{"id":15451,"date":"2026-02-24T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=15451"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:36:06","slug":"2025-boston-retreat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/research-in-addiction-medicine-scholars-rams-program\/rams-previous-conference\/2025-boston-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Boston Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The\u00a0<\/span><strong>2025 Boston Retreat<\/strong><span>\u00a0(December 1-5, 2025) was a 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 14th cohort of the RAMS program (<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/research-in-addiction-medicine-scholars-rams-program\/ram-scholars\/cohort-14-ram-scholars-2025-27\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cohort of 2025-27<\/a><\/span>)<span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2025-rams-boston-retreat autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-15470\" data-slideshow-name=\"2025-rams-boston-retreat\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-15470\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/MED_3925-2-636x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_4361-636x477.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/1000016477-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/1000016452-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_3531-477x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/1000016460-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/1000016467-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/MED_3936-2-636x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-15470_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2026\/02\/MED_3930-2-2-636x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-15470\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>2025 Boston Retreat Plenary Leads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Casy Calver, PhD, Editorial Director, Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jules Canfield, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Boston Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Christine Chaisson, MPH, <span>Senior Associate Director of Protocol Design Development Feasibility, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Daryn David, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center, Director for Leadership Development &amp; Coaching Initiatives in the Offices of Academic &amp; Professional Development and Diversity, Equity, &amp; Inclusion<\/span><\/li>\n<li>E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, Professor of Medicine and Public Health in the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale University<\/li>\n<li>Natalie Karter, BS, Project Coordinator, Boston Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Marc Larochelle, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine<span>, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Patrick O\u2019 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<\/li>\n<li>Amy Perlack, JD, CRA, Associate Director, Strategic Research Growth (SRG), Boston Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Emily Regier, MD, Assistant Professor, <span>Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>Michael Stein, MD, Chair and Professor of the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a02025 Boston Retreat\u00a0(December 1-5, 2025) was a 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. 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