FNNDSC Newsletter: June 30th
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Upcoming Center-Wide events:
July Coffee Social:
Date: Wednesday 7/2 10-11 am, Hancock Conference Room
July Lecture Series Calendar:
Speaker: Alireza A. Shamshirsaz, MD, FACOG
Chief, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Surgery
Director, Fetal Care and Surgery Center (FCSC)
Director, Perinatal Surgery Fellowship
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Title: "Paving New Paths to the Uterus, What’s the Next Step?"
Date: Wednesday, July 9th, 10-11 AM, South Boston Conference Room
If you are interested in suggesting a speaker for the FNNDSC Lecture Series, please use the form below to make your recommendation:
Baby Shower!
July Holiday Closure:
The FNNDSC will be closed Friday, July 4th, in accordance with Independence Day, an official hospital holiday
The FNNDSC will also close early at 3 pm on Thursday, July 3rd
Upcoming Conferences:
Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Scientific Sessions | July 23-26 | Baltimore, MD
Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT’NG) Annual Conference | September 7-8 | Dublin, Ireland
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting | October 14-18 | Boston, MA
American Epilepsy Society (AES) Meeting | December 5-9 | Atlanta, GA
Helpful Links:
Research Announcements & News▴ Office of Sponsored Programs Updates▴ Grokker ▴ PeopleSoft/ERP ▴ Flu/COVID Vaccine Central ▴ Ombuds Office ▴ Health Well-Being Programs▴ Onboarding, Setup & Access ▴ eHelp
Help Desk/IT: 617-355-4357, help.desk@childrens.harvard.edu
U.S. Immigration Resources:
Please check the Office of Immigration Services (OIS) page for regular updates and communication: Office of Immigration Services - Welcome!
The embassy began reopening last week for J-1 visa appointments! https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/social-media-screening-student-visas-00413160
Annual Review Time:
Research Staff MUST Complete their Annual Self Review in Cornerstone by Friday, July 11th. This is mandatory for all Research Staff that were last hired on or before 6/30/2025.
For PIs that supervise Research Staff, you must complete your annual reviews for your staff in Cornerstone by Monday, August 4th.
Link to Cornerstone: https://childrenshospital.csod.com/samldefault.aspx
Studies Recruiting:
The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study at Boston Children’s Hospital (https://hbcdstudy.org/) are in need of parents and their infants to volunteer for an MRI scan (details below) as part of training/piloting.
In addition to the compensation described below, transportation costs are provided as needed. This activity would take place at Boston Children's Hospital at 300 Longwood Ave.
"Infant MRI Scan (30-minutes- 1 hour)"
A scan using magnetic resonance imaging to assist in developing a protocol for future infant scans. The scan would occur when the baby is naturally asleep under the supervision of trained scan technicians and researchers.
-Compensation: $160, a picture of your infant's brain, small gifts for baby + parent
HBCD is also in need of parents and their infants to volunteer in two play-based neurodevelopmental tasks with their 9- to 15-month-old infants/toddlers (details below) as part of training/piloting.
In addition to the compensation described below, transportation costs and childcare for siblings are provided as needed. These activities take place at 2 Brookline Place.
Please contact the HBCD Study (hbcd@childrens.harvard.edu) with any questions or interest in participating.
Bayley Assessment of Infant and Toddler Development (up to 2 hrs)
A play-based activity that assesses various domains of children's development, including motor, visual, and language abilities
Compensation: $50 + diapers, an Uber meal voucher, and small gifts for parent and infant
NIH Baby Tool Box (45 minutes)
This activity primarily uses an iPad, along with some play-based tasks, to assess cognition, executive functioning, language, numeracy/early mathematics, self-regulation, social functioning, and motor skills.
-Compensation: $20 + diapers, an Uber meal voucher, and small gifts for parent and infant
Recent Publications from our Team:
Gurvitz M, Roseman A, Sahakian L, Calderon J, Chung AW, Duva D, Gagoski B, Hobson C, Kang JW, Kovacs A, Ibeziako P, Rivkin M, Bellinger D, Wypij D, Grant PE, Newburger JW. Design and rationale of "Antecedents and correlates of well-being in young adults with congenital heart disease in the Boston Circulatory Arrest Study (BCAS-adult)". Am Heart J. 2025 May 24;289:127-137. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2025.05.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40419013.
Fabbri L, Tamilia E, Matarrese MAG, Tran L, Malik SI, Shahani D, Keator CG, Stufflebeam SM, Pearl PL, Perry MS, Papadelis C. Noninvasive classification of physiological and pathological high frequency oscillations in children. Brain Commun. 2025 May 2;7(3):fcaf170. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf170. PMID: 40370690; PMCID: PMC12077393.
Kwon H, Son S, Morton SU, Wypij D, Cleveland J, Rollins CK, Huang H, Goldmuntz E, Panigrahy A, Thomas NH, Chung WK, Anagnostou E, Norris-Brilliant A, Gelb BD, McQuillen P, Porter GA Jr, Tristani-Firouzi M, Russell MW, Roberts AE, Newburger JW, Grant PE, Lee JM, Im K. Graph-based prototype inverse-projection for identifying cortical sulcal pattern abnormalities in congenital heart disease. Med Image Anal. 2025 May;102:103538. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2025.103538. Epub 2025 Feb 28. PMID: 40121807; PMCID: PMC12049241.
Mukherjee S, Templeton K, Tindimwebwa S, Lin I, Sutin J, Yu M, Peterson M, Truwit C, Schiff SJ, Monga V. GLAPAL-H: Global, Local, And Parts Aware Learner for Hydrocephalus Infection Diagnosis in Low-Field MRI. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2025 Jun 9;PP. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2025.3578541. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40489263.
Recent Grants awarded to our Team:
Congratulations to Dr. Hyeokjin Kwon, Research Fellow, on being awarded the Thrasher Early Career Fellowship for the following project:
“Advancing Neurodevelopmental Prognosis in Congenital Heart Disease: AI-Driven Methods Using Cortical Sulcal Patterns”
Great work, Hyeokjin!!
Funding Opportunities for Faculty and Fellows:
Patient/Family Stories and Publications Sharing:
The Department of Newborn Medicine wants to stay informed about the exciting and impactful research happening in the FNNDSC. As part of this effort, the team is working to feature patient stories and publications that highlight both research and its clinical impact.
Here’s an example of a recent feature on Dr. Stella Kourembanas’ research: Stella’s research.
If you have a project or publication that you feel would be a good fit for this effort, please fill out the form below or reach out to caroline.schutz@childrens.harvard.edu with the details:
BCH Research Newsletter:
The next Research Newsletter is scheduled for distribution in early August: Research Newsletter - Research Administration - Confluence
Send Submissions for the Summer Edition by Monday, July 7th.
Include approved text, links, images, and headshots to resadmin@childrens.harvard.edu.
You can view previous newsletters and future deadlines on the Research Newsletter website.
FNNDSC Fun!
🎧🎵 Enjoy the "Soundtrack of our Center"! 🎹🎤 🎸
We put this playlist together during the June Coffee Social with everyone’s favorite summer tunes:
BCH Events & Involvement:
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Boston Events:
Way to Shine!
Have you seen a teammate or colleague do something exceptional? Have they gone out of their way to exceed someone's expectations? Let them know that you noticed and that you care! To send a Way to Shine, please follow this link: Bravo! Way to Shine - Boston Children's Hospital (harvard.edu)
Featuring FNNDSC Recipients:
Brain Games 🧠 📝
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?
If you have something that you would like to see featured in the next newsletter, please contact Caroline Schutz caroline.schutz@childrens.harvard.edu.
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