium, experts will discuss the key ethical and policy issues raised by genetics and other research involving human biological materials, covering the entire trajectory from specimen source to new discovery. November 16, 8:30am-5:30pm, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For additional information, including the full agenda and a link to the registration site, please visit the website.
OTHER COURSES & EVENTS
September 29
Rebecca Skloot, the bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will speak about the book and her path to writing it. Register online.
October 1, 2015
Ruth S. Nussenzweig, Victor Nussenzweig, and Tu Youyou will be honored for their pioneering discoveries in chemistry and parasitology, and personal commitments to translate these into effective chemotherapeutic and vaccine-based approaches to control malaria.
October 2, 2015
This academic event will recognize and honor the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife’s founders, feature special lectures given by key figures in IFAR’s history, and end with a poster session and cocktail party. RSVP is required.
The event will include experts in ancient DNA, de-extinction, human origins, population genetics, forensic science, ethics, business, future synthetic life, and the personal genome. Registration is required.
October 3-10, 2015
This weeklong series of events and experiences, taking place all throughout Greater Boston, is a first of its kind civic collaboration between The Boston Globe, MIT, MGH, and Harvard University. Register now for events.
October 7, 2015
View the agenda and register online.
Join entrepreneurs and innovators for a lively open house focused on sharing big ideas, and fostering new ones.
October 26-27, 2015
DF/HCC and affiliates can use promo code DFHCC100 to receive complimentary registration. View the agenda and register online.
November 3-4, 2015
Save the date for this workshop. Registration is required.
November 5-6, 2015
Attend the 9th Program in Quantitative Genomics conference.
November 9-10, 2015
Information and registration can be found on the website.
November 18-19, 2015
More information and registration can be found online.
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