Events Calendar

Does your research work involve recruiting human research volunteers?

Join Tufts CTSI for a blended synchronous/asynchronous workshop focused on providing hands-on practice consenting simulated research participants. This two-part training includes a short online tutorial followed by a live Zoom meeting where you will practice obtaining informed consent with community members, many of whom have been research participants themselves. This is a learning and skill building opportunity for you and will not be evaluated in any way.

Participants must complete all of the pre-work on Tufts CTSI I LEARN in order to receive the Zoom link for the live training. While in the live workshop your active participation in the live role-play activity is required. You will also learn through providing feedback to others and engaging in group discussion. This will ensure that you get the most out of what this training has to offer.

Clinical research coordinators, investigators, research fellows, research nurses, and anyone involved in obtaining informed consent are encouraged to attend. This workshop is great for both new staff and as a refresher for more experienced staff.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training, participants of Parts 1 & 2 will be able to:

• List the essential elements of informed consent.
• Demonstrate (using plain language) in explaining the informed consent process, in a virtual setting.
• Demonstrate multiple techniques to verify participants’ comprehension.
• Identify 2-3 key considerations for obtaining informed consent in a remote or virtual setting.

Enrollment is limited due to the hands-on nature of this training. After enrollment, participants will be asked to upload proof of completion of CITI basic training in human subjects research.

Details

Live session via Zoom: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1:00PM-3:00PM EST 

Registration

To attend, please register here via Tufts CTSI I LEARN.

Prerequisite

CITI basic human subjects protection training. Participants will be required to upload proof of CITI completion to the Tufts CTSI I LEARN course site before the live session.

Registration and a Call for Posters are now open for Tufts Infection & Immunity Research: Convergence for Innovation and Impact on Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24.

The event, co-hosted by Tufts CTSI and Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost for Research, will bring together the Tufts research community for two days of presentations, networking, and strategic dialogue around current and future microbial threats, one of the University’s most critical interdisciplinary priorities. This symposium will highlight basic, translational, clinical, and population-based research, as well as developments in training and innovations that advance our understanding, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. The first day’s program will feature an extended networking and poster session. Posters describing recent projects or relevant resources are welcome from students, trainees, faculty, and staff. For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage here. Visit the symposium website to register and learn more about submitting a poster.

Event Details

Monday, March 23

Boston Health Sciences Campus | Open to all

Tuesday, March 24

Tufts University Grafton Campus | Invitation only

Registration

Please register by Friday, March 13.

Call for Posters

We invite proposals for posters to be presented during a 90-minute poster session and networking reception on March 23. The session is intended to be a platform for increasing awareness of the breadth of current work at Tufts related to infection and immunity—from fundamental discovery to clinical, public health, technological, and policy-focused research—and to inspire new interdisciplinary collaborations.

Eligibility and Scope

Submissions are welcome from students, trainees, faculty, and staff from across Tufts.

Presentations of both in-progress and recently completed projects are encouraged. We also welcome posters describing resources that could support future collaborative research, including platforms, datasets, or methods.

Posters may be on any topic relevant to our overall theme. Examples of areas include:

• Immune system biology; host–pathogen interactions; mechanisms of immunopathology in infection
• Biology of infectious agents; surveillance of emerging microbial threats
• Epidemiology of infectious disease; disease transmission modeling
• One Health and animal-human-ecosystem interaction
• Vaccine and antimicrobial research
• Public health interventions, policy analyses, or implementation studies
• Enabling data science approaches, AI applications, animal models, or analytical tools

Poster Requirements and Guidelines

• Posters will be set up for display throughout the summit on March 23. Presentation time will be from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.
• At least one of the poster authors is required to register for the event and be at their poster to answer questions and discuss their work during the poster session.
• Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to design and print their posters. Posters should be mounted on a foam board no larger than 36″ x 48″. Easels and pushpins will be provided.
• Complete registration and indicate you are interested in presenting a poster. Additional details regarding event logistics and the submission of an abstract for inclusion at the conference will be provided separately

You’re invited to attend the Biomedical and Health Data Sciences Collaborative’s (BHDSC) February 2026 Seminar (“AI in Digital Oncology: Expanding Clinical Trial Access and Identifying High-Risk Recurrence in Breast Cancer”) on Wednesday, March 25 at 2:00PM. 

Guannan Gong, PhD,  brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of healthcare information technology and clinical research. He began his career as a healthcare informaticist with technical roles at Epic Systems and InterSystems Corporation — two of the leading companies in the healthcare IT sector. At Epic, Dr. Gong contributed to the development of electronic health record (EHR) infrastructure that supports clinical workflows at major U.S. hospitals. He then joined InterSystems, where he worked on health information exchange platforms and clinical data integration systems used worldwide. These roles equipped him with deep expertise in health data architecture, interoperability, and real-world clinical operations.

Details

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
2:00PM-3:00PM EST

The Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG) is an interprofessional group united by an interest in qualitative approaches to health research. Qualitative researchers at MaineHealth Institute for Research and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest co-host the group. All are welcome. The group meets through Microsoft Teams on the fourth Thursday of every month.

The QRIG will meet virtually on Thursday, March 26, from 12:30PM–1:30PM EST. This month, the QRIG will host Kenny Maes, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Applied Anthropology Graduate Program at Oregon State University.

His presentation, “Community-Based Participatory Research with Community Health Workers: Training, Leadership, and Allyship,” will focus on how community health workers (CHWs) are engaging in research and evaluation about their own profession, and how allies support this work. This will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss research training opportunities for CHWs and allies; how CHWs use both qualitative and quantitative research to empower themselves and their profession; and how CHWs move from participating in research to leading research.

Please contact Carmit McMullen (Carmit.McMullen@kp.org) to receive the calendar invitation.

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Looking to enrich your research by gathering information directly from patients, clinicians, community members, and others? Tufts CTSI’s Qualitative and Mixed Methods Service can help.

The Tufts CTSI Qualitative and Mixed Methods Service supports researchers, community members, and others in using qualitative and survey methods in health-related research. We are here to help you go beyond numbers alone by integrating interviews, focus groups, observations, and surveys to generate insights that can improve health and health care.

Researchers, community members, and others affiliated with a Tufts CTSI partner organization can request support by submitting a service request.

• Initial consultations of up to 10 hours are provided at no cost.
• For more extensive consultation, we can join research teams (FTE portion).

To learn more, please submit a service request.