Research Centers and Programs

Addiction 

• Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center

Amyloidosis Center

• Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD

Anesthesiology

• Ala Nozari, MD, PhD

Autism Friendly Initiative

• Shari Krauss, MA, MPH

Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center

• Valentina Perissi, PhD

Cancer Center

• Nana Addo-Tabiri MD, PhD
• Britney Bell, MD
• Maria Isabel Dominguez, PhD Lab
• Ruben Dries, PhD
• Kevan Hartshom, MD
• David Hughes, PharmD, BCOP
• Naomi Ko, MD
• Nancy Kressin, MD
• Matthew Kulke, MD
• Laura Anne Lowery, PhD
• John Mark Sloan, MD
• Raphael Szalat, MD, PhD
• Umit Tapan, MD
• Jennifer Tseng, MD
• Deepa Gopal, MD
• Robert Helm, MD
• Hussein Assi, MD
• Peter Everett, MD

Cardiology

• Cardiovascular Center
• Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
• Wilson Colucci, MD
• Noyan Gokce, MD
• Naomi Hamburg, MD
• Alice Jacobs, MD
• Kevin Monahan, MD
• Gene Kwan, MD, MPH
• Frederick Ruberg, MD
• Omar Siddiqi, MD
• Darae Ko, MD, MSc
• Ivan Luptak, MD, PhD

Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease

• Shuaiying Cui, PhD Lab
• Lillian McMahon, MD

Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)

• George J. Murphy Lab
• Stem Cell Biology & Gene Therapy: Gustavo Mostoslavsky Lab
• Valerie Gouon-Evans, PharmD, PhD Lab
• George Murphy, PhD Lab
• Kim Vanuytsel, PhD Lab
• Andrew Wilson, MD Lab

Clinical Chemistry

• Yachana Kataria, PhD

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

• Maureen Patterson-Fede, LICSW

Emergency Medicine

• BNI-ART Institute
• James Feldman, MD
• Megan Marie Leo, MD
• Elisa Perkins, MD, MPH
• Karin Weisenthal, MD, MHS

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition

• BUMC Thyroid Nodule and Cancer Research Group
• Diabetes Research
• Nutrition and Metabolism Research
• Obesity Research Center
• Alan Farwell, MD
• Sun Lee, MD
• Stephanie Lee MD, PhD
• Elizabeth Pearce, MD
• Devin Steenkamp, MBChB

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Waleed Ezzat, MD

Family Medicine

• Breastfeeding Equity Center
• Family Medicine Research
• Global Health Collaborative
• Marielle Baldwin, MD, MPH
• Juliana Castedo, MD
• Katherine Gergen-Barnett, MD
• Jeffrey Markuns, MD
• Keri Sewell, MD
• Katherine Standish, MD, MS
• Jennifer Trieu, MD

Gastroenterology

• Obesity Research Center
• Stem Cell Biology & Gene Therapy: Gustavo Mostoslavsky Lab
• Arpan Mohanty, MBBS, MS
• Alan Moss, MD, MBChB, PhD
• Ansu Noronha, MD
• Sharmeel Wasan, MD

General Internal Medicine

• Health/care Disparities Research Program
• Scope of Pain

Geriatrics

• Hollis Day, MD, MS, MHRE
• Meredith Halpin, MD

Grayken Center for Addiction

• Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH
• Marilyn Augustyn, MD
• Sarah Bagley, MD
• Arik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
• Ricardo Cruz, MD
• Rachel Epstein, MD, MScE
• Emily Hurstak, MD, MPH
• Theresa Kim, MD
• Sarah Kimball, MD
• Simeon Kimmel, MD, MA
• Miriam Komaromy, MD
• Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
• Marc LaRochelle, MD, MPH
• Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM, FAAP
• Alyssa Tilhou, MD, PhD
• Amy Yule, MD

Health Services

• Anita Morris, MSN, FNP-BC
• Colin Sox, MD
• Ana Poblacion, PhD, MSc
• Richard Sheward, MPP

Hematology and Medical Oncology

• M. Isabel Dominguez Lab
• Douglas V. Faller Lab
• Adam Lerner Lab
• George J. Murphy Lab

Infectious Diseases

• Andrew J. Henderson Lab
• Lee M. Wetzler Lab
• Massachusetts Community Engagement Alliance (Massachusetts CEAL)
• Nancy Miller, MD
• Archana Asundi, MD
• Tamar Barlam, MD
• Daniel Broque, MD Lab
• Tara Boutan, MD, MPH
• Mari Lynn Drainoni, PhD, MEd
• Elizabeth Duffy, MA
• Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH
• Robin Ingalls, MD
• Karen Jacobsen, MD
• Nina Lin, MD
• Benjamin Linas, MD, MPH
• Jai Maranthe, MD
• Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH
• Glory Ruiz, MD
• Manish Sagar, MD
• Pranay Sinha, MD
• Kaku So-Armah, PhD
• Shana Burrows, PhD, MPH

Living Well at Home

• Eileen O'Brien

Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine

• Gustavo Mercier, MD, PhD, MBA

Nephrology

• Afolarin Amodu, MD, MPH
• Lauren Beck, MD
• Ramon Bonegio, MD, PhD
• Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD
• Jean Francis, MD
• Sandeep Ghai, MD
• Titilayo Ilori, MBBS
• Weining Lu, MD
• David Salant, MD
• Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH Lab
• Myriam Abdennadher, MD
• Hugo Aparicio, MD, MPH
• Katelyn Bird, MD

Neurology

• Anna Cervantes-Arsianian, MD
• Steven Feske, MD
• David Greer, MD, MA
• Thanh Nguyen, MD
• Charlene Ong, MD, MPHS
• Jose Romero, MD
• Marie-Helene Saint-Hilaire, MD
• Julie Shulman, MD

Neurosurgery

• James Holsapple, MD, FAANS

Newborn Medicine

• Vincent Smith, MD, MPH

Nutrition

• Hiralall Latchman, DTR

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Shruthi Mahalingaiah Lab
• Rachel Cannon, MD
• Caitlin Clark, MSW, LICSW
• Ronald Iverson, MD, MPH
• Glenn Markenson, MD
• Julie Motti-Santiago, DrPH, CNM
• Nyla Noel, MD, MPH
• Katherine O'Connell White, MD, MPH, FACOG
• Rebcca Perkins, MD
• Kelley Saia, MD
• Elizabeth Stier, MD

Ophthalmology

• Vision Research Core
• Vision Research Programs
• Stephen Christiansen, MD
• Steven Ness, MD
• Sussanah Rowe, MD, MPH

Orthopedic Surgery

• Michael Kain, MD
• Xinning Li, MD

Otolaryngology

• Daniel Faden, MD
• Gregory Grillone, MD
• Kenneth Grundfast, MD
• Gintas Krisciunas, MPH, MA

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

• Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Research Overview
• Christopher Andry, PhD, MPhil
• Christopher Heaphy, PhD Lab
• Christian Weber, MD Lab

Pediatrics - Family and Child Advocacy

• Project DULCE
• Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP)
• William Adams, MD
• Elizabeth Barnett, MD
• Tehnaz Boyle, MD, PhD
• Diana Clarke, PhD Lab
• Ellen Cooper, MD
• Gabriella Cordova Ramos, MD
• Laurie Douglass, MD
• Patrick Kavanagh, MD
• Sadiqa Kendi, MD, FAAP, CPST Lab
• Jocelyn Kuhn, PhD Lab
• Rotem Lapidot, MD
• Lucy Marcil, MD, MPH
• Anne Merewood, PhD, MPH
• Stephanie Pelton, MD
• Megan Sandel, MD, MPH
• Bharati Sinha, MD
• Robyn Cohen, MD, MPH
• Kelsey Egan, MD, MSc
• Natalie Joseph, MD, MPH
• Brenda Levy, MD
• Heather Hsu, MD, MPH
• Elisha Wachman, MD

Podiatry

• Vitaliy Volansky, DPM

Primary Care

• Daniel Alford, MD, MPH
• Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH
• Pablo Buitron de la Vega, MD
• Julian Dedler, MD, MPH
• Camille Y Edwards, MBBS
• Michael Fischer, MD, MS
• Anna Goldman, MD, MPH, MPA
• Joel Henderson, MD, PhD
• Karen Elizabeth Lasser, MD, MPH
• Natalia Morrone, MD
• Mara Murray Horowitz, MD
• Alexander Walley, MD, MSc
• Zoe Weinstein, MD
• Jeffrey Samet, MD, MPH, MA
• Carl Streed, MD, MPH, FACP
• Jessica Taylor, MD

Psychiatry

• Psychiatry Research Overview
  • Visit the Boston University School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry website for detailed information about all of the research programs available:
• Addiction Psychiatry Lab
• Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights
• Center for Young and Colorful Minds (Webpage coming soon!)
• Clinical Studies Unit
• Criminal Justice Mental Health Programs
• Global & Local Center for Mental Health Disparities
• Integrated Behavioral Health Research & QI
• Program of Research in Implementation Science, Minority Stress, & Mental Health (PRISMM)
• Molecular Psychiatry in Aging Lab
• Motivational Interviewing for Loved Ones (MILO)
• Revolutionizing Equal Access to Care and Health (REACH) for ADHD
• REcovery from Stress and Trauma through Outpatient care, Research, and Education (RESTORE)
• Women's Mental Health (Webpage coming soon!)
• Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP)
• Hannah Brown, MD
• Devin Cromartie, MD, MPH
• Eric Devine, PhD
• Tasha Ferguson, LMHC
• Brittany Gouse, MD, MPH
• David Henderson, MD
• Shamaila Khan, PhD
• Emily Kline, PhD
• Neena McConnico, LMHC
• Yael Nillni, PhD
• Alicia Peterson, MBA
• Linda Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH
• Sarah Valentine, PhD
• Martha Vibbert, PhD

Pulmonology

• Michael Leong, MD
• Elizabeth Klings, MD
• George O'Connor, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Minh Truong, MD

Radiology

• Stephan Anderson, MD
• Survanu Ganguli, MD
• Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, MSc
• Christina LeBedis, MD
• Jaroslaw Tkacz, MD

Renal Medicine

• Lupus Clinic and Research
• Vipul C. Chitalia Lab
• Weining Lu Lab
• Ian R. Rifkin Lab
• David J. Salant Lab

Rheumatology

• Amanuel Kehasse, PharmD, PhD
• Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD

StreetCred

• Lisia Morales, MA

Surgery

• Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW
• Donald Hess, MD
• David McAneny, MD
• Pamela Rosenkranz, MEd

Urology

• Toby Chai, MD
• Mark Katz, MD

Vascular

• Obesity Research Center
• Victoria M. Bolotina Lab
• Alik Farber, MD, MBA
• Elizabeth King, MD
• Jeffrey Siracuse, MD, MBA

Violence Intervention Advocacy Program

• Elizabeth Dugan, LICSW