MGB World Medical Innovation Forum
June 12-14, 2023
Boston’s Top Healthcare Innovation Gathering
Join leading healthcare and financial experts at the World Medical Innovation Forum as they assess the impact of the latest innovations in three of today’s fastest breakthrough areas.
Network with industry disruptors and executives, including top Harvard clinicians and scientists from Mass General Brigham, the premier academic research organization and medical system in the U.S., and financial experts from Bank of America, manager of one of the largest healthcare portfolios in the industry.
All of Us Research Program Celebrates 5 Years and Milestone Achievements
INTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MASS GENERAL EMPLOYEES & INVESTIGATORS
All of Us Research Program Celebrates 5 Years and Milestone Achievements with Release of Nearly 250,000 Whole Genome Sequences to Advance Precision Medicine
Genomic dataset is the world’s largest, most diverse of its kind, integrated with other robust data
The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is celebrating its five-year anniversary this month with the recent expansion of the program’s dataset, which now includes nearly a quarter million whole genome sequences for broad research use.
About 45% of the data was donated by people who self-identify with a racial or ethnic group that has been historically underrepresented in medical research. The data expansion provides registered researchers access to the world’s largest and most diverse dataset of its kind, paving the way to help advance health equity and uncover health care approaches better tailored to people’s genes, lifestyles and environments.
Massachusetts General Hospital is an enrollment partner for All of Us in New England, and has played a critical role in this milestone, working to nurture relationships with diverse participants from throughout the region to ensure strong diversity in the dataset.
To date, more than 32,700 participants have joined All of Us in New England. The genomic data is available to approved researchers across the Mass General Brigham (MGB) system with information from surveys, physical measurements and biosamples (blood, urine and/or saliva), electronic health records (EHRs), and wearable devices.
Launching in 2018, All of Us set out to build one of the largest, richest, most diverse health datasets of its kind. Thanks to the collective effort of provider organizations like MGB and community partners locally and across the country, the program has moved from promise to progress. In its first five years, All of Us has:
- Enrolled more than 425,000 core participants across the country, including over 24,790 at MGB.
- Connected over 5,000 researchers from different backgrounds and fields of study to All of Us data, resulting in more than 4,400 ongoing research projects. Over 160 MGB-affiliated investigators are already approved to access this data thanks to an institutional Data Use Agreement.
- Shared personalized DNA results with participants, including genetic ancestry and trait results and information about DNA and health, including over 2,200 participants at MGB who have been notified that their results are ready. All of Us is the first large research program to give DNA results back to participants.
Several MGB-affiliated investigators and All of Us New England partners have already demonstrated the usefulness of the program’s data through their own research and contributions to the program, including Dr. Cheryl R. Clark, Principal Investigator for All of Us New England and Associate Chief in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Clark also chairs the All of Us Social Determinants of Health Task Force and helped to launch the program’s Social Determinants of Health survey, which has generated responses from over 100,000 All of Us participants.
“I’m really excited about All of Us contributing to health equity so that the research better mirrors and reflects the needs of the people who ultimately are going to participate in care,” says Clark.
The All of Us New England team prioritizes efforts to support the program’s philosophy of engaging participants as partners in health research. The New England team strives to provide bi-directional benefit in all manners of engagement with prospective and current participants, ensuring the return of valuable and useful information to those who join All of Us.
One of the recent projects to be launched by All of Us New England is the new “Conversations with All of Us” podcast. The idea to launch a podcast came as a result of direct feedback from the All of Us New England Community Advisory Panel to provide new ways for interested and current participants to get more deeply connected with the program.
The podcast explores the evolving world of health research, and the role we can have in creating a healthier future for generations to come. Episodes will cover such topics as diversity in health research; current events and topics being discussed in health; local community partnerships; and research being conducted using All of Us data.
Join All of Us at Massachusetts General Hospital
All Massachusetts General Hospital staff and patients are invited to join All of Us. Stop by the All of Us Research Program information table by Coffee Central on May 11, 12 and 24 between 10 AM and 2 PM to learn how you can join and enter for your chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
Visit the new All of Us page on Vitals to learn more.
Quick links:
- To learn more about All of Us and what to expect when you join as a participant, visit mgb.JoinAllofUs.org
- To register for access to All of Us data as an MGB-affiliated investigator, visit https://www.researchallofus.org/register/
Research Recharge
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RSVP
Women in Science Symposium
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RSVP
The 24th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium
The 24th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium – Adiposity, Immunity, and Inflammation: Interrelationships in Health and Disease
Date: June 7, 2023
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm EST
The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH) invites you to attend our 24th Annual Symposium, featuring the latest research on a wide range of topics including nutritional regulation of immunity, immunometabolic drivers of heart failure, and immunological landscape of adipose tissue. The George L. Blackburn Keynote Lecture, “Obesity and Immunometabolism,” will be given by Dr. Lydia Lynch of Harvard University School of Medicine.
Additional event info and speaker information can be found here.
This event will be held virtually. All are welcome!
Registration is free for all attendees. Register now
MGH Midlife Women’s Health Conference
MGH Midlife Women’s Health Conference
May 12, 2023
Midlife Women’s Health 2023 provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the care of menopausal women. Advances in research, technology, and pharmacology increase options available for midlife women, but this rapidly changing knowledge-base presents a challenge for clinicians. Care for women at this stage of life is optimized by education on a range of medical concerns provided by experts from a wide variety of medical specialties. Given demographic changes in the US population, midlife women are becoming an increasingly important group served by health care professionals, with needs that cross many areas of medical expertise. CME will be offered for this conference.
Calling ALL Nurses! A Celebration of Practice Nurse’s Scholarship: MGH Nursing Research Day Poster Award Winner Presentations
Tuesday May 16th 1:30-2:30-Virtual Presentation
Support and cheer on your colleagues as they present their award winning projects! Learn how to access and review over 40 virtual EBP, QI and research projects conducted by YOUR fellow nurse colleagues from MGH and affiliates!
MGH Nursing Research Day: Learn How Our Nurses Transform Cutting Edge Practice into Scholarship to Improve Outcomes
Thursday May 18th 1:30-3:00-Hybrid Presentation
Come in person to the O’Keeffe Auditorium to celebrate and hear updates from the MGH Munn Center, the announcement of the 2023 Nursing Grant Award Recipients,
and learn about fun initiatives for ALL Nurses!
Featured Invited Presenter:
Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Presentation title: “The Power of Nursing: Pathways and Possibilities.”
Program details and registration information are forthcoming. We hope to see everyone!
The Munn Center munncenter@partners.org
The 24th Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium – Adiposity, Immunity, and Inflammation: Interrelationships in Health and Disease
Date: June 7, 2023
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm EST
The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH) invites you to attend our 24th Annual Symposium, featuring the latest research on a wide range of topics including nutritional regulation of immunity, immunometabolic drivers of heart failure, and immunological landscape of adipose tissue. The George L. Blackburn Keynote Lecture, “Obesity and Immunometabolism,” will be given by Dr. Lydia Lynch of Harvard University School of Medicine.
Additional event info and speaker information can be found here.
This event will be held virtually. All are welcome!
Registration is free for all attendees. Register now
Two Meditation Sessions available every week
SESSION 1: Meditation Mondays with Dr. Darshan Mehta
Every Monday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom à next session, Monday, March 20!
Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being and the MGPO Frigoletto Committee
Join Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Director, Office for Well-Being, for a guided meditation session on Monday morning.
SESSION 2: Midweek Meditation with Guest Leader
Every Wednesday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom à next session, Wednesday, March 22!
Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being
Join guest leader, Jonathan Greenberg, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, for next Wednesday’s guided meditation session on March 22nd!
About the Mass General Research Institute
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital is interwoven through more than 30 different departments, centers and institutes. Our research includes fundamental, lab-based science; clinical trials to test new drugs, devices and diagnostic tools; and community and population-based research to improve health outcomes across populations and eliminate disparities in care.
Support our Research