Events Calendar

Overview

We hope to see you at the 28th Annual Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Graduate Program Symposium on Friday, May 8, from 9:30AM–1:00PM. Featuring four oral poster presentations and three presentations from graduating students, the symposium will be held in the Stearns Auditorium and the Tufts Medical Center atrium.

The event will close with a keynote lecture and Medical Grand Rounds (“Turning Clinical Problems into Research Programs: Lessons from Emerging Independent Investigators”) presented by David Drew, MD, MS, Jenica Upshaw, MD, MS, and Benjamin Wessler, MD, MS, FACC.

Agenda, Presentation, and Medical Grand Rounds

28^th Annual CTS Graduate Program Symposium

9:30AM

Continental Breakfast

9:45AM

Welcome Remarks by David Kent, MD, MSc

10:05AM

Walk to Atrium for Poster Presentations + Group Photo

10:05AM-10:55AM

CTS Students’ Poster Presentations

10:15AM

Oral Poster Presentation by Jacob Fischman, BS

10:20AM

Oral Poster Presentation by Nicole Knobloch, MS

10:25AM

Oral Poster Presentation by Mei-An Nolan, MS

10:30AM

Oral Poster Presentation by Jainith Patel, BS

10:35AM

View Remaining CTS Students’ Posters

10:55AM

Return to Stearns Auditorium

Graduating Students’ Presentations

11:00AM

Rahma Aldhaheri, MD, MS

11:15AM

Isaac Gendelman, MD, MS

11:30AM

Kristen Thane, DVM, PhD

11:45AM

Closing Remarks by Angie Rodday, PhD, MS

11:50AM

Adjourn

12:00-1:00PM

Grand Rounds  

“Turning Clinical Problems into Research Programs: Lessons from Emerging Independent Investigators”

David Drew, MD, MS

Jenica Upshaw, MD, MS

Benjamin Wessler, MD, MS, FACC

You’re invited to attend the Biomedical and Health Data Sciences Collaborative’s (BHDSC) May 2026 Seminar on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:00PM. Daniel DiCorpo, PhD, will present “Introduction to Mendelian Randomization with Applications to Aging and Disease.”

Dr. DiCorpo is a biostatistician with substantial expertise in the design and analysis of observational studies and statistical genetics. His research focuses on the genetic basis of human longevity and complex disease. Dr. DiCorpo joined the Tufts Institute for Clinical Research + Health Policy Studies (ICHRPS) in 2025 and is a member of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Center.

Join Tufts CTSI and presenters from across the clinical research community at Tufts Medicine and Tufts University in person in Boston on Thursday, May 14 at 9:00AM to hear innovative tips and techniques for recruiting and retaining participants in clinical research.

Expand your recruitment and retention toolkit and learn how you can apply strategies from a range of clinical research contexts to your current and future studies. Learn more and register below on Tufts CTSI I LEARN today!

For questions and further information, please email training@tuftsctsi.org.

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 via Microsoft Teams on the fourth Thursday of every month.

Feel free to forward this to anyone you know who may be interested in attending and/or joining the QRIG. If you have any questions, concerns, comments, criticisms, or ideas for future meetings, please contact michael.kohut@mainehealth.org.

The QRIG will meet virtually on Thursday, May 28, from 3:30PM–4:30PM EST. This month, we will review and discuss a preprint manuscript on vaccine hesitancy by guest host Adina Robinson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Marketing at University of New England. This meeting may be of interest to anyone interested in vaccine hesitancy or publishing qualitative work.

Please contact Carmit McMullen, PhD (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.