Cores and Resources for Investigators

Brigham and Women’s Hospital provides its scientific investigators with the tools they need to move research forward. A variety of resources – both services and educational opportunities – are available to members of the BWH research community. Additionally, investigators have access to a number of research core facilities, which are listed in more detail below.

Services for the BWH Research Community

From assistance navigating regulatory requirements to manufacturing one-of-a-kind products, these offices provide valuable services to BWH investigators.

• Brigham Research Institute (BRI)
  • BRI Web Development Service
    (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• BWH Research Administration
• BWH Research Compliance Office
  (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• BWH Research Space Management Group (RSMG)
  (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• BWH Safety and Environmental Compliance Office
  (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• Center for Clinical Investigation (CCI), in partnership with Harvard Catalyst Clinical and Translational Science Center
• PHS Biomedical Engineering Model Shop
• PHS Research Computing Infrastructure Services (RICS)
• PHS Research Management
• Research Ventures and Licensing (RVL)

Education, Resources and Events

From professional development and CME credit opportunities to online web sites that keep our research community up to date and informed.

• BWH Research Connection E-newsletter Series
  (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• BWH Research Navigator
  (Internal Users Only) - Login through Office 365 using your Partners e-mail address
• Center for Clinical Investigation (CCI), in partnership with Harvard Catalyst Clinical and Translational Science Center
  
  • CCI Clinical Research Education Services
• Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI)
  
  • Office for Women's Careers (OWC)
• Office for Research Careers (ORC)
• Health Events

Cores and Consultation Services at BWH

Core facilities provide high quality, cutting edge research services by our in-house experts and constitute a major educational resource for our growing research enterprise. To view all core facilities at PHS (inclusive of BWH and MGH facilities) visit the PHS Core Facilities web site.

Antibodies

• BWH-BRI Antibody Core Facility

Cell Culture

• Cell Culture and Microscopy Core

Clinical Research

• CCI Biostatistical Consulting Services
• CCI Clinical Trials Center
• CCI Human Genetics Consult Service
• CCI Laboratory and Specimen Processing
• CCI Nursing Standard Services
• CCI Metabolic Phenotyping Core (Nutrition)
• CCI Research Coordinator Network
• CCI Translational Technology Research Program
• Circulating Tumor Cell Core
• Crimson Biospecimen Banking
• Tissue and Blood Repository
• Research Patient Data Registry

Confocal

• Confocal Microscopy Core

DNA Sequencing

• DNA Sequencing Core

Flow Cytometry

• Flow Cytometry Core

Imaging

• BWH Research Imaging Core
• CCI Translational Technology Research Program
• Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consulting Program
• SAIL Preclinical Imaging Core
• Tumor Imaging Metrics Core

Microscopy

• Cell Culture and Microscopy Core
• Confocal Microscopy Core

Pre-Clinical/Surgical Facilities

• Transgenic Core

Quantitative/Analysis

• CCI Biostatistical Consulting Services

Tissue/Blood/Clinical Specimen

• Cohort Biorepository
• CCI Laboratory and Specimen Processing
• Crimson Biospecimen Banking
• Pathology Specimen Locater (PSL)
• Tissue and Blood Repository
• Research Patient Data Registry

Other Service Cores

• BWH Sleep and EEG Core
• CFAR Virology Core
• PHS Research Computing Cloud and Database Services
• PHS Research Computing High Performance Computing