The following is a sample schedule and is subject to change.
Day 1: Sunday
Participants arrive
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Welcome and Registration
5:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Dinner with Small Group Leaders and Groups, Introduction of Projects
Day 2: Monday
Due: Assignment 1 – Draft Specific Aims
8:00 am – 10:00 am | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
8:00 am: Behavioral Theories and Models (Greer)
8:40 am: Development of Psychosocial Interventions (Jacobs)
9:20 am: Clinical Trials (Temel)
10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Small Group Spaces
PG1: Protocol Writing Groups - Specific Aims and Study Design
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
OH: Office Hours with Faculty
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional: Palliative Care Research Session (Bakitas)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional: Technology-Based Interventions (Greer)
Day 3: Tuesday
Due: Assignment 2 - Revised Specific Aims, Study Schema and Data Collection Plans
8:00 am – 10:00 am | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
8:00 am: Approaches to Data Analysis (Traeger)
8:40 am: Qualitative Methods (Park)
9:00 am: Stakeholder Engagement (Jacobs)
10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Small Group Spaces
PG2: Protocol Writing Groups – Data Collection
12:30 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Special Lunchtime Talk: Patient and Family Stakeholders in Supportive Oncology Research
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Individual Stats Consults (By Appointment)
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
OH: Office Hours with Faculty
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional: Instruments Fair (Pirl)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional: Qualitative Lab on Coding (Traeger)
Day 4: Wednesday
Due: Assignment 3 - Draft analytic plans
8:00 am – 10:00 am | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
8:00 am: Implementation Science (Park)
8:40 am: Human Subjects Q+A (Abraham)
9:20 am: Decision-Making Research (Pirl)
10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Small Group Spaces
PG3: Protocol Writing Groups – Samples, Recruitment, and Analytic Plans
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Individual Stats Consults (By Appointment)
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
OH: Office Hours with Faculty
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional - AYA Research (Perez)
Day 5: Thursday
Due: Assignment 4 - Sections on Sample, Recruitment and Enrollment
Returned: Assignments 1-3 with Small Group Leader Feedback
8:00 am – 10:00 am | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
8:00 am: Communications Research (Tulsky)
8:40 am: Faculty Panel on Early Career
9:20 am: Break Out Lectures
- Lecture A: Research on Disparities and Cancer (Park) | Commonwealth A
- Lecture B: Biomarkers in Symptom Research (Wood) | Capital B
10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Small Group Spaces
PG: Protocol Writing Groups – Study Procedures and Human Subjects
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
OH: Office Hours with Faculty
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Conference Suite, Ballroom, Wyndham 15th Floor
Optional - Caregiver Research (Gray)
Day 6: Friday
10:30 am | Ether Dome, MGH Bulfinch Building
Wrap Up
12:00 pm | MGH Yawkey Building
Closing Lunch
5:00 pm
Proposals / Protocols Due