2020 Boston Retreat

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  • 2020 Boston RAMS Retreat Group
  • Kenisha Nisbett presenting on her research
  • Sukhpreet Klaire presenting on his research
  • Ayesha Appa presenting on her research
  • Anees Bahji presenting on his research
  • Peter Friedman presenting a didactic on clinical research designs
  • Leah Leisch presenting at the CARE Case Conference

The 2020 Boston Retreat (November 30-December 4, 2020) was a 4-day virtual retreat for training and project development for RAMS scholars and their institutional mentors that included didactic sessions, one-on-one mentoring with National Advisory Committee (NAC) mentors, and guidance from the Associate Director on how to develop an analytic plan. It also provided training on research methodology and leadership development.

2020 Boston Retreat Plenary Leads:

  • Katherine Calver, PhD, Managing Editor, Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence and Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Jules Canfield, MPH, Program Manager, Boston Medical Center
  • Daryn David, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University
  • Kimberly Dukes, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
  • E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University
  • Peter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH, FASAM, FACP, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
  • Karen Lasser, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Patrick O’Connor, MD, MPH, FACP, Dan Adams and Amanda Adams Professor of General Medicine and Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University
  • Mary-Tara Roth, RN, MSN, MPH, Director of the Clinical Research Resources Office and Assistant Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Boston University Medical Campus
  • Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and John Noble MD Professor in General Internal Medicine & Professor of Public Health, Boston University Schools of Medicine & Public Health
  • Michael Stein, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health
  • Alexander Walley, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine