Faculty and Staff Announcements

Congrats to everyone who raised money and showed up for the MGH 5k – it was a beautiful day!

@KellyIrwin_MD was named as a 2024-2025 @RadInstitute fellow! Her research will explore narratives of patients, families, & clinicians affected by #mentalillness & #cancer to foster dignity & reduce mental health discrimination in #healthcare & #research https://t.co/a1BPeKY4A8 — MGH HPRIR (@MGH_HPRIR) May 13, 2024

Congrats to Dr. Daniel Hall and colleagues for publishing these important findings in Cancer! Read the article here, or download the pdf below! @DanielHallPhD & team finds gaps in current guidelines for managing #anxiety & #depression in adult #cancersurvivors. To provide holistic care, we need guidelines addressing fear of cancer Read more…

Congratulations to Dr. Bettina Hoeppner, who is the lead author on the recent publication in the Journal of Addiction Medicine: A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder. Takeaways: “Recovery community centers are welcoming environments for people who take MOUDs. Closer collaboration Read more…

Dr. Elyse Park is the lead author of the recently published article in the Journal of Oncology Practice: Health Insurance Navigation Tools Intervention: A Pilot Trial Within the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Dr. Karen Kuhlthau is the senior author. The study highlighted the feasibility of an intervention for childhood cancer Read more…

Congratulations Elyse! The Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at MGH was founded by Dr. Herbert Benson, and works to integrate mind body medicine into mainstream healthcare.

Congratulations! The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research @AcadBehavMedRes has awarded@DrGKPerez of @MGH_HPRIR with the 2024 Early-Stage Investigator Award. @MonganInstitute@MassGeneralNews@MGHMedicine pic.twitter.com/3PXrKh7elc — MGH Psychiatry (@MGHPsychiatry) January 26, 2024 Congratulations to @TinaLubertoPhd chlinical health psychologist @MGH_HPRIR who will be receiving the Society of Behavioral Medicine,@BehavioralMed, Cardiovascular Disease SIG Early Career Professional (ECP) Read more…

Many HPRIR faculty and staff were co-authors on a recently published article in Supportive Care in Cancer, titled “Do cancer curvivors and metavivors have distinct needs for stress management intervention? Retrospective analysis of a mind–body survivorship program.” Read the key findings here. Read the original published article here.

Home Base announces that Rachel Millstein, PhD has accepted the position of Clinical and Research Co-Director of Mind Body Health, and April Hirschberg, MD has accepted the position of Medical Co-Director of Mind Body Health! “Home Base Leadership is happy to announce that April Hirschberg, MD has accepted the position Read more…

Drs. Daniel Hall, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, and Elyse Park are co-authors on an abstract accepted to the 21st International Vasculitis Workshop which will be held in Barcelona this April! Title: Validation of a Brief Measure of Uncertainty in Vasculitis and Other Rheumatic Disease Caleb Bolden, Claire Cook, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, Xiaoqing Fu, Flavia V. Read more…