Program Abstract
Performance Sites Available to Scholars
Program Administration
Faculty Research Summaries
Governance Structure
Program Abstract
The objective of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program (the Program) is to organize and integrate the efforts of senior investigators (the Research Mentors and Academic Career Advisors) to train obstetrician-gynecologists (the Scholars) to develop into mature, broadly competent and independent investigators. Increasing the number of well-trained investigators in obstetrics and gynecology will increase the pace of translation of basic science findings into new preventive measures and treatments of women’s reproductive health disorders. The BWH Program is built upon five core principles: 1) The best research development program for obstetrician-gynecologists brings together, in a single Program, both senior physician investigators and Ph.D. scientists with basic research skills. 2) Senior investigators who have independent, NIH-funded research and a record in postgraduate training are especially effective in developing Scholars into independent investigators. The BWH Program includes approximately 25 independent NIH-funded investigators, who have been involved in the training of more than 400 postdoctoral fellows, and nine Academic Career Advisors. 3) The Program must include key areas of biological research that will provide the most powerful tools to advance women’s reproductive health: Reproductive Cancer, Reproductive and Clinical Epidemiology, Reproductive Developmental Biology, Reproductive Genetics, Ovarian Biology and Urogynecology. 4) The Program must have superlative laboratory facilities, didactic training, and the commitment of the Department and institution. Research Mentors in the Program run laboratories with over 50,000 square feet of fully equipped research space and have organized seminars and journal clubs. 5) To develop Scholars who can successfully pursue an independent research career, the Program must attract the most qualified candidates and provide them with adequate time for their research experience. Scholars will be supported by matching funds, and will be guaranteed 80% research time in the Program. Scholars will have the opportunity to develop their research careers at all the Harvard-affiliated institutions including BWH, MGH and BIDMC. We believe our Program will attract a highly talented pool of individuals with the following degrees, M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.P.H. and M.D. The Program will emphasize recruitment of women and minority Scholars. The research development program we propose will support at least three Scholars who will develop into leaders in obstetric and gynecologic research in the 21st century.
Performance Sites Available To Scholars
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Boston, MA
Children's Hospital Boston (CHB), Boston, MA
Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, MA
Program Administration
Principal Investigator:
Robert L. Barbieri, MD
Kate Macy Ladd Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis St., ASB1-3
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-732-4265
Fax: 617-277-1440
Email: rbarbieri@partners.org
Program Director:
Cynthia C. Morton, PhD
William Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Director of Cytogenetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Pathology
Harvard New Research Building, Room 160D
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-525-4535
Fax: 617-525-4533
Email: cmorton@partners.org
Administrative Assistant:
Linda J. Johnson
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard New Research Building, Room 160A
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-525-4534
Fax: 617-525-4533
Email: ljjohnson@partners.org
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