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Live session via Zoom: Thursday, October 24, 10:00AM-11:30AM EST
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For any questions about the event, please contact Alyssa Cabrera.
Join us for an engaging live Zoom event featuring Alysse Wurcel, MD, a dedicated clinical scientist and thought leader whose work in translational science showcases the power of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to unlock information hidden in clinical data.
Dr. Wurcel’s NLP research identifies a difficult to uncover population – people who use drugs – and demonstrates the limitations of traditional Electronic Medical Record searches. Her work reveals how NLP can serve as a more effective, efficient, and ethical alternative to chart reviews. By incorporating NLP in her research, Dr. Wurcel not only identifies patients more accurately but creates the opportunity to improve care through earlier identification of at-risk populations in need of better access to care and services.
– Learn from Experts: Gain insights from Dr. Wurcel and our expert panelists on how NLP is transforming clinical and translational research. Understand how it serves as a bridge between raw data and tangible healthcare improvements.
– Build Strong Collaborative Teams: Explore the vital role of interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science. Learn how partnering with the right experts can strengthen your team and accelerate your research and clinical goals.
– Explore Ethical and Practical Dimensions: Dive into the ethical considerations and challenges of implementing NLP in healthcare settings. Understand the importance of language choices and how they can influence patient trust, engagement, and outcomes.
– Innovate in Patient Care: Engage with thought leaders about the future of patient care. Learn how adopting cutting-edge technologies like NLP can create more person-centered healthcare systems and contribute to a broader understanding of patient needs.
– Utilize the Translational Science Benefits Model: Analyze this case example to identify the wide-ranging benefits of your research, highlighting how these advantages impact interest holders across various disciplines.
– Researchers and Scientists interested in identifying and understanding the needs of patients who use drugs, exploring the applications of NLP, or identifying additional benefits of their research using the Translational Science Benefits Model.
– Clinicians and Healthcare Providers seeking to enhance patient care through innovative technologies and learn how to integrate NLP into clinical practice.
– Informatics Specialists and Data Scientists passionate about data-driven healthcare solutions and their practical implementation.
– Ethics and Language Experts interested in the intersection of language, technology, and patient care, focusing on the ethical implications of these advancements.
– Program Administrators and Grant Managers responsible for designing and overseeing small funding opportunities aimed at advancing translational science.
Laura Haaber Ihle, PhD (AI Ethicist, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University)
Aurora Quaye, MD (Anesthesiologist and researcher, Maine Health Institute for Research)
Liz Scharnetzki, PhD (Social Psychologist, Maine Health Institute for Research)
Annika Schoene, PhD (Computer Scientist, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University)
Leslie Rideout, PhD, FNP, BSN (Tufts Medical Center)
Aurora Quaye, MD (Clinical Faculty, Maine Health Institute for Research)
Isha Agarwal, MD, ScD (Emergency Medicine, Maine Health)
Ioannis Paschalidis, PhD (Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute)
Live session via Zoom: Thursday, October 24, 10:00AM-11:30AM EST
For any questions about the event, please contact Alyssa Cabrera.
Join Tufts CTSI for our Addiction Research Symposium Plus on Wednesday, March 13 at Tufts University’s Boston Health Sciences Campus. This interactive event will focus on nascent research projects with the goals of assisting teams to develop research project proposals for future grant submissions and engaging all event participants in team science approaches to further catalyze research ideas.
By the end of this interactive symposium, event participants should be able to:
The following projects will be presented and discussed:
Wednesday, March 13, 9:00AM-3:00PM
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Room 216A
145 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA
To attend, please register here by March 4, 2019.
The Biomedical and Health Data Science Collaborative (BHDSC), a cross-disciplinary group formed by the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center, invites you to attend a virtual seminar on Wednesday, January 25, from 2:00PM-3:00PM. Jeremy P. Brown, PhD will give a talk titled “The Elephant in the Room: Unmeasured Confounding in Pharmacoepidemiology”.
Unmeasured confounding is a major challenge to causal inference in pharmacoepidemiological research, as it can introduce bias and lead to incorrect conclusions. In this presentation, I will discuss methods for diagnosing, reducing, and quantifying unmeasured confounding in pharmacoepidemiological studies. These methods include negative controls, the high-dimensional propensity score, self-controlled study designs, and quantitative bias analysis. I will provide examples of these methods in action, as applied to two non-interventional studies conducted using UK electronic health records: one investigating the effect of proton pump inhibitors on mortality, and the other examining the effect of fluoroquinolones on aortic aneurysm or dissection. By using methods such as these, we can improve the accuracy and reliability of our findings and make more informed decisions about the safety and effectiveness of medications.
Jeremy Brown is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the CAUSALab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on methods, and in particular causal inference methods, in pharmacoepidemiology and their application to understanding the safety and effectiveness of medications using insurance claims and electronic health records data. Prior to Harvard T.H. Chan he conducted his PhD in pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
2:00PM-3:00PM EST
Zoom Link: https://wellforce.zoom.us/j/91467788400?pwd=U2FXdTZRZENkdzdnQTYxczlWVCtFdz09&from=addon
Please contact Anastasia Gurinovich (agurinovich@tuftsmedicalcenter.org) and Ellaina Reed (ereed1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org) if you have any questions.
Feel free to pass on to others who may be interested.
The Biomedical and Health Data Sciences Collaborative (BHDSC), a cross-disciplinary group formed by Tufts CTSI and the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center, invites you to attend their Winter 2023 Symposium on “Precision Nutrition and Artificial Intelligence” on Wednesday, December 6 at 2:00PM.
The event will feature presentations from Sai Krupa Das, PhD, a senior scientist on the Energy Metabolism Team at Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Eric Miller, PhD, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science.
The goal of precision nutrition is to provide individual dietary recommendations based on an individual’s genetic background and overall well-being. The NIH Common Fund’s Nutrition for Precision Health supports the development of algorithms to predict individual responses to food and dietary patterns by contributing and leveraging data from the All of Us Research Program. This challenging project requires collaborations between experts in nutrition, genetics, statistics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. This symposium will highlight some of the ongoing efforts at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Tufts Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and highlight opportunities for collaborations in this exciting program.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
2:00PM-4:00PM
To attend via Zoom, click here.
The Biomedical and Health Data Sciences Collaborative (BHDSC), a cross-disciplinary group formed by Tufts CTSI and the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center, invites you to attend their Winter 2024 Symposium on “AI and Healthy Living” on Wednesday, December 18 at 2:00PM.
The event will feature presentations from:
Elena N. Naumova, PhD | Professor, Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science Division, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Health Policy
(“Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Competencies for Public Health Professionals to Build Future Workforce”)
Anastasia Leshchyk | PhD student, Boston University Bioinformatics Program; Visiting Student, Tufts Medical Center
(“A community of network approach to discover mechanisms underlying healthy aging”)
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
2:00PM
To attend via Zoom, click here.
Join Tufts CTSI’s Dissemination & Implementation Core for their next D&I Interest Group (DIIG) on Tuesday, March 26 at 1:00PM! Carmit McMullen, PhD, will present “Incorporating Qualitative Methods in Your Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Project.”
Dr. McMullen is a medical anthropologist who studies health informatics, cancer survivorship, and healthcare delivery. She provides expertise in qualitative and ethnographic research methods, such as focus groups, interviews, and fieldwork (participant observation), for studies in diverse subject areas. She also facilitates stakeholder engagement in research by leading advisory boards and by training patient advocates and integrating them into the research process.
Live session via Zoom: Tuesday, March 26, 1:00PM-2:00PM EST
To register in advance, click here.
To download and share the event flyer, click here.
All are welcome to attend and learn more about D&I!
Please contact Anna Thompson with any questions.
Save the Date and join Tufts CTSI’s Dissemination & Implementation Core for their next D&I Interest Group (DIIG) on Monday, May 20 at 11:00AM!
Douglas Luke, PhD, will present “Looking down the road towards impact: How to conceptualize your research through the Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) framework.” In this talk, Dr. Luke will explore the TSBM framework as a powerful tool for researchers to envision the trajectory of their work from conception to real-world impact. Whether you are an early-stage investigator or an established researcher, this talk will provide valuable insights into how you can effectively conceptualize your research to drive meaningful change in healthcare and beyond.
Live session via Zoom: Monday, May 20, 11:00AM-12:00PM EST
Download and share the event flyer.
All are welcome to attend and learn more about D&I!
Please contact Anna Thompson with any questions.
Join Tufts CTSI’s Dissemination & Implementation Core for their next D&I Interest Group (DIIG) on Tuesday, January 30 at 11:00AM! Cara C. Lewis, PhD, Deputy Director of the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute within the National Institutes of Health, will present “The Next Generation of Implementation Strategy Testing: Optimizing for Impact, Efficiency, and Equity.”
Dr. Lewis’ expertise in implementation science is evidenced through her national and international responsibilities including serving as President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, as co-founding Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Research and Practice, lecturer for implementation science training institutes, scientific advisor domestically and abroad (e.g., centers in Ireland, Australia), and co-editor of Practical Implementation Science. In 2022, Clarivate recognized her as one of the most highly cited social scientists globally.
Dr. Lewis will anchor the audience in a tale of why implementation science, specifically the study of implementation strategy mechanisms, is critical for impacting public health, equitably and efficiently. NHLBI priorities around dissemination and implementation science will be discussed.
Live session via Zoom: Tuesday, January 30, 11:00AM-12:00PM EST
To register in advance, click here.
To download and share the event flyer, click here.
All are welcome to attend and learn more about D&I!
Please contact Anna Thompson with any questions.
Join Tufts CTSI’s D&I Interest Group to learn about stakeholder engagement in implementation science!
Tufts Medical Center’s Alysse Wurcel, MD, MS will present “What Taylor Swift Teaches Us about Engaging Stakeholders” via Zoom. An open discussion will follow her presentation.
Dr. Wurcel is an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Tufts Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. A graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, she completed her Infectious Disease fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and Tufts Medical Center, and received a Masters in Clinical Research from the School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. She currently provides HIV, hepatitis C care at Tufts Medical Center as well as six local county jails. She is the infectious diseases consultant to the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association for COVID19 prevention and mitigation strategies.
Live session via Zoom: Wednesday, November 15, 1:00PM-2:00PM EST
Learning objectives:
1. Describe why stakeholder involvement is important in D&I research
2. Explain different strategies for involving stakeholders in D&I research
3. Describe what good stakeholder involvement looks like for an NIH grant
To register in advance, click here.
To download and share the event flyer, click here
All are welcome to attend and learn more about D&I!
Please contact Anna Thompson with any questions.
You are invited to a virtual Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Interest Group Meeting on Monday, September 12 from 1:00PM-2:00PM EST.
The guest speaker for the meeting will be Rachel Gold, PhD, MPH. An open discussion will follow her presentation.
Dr. Gold is an epidemiologist and health services researcher focusing on implementation science and using health information technology to improve care quality and reduce disparities in public clinics. Her work includes studying how to implement a multi-faceted quality improvement initiative that targets cardiovascular disease and diabetes care in community health centers serving socioeconomically vulnerable patients. In this session, Dr. Gold will discuss the ten key ingredients for writing implementation science grant proposals and share examples from her own work.
The talk is based on the article “Writing implementation research grant proposals: ten key ingredients” in Implementation Science.
Live session via Zoom: Monday, September 12, 1:00PM-2:00PM EST
To register in advance, click here. All are welcome to attend and learn more about D&I!
Please contact Anna Thompson with any questions.
Join Tufts CTSI for One Health Symposium Plus on Monday, October 7 at Tufts University’s Health Sciences Campus in Boston. This interactive event will focus on new research project ideas with the goals of assisting teams to develop research project proposals for future grant submissions and engaging all event participants in team science approaches to further catalyze research ideas.
By the end of this interactive symposium, event participants will be able to:
Monday, October 7, 2019, 9:00AM-1:00PM
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Room 1415 (14th floor)
1 Kneeland Street, Boston MA
To attend, please register here by October 2, 2019.
Interested in learning about how research that spans translational phases leads to discoveries like the COVID-19 vaccines? Mark your calendar for Translational Research Day 2021:
Tuesday, April 27
9:00AM-3:00PM
Online via Zoom
Please register here to attend.
The keynote address will be given by John R. Mascola, MD, Director of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Mascola will highlight the scientific discoveries that laid the foundation for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development.
Look for #TranslationalTufts2021 on social media and join the conversation.
Mark your calendar for Translational Research Day 2022:
Tuesday, March 15
10:00AM-4:00PM (eastern time)
Online via Zoom
Registration for Translational Research Day 2022 has closed.
The morning keynote address will be given by Michael K. Gould, MD, MS of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.
The closing keynote address will be given by Gordon Bernard, MD of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Look for #TranslationalTufts2022 on social media and join the conversation.
Tufts CTSI is excited to announce that its 2023 Translational Science Day symposium is scheduled for Monday, October 16 in person on the Tufts University School of Medicine campus.
The theme of this year’s symposium is “Advancing Health Equity through Translational Science,” and the event will include lightning talks, an interactive research studio, and two keynote speakers: Michael G. Kurilla, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS), and Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA.
Monday, October 16
8:00AM – 4:00PM EST
Tufts University Center for Medical Education
145 Harrison Ave.
Boston, Mass. 02111
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Registration is now open! Click here to register.
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The first morning keynote address (35–minute talk, + 10 min Q&A) will be given by Michael G. Kurilla, MD, PhD, Director Division of Clinical Innovation, NCATS
Topic: “The Science of Translational Science”
The second morning keynote address (35–minute talk, + 10 min Q&A) will be given by Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA
Topic: “Health Equity in Research”
8:00AM – 8:25AM
Registration check-in
8:30AM – 8:45AM
Welcome
Dean, Tufts CTSI
8:45AM – 10:15AM
Keynote 1 (35-minute talk, + 10 min Q&A)
Director Division of Clinical Innovation, NCATS
Topic: “The Science of Translational Science”
Keynote 2 (35-minute talk + 10 min Q&A)
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA
Topic: “Health Equity in Research”
10:15AM – 10:30AM
Break
10:30AM – 11:30AM
Translational Science Lightning Talks (three talks @ 10-min each + five-min Q&A each)
Goal: Showcase exemplar research projects that advance health equity through translational science approaches
John W. Jackson, ScD, Johns Hopkins University | “Evaluating Effects of Interventions on Health Disparities”
Amanda Petrik, PhD, Kaiser Permanente | “Diversifying Recruitment into Clinical Trials and Research”
Marzyeh Ghassemi, MSc, PhD, MIT | “The Pulse Of Ethical Machine Learning in Health”
11:30AM – 12:30PM
Panel Discussion: “Embedding Translational Science and Health Equity into Research Programs” (60 minutes)
Lightning Talk presenters and keynotes
Moderator: Ayanna Thomas, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Dean of Research for Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
Panelists:
Michael G. Kurilla, MD, PhD, Director Division of Clinical Innovation, NCATS
John W. Jackson, ScD, Johns Hopkins University
Amanda Petrik, PhD, Kaiser Permanente
Marzyeh Ghassemi, MSc, PhD, MIT
12:35PM – 1:00PM
Poster Plenary
Moderator: Aviva Must, PhD, Director, Small Grants to Advance Translational Science (S-GATS) Program, Tufts CTSI
1:00PM – 1:45PM
Lunch, networking, poster viewing
2:00PM – 3:30PM
Interactive Research Studio: “Uncertainty as a driver of financial distress in cancer patients”
Presenter: Eric Anderson, PhD, Faculty Scientist I, MaineHealth Institute for Research
This session will consider a planned study of the financial hardships associated with cancer and its treatment, particularly when involving advanced therapies. Dr. Anderson is interested in understanding how the cost uncertainties, unknown out-of-pocket expenses, and difficulty and stress in interpreting complex medical bills can impact patients’ decision making and health behaviors and drive their experience of financial distress.
Look for #TranslationalTufts2023 on Twitter and join the conversation.
If you have questions or require additional assistance, please email training@tuftsctsi.org.
Tufts CTSI is excited to announce that its virtual 2025 Translational Science Day symposium is scheduled for Friday, April 4. The theme of this year’s symposium is Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Translating Gun Policy Science into Action to Reduce Firearm Violence. The symposium is free to attend, and registration is now open!
Gun policy is currently viewed as a highly polarized, highly contentious issue. It is characterized as a zero-sum, winner-take-all game, as opposed to one where everyone benefits. However, there is more common ground on gun policy than people are led to believe, as well as ways to build on existing consensus to reach actionable solutions to gun violence.
Featuring success stories at both the state and federal level, the symposium will explore how policymakers, academics, activists, and other stakeholders can help bridge the cultural and political divide to enact lasting and effective gun violence prevention policy.
Together, we can change the contentious, overly simplistic way that gun policy is currently characterized in America.
Scheduled speakers include:
Friday, April 4
10:00AM – 5:00PM EST via Zoom
Registration is now open! Click here to register.
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Look for #TranslationalTufts2025 on Twitter/X and join the conversation.
If you have questions or require additional assistance, please email training@tuftsctsi.org.