Thank you to the
#MGH
staff who showed support today for reproductive rights and choices! Speakers shared their experiences and thoughts about the importance of this issue and provided info on how to advocate for continued access to safe abortion services.
Attention all MGH Postdocs! The 2-day, in-person Postdoc Retreat is coming up on 9/22-23, and it is not to be missed. Come enjoy some talks, socializing, and delicious (free!) food with your fellow Postdocs at MGH.
Register now:
Celebration of Mentoring at MGH will be virtual on Jan. 26, 2021 from 4-5:30pm!!! The event will recognize recipients of 2020 departmental, MGH-wide, and Harvard Mentoring awards and feature a keynote presentation by W. Brad Johnson and David G. Smith!!
@MGH_RI
@MassGeneralNews
Grad Student Appreciation Week (Apr 4-8) kicks off today! We want to thank the more than 800 graduate students at MGH for their enormous contribution to the research happening here! This week we will be sharing the profiles of a few of our grad students!
@MassGeneralNews
@MGH_RI
Wishing you all a very happy Women in Medicine Month!
Stay tuned for events happening soon to celebrate the incredible work that our women faculty and trainees are doing at MGH and beyond.
#WIMMonth
A huge congratulations to the 2021 CFD Excellence in Mentoring Award recipients! Check out the photos in this thread for more info on this year's winners.
If you missed this week's celebration, watch the recording here:
We have new pages on Academic Promotion . Please visit to find resources, promotion materials & more!
Resources -
Getting Promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor
Getting Promoted for Investigators
Getting Promoted for Clinicians & Teachers
Check out next Tuesday's installment of the Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series, a series created to support and advance the careers of women!
Register and receive the zoom link here:
This webinar will highlight the role that social media has in research branding and detail ways that social media can be used to improve citations, H-index, and ultimately academic rank.
Register: ?
A big congratulations to all the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars!!! These incredible women will serve as “virtual” Visiting Professors at a national or international institutions.
So proud to officially introduce our Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars. These amazing women will serve as virtual visiting professors at national or international institutions
@MGHCFD
The next round of Well-Being Education Grants is now open!! These grants are open to all MGH grad students, post-docs, residents, fellows, and faculty.
More info and to apply:
We have a web page full of grant information available to you!
Check out the resources to help guide you through the grant process. 👇
#Massgeneral
#grantwriting
#research
September is Women in Medicine Month - celebrate the incredible women at MGH with us at the following events!
Register for Sep 20:
Register for Sep 22:
@MassGeneralNews
@MassGeneralMDs
1 in 4 MGH graduate students is pursuing a degree at a college outside of the United States. Meet Joanna and Lisa, who are attending graduate schools in Europe and doing research in Neurology and the Cancer Center at MGH!!
@MassGeneralNews
@MGH_RI
@MGHNeurology
@MGHCancerCenter
A privilege to work with
@CRForumUS
Board members on this framework for action to address pandemic-related barriers to the success of women in research, now online
@NatureMedicine
:
We must act to sustain progress in gender equity for
#WomenInMedicine
.
Would you benefit from a FREE writing and editing service for your manuscript or grant?
The MGH Scientific Writing Group is providing freelance writing and editing services for MGH faculty/trainees for up to 5 hrs, all subsidized by the CFD!
Apply here:
Join us to hear from Dr. Rox Anderson on December 9th about how he first started in innovation and where he is now as the holder of over 60 national and international patents!
Register:
@MGHSpringboard
@MW_Initiative
#DYK
: is a web-based CV management tool available to all of our faculty and trainees.
This tool is an on-line database to enter your CV elements, search and import from PubMed and download an
#HMS
formatted CV.
#AcademicTwitter
#innovation
#MassGeneral
DID YOU KNOW? The Graduate Student Division created a new 'How to get a graduate student in your lab' page on the website.
➡️Check out this new web page:
#research
#lab
#MassGeneralHospital
Coming up next Monday!! Join Bakhos Tannous, PhD, in a discussion surrounding grant writing and external funding challenges for our second installment of the "Coffee and Conversation" series
Register here:
Upcoming town hall!
We have an exciting panel of speakers including Peter Slavin, MD, President of MGH, Anne Becker, MD, Dean for Clinical and Academic Affairs, HMS, & Rose Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer, MGB.
Zoom details:
#MGHEvents
This Award is for MGH women faculty/trainees who have shown exceptional promise as leaders in their field and whose careers would specifically benefit from speaking, mentoring and networking opportunities.
More info and to apply:
📢 Call for Nominations!
2020 Graduate Student Division Principal Investigator
#mentoring
Award.
#MGH
graduate students please nominate your PI.
Submit a nomination by 11/24.
“If you are an assertive, confident and dominant leader as a man- you get a thumbs up. Women....not so much. You’re expected to be supportive, nurturing and helping.”
MGH Graduate Students are enrolled at more than 210 different institutions worldwide. Meet Francisco & Miriam, who are pursuing a Ph.D. and conducting research at MGH!!
@MassGeneralNews
@MGH_RI
Applications are now open! Join physician coach Diane Shannon, MD, MPH for an online group coaching workshop series for early career women faculty
More info and to apply:
A big thank you to Brian Burns at
@MGH_RI
for another engaging and informative social media workshop today!
Register now for the final two workshops of the series:
Session 6:
Session 7:
Grad students and Postdocs - Join us next Thursday for advice on bridging the gap between academic biomedical research and industry!
Register:
@MGH_RI
@MGH_PostdocAssn
The
@mghcdi
Summer Research Trainee Program students are giving their final presentations this week! Attend and show support the advancement of a more diverse and equitable future for the world of academic medicine and medical research.
The CFD is excited to announce a new series all about using social media to your advantage - starting March 1st!
Join experts
@AmyOxentenkoMD
and Rupa Wong, as well as MGH's own
@ShuhanHeMD
and Brian Burns, for a 5-part series this spring. More details coming very soon!
The CFD is excited to announce a new lecture series! Join these 4 public speaking experts as they give tips for perfecting your presentations.
Register for the first session here:
TODAY at 12:00PM: Sasha K. Shillcutt will be providing a webinar on the topic of her book "Between Grit and Grace: The Art of Leading as a Woman.
Register and Add to Calendar:
Zoom Link:
Join us for this week's Fun Friday to enjoy the benefits of a walking meditation from the comfort of your desk or home!
Register:
#funfridays
#wellbeing
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” — Steven Spielberg
Don't forget to register for the 2021 CHADD Mentoring Course on November 5th!
#mentoring
#HMS
Join this Thursday's panel to learn more about where to find and how to join initiatives or committees of interest and, ultimately, when it makes sense to say yes to a new responsibility—or decline the opportunity.
Register:
The CFD hosted a reception for the TEDxMGH speakers to thank them for sharing their incredible and moving stories with our hospital community❤️
MGH employees - follow this link for the TEDxMGH Apollo page:
Applications for the MGH Physician and/or Scientist Development Award 2022 are due this Thursday, March 3rd! This is a 3 or 4 Year Award for Investigators who are Underrepresented in Academic Medicine.
Apply here:
This
#funfriday
, join Berklee College of Music Professor Joo Park in an ear-training session! Check your ear skills in rhythm and pitch and see if you can pick the notation of the melody you hear.
Register:
Stuart Papp, the Founder and CEO of Pitch DNA will be joining our next Virtual Water Cooler session to share how to perfect your pitch and get buy-in!
Registration:
@StuartPitch
@MW_Initiative
@MGHSpringboard
The CFD's Postdoctoral Division and Office for Well-Being raffled off 2 Apple Watches to postdocs who completed the Postdoc Well-Being Survey. Congratulations to our two winners!!
TOMORROW! Christian Tidona from
@BioMed_X
will be joining the CFD for "Research Career Perspectives at the Interface Between Academia and Industry".
Register:
Grad students and Postdocs - Join us next Thursday for advice on bridging the gap between academic biomedical research and industry!
Register:
@MGH_RI
@MGH_PostdocAssn
Frustrated by challenges you face delivering care and want to solve for them?
Join us as clinical colleagues demystify their journey from problem identification to product creation!
For more info and to register for Nov 4:
@MW_Initiative
@MGHSpringboard
📢 Calling all
@MassGeneralNews
women faculty clinicians, educators, researchers and women postdocs!
Apply now for the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award
Learn more and apply here:
Deadline: Monday, July 6, 2020
Webinar alert! Join
@bobbordone
and the CFD for
“Active Listening for Effective Communication” webinar.
🗓️ Wednesday, September 9, 2020
🕛 12:00 to 2:00 PM
💻 Learn more & register here:

#MassGeneral
#communication
#listening
Join us Wed, 9/30 at 12 - 1 PM for Bodyweight Strength Training and Mobility from Your Home or Office! We are thrilled to have
@DwallaceSp
lead this
#webinar
on low volume strength training. Open to everyone!
😀
#Signup
-
It might be the last day of Grad Student Appreciation Week, but graduate students make an impact every day at the Mass General Research Institute! We want to thank the more than 800 graduate students at MGH for their contribution to research at MGH!!!
@MassGeneralNews
@MGH_RI
Explore the critical emotional agility habits that enable people to engage, drive culture, team, be resilient, and flourish! Join us for the next installment of the Maurizio Fava Lecture Series this upcoming Tuesday, October 12th.
Register:
Join us TOMORROW for the annual Nancy J. Tarbell, MD Faculty Development Lecture! Hear from Clayton Spencer, President of
@BatesCollege
, about Bates’ nationally recognized Purposeful Work program.
Register:
@MassGeneralNews
@MassGeneralMDs
@BredellaMD
The first session of the CFD Presentation Series is coming up soon on May 25th! Join Beth Sherman, a 7-time Emmy Award-winning Comedy Writer, to learn how to make your presentations more engaging through comedy.
Register:
Tomorrow's
#funfriday
is "Composing a Melody" with Joo Park, an Assistant Professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music!
Register:
#wellbeing
#CFD
Such a fun start to the new "Virtual Water Cooler Series: Demystifying Innovation" this morning!!
Thanks so much to all who joined us in-person and on Zoom, and a huge thank you to Dr. Nanji and Dr. Currier for sharing their innovation journeys!
@MW_Initiative
@MGHSpringboard
Join the MGH Building Up Scholars on July 20th for a virtual poster session! The Scholars will present the results of an
#NIH
-funded study focused on building the research careers of
#postdocs
and junior
#faculty
@askdrfatima
Zoom link:
The MGH Scientific Writing Group is providing freelance writing and editing services for MGH faculty/trainees for up to 5 hours, all subsidized by the CFD!
Apply here:
We are excited to welcome Dr. El-Chemali and Dr. Joo tomorrow for the next installment of the Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series!
Register:
#OfficeforWomensCareers
#CFD
Join us for a special
#WIM
#WIMMonth
session
@CheriBlauwetMD
a Paralympic gold medalist elite marathoner & PMNR sports medicine physician
@SpauldingRehab
@BrighamWomens
- Dr. Blauwet will describe disability as a critical element of diversity, equity and inclusion. 9.23 12:30pm
September is Women in Medicine Month - celebrate the incredible women at MGH with us at the following events!
Register for Sep 20:
Register for Sep 22:
@MassGeneralNews
@MassGeneralMDs
Join published author, essayist and expressive writing teacher Áine Greaney Ellrott this
#funfriday
to discover how expressive writing can bring joy, comfort and clarity to our personal and professional lives!
Register:
TOMORROW! Learn how to use social media to publicize office initiatives, programs, and projects or engage and empower patients and/or colleagues by giving them an outlet for information and communication.
Register here:
Attention all MGH Postdocs! The 2-day, in-person Postdoc Retreat is coming up on 9/22-23, and it is not to be missed. Come enjoy some talks, socializing, and delicious (free!) food with your fellow Postdocs at MGH.
Register now:
Laughter Yoga Instructor Laura Malloy will be back THIS FRIDAY, July 16th! Come relieve stress, release endorphins and boost your immune functioning with us.
Register here:
#funfriday
#wellbeing
The call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations is OPEN for the 2022 Women in Medicine and Science Symposium!
For more info and to submit an abstract:
Is caring for a child/dependent making it harder to travel and advance in your career?
Apply for a Caring for Dependent (CFD) Travel Award - deadline NEXT WEDNESDAY!
Dr. Gene Beresin and Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins from
@MGHClayCenter
will speak about back to school anxiety in "Back to School EAP webinar: Helping You and Your Kids Cope with COVID This Fall"!
9/9 from 12-1pm:
9/9 from 4-5pm:
Save the date for this upcoming lecture with
@bgroysberg
and
@colleenammerman
! The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of their book, “Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work”.
Register:
Join the Center for Faculty Development in congratulating the 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Award winners and amazing nominees! If you missed the event last week, click below to see the winners and watch the recordings.
Apply now for the Office for Well-Being's next cohort of "Group Coaching for a Healthy Lifestyle" with Dr. Beth Frates! The workshops will be Wednesdays from April 3 – May 8, 4:00 – 5:00 pm.
More info and to apply by 2/16:
Join Laura Malloy, LICSW, TOMORROW for laughter yoga - a practice that combines laughter exercises with relaxing yogic breathing techniques to relieve stress, release endorphins, and boost immune functioning.
Register here:
#funfridays
#wellbeing
Join us next Tuesday for the October Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Lecture! This month's topic is "Neuroimaging of Resting State Activity Across Development and Brain States"
Register:
Session 3 of the CFD's Social Media Series will be an overview of LinkedIn and using social media strategy to post and boost content. Join us!
Register:
Please join us tomorrow for “Managing Parenthood and Your Career Series- Advanced COVID Parenting” webinar!
🗓️ Thursday, July 16, 2020
🕛 12:00 PM
💻 Details:
#⃣
#MGHEvents
#Massgeneral
#parenting