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Brigham and Women's Hospital's departments and divisions are reputed for their excellence in research.  Housing both laboratory and clinical research initiatives, investigators in each department and division are focused on a variety of research issues both within and beyond the confines of the traditional outpatient department.

Should you like more information about a research team that is not linked below, contact bwhresearch@partners.org and reference this page and the laboratory's name.

Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Department of)

Dermatology (Department of)

Emergency Medicine (Department of)

  • Laboratory of Alejandro Baez, MD
  • Laboratory of Calvin Brown, MD
  • Laboratory of Christian Arbelaez, MD
  • Laboratory of Daniel J. Pallin, MD
  • Laboratory of Daniel Lindberg, MD
  • Laboratory of Elke Platz, MD
  • Laboratory of Hilarie Cranmer, MD
  • Laboratory of James Hwang, MD
  • Laboratory of Joshua Kosowsky, MD
  • Laboratory of Peter Hou, MD
  • Laboratory of Phillip Rice, MD
  • Laboratory of Richard Zane, MD
  • Laboratory of Ron M. Walls, MD
  • Laboratory of Sangeeta Kaushik, MD
  • Laboratory of Susan Farrell, MD
  • Laboratory of Thomas Stair, MD
  • Laboratory of Tobias Barker, MD
  • STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation (Charles Pozner, MD)
  • Institute for International Emergency Medicine and Health (Mark A. Davis, MD)

Emergency Medicine: Division of International Health and Humanitarian Programs

  • Laboratory of Michael Yanrooyen, MD 

Medicine (Department of)

Medicine: Division of Aging

Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

  • Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (Peter Libby, MD)
  • Leducq Transatlantic Network (Peter Libby, MD)
  • NMR Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry (Joanne Ingwall, PhD and Rong Tian, MD)   
  • Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention-Joint Program with Preventive Medicine (Paul M Ridker, MD)
  • Center for Clinical Biometrics and Harvard Clinical Research Institute (Laura Mauri, MD)
  • Vascular Medicine Program (Mark Creager, MD)    
  • Arterial Dysfunction Program (Thomas Michel, MD)    
  • Partners Heart Failure Clinical Research Network (Lynne Stevenson, MD)    
  • Structural Heart Disease-Joint Program with Department of Surgery (Fred Welt, MD and Michael Davidson, MD)
  • Vascular Medicine Research Group (James Liao, MD)    
  • Angiographic Core Lab (Jeffrey Popma, MD)    
  • Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine-Joint Program with Department of Anesthesia (Piero Anversa, MD)    
  • Clinical Endpoints Center (Marc Pfeffer, MD and Scott Solomon, MD)    
  • Partners Research and Education Program-PREP (Marc Pfeffer, MD)    
  • Vascular Profiling Laboratory-Ambulatory ECG/12-lead ECG Core Laboratory (Peter Stone, MD)     
  • Center for Arrhythmia Prevention (Christine Albert, MD)  

Medicine: Channing Laboratory

Medicine: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension

  • Aldosterone Research Group
  • Thyroid Section (Antonio Bianco, MD)

Medicine: Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy

  • Blumberg Laboratory (Richard Blumberg, MD)
  • Carey Laboratory (Martin Carey, MD, DSc)
  • Cohen Laboratory (David Cohen, MD, PhD)
  • Ukomadu Laboratory (Chinweike Ukomadu, MD, PhD)
  • Zhu Laboratory (Zhenglun Zhu, MD)

Medicine: Division of General Medicine

  • CIRD (Blackford Middleton, MD)
  • CITL (Blackford Middleton, MD)
  • The Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice (David W. Bates, MD, MSc)
  • Center of Excellence for Patient Safety research and Practice (David W. Bates, MD, MSc)
  • Clinical and Quality Analysis, IS (David W. Bates, MD, MSc)
  • Health Information Technology and Improving Medication Use(David W. Bates, MD, MSc)
  • Center for Education on Therapeutics (CERT)(David W. Bates, MD, MSc)

Medicine: Division of Genetics

Medicine: Division of Global Health Equity

  • Maintaining ART adherence in post-DOTS AIDS patients (Heidi Behforouz, MD)
  • Molecular approaches for understanding TB dynamics (Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD)
  • Molecular approaches for understanding TB dynamics (Ted Cohen)
  • Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Hamish Fraser, MB)
  • Impact of a National Tuberculosis Laboratory Network (Hamish Fraser, MB)
  • Identifying HIV and related stigma in rural Haiti (Louise Ivers, MD)
  • Non-governmental organizations and transnational technology transfer: controlling drug-resistant tuberculosis in post-Soviet Siberia (Salmaan Keshavjee, MD, PhD)
  • Development of universal guidelines for the treatment of MDR/XDR-TB and HIV co-infection (Salmaan Keshavjee, MD, PhD)
  • Multiple drug resistant tuberculosis translational research and training project (Jim Kim, PhD, MD)
  • Health outcomes/cost of early vs. delayed ART in Haiti  (Serena Koenig, MD)
  • Perinatal outcomes and novel HIV assessments in infants (Joia Mukherjee, MD)Testing interventions of human generated occupational airborne infections (Ed Nardell, MD)
  • Evaluating two models of ART delivery in rural Rwanda (Michael Rich, MD)
  • Improving TB diagnosis in high HIV primary care settings (Kwonjune Seung)
  • Evaluation of MDR-TB treatment strategies in Lima Peru (Sonya Shin, MD)
  • Pilot study of DOT-HAART for women and children in Lima Peru (Sonya Shin, MD)
  • Effectiveness of alcohol interventions among TB patients in Tomsk Russia (Sonya Shin, MD)
  • Psychosocial determinants of anti-retroviral non-adherence and HIV outcomes in Lima, Peru (Sonya Shin, MD)

Medicine: Division of Hematology

  • Berliner laboratory (Nancy Berliner, MD)
  • Bunn Laboratory (H. Franklin Bunn, MD)
  • Cunningham Laboratory (James Cunningham, MD)
  • Daley Laboratory (George Daley, MD, PhD)
  • Ebert Laboratory (Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD)
  • Gilbert Laboratory (Gary Gilbert, MD)
  • Gilliland Laboratory (D. Gary Gilliland, PhD, MD)
  • Golan Laboratory (David Golan, MD, PhD)
  • Handin Laboratory (Robert I. Handin, MD)
  • McAllister Laboratory (Sandra McAllister, PhD)
  • Paw Laboratory (Barry Paw, MD, PhD)
  • Vanasse Laboratory (Gary Vanasse, MD)

Medicine: Division of Infectious Disease

Medicine: Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine

Medicine: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  

Medicine: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology

  • BWH DEcIDE Center (Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD)

Medicine: Division of Preventative Medicine

Medicine: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

  • COPD Clinical Research Network
  • Asthma Clinical Research Network
  • Churg Strauss Syndrome (CSS)
  • Host Defense/Immunologic Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
  • Lung Development Lung Injury/Sepsis Pulmonary Hypertension Stem Cell
  • Lung Biology Center
  • Severe Asthma Research Program

Medicine: Renal Division

  • Transplantation Research Center (Mohamed H. Sayegh, MD)
  • Laboratory of Inherited Kidney Disease (Martin R. Pollak, MD)
  • Laboratory of Molecular Autoimmune Disease (Vicki R. Kelly, PhD)
  • Laboratory of Molecular Transport Physiology (David M. Mount, MD)
  • Laboratory of Signal Transduction (Bradley M. Denker, MD)
  • Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Disease (Jing Zhou, MD, PhD)
  • Harvard Center of Polycystic Kidney Disease Research (Jing Zhou, MD, PhD)

Medicine: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy

  • Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Center (Michael E. Weinblatt, MD)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Center (Nancy Shadick, M.D. (BRASS), David Lee, MD, PhD (Basic Research))
  • Center for Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Bonnie A. Bermas, MD)
  • Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center (Joshua A. Boyce, MD)
  • Section of Clinical Sciences (Daniel Solomon, MD)
  • Lymphocyte Biology Section (Michael B. Brenner, MD)
  • Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Section (K. Frank Austen, MD)

Medicine: Division of Sleep Medicine

  • Clinical Sleep Disorders Program
  • Sleep Disorders Research Program
  • Sleep, Aging and Circadian Rythym Disorders, PPG (program project) (Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD)
  • Training in Sleep, Circadian & Respirtory Neurobiology T-32 Training Grant (Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD)
  • National Space Biomedical Research Institute (Drs. Czeisler, Klerman and Lockley)

Medicine: Division of Translational Medicine

  • Stossel Laboratory (Thomas P. Stossel, MD)
  • Hartwig Laboratory (John H. Hartwig, PhD)
  • Kwiatkowski Laboratory (David J. Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD)
  • Dabora Laboratory (Sandra L. Dabora, M.D., PhD)
  • Italiano Laboratory (Joseph E. Italiano, Jr., PhD)
  • Hoffmeister Laboratory (Karin Hoffmeister, MD)

Medicine: Division of Women's Health

Neurology (Department of) 

  • Epilepsy Program (Edward B. Bromfield, MD)
  • Movement Disorders (Lewis R. Sudarsky, MD)

Neurology: Division of Basic Neuroscience Research (Center for Neurologic Disease)

Neurology: Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

  • Memory Disorders Unit (Reisa Sperling, MD)

Neurology: Division of Critical Care and Emergency Neurology

  • Galen V. Henderson, MD

Neurology: Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-Imunology

  • Weiner Laboratory (Howard L. Weiner, MD)

Neurology: Division of Neuromuscular Disease

  • Amato Laboratory (Anthony Amato, MD)

Neurology: Division of Neuro-Oncology

  • Wen Laboratory (Patrick Y. Wen, MD)

Neurology: Stroke Division, Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center

  • Feske Laboratory (Steven K. Feske, MD)

Neurosurgery (Department of)

  • Agar Lab: Surgical Molecular Imaging Laboratory
  • Anderson Lab: Epilepsy Research
  • Day Lab: The Stroke Laboratory
  • Black Lab: Neurosurgical Oncology Laboratory
  • Claus Lab: Neuro-Epidemiology Research
  • Friedlander Lab: Neuroapoptosis Laboratory
  • Golby Lab: Surgical Brain Mapping Laboratory
  • Johnson Lab: Molecular and Cellular Neurosurgical Oncology Laboratory
  • Kristal Lab
  • Lampson Lab: Brain Immunology Laboratory
  • Teng Lab: Spinal Cord Injury and Neural Stem Cells Laboratory
  • Thorn 10 (Helen Cristou, MD)
  • Thorn 10 (Sule Cataltepe, MD)
  • Channing Lab (Karen Puopolo, MD)
  • GCRC (Linda Van Marter, MD)
  • Epidemiology (Daniel Cramer, ScD, MD)
  • Center for Reproductive Medicine (Stacey Missmer, MS)
  • Gynecology Oncology (Sam Mok, PhD)
  • Genetics (Cynthia Morton, PhD)
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine (Thomas McElrath, MD, PhD)
  • Reproductive Biology (Raina Fichorova, PhD, MD)
  • Cytogenic Diagnostic Facility (Alan D. D'Andrea, MD)
  • DNA Research Laboraty (Alan D. D'Andrea, MD)
  • Dana-Farber Center for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation (Alan D. D'Andrea, MD)

Radiation Oncology: Division of Genomic Stability

Radiation Oncology: Division of Medical Physics and Biophysics


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