BRI Director Joseph Loscalzo discusses the future plans for the BRI

The latest issue of BWH Clinical & Research News is now available online. This month's newsletter features an interview with Biomedical Research Institute Director Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, looking back on the challenges and accomplishments of the BRI in 2011 and sharing what's in store for 2012, including planning for the Brigham Building for the Future.

Will Rogers Institute Honors BWH President Nabel

BWH President Betsy Nabel, MD
Genital Tract Biology Laboratory Receives CAP Accreditation

Genital Tract Biology Laboratory
The BWH Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care Awarded $1M Plus Grant

The BWH Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care
Kozaczka Among First Physician Assistants to Earn New Credential

Jessica Kozaczka, MS, PA-C
Computer Order Entry Systems Reduce Preventable Adverse Drug Events

New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital examined the impact of a vendor-developed CPOE in five community hospitals in Massachusetts and found that these CPOE systems are effective at reducing drug-related injury and harm.

 

OurGenes, OurHealth, OurCommunity

This innovative research initiative at BWH aims to create a bank of blood samples and health information to be used for research studies.

 

From the first successful human organ transplant in 1954 to face transplants in 2011, the clinical success of BWH has been intimiately tied to the advancements made by its clinical researchers.