Goals
- Understand the foundational principles of project management.
- Explore how project management principles and strategies can influence your work with colleagues and stakeholders on various projects.
Managing projects is a detailed and systematic process. Yet, the applications of this process vary across disciplines and teams. This webinar series will introduce how to troubleshoot, forecast, and problem solve using project management in various contexts while considering how these elements impact the work of teams. Each of the four independent sessions will be led by David Vincenti, PMP, a certified project management professional. This series will identify the principles of project management and how to apply templates and skills to your work and experiences in team settings. The last session will feature a panel of guest speakers who utilize successful project management strategies in their respective roles and professions. Those without official training in this area will gain skills and confidence in project management during this series.
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These sessions explore approaches to developing a broad range of competencies integral to establishing and maintaining a successful research career. The series delves into the following competencies: team science, mentorship, project management, communication, leadership, and funding research. For more information and to access other resources and webinars in the series, please visit Boundary-Crossing Skills for Research Careers.
Meet the Presenter
David Vincenti, PMP, is a project manager and engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the medical device industry. In his corporate career, the projects he managed led to the successful development and commercialization of medical and diagnostic technologies, integration and divestiture of global businesses, and implementation of job and organization redesign. Vincenti has presented to academic and professional audiences on topics including project management, team leadership, and interview skills, and has been recognized for his work with early-career technical professionals. He holds degrees in materials engineering and technology management from Stevens Institute of Technology and is an adjunct professor of communications and project management.
Meet the Panelists
Sarita Patil, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an assistant physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She is a member of the MGH Food Allergy Center, specializing in the treatment of patients with food allergies. In 2018, Patil established her laboratory at the Center for Immunological and Inflammatory Diseases at MGH, with a focus on elucidating the allergen-specific humoral response in food allergy. Using allergen-specific B cell multimers, single cell sequencing, recombinant antibodies, and proteomics, her lab works on understanding the mechanisms of antibody-based tolerance in allergen immunotherapy and modulation of effector cell responses. As a translational researcher in food allergy, she is involved in clinical trials for food allergy, both at MGH and through the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN). Patil also established the Multidisciplinary Adult Eosinophilic Esophagitis clinic, which she continues to administer.
Maeve Clifford, BS, is a clinical research coordinator with the Food Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. In this position, she contributes to various clinical studies by overseeing patient recruitment, completing study orders, collecting clinical data, maintaining visit documentation, and communicating with the IRB. Clifford also ensures all activities adhere to study protocols and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. She received her BS in biology from Stonehill College.
Jannat Gill, BDS, MPH, CCRP, is the senior clinical research program manager for the Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her master’s degree in public health from New York Medical College. Gill has managed multiple clinical trials from study start up to study closeout.
Rodrigo Marin, BS, is a clinical research coordinator at the Food Allergy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Marin has served as the lead coordinator for several industry-sponsored clinical trials, including Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial and food allergy studies. He earned his BS in biological sciences from Cornell University.
Session dates
Session 1: Defining the Work
February 25, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
Registration deadline: February 24, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
This session introduces basic project management principles. You will learn the definition of a project, how to manage project scope, and how to draft the baseline of a project while considering how projects can be connected.
Session 2: Creating the Plan
February 27, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
Registration deadline: February 26, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
In this session, you will learn to apply project planning terms and understand how to break a project into manageable parts, sequence tasks, and manage time while considering how these components affect your work and the work of your team members.
Session 3: Finalizing the Plan
March 4, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
Registration deadline: March 3, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
In this session, you will explore project management principles further by calculating risks, managing a process, reviewing a project plan, and forecasting the execution and completion of a project while considering how these elements impact your work and the work of your team members.
Session 4: Panel Discussion
March 6, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
Registration deadline: March 5, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
This final session features a panel discussion with four successful project management practitioners. The panelists will share their experiences in their respective roles and professions, and discuss how they engage in project management work within team settings.
Time commitment
One-hour sessions on Zoom.
Audience
This series is designed for team members in the clinical and translational (c/t) workforce who are familiar with project management but have no formal training. Attendees are welcome to attend on their own or with their team members.
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Eligibility
There are no eligibility requirements. Prior session attendees have included: PhD, MD, postdocs, junior faculty, and medical students.
Register
As noted above, registration for each session will close at noon ET the day prior to the session.