马塞诸斯州大学波士顿

我们的研究, 学术项目, and partnerships focus on addressing the many faces of 健康 disparities—from access to under研究生 and 研究生 education to translational research centers. 除了校园特有的优势和才能, we work closely with our four sister campuses to combine and leverage our collective expertise when competing for grants from the National 研究院 of 健康, 国家科学基金会, 和美国.S. 教育部，举几个例子.

以下是我们生物医学的一些细节, 健康, and life sciences successes and ongoing col实验室orations with our external partners. To learn even more, contact the Office of the Vice Provost for 研究 and Strategic Initiatives & 617的研究生院院长.287.5614 or 617.287.5608. Scroll down for a list of some of our ongoing projects and ventures.

理学院 & 数学 

In our vision, research and teaching cannot be separated. A spirit of col实验室oration exists across the college's departments because modern science requires interdisciplinary approaches. 在实验室里, under研究生 students work with 研究生 students and faculty, and the practices that under研究生s learn in the research 实验室 are carried over into their work in the public and private sectors.

护理学院 & 健康科学 

Fast becoming New England’s expert in 健康 disparities, 卫生政策, 运动科学, 肿瘤护理, the CNHS is a leader in combining education innovation with clinical practice. The college is engaged in col实验室orative partnerships with more than 200 健康 care and fitness organizations through which students pursue internships and gain clinical/practical as well as research experiences. Serving a remarkably diverse student body through its under研究生, 研究生, 以及博士后项目, the college is achieving its vision of educating knowledgeable providers of skilled nursing care, building awareness of the benefits of exercise and fitness, 分析和通报卫生政策, and increasing the 健康 and fitness of diverse urban populations.

癌症个性化治疗中心

A joint program of 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), CPCT的目标是

• create research support platforms to facilitate high impact translational cancer research (academic and startup biotech companies);
• 将研究重点放在发展上, 验证, and commercialization of RNA- and protein-based cancer biomarkers with significant clinical utility: tumor subtyping and early measures of tumor response to therapy;
• train and bring diverse student talent into the DF/HCC; and
• Provide 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 students with skills suitable for academic careers or employment in regional biomedical industry.

完全运行时, the CPCT will provide a means for under研究生 and 研究生 students to become the next generation of well-trained biomedical workforce talent and the future leaders of life sciences research in academia and industry. A scientific focus of the center will be to elucidate how lifestyle choices, particularly those that promote diet-induced obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (‘diabesity’), 调节肿瘤微环境, 以及这种调节如何影响肿瘤的发生, 进展, 以及对治疗的反应.

马塞诸斯州大学波士顿-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Comprehensive Partnership Program

2010年由国家癌症研究所资助, the U54 Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership Grant allows 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 and Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center to col实验室orate on research aimed at addressing issues of cancer 健康 disparities in disenfranchised populations. 通过基础科学领域的研究项目, 人口科学, student and investigator 培训 and community outreach, 这种伙伴关系有助于改进研究, 培训, and outreach opportunities for under-represented minority students, 研究员, and scientists and to develop information and resources toward closing the cancer 健康 disparities gap.

麻省大学卫生公平干预研究中心

CHEIR is a partnership between the 马塞诸斯州大学的 Medical School and 马塞诸斯州大学波士顿 for developing innovative solutions for eliminating 健康 disparities and equipping the next generation of researchers to better serve vulnerable populations. Central to CHEIR’s work is using storytelling as a tool for building research literacy and promoting racial and ethnic 健康 equity. CHEIR develops culturally-responsive and literacy sensitive interventions by partnering with populations affected by disparities and the community-based organizations serving them.

麻省大学临床与转化科学中心

In 2010, the 马塞诸斯州大学的 Medical School received a prestigious $20 million award from the National 研究院 of 健康 to create an academic home for clinical and translational science across all five 马塞诸斯州大学的 campuses—the 麻省大学临床与转化科学中心. The award places 马塞诸斯州大学的 and the medical school's clinical partner, 马萨诸塞大学纪念医疗保健中心, among an elite consortium of 60 nationally prominent academic medical centers working to move 实验室oratory discoveries into treatments for patients, 让社区参与临床研究, 培养新一代的研究人员.

麻省大学波士顿创业发展中心

为早期企业提供的托管孵化器, 大学, 学生企业家, VDC提供有针对性的, one-to-one support to enable ventures to attract funding and grow. VDC也提供18种,000 square-feet of state-of-the-art plug-and-play office, 实验室, and meeting space; shared business services; and equipment. 成立于2009年, the VDC currently serves as home to 16 life science and 健康 and 8 consumer and business software startup companies.