Previous Events
December 6, 2023
11:00AM-1:00PM
Harnessing ChatGPT for Academic Innovation: From Teaching, to Research, to Funding and Beyond! [in-person]
Speaker: James Intriligator, PhD
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Media Training: This media training was led by Jeremy Lechan, Media Relations Manager at Tufts Medicine and Dr. Shira Doron, Chief Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine and Professor in the Clinical and Translational Science Graduate Program, both of whom have extensive media experience. They presented strategies for better engaging with the media. Additionally, two junior faculty members volunteered to be interviewed by Jeremy and Dr. Doron to provide real-life examples.
October 15, 2024
11:45AM–1:15PM
NIH Review Groups & Networking [in-person]
Speaker: Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. Iris Jaffe spoke about NIH review groups. Networking was held before and after the event.
January 21, 2025
11:45AM–1:15 PM
Delegation and Hiring your Research Team [in-person]
Speaker: Karen Freund, MD, MPH (12:00PM–1:00PM)
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. Karen Freund (Co-Director, Faculty Career Development Program; Physician-in-Chief; Sheldon M. Wolff Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine Tufts CTSI; TMC; TUSM) spoke about the hiring of and delegation to research assistants. Networking was held before and after the event.
March 25, 2025
11:45 AM–1:15PM
Tufts CTSI Resources and Services for Researcher University [in-person]
Speaker: Daniel Weiner, MD, MS
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. Daniel Weiner led a session on the resources and services available for researchers through Tufts CTSI. Networking was held before and after the event.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
11:45 AM-1:15 PM
Tufts CTSI Resources [In-person]
Speakers: Daniel Weiner, MD, MS, and Paola Sebastiani, PhD
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. Daniel Weiner and Dr. Paola Sebastiani led sessions on the resources and services available for researchers through Tufts CTSI. Networking will be possible before and after the event.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
11:45AM-1:15PM
Industry Funding: Who? What? Where? [In-person]
Speaker: Gigi Hirsch, MD
35 Kneeland St, 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. Gigi Hirsch led a session on effective strategies for securing industry funding. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network before and after the event.
Monday, December 1, 2025
8:30AM–4:30PM
Tufts Junior Faculty Grant Writing Workshop: R01 or equivalent grant writing
Speaker: John D. Robertson, PhD
35 Kneeland St., 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. John Robertson led a session on practical and conceptual aspects for writing successful grant proposals. Attendees will have the opportunity to network before and after the event.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
8:30AM–12:00PM
Tufts Junior Faculty Grant Writing Workshop: K awards or equivalent specific proposal sections
Speaker: John D. Robertson, PhD
35 Kneeland St., 8th Floor Conference Room
Dr. John Robertson led a session on practical and conceptual aspects for writing successful grant proposals. Attendees will have the opportunity to network before and after the event.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday January 20, 2026
11:45AM-1:15PM
Navigating Politically Sensitive Research in Medicine
Speakers: Eitan Hersh, PhD, and Keren Ladin, PhD
Location: Tufts University School of Medicine, 145 Harrison Avenue (Room 507)
The Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University invites you to an open house discussion on conducting research in politically sensitive areas of health care. The session will examine how scholars can navigate topics that intersect with contested public affairs and policy issues, meaningfully engage a broad range of stakeholders, and strengthen trust among communities that view scientific institutions with skepticism.
Drs. Eitan Hersh and Keren Ladin will offer brief introductory remarks. The discussion will primarily center challenges investigators face when pursuing lines of inquiry that carry heightened political or social scrutiny, the institutional support they find most valuable, and the additional resources that would enable them to maximize the impact and integrity of their work. Lunch will be served.
While you are welcome to drop in, we encourage you to register to guarantee a seat. Lunch will be available at 11:45AM, with the formal session beginning at 12:00PM. Participants are welcome to stay until 1:15 PM for networking and casual conversation. This discussion is designed for Tufts medical students, faculty, staff, and residents.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
11:45AM-1:15PM
Dissemination of Research Findings: Part I
Speakers: Chloe Bird, PhD, and Joshua Cohen, PhD
35 Kneeland St., 8th Floor Conference Room
Drs. Chloe Bird and Josh Cohen will lead interactive sessions on the varied ways in which we can disseminate our findings to multiple stakeholders. In this first session, Dr Cohen will share his thoughts on oral presentations to scientific audiences and Dr Bird will share her thoughts on written prospectives to non scientific audiences. This will be building blocks for the April session. The SharePoint will include videos for longer presentations
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
11:45AM-1:15PM
Dissemination of Research Findings: Part II
Speakers: Chloe Bird, PhD, and Joshua Cohen, PhD
35 Kneeland St., 8th Floor Conference Room
Drs. Chloe Bird and Josh Cohen will lead interactive sessions on the varied ways in which we can disseminate our findings to multiple stakeholders. Attendees will have the opportunity to network before and after the event. This is the second of the two part session. Here we will build upon what we learned in February session and ask Junior Faculty Forum members to share an 10 minute oral presentation or short editorial for discussion