MGH FELLOWSHIP DIRECTORS
Fellowship Co-Program Director
Physician Investigator, Division of General Internal Medicine, MGH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Research, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Travis P. Baggett, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at HMS and the Director of Research at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) where he oversees the research portfolio for this innovative community health center. His research focuses on the health and health care needs of people experiencing homelessness. His studies have used a range of innovative methods to uncover and address the sources of health disparities experienced by this marginalized group of people, with particular attention to the burden, consequences, and management of tobacco use and other substance use disorders in this population. Current projects include an NIH/NCI R01 award supporting a randomized controlled trial of financial incentives for homeless smokers and an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant supporting a pragmatic trial of patient navigation to promote lung cancer screening at BHCHP. In 2015, he received the MGH Department of Medicine (DOM) Transformative Scholars Program award and in 2019 the prestigious Stephen M. Krane, MD, Lectureship Award from the MGH DOM. Dr. Baggett has an active and growing mentorship portfolio with particular relevance to this application’s thematic focus on ending the crisis of opioid addiction; he co-mentors a K12 recipient and is the primary mentor for Dr. Danielle Fine, a recent program graduate.
Fellowship Site Director
Physician Investigator, Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigator, Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Sachin J Shah is a physician investigator in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for Aging and Serious Illness. His research program aims to help older adults make individualized treatment decisions when they face high-stakes medical decisions, like deciding to use blood thinners or undergo a medical procedure. After completing his training in Internal Medicine and a General Medicine Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Shah joined the faculty at UCSF. After five years at UCSF, he returned to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he provides clinical care, supervises trainees, and conducts research.
Dr. Shah’s research program uses epidemiologic methods and core aging concepts to better define high-risk therapeutics’ risks and benefits. High-stakes clinical decisions are those with both substantial benefit and harm. He also devotes substantial attention to defining and measuring vulnerability in older adults. His work has focused on social vulnerability by defining the interaction between social resources and medical illness. Dr. Shah’s work is funded by the National Institute on Aging and supported by the Department of Medicine at MGH.
Dr. Shah is most proud of his work as a research mentor. He has mentored multiple post-doctoral trainees and junior faculty across multiple disciplines, all of whom continue to work in academic medicine.
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FACULTY
Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
Chief, Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care
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Acculturation, culture, and epidemiology for multicultural populations
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Health services for ethnic/racial minorities and immigrant populations
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Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Steven J. Atlas, M.D., M.P.H.*
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, MGH Primary Care Practice Based Research & Quality Improvement Network
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Transform primary care delivery using health information technology systems to improve prevention services and chronic disease management
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Comprehensive preventive cancer screening and follow-up using population-based, patient-centered systems to improve outcomes and decrease disparities
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Engage patients and clinicians in shared decision making to foster informed choice and improve outcomes of care
Michael J. Barry, M.D.*
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Health services research
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Outcomes research
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Benign and malignant prostate disease
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Use of decision aids to facilitate patient participation in decision-making
Yuchiao Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Statistical methodology for epidemiological studies
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Analysis of clinical trial data
Kenneth A. Freedberg, M.D., M.Sc.*
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Economic analysis in medicine and cost-effectiveness analysis
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Simulation modeling and decision science
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Focus on HIV disease, TB, and chronic non-communicable diseases
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Clinical epidemiology, implementation science, and global health
Vicki Fung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Mongan Institute Health Policy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Mental health care financing and delivery
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Health insurance policy for vulnerable populations
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Modifiable barriers to medication adherence
Jessica Haberer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Adherence to antiretroviral medications for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection.
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The use of technology (e.g., SMS, real-time adherence monitoring devices) in developing settings.
John Hsu, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.C.E.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School
Director, Program for Clinical Economics and Policy Analysis, Mongan Institute Health Policy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Innovations in health care financing and delivery
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Population health approaches for improving care
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Comparative effectiveness research
Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Mongan Institute Health Policy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Health care experiences and outcomes of persons with disabilities
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Quality measurement methods
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Risk adjustment methods
Douglas E. Levy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Faculty of the Mongan Institute Health Policy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Studying how public health, health care finance, and health services policies affect prevention and population health
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Reducing the harm of tobacco use
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Designing/evaluating interventions to promote healthy eating
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Examining resource use and cost-effectiveness in preventive medicine
James B. Meigs, M.D., M.P.H.*
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, MGH Division of Clinical Research Clinical Effectiveness Research Unit
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Genetic epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance
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Etiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes
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Disease management and clinical outcomes research in type 2 diabetes
Joshua P. Metlay, M.D., Ph.D.*
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Peter L. Gross, M.D., Chair, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, MGH
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Treatment and outcomes of antimicrobial drug resistant respiratory tract infections
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Interventions to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing in the management of patients with acute respiratory tract infections
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Program evaluation and implementation science in healthcare systems
Elyse R. Park, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Behavioral Sciences, MGH Tobacco Research & Treatment Center
Director of Behavioral Health Research for the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at MGH
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Design and evaluation of behavioral intervention trials
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Cancer prevention and survivorship interventions
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The role of culture and risk perceptions in cancer treatment decision-making
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
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Development of decision support tools, such as patient decision aids, to support shared decision making
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Development and evaluation of decision quality instruments to measure the quality of decisions
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Implementation of shared decision making in primary and specialty care settings
Anne N. Thorndike, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Behavioral interventions to prevent obesity using insights from behavioral economics
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Psychological and genetic factors in lifestyle behaviors
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Social determinants of health and community interventions
Virginia Triant, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (DGIM and ID)
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Chronic disease complications of HIV infection
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Cardiovascular risk prediction in populations with non-traditional risk factors
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Intersection between inflammation and cardiovascular disease
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Population-based/outcomes research using electronic health record (EHR) data
Jeffrey Ashburner, Ph.D, M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Atrial Fibrillation
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Cardiovascular risk factors
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Stroke
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Hospital Medicine
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Hospital Readmissions
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Preventive Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Healthcare for Veterans
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Genetic Testing
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Prenatal Diagnoses
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Pharmacogenetics
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Clinical epidemiological research focused on marginalized populations with substance use disorders
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Design and evaluation of interventions to improve substance use disorder treatment outcomes in a community-based setting.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention
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Gun Violence Prevention
* Denotes faculty who have graduated from the Fellowship Program