Building the Ideal Mentor-Mentee Relationship: Strategies for Successful Resident Research
We will be discussing strategies for successful research project completion and for building productive research mentor-mentee relationships during emergency medicine (EM) residency. The webinar will include a panel of EM research faculty who have significant experience mentoring residents, and a second panel of current and recently graduated EM residents to share advice from their experiences successfully pursuing research during residency.
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Jennifer Love, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jennifer Love, MD, MSCR, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After residency at the University of Pennsylvania, she completed a medical toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University. She then completed a clinical research fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine under Dr. Lynne Richardson's T32 training program in emergency care research. Her current work focuses on opioid use disorder and novel substances of misuse, specifically xylazine. She also serves as the SAEM AWAEM research committee co-chair and the VP of Education. -
Diana M. Bongiorno, MD, MPH
Chief Resident
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diana Bongiorno, MD, MPH is a Chief Resident in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a graduate of the Vagelos Life Sciences and Management dual-degree program between the College and Wharton schools. She graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and earned her MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was a TL1 Trainee in the Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program. She is passionate about health equity, work to address social determinants of health in the emergency department. In July, she will begin fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Robert Rodriguez, MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine
UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine
Robert Rodriguez, MD, is a professor of emergency medicine (EM) and the vice chair of research at the UCSF Department of EM. After the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Medical School, he completed a combined EM/internal medicine residency at UCLA and a critical care medicine fellowship at Stanford. Dr. Rodriguez has served as principal investigator on multiple R01 and U grants, leading national teams examining issues in trauma, public health, and critical care. Recognizing the pivotal role that emergency departments play as the "safety net of the safety net," much of Dr. Rodriguez's research centers on emergency healthcare access for underserved populations. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed original research articles in high impact journals, including over 40 articles in Annals of Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine. He was the recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians Outstanding Contributions to Research award in September 2024. -
Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH, MS
Emergency Medicine Physician-Scientist
Stanford University
Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, MS, is an emergency physician-scientist working to make emergency care more patient-centered, accessible, and equitable. Her active NIH-funded research projects develop new quality measures based on what matters most to patients; improve post-emergency department discharge care for high risk patients; and enhance physician diversity and retention. She is proud to have served as a research mentor to over 40 trainees over the course of her career, including 15 emergency medicine residents who have presented nationally, published peer-reviewed manuscripts, and obtained research funding.
Dr. Lin has received several national awards for her work, including the 2021 SAEM Young Investigator Award and 2016 AcademyHealth Presidential Scholarship for New Health Services Researchers. She completed residency at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City and fellowship in health policy research at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she also completed a Masters in clinical epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Rebecca Cash, PhD, MPH, NRP
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Rebecca Cash, PhD, MPH, NRP, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine (EM) at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University, her Master of Public Health from the University of Louisville, and her PhD in epidemiology from The Ohio State University. Dr. Cash completed an emergency medical services (EMS) research fellowship at the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians during her doctoral training.
Dr. Cash has over a decade of experience working in EMS, first working on an ambulance as an emergency medical technician and paramedic, and now as an EMS researcher. Her research focus is on describing and understanding the EMS workforce, occupational health and safety of EMS professionals, and prehospital care. She is particularly interested in the sleep health and cardiovascular disease risks of EMS professionals. Dr. Cash is currently a faculty member of the Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet), a multi-center collaboration that aims to improve public health through projects in emergency care.
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Hashem Zikry, MD, MS
Emergency Medicine Physician
UCLA
Hashem Zikry, MD, MS, is an emergency medicine (EM) physician and a scholar in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCLA. Prior to fellowship, he was Chief Resident at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. His work has been published in various academic and lay outlets, including JAMA, Health Affairs, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and The Washington Post. His research interests revolve around incorporating acute unscheduled care into health systems' population health and value-based care strategies, with a particular focus on novel and innovative disposition options such as virtual observation and hospital-at-home. -
Gregory Peters, MD
Inaugural Fellow in Emergency Medical Services Research, Health Policy, and Translation
Mass General Brigham
Gregory Peters, MD, earned his MD at Harvard Medical School and subsequently completed residency at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program at Mass General Brigham in Boston, MA. He is now the inaugural fellow in emergency medical services research, health policy, and translation at Mass General Brigham while earning his MPH at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Peters has drawn on his prior background as a firefighter and emergency medical technician in the Bronx, NY, to find inspiration for multiple lines of research in the prehospital phase of emergency care, with a focus on respiratory emergencies such as asthma exacerbations.
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Lisa-Qiao MacDonald, MD
Resident, Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Lisa-Qiao MacDonald, MD, is a fourth-year emergency medicine (EM) resident at Mount Sinai in New York City. She grew up in western Massachusetts, attended Oberlin College, and earned her MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Prior to medical school, she worked at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Her research interests are grounded in using policy and payment innovation to improve comprehensive care delivery systems for high utilizers. She is an incoming scholar to the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale.