2020 MGH Celebration of Science


 
Monday, September 21, 2020
2:00 - 4:00 pm
 
2:00 - 2:30 PM 
Welcome
Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital
                                        
Opening Comments   
David E. Fisher, MD, PhD, Chair, Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) 
 
Introduction of the 2020 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards & MGH Physician Scientist Development Awards
David E. Fisher, MD, PhD, Chair, Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) 
 
Introduction of the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholar Awards
Miriam A. Bredella, MD, Director, Center for Faculty Development
 
2:30 - 2:45 PM 
Introduction of the Class of 2020 MGH Research Scholars and new MGRI Chairs 
Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD, Scientific Director, MassGeneral Research Institute
 
2:45 - 3:10 PM 
2020 Goodman Award
Immunity to Commensal Papillomaviruses for Cancer Prevention
 
Shawn Demehri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School; Investigator, Center for Cancer Immunology & Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
 
3:10 - 3:35 PM 
2020 Martin Prize for Clinical Research 
Exercise Reduces Inflammatory Cell Production and Cardiovascular Inflammation via Instruction of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
 
Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD
Richard Moerschner Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair in Men's Health, Weissman Family MGH Research Scholar 2014-2019; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Investigator, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital 
 
3:35 - 4:00 PM 
2020 Martin Prize for Fundamental Research
Targeting the CBM Complex Causes Treg Cells to Prime Tumors for Immune Checkpoint Therapy
 
Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD
Bob and Laura Reynolds MGH Research Scholar 2014-2019; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases & Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital
 

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