In First-Person
This series features clinicians and patients discussing the lived experience of people with neurological and psychiatric disorders. We hope to spark conversations on the human impact of basic science research & inspire new patient-centered research ideas.
Group organizers: Akshay Jaggi, (MD/PhD student, lab of Bob Datta, Harvard Medical School), Jill Jones (MD/PhD student, lab of Maria Lehtinen, Boston Children’s Hospital), and Sophia Renauld (MD/PhD student, lab of David Ginty, Harvard Medical School).
April 8, 2026 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
In First-Person: Pediatric Brain Cancer’s Giant Leap – The True Story of Real-Life Super Heroes, the Cancer Revengers
Join Dr. Mariella Filbin and Shawn Mahoney, father of Layla Mahoney, who passed away at age 9 in February of 2025—after battling the second most common malignant pediatric brain cancer, ependymoma—for a discussion about functional precision medicine.
TMEC 246, Walter Amphitheater<br><div class='sim_address_field'><div class='sim_address_row'><span class='address1'>260 Longwood Ave</span> </div><div class='sim_address_row'><span class='address2'></span> </div><div class='sim_address_row'><span class='address3'></span> </div><div class='sim_address_row'><span class='city'>Boston</span> <span class='state'>MA</span> <span class='zip'>02115</span> </div></div>
Past Events
February 4, 2026 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
In First-Person: The Nose as a Window Into the Brain – Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Disease
Discussion led by Mark Albers (Mass. General Hospital/HMS)
Warren Alpert 563
200 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
April 9, 2025 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
In First-Person: Medical Disorders of Voluntary Action
Featuring Alice Flaherty and Isabelle Chopin
Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC), Room 250
260 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
October 30, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Recovery after Stroke: From Bedside to Bench and Back
Mr. Jack Smiley and Drs. Alkis Hadjiosif, David Lin, and Priya Srikanth will join us for a discussion of stroke recovery spanning basic science, clinical research, and the personal experience of post-stroke recovery.
Armenise Amphitheater
210 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
May 8, 2024 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
In First-Person: Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces for Restoring Communication and Mobility for People with Paralysis
This series features clinicians and patients discussing the lived experience of people with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Armenise Amphitheater
210 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
January 24, 2024 from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm
In First-Person: Deep Brain Stimulation as a Parkinson’s Therapy
This series features clinicians and patients discussing the lived experience of people with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Goldenson 122
220 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Banner image taken by Celia Muto.