Center for Aging and Serious Illness

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The Center for Aging and Serious Illness was established in the fall of 2019 that brings together researchers across MGH and the Boston community to improve the well-being of older adults and enhance the lived experience of those with advanced illnesses.

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Director: Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH 

Disparities Research Unit​

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The Disparities Research Unit is dedicated to the exploration of imbalances in health care treatment, generating innovative health services research that impacts policy, practice, and service delivery for multicultural populations.

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Director: Margarita Alegría, PhD​​

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Health Decision Sciences Center
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The HDSC is a multidisciplinary research group that seeks to foster shared decision making and implement sustainable decision aid delivery. The HDSC is committed to improving the quality of decisions made by patients and health care providers from diagnosis through treatment.

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Director: Karen Sepucha, PhD

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Medical Practice Evaluation Center​

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MPEC works to improve clinical outcomes, increase value in health policy, and inform global public health through innovative research, collaboration, and education.

 

Director: Ken Freedberg, MD, MSc

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Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit​

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The CTEU advances the translation of discoveries into effective clinical interventions in chronic disease through epidemiologic investigation.

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Director: Andrew Chan, MD, MPH

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Disparities Solutions Center​

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The DSC is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to improve quality and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare in a time of rapid transformation.

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Director: Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH​

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Health Policy Research Center​

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The HPRC aims to catalyze beneficial changes in health policy, the health and care of marginalized populations, and the health care delivery system.

 

Director: Stephen Bartels, MD, MS

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Rheumatology and Allergy Clinical Epidemiology Research Center
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RACER is dedicated to advancing the knowledge and care of patients with rheumatologic disease, allergies, and immunodeficiencies by applying innovative clinical, translational, and population-based observational and experimental research methods.

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Director: April Jorge, MD

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Division of General Internal Medicine/Center for Primary Care Research
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Researchers in the Center for Primary Care Research focus on a full range of topics from preventive medicine and population health to improving patient care and managing chronic disease.

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Director: Jennifer Haas, MD, MSc​

Gun Violence Prevention Center​

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The MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center is a multidisciplinary Center at Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to advancing research and education to prevent firearm-related violence, to mitigate the impact of firearm-related injuries, and to promote safety in homes and communities in Boston and across the U.S.

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Directors: Chana Sacks, MD, MPH

and Peter Masiakos, MD

Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research Center
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This joint initiative between the Mass General Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center and the Mass General Department of Psychiatry  harnesses the strengths of interdisciplinary behavioral health services research to advance resiliency delivery science to promote health and wellness.

 

Director: Elyse Park, PhD, MPH

Tobacco Research and Treatment Center​

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The Tobacco Research & Treatment Center reduces the toll of tobacco-related disease by identifying innovative tobacco cessation treatments, promoting the delivery of effective treatment in the health care delivery system, and evaluating the impact of tobacco control public policies.

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Director: Nancy Rigotti, MD