At MGH

Research Management

http://mghra.partners.org/

In addition to having the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, MGH is home to four of the six largest industrial sponsorships of academic biomedical research in the country. Thousands of physicians, scientists, engineers, nurses, and technicians work in labs throughout the MGH main campus and in the hospital's new 400,000-square-foot research complex in Charlestown. Their drive to discover is nurtured by the MGH commitment to the highest levels of scientific inquiry and academic freedom. The Research Management office is the central focus of research administration at the MGH handling all research related issues, including funding opportunities, Fringe and Overhead Rates, Monthly Funding Deadlines, etc.

MGH Research Community (coming soon!)

This website, developed by Research Management, is intended to provide the research community with easy access to information needed to perform research and a way to find other researchers by expertise. The site is a great resource for links to Laboratory and Support Services, IRB / Human Subjects Research, and Human Resources relevant to the research community. Check back regularly for updates as this will be a continuously developing site and resources will be added frequently.

PhD Steering Committee

The PhD Steering Committee is a small group of self-identified MGH-based faculty who share a common interest in enhancing the research environment on our campus with a particular focus on issues unique to people with basic science training working within a clinical department structure. We welcome hearing your comments, concerns and suggestions. For more information about this group, please contact David T. Maclaughlin.

Research Space Management Group

http://www.massgeneral.org/rsmg/

The mission of the RSMG at MGH is to improve the use of research space, fair space allocations, and to support the research community. RSMG is responsible for working with ECOR, Research Management and other MGH leaders to develop and implement space allocation strategies that support overall institutional research objectives. RSMG is responsible for completing annual surveys of research space utilization and for reviewing the results with Department/Center chiefs or Program Directors to anticipate changing space needs and to develop plans for meeting future research space requirements for both new and existing programs.

Partners Research Computing

http://www.partners.org/rescomputing/

Partners Research Computing provides desktop support for Mac users and for users of non-Partners build PC's. Support includes help setting up new machines, placing Macs & PC's on the Partners Network, upgrading operating systems, troubleshooting problems, and repairing out of warranty hardware problems. Partners Research Computing also offers a cluster computing resource to the research community. Additionally, this office manages and participates in projects that involve collaboration between the Partners research community and Partners Information Systems such as lab software and hardware installations and upgrades.

Partners Human Research Committee

http://healthcare.partners.org/phsirb/

The Partners Human Research Committee (PHRC) is the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Partners Research Management. The PHRC must approve all human-subject research conducted by a Partners-affiliated investigator. Human-subject research is a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge where an investigator obtains data on individuals either through direct intervention/interaction or through the use of identifiable private information (medical records) or specimens.

Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing

http://techtransfer.massgeneral.org/

The office of Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing, CSRL, manages the intellectual property developed during the course of research within Massachusetts General Hospital. The office employs the services of experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds in start-ups, licensing, patents, bench research, business and law who provide invaluable guidance and oversight in order to successfully evaluate developing technology for commercialization purposes.

Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program

http://www.partners.org/phsqi/

In June 1999, the Human Research Quality Improvement Program (QI Program) was established as part of Partners Human Research Affairs, which oversees human studies conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH). The goal of this program is to help fulfill the institution's responsibility for ensuring compliance with Federal and State regulations governing human research, and to promote an environment in which human subject research will be conducted according to the highest standards. In doing so, the QI Program has developed and implemented various quality assurance and improvement initiatives to serve the Partners clinical research community.

Partners Research Core Facilities

http://www.partners.org/researchcores/home.asp

The shared interdepartmental facilities at Partners bring state-of-the-art instrumentation, methodologies and expertise crucial to the promotion of research at Partners. The Partners cores not only provide high quality, cutting edge research services by our in-house experts but also constitute a major educational resource for our growing research enterprise. The development of shared resources is part of our commitment to interdisciplinary research and will be an important part of our future endeavors.

Partners Office of Corporate Sponsored Clinical Research

http://www.partners.org/cscr/

In keeping with Partners Research Ventures and Licensing's mission to support innovative research and the broad translation of Partners HealthCare science to the patient bedside, the Office of Corporate Sponsored Clinical Research (CSCR) develops, negotiates and executes agreements and budgets for industry-sponsored clinical research across Partners (including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Partners Community HealthCare Inc [PCHI], and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital). CSCR also provides these services to a variety of specialized research service facilities (also known as “recharge centers” or “core facilities”).

Clinical Research Network

http://crnet.mgh.harvard.edu/home/home.asp

This is a resource for clinical investigators, sponsors, patients and others interested in advanced clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and other Partners HealthCare System institutions. The Clinical Research Program (CRP) is an initiative to enhance professional and career development of clinical investigators and the quality and quantity of clinical research at MGH. The CRP offers services to promote all types of clinical research: translational clinical trials, epidemiology, outcomes and disease management.

General Clinical Research Center

http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/gcrc/

The goal of the Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is to provide a clinical research infrastructure for clinical investigators who conduct patient-oriented research. Investigations at the GCRC include studies of normal and abnormal human physiology and studies of the cause, prevention, control and cure of diseases that afflict individuals of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds. The GCRC provides a unique environment for mentored training of health professionals in clinical research. Resources are provided to translate basic scientific discoveries into new diagnostic and therapeutic methods that improve health care.

Office of Clinical Research Resources in Radiology

http://www.mghradresearch.org/

Established in 2004, OCRR supports the growing community of clinical researchers within the MGH Department of Radiology. Directed by Jamien Richardson, who also serves as the Director of Research Operations, OCRR supports Radiology faculty, trainees and administrators engaged in all aspects of translational and clinical research activity. OCRR provides one-on-one consultation in the areas of career development, acquisition of funding, grant management, IRB regulatory processes and study conduct.

Office of General Counsel

http://intranet.partners.org/OGC/

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of Partners serves as general legal counsel and has overall responsibility for all legal work arising from the activities of Partners and its affiliated institutions. The OGC engages outside counsel to work on particular matters under its supervision when factors such as cost, capacity or expertise make special counsel more appropriate. This site provides access to the revised Code of Conduct and Conflicts of Interest Policy, Intellectual Property Policy, and Research Integrity Policy for Partners Affiliated Hospitals and Institutions.

Massachusetts General Physicians Organization

http://is.partners.org/mgpoOnline/index.asp

The MGPO is a multi-specialty medical group dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, teaching and research. To enhance physician efforts, the MGPO is committed to developing and maintaining an excellent management infrastructure including medical management, managed care contracting, billing and finance, customer service, human resources, information systems and marketing. The physicians of the MGPO are committed to providing medical leadership to the MGH and to working in partnership with the management and staff of the MGH toward the mutual success of both organizations.

CIMIT

http://www.cimit.org/

The mission of CIMIT is to improve patient care by facilitating the collaboration of scientists, engineers, and clinicians to catalyze development of innovative technology, emphasizing minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy. CIMIT is bringing together clinicians at the forefront of medicine, scientists and engineers working at the frontiers of high technology, and industry to focus on solutions to perplexing health care problems.

Center for Innovative Ventures

http://www.partners.org/civ/

The Center for Innovative Ventures (CIV) started in January 2005. As part of the Research Ventures and Licensing group, its purpose is to advance Partners' mission and support entrepreneurial activities by creating new ventures that promote the delivery of advance healthcare. Through its Education Programs, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and New Venture Creation services, the CIV will create and launch new ventures from Partners' research discoveries as well as coach investigators and clinicians on the issues of entrepreneurship.