Scholarship and Research Resources

Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT

Dr. Kimberley working with a stroke patient

Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT

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Studying non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging to help people with brain injury

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Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT

Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP

Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP

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Assessing and Restoring Lip Motor Function Following Facial Transplantation

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Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP

EEG to study children with language impairment

Dr. Arbel using EEG to study how children with language impairment learn from feedback

Yael Arbel, PhD, CCC-SLP

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Using EEG to study how children with language impairment learn from feedback

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Yael Arbel, PhD, CCC-SLP

Scholarship and Research Resources

Welcome to the Scholarship and Research Resources section of Faculty Compass.

In this section you will find resources, policies, and procedures for doing scholarship and research at the Institute. There is also a listing of current faculty research grants [1] at the Institute, a review of the MGH Institute's Scholarship Model [2], and instructions about how to apply for the annual grant competition for IHP faculty [3].

Efforts to expand research activity are ongoing and comprise an important part of the Institute’s vision and strategic plan. This section is designed to support these efforts and we welcome your feedback about how it can be further improved.

Nara Gavini, PhD, MPhil [4]
Associate Provost for Research

Frequently Requested Resources

Faculty Compass: Scholarship and Research

Develop your idea

Finding articles

The Institute’s Library site [11] gives you access to databases for searching the literature, plus guides and tutorials to help you learn to use them, including this Survival Guide [12].

Statistics

MGH Institute methodologist Annie B. Fox, PhD [13]: Set up a statistical consultation [14]
Harvard Catalyst: Biostatistics Continuing Education [15]
Research Information Science & Computing (RISC): Training workshops [16]including R, REDCap
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CIT program): Online course on biostats: Essentials of Statistical Analysis (EOSA) [17]
The Institute offers access to SPSS Statistics on all of the classroom computers. Contact the MGH Institute Help Desk [18] [18]with questions. For a quick orientation to SPSS, watch this video introduction [19].

SoTL Resources

Claudia A. Rosu, MD, PhD [20], Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Professions Education. Set up a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) consultation [21].

View more information on the scholarship of teaching and learning. [22]

Guides to research in the professions

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA):
Researcher Resources [23]
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA):
Research Dissemination [24]
Research Design and Planning [25]
Grants and Grantsmanship [26]
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Section on Research [27]

Fund your project

Finding grant opportunities

MGH Research Career Development: Center for Faculty Development [28]
MGH Division of Clinical Research: Faculty can meet with a consultant [29]

Grant writing

Harvard Catalyst: Elements of Grant Writing [30]
Harvard Catalyst: Grant Writing Strategies Course [31]
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Grant Writing Tips Sheets [32]
NIH through Harvard Catalyst: Funding Your Research [33]

Grant review

Senior Grants Administrator Michael Moody [34]

Harvard Catalyst: Grant Review and Support Program (GRASP) [35]

Annual grant competition for IHP Faculty

The IHP has an annual grant competition for faculty. This Faculty Research Fellowship Grant program [3] is designed to encourage faculty to develop a program of research in their areas of interest. The program supports faculty efforts to achieve external funding for their research program by providing a $10,000 research grant to conduct pilot studies that serve as preliminary data for subsequent efforts.

Conduct your project

Finding participants for your research

IHP faculty are eligible to access the following participant data registries but you may need to contact our Research Office prior to access.

MGH IHP RedCap Participant Database Registry
Research Participant Database Registry (RPDR) [36]
ResearchMatch [37]
Look for occasional seminars sponsored by the MGH Division of Clinical Research [38]: Example: Clinical Research Spotlight Series - Recruitment Options: Research Match, RSVP for Health and the Research Portal

Research Information Science and Computing (RISC)

Overview of RISC Support and Training [39]

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Program

MGH Division of Clinical Research resources [40]

Disseminate your results

Communicating your scholarship

Find a journal: The Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE) [41] will take a paper title or abstract and search PUBMED to make recommendations on journals publishing similar work or other relevant articles.
IHP Research News Online Form [42]: Complete this form whenever you have received a research award of published scholarship. The Office of Strategic Communications will coordinate with you to send out press releases and create copy on the IHP website.
Boston Biomedical Innovation Center (B-BIC): Elevator Pitch [43]
Library Guide to Publishing [44]

Technology transfer

Mass General Brigham (Partners) innovation [45]: Technology licensing, patenting, bench research, finance, funding, business, law and start-ups

Develop your career

Career development

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH): Office of Research Career Development [46]
Vitae: Realizing the potential of researchers web materials and courses [47]
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity [48]

Resources for mentoring

MGH Institute of Health Professions Research Mentoring Program (RaMP) - The goals of the RaMP are to (1) provide information and skills needed to advance the research careers of MGH IHP faculty and (2) to help our faculty establish a grant-supported research career. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please see the RaMP Guide [49] and Grant Development Plan [50].
Guide to the IHP onboarding mentors [51]
National Research Mentoring Network [52], that has virtual mentors and grant-writing workshops
Program at BU: Mentoring literature and training guides [53]
Program at NIH: Mentor Guide [54]
MentorNet [55]: A division of great minds in STEM
Woman to Woman Mentoring Program [56]

Women in science

Work-life balance [57]
MGH Office of Women's Careers [58]

Be compliant

Policies and procedures

Institutional policies and procedures for research at MGH Institute of Health Professions are overseen by the Office of the Provost. The Director of Research Programs is Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP [59].

Management of grants at the MGH Institute is provided by Michael Moody [34], Senior Grant Administrator, Office of the Provost.

View policies and procedures for:

Compliance

Research Ethics Consultation – The Mass General Research Institute's Division of Clinical Research offers Research Ethics Consultations [64] to help plan and conduct human subjects research and the IRB review process.
CITI Human Subjects Training and NIH GCP Training – All Mass General Brigham & Affiliates' research Study Staff, and all individuals participating in the conduct of human subject research must complete, or have completed at a MGB or other institution, the following courses/exams before they can be listed as study staff on a human subjects research protocol:
- The Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel BASIC Course; or
- The Social & Behavioral Research BASIC Course; or
- The Good Clinical Practices Research BASIC Course
- CITI website [65] | CITI Requirements [66] | CITI Instructions [67]
Data Management Plans (DMP) – All new research projects must have a Data Management Plan and DMPs need to be in place for all ongoing projects.
- MGB (Partners) Research Data Management Requirements [68]
- Examples from MIT [69] | University of California [70]
Electronic disclosure forms [71] are within Insight.

LabArchives

Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) Policy [72]

Contact Us

Nara Gavini, PhD; MPhil [4]
Executive Director for Research
P:617.724.3454 | C:617.512.1550
Email | NGavini@mghihp.edu [73]

Michael J. Moody
Senior Grants Administrator
Phone | (617) 643-4658
Email | mjmoody@mghihp.edu [74]

Jordan R. Green [75]
Director of Research Programs
Phone | (617) 945-3624
Email | jgreen2@mghihp.edu [76]

What did we miss? If you are looking for a resource and don't see a listing above, please let us know [77].

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Schools & Depts:

Research [78]