2023 Boston Retreat

The 2023 Boston Retreat (November 27-December 1, 2023) was a 4-day retreat for training and project development for RAM Scholars and their institutional mentors that included didactic sessions, writing workshops, and guidance from the Associate Director on how to develop an analytic plan. It also provided an opportunity to practice research presentations and participate in both professional and leadership development. We also celebrated the welcoming of the 12th cohort of the RAMS program (Cohort of 2023-25)!

2023 Boston Retreat Plenary Leads:

• Jules Canfield, MPH, Program Manager, Boston Medical Center
• Christine Chaisson, MPH, Director of Translation Research, Optum Health Center for Research & Innovation
• Daryn David, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center, Associate Director for Leadership Development in the Offices of Academic & Professional Development and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine
• E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, Professor of Medicine and Public Health in the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University
• Peter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP, Chief Research Officer and Endowed Chair for Clinical Research, Baystate Health; Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate; and Professor of Healthcare Delivery & Population Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
• Sarah Kosakowski, MPH, Senior Research Project Manager, Boston Medical Center
• Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
• Patrick O’ Connor, MD, MPH, MACP, Dan Adams and Amanda Adams Professor of General Internal Medicine and Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University
• Mary-Tara Roth, RN, MS, MPH, Director of the Clinical Research Resources Office (CRRO) and Assistant Director of the Human Research Protection Program, Boston Medical Center and Boston University Medical Campus
• Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, John Noble MD Professor of General Internal Medicine and Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
• Michael Stein, MD, Chair and Professor of the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health