MGH’s Pet Therapy Program Sparks Smiles
For years, MGH Volunteer Services Pet Therapy dogs have played an important role within the hospital offering comfort and connection to patients and staff.
The Department of Psychiatry Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging sponsors the annual Frances J. Bonner, MD, award, which recognizes an individual who has overcome adversity and has made significant contributions to the field of mental health and the care of minoritized communities.
The Center also organizes an annual spring speaker series, which brings nationally recognized speakers to discuss a wide range of issues with faculty, trainees and staff.
The Frances J. Bonner, MD Award was established in 2010 by the Mass General Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in honor of the late Frances J. Bonner to promote diversity and inclusion in the psychiatric community.
The late Frances J. Bonner, MD, was a member of the Mass General Psychiatry Department for 50 years, and the first female African-American physician to train on a Mass General service. Dr. Bonner came to Mass General in 1949 after completing her neurology training at Boston City Hospital. She started her research career at the Mass General with a two-year fellowship from Radcliffe College to study hysteria and later conducted neurobiological research at Mass General. Dr. Bonner received her psychoanalytic certification at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in 1975 and with others, founded the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England. Dr. Bonner devoted most of her career to clinical practice and supervising residents in individual psychotherapy. She was a pioneer in crossing racial and gender boundaries within medicine.
2022: Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPh, MDiv
"Co-designing Mental Health Interventions and Equity with Marginalized Community Stakeholder Youth and Families"
2020-2021: David C. Henderson, MD
"Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: Is it Possible in Psychiatry?"
2019: Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
“40 Years of Viewing Violence as a Public Health Problem: Lessons Learned”
2018: Felton "Tony" Earls, PhD
"Collective Efficacy: From Discovery to Global Health Practice”
2017: Debora Burgard, PhD, FAED
"Dismantling the Weight Loss Prescription: One Size Does Not Fix All”
2016: Xavier E. Cagigas, PhD
"Cultural Neuropsychology: A Reverberating Zeitgeist Amidst Scientific Complacency”
2015: Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD, ABPP
Watch Dr. Daniel's presentation at Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "The Tapestry of Difference: Weaving Cognition and Affect into Practice, Research and Training"
2014: Haji Shearer, LSW
Watch Mr. Shearer's presentation at Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "Integrating Culture and Mindfulness to Support Father, Mother and Child Well-being"
2013: Joseph E. Trimble, PhD
Watch Dr. Trimble's presentation at Psychiatry Grand Rounds: "Ethics in Mental Health: An Emphasis on Conducting Research with Ethnocultural Populations"
2012: Margarita Alegria, PhD
2011: Carl C. Bell, MD
Watch Dr. Bell's presentation at Psychiatry Grand Rounds: “Preventing Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities”
For 80 years, Mass General's Psychiatry Department has provided the highest quality patient care through pioneering research.
We provide care for patients of any age throughout the lifespan.
For years, MGH Volunteer Services Pet Therapy dogs have played an important role within the hospital offering comfort and connection to patients and staff.
“More than 1,100 volunteers come through the doors of Mass General annually,” says Jackie Nolan, director of MGH Volunteer Services. “They’ve been part of the fabric of this hospital since 1821. They become an extension of the staff.” Learn more about MGH's Volunteer Services.
The LVC is one of the oldest hospital volunteer auxiliaries in the country. Now marking its 155th anniversary, the group began in 1869 as the Ladies Visiting Committee.
Mass General Brigham clinicians, caregivers, and staff are coming together like never before to work to become the integrated academic healthcare system of the future with patients at the center.
In this interview with Targeted Oncology, Matthew Frigault, MD discusses follow-up data on the efficacy and safety of CART-ddBCMA for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, particularly in later-line settings.
In this podcast, Kristen Mahoney Shannon, MS, CGC discusses what people should know about their hereditary breast cancer risk, including how to know if it runs in your family and what to expect during genetic counseling.