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FNNDSC Newsletter - May 1st

Happy May! Here's to more terrace lunch weather ☀️🌸
Happy May! Here's to more terrace lunch weather ☀️🌸

Upcoming Center-Wide Events:


Spring Lecture Series Calendar:

Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 10-11 AM

Featuring internal talks showcased at PAS 2026

Speaker: Eleonora Tamilia, PhD

Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School

Scientist and Faculty Member of the Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) in Newborn Medicine, Director of EMU Signal and Data Science at Boston Children’s Hospital

Title: "Catching Drug-Resistance Early in Children with Epilepsy: An AI-driven, EEG-Informed Prediction Tool for Early Clinical Decision Support"

Speaker: Harumy Yoshikawa, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Title: "Risk Factors for Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy With Choroid Plexus Cauterization (ETV/CPC) Failure In Ugandan Infants with Hydrocephalus"

Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 10-11 AM

Speaker: Istvan Huszar, MD, DPhil

Research Fellow in Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Title: TBD


If you are interested in suggesting a speaker for the FNNDSC Lecture Series, please use the form below to make your recommendation:

 

May Coffee Social:

Date: Wednesday, May 13th 10-11 AM, South Boston Conference Room


 

Monday, May 25th – Memorial Day, FNNDSC will be closed  

All Month – Mental Health Awareness Month

For everyone celebrating a significant holiday in May, we celebrate with you!

 

Conferences & Workshops:

 

Recent Center News:


Publications from our Team:


Presentations & Awards from our Team:


Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Grant and Dr. Sarah Morton who presented at the BCH Leadership Forum on April 9th!



Thank you to all who attended our 2026 FNNDSC Spring Research Symposium on April 8th!

It was great to come together as a Center to learn about & celebrate each other's research!
It was great to come together as a Center to learn about & celebrate each other's research!
Congratulations to our top three award winning flash talk presenters from the symposium, Tiantian Lei, Srija Vem, and Sofie Chung!
Congratulations to our top three award winning flash talk presenters from the symposium, Tiantian Lei, Srija Vem, and Sofie Chung!
All of our flash talk presenters did a fantastic job presenting their research! 👏👏
All of our flash talk presenters did a fantastic job presenting their research! 👏👏

Thank you also to our amazing faculty members for participating in the panels and giving their valuable insights and advice to young researchers 😊
Thank you also to our amazing faculty members for participating in the panels and giving their valuable insights and advice to young researchers 😊

Congratulations to Arafat Hussain, PhD for being awarded the prestigious and competetive Office of Faculty Development/BTREC/CTREC Faculty Career Development Fellowship for his project on "Multimodal AI for Early Neurocognitive Risk Prediction in Congenital Heart Disease"


Congratulations to Sheng He, PhD for being awarded the prestigious and competetive Office of Faculty Development/BTREC/CTREC Faculty Career Development Fellowship for his project on "AI transfer learning to address small sample size in HIE biomarker development"


Very impressive and well-deserved Arafat and Sheng! 🎉

 

Funding Opportunities for Faculty and Fellows:

 

U.S. Immigration Resources:

Please check the Office of Immigration Services (OIS) page for regular updates and communication: Office of Immigration Services - Welcome!   

 

 AP students must renew their badge at the Badging Office every 4 months (based on AP extension status), please note the expiration date on your badge. New institutional letters will be requested every 4 months as well.

 

BCH IT Changes: Action Required

  • The way you sign into our VPN is changing; the Microsoft Authenticator app will replace Duo in 2026

  • You must set up Microsoft Authenticator to maintain access to VPN, Outlook, and Teams: Setting Up Microsoft Authenticator 

On Friday, May 22nd 2026, The Hub (Web2) will no longer be available.

All information on The Hub (Web2) has moved to The Hub 2.0 (SharePoint Online) as of April 14th, 2026.

To be redirected to The Hub 2.0, please visit: https://bostonchildrenshospital.sharepoint.com/

 

Studies Recruiting:

Dr. Borjan Gagoski and team are in search of participants for their study on Pediatric Edited MRS of the Brain. Please see details in the flyers below: 

 


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.

If you have a project or publication that you feel would be a good fit for this effort, please fill out the Research Highlight Form or reach out to caroline.schutz@childrens.harvard.edu with the details.

 

BCH Involvement:


  • How to sign up for the Landmark Building Newsletter for updates on ARE events: Request An Account

  • Want to meet others with shared interests at BCH? Check out:

  • WELL-BEING AT BCH webinars with partner, Harvard University Employee Credit Union (HUECU). To learn more about what we do and our offering, visit them here.

  • EAP SUPPORTLINC

Our Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) provides emotional well-being and work-life balance resources to keep you at your best. EAP offers guidance to help you address and resolve everyday issues at no cost to you or your family. All requests for information or assistance will be free of charge and completely confidential. You will be able to contact the SupportLinc program 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To learn more about the SupportLinc program, view a brief orientation video here. Contact HR Hub with questions here. If you are unable to access the HR Hub link, you may email HRHub@childrens.harvard.edu or call 617-355-7780.


 Helpful Links:

 

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)

 

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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