Maximizing the Mentee-Mentor Relationship June 2-3, 2015 Simmons College School of Management Course themes: Mentee perspectives, expectations, and responsibilities Mentorship as a key element in career development Mentoring issues in translational research and team science Communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution. Mentee to mentor transition Eligibility: Post-doctoral fellows with an interest in clinical and translational research Junior faculty (Instructors within one year from appointment) Clinical residents and fellows Graduate students pursuing MD/PhD degrees accepted as space permits Tuition-free for Harvard-affiliated institutions Or

Controlled Substance Meeting Friday, May 29, 2015 – 11:30am (after lab meeting); HIM680 For all users who plan on using ketamine/xylazine/acepromazine anesthesia for animal procedures Review of current protocols

Clinical Research Orientation Program for PhDs September 10-November 5, 2015 A nine-week program designed to give basic science PhDs with little-to-no clinical research experience exposure to a clinical research setting. Application opens May 15,

Introduction to Translational Medicine October 13-16, 2015 This four-day survey course offers an introduction to the skills necessary to embark on a career in translational research. Application opens May 8,

Call for Abstracts- Discover Brigham Deadline to Submit: Tuesday, June 23 rd Discover Brigham will combine BWH Research Day & Clinical Innovation Day on Wednesday, October 7 th. Participation and eligibility will be limited to 95 poster presenters, the applicants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis if they meet eligibility criteria. BRI Funding Opportunities & Call for Abstracts

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Posters for SOD Please upload your poster by June 5 th at Under Conference/Event select Dermatology State of the Department. Contact Jay if you have any questions.

Journal Club June 1 Sackstein Lab & Dimitroff Lab Literature/Article Survey June 15 Tobias Schatton, Mariana Araujo Alves da Silva, Chris Nirschl Article Review

BWH Dermatology Research Presentation Schedule May 29Ramsey Lab June 5Lesley Solomon – Brigham Innovation Hub (iHub) / Robert Sackstein – Patents June 12Kupper Lab / Sackstein Lab June 19Allison Moriarty – “Research Misconduct” / Schatton Lab

Call for Abstracts- Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research Center Workshop Deadline to Submit: Monday, May 25, 2015 The Patient-Centered Comparative Research Center (PCERC) invites researchers with an academic rank of assistant professor or below, to submit a poster in the field of Comparative Effective Research, Patient-centered Outcomes Research, Health Disparities, and Health Services Research. Posters will be presented at the PCERC Workshop on Monday, June 22nd. BRI/ORC MicroGrants Application accepted on a rolling basis Post-docs, clinical fellows and junior faculty (ranking assistant professor or below) in the BWH research community are invited to apply. Applicants must apply in advance of the event requiring support and may not receive support for events that have already occurred. Call for Abstracts- Discover Brigham Deadline to Submit: Tuesday, June 23 rd Discover Brigham will combine BWH Research Day & Clinical Innovation Day on Wednesday, October 7 th. Participation and eligibility will be limited to 95 poster presenters, the applicants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis if they meet eligibility criteria. BRI Funding Opportunities & Call for Abstracts

New NIH Biographical Sketch Format NIH announced a new biosketch format and instructions, posted at SF 424 (R&R) Forms and Applications. The new format is required for due dates on or after January 25, 2015.SF 424 (R&R) Forms and Applications The new format extends the page limit from four to five pages. It allows researchers to describe up to five of their most significant contributions to science, along with the historical background that framed their research. Investigators can outline the central findings of prior work and the influence of those findings. For more information, see the November 26, 2014, Guide notice.November 26, 2014, Guide notice

 All Postdoctoral Fellow New Hires with an April 1, 2015 start/NEO date, must meet the 2015 NIH/NRSA Salary Scale.  All current Postdoctoral Fellows must meet the 2015 NIH/NRSA Salary Scale by October 1,  All current Postdoctoral Fellows must meet the 2014 NIH/NRSA Salary scale.  HR will be monitoring compliance with this requirement for all Postdoctoral Fellows that are not meeting the scale. Please make sure your Department’s current Postdoctoral Fellows are compliant.

Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement The following resources maybe helpful to you in completing your form. The attached document provides a complete description of what you will be asked to disclose on the form. This will be particularly helpful if this is the first time you are completing the form. As you may be aware, there is now a searchable publicly-available database listing payments from companies to physicians, which was established by the federal government under the “Sunshine Reporting Law” that went into effect last year. See the Open Payments web page for more information. You may find this database useful in helping you double check your disclosures. The Office for Interactions with Industry will also be using information from this site (as well as from the similar Mass. Dept of Public Health web site) as a resource for cross-checking information reported on the Partners forms.Open Payments The Office for Interactions with Industry’s web site (accessible only from within the Partners network) contains detailed information and resources about the Disclosure process, links to policies and other resources for helping you navigate Partners requirements regarding interactions with industry.Office for Interactions with Industry’s web siteDisclosure process If you have questions about the disclosure process once you access the online form, please contact your department delegate, your local Compliance Officer, or the OII at

We hope that you can join us for the 2015 New Faculty Welcome Lunch & Awards Ceremony! The BWH Physicians Organization (BWPO) and the BWH Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (CFDD) will be co-hosting the 2015 New Faculty Welcome Lunch and Awards Ceremony for all faculty who joined Brigham and Women’s Hospital between July 2014 and the date of this event. Additionally, we will recognize the recipients of the BWH Faculty Career Development Awards and the CFDD Pillar Awards.Faculty Career Development AwardsCFDD Pillar Awards Friday, July 17 th 12:00 – 2:00 PM The Inn at Longwood Directions Please RSVP online: The purpose of the event is to welcome new faculty, recognizing them as vital members of the Brigham and Women’s Health Care community. Leadership from the hospital, BWPO, and CFDD will speak at the event and formally greet our new staff. We look forward to seeing you at this important event – and continuing a BWHC tradition.

PIVOT ™ Funding Opportunities Database PIVOT ™ Funding Opportunities Database Have you heard about the new way to search for funding opportunities? Pivot provides access to the most comprehensive source of funding opportunities globally; identifies researcher expertise from within or outside of your organization; enables you to add internal deadlines to critical funding opportunities and sends weekly updates on saved searches you organize in your own folders; create groups for sharing funding opportunities on an ongoing basis. If you are a researcher, you may have a profile waiting to be claimed (Pivot aggregates data from various online sources including PubMed, BWH Find a Researcher, Harvard Catalyst, etc. to populate research profiles). When registering, you must specify ‘Harvard University’ as your affiliated institution & use your partners.org or harvard.edu address.partners.orgharvard.edu Visit