Ob/Gyn Epidemiology Center
The mission of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center is to conduct epidemiologic research of high quality that will lead to improvement in women’s health and to educate students and clinical faculty about epidemiologic methods that will broaden their training.
Cytogenetics Research
The mission of Cytogenetics Research is
- To provide state-of-the-art clinical cytogenetics services to physicians and their patients with an emphasis on quality and timeliness
- To determine the role of genes in the biology of uterine fibroids with a goal to the development of individualized treatment and a contribution to the understanding of neoplasia
- To identify and characterize cochlear expressed genes for their role in hearing and in deafness disorders, and to develop a mouse model for the deafness and vestibular disorder DFNA9
- To identify genes involved in human development as part of a multi-institutional positional cloning endeavor, Developmental Genome Anatomy Project (DGAP)
- To make cytogenetic methods accessible to the greater cancer research community
Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
The mission of the Division of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research is to perform high quality, innovative research that will increase our understanding of women’s reproductive health outcomes. Optimizing care and outcome for women and their infants during pregnancy and labor is a major goal. The Division also provides training and mentoring in clinical epidemiologic research to residents, fellows and other health care professionals.
Genital Tract Biology
Genital Tract Biology seeks advance medical knowledge, prevention and cure of inflammatory conditions sequelae in the female genital tract.
Gynecologic Oncology Laboratory
The mission of the laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology is to advance the understanding of gynecologic neoplasia.
Women's Reproductive Health Research
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.