The MGH Research Scholars Award Program puts charitable donations directly to work supporting the sort of cutting-edge research that is a Massachusetts General Hospital tradition. The award lets outstanding investigators to pursue big ideas with no certain outcome but huge potential to impact lives of patients worldwide.
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Learn about events of all kinds in the Mass General medical research community, from lectures about the latest breakthroughs, golf tournaments to support a lab, and galas to raise funds and celebrate achievements.
Continuing a Tradition of Discovery
Part of the nation’s largest hospital-based research effort, the MGH Research Scholars Program seeks to extend Mass General’s unparalleled history as the birthplace of groundbreaking medical discoveries.
How Do You Stop a Tumor?
Eston Research Scholar Andrea McClatchey, PhD, is pursuing a bold new strategy. Such researchers depend on supporters who are equally determined to change lives.
News & Events
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Partnership Supports Pediatric Cancer Care in Uganda
A pediatric cancer effort overseen by the Mass General Center for Global Health is making a difference in the lives of families and children.
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Fellowships Encourage More Women in Cardiac Surgery
Philanthropy at Mass General is helping more women complete the training needed to become cardiothoracic surgeons.
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Ragon Institute Study Helps Advance Work on HIV Vaccine
Ragon Institute study identifies viral targets critical to natural HIV control, a major step toward the development of an HIV vaccine.
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Marathoners Raise $2 Million for Mass General Programs
Their personal causes helped Mass General’s Boston Marathon® runners make it through rain and pain to the finish line.
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Study Finds Women Pay More for Moisturizers
Mass General researchers find moisturizers marketed to women cost around $3/ounce more than those targeted to men with no significant differences in ingredients
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Physicians Take a Stand on Climate Change
Physicians and public health experts collaborate and contribute to global conversation on climate change and its risks.
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The McCourt Foundation’s Boston Waterfront 5K Fitness & Wellness Festival
June 16 @ 8:00 am
Flynn Cruiseport Boston
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Mass General Receives $200 Million for Ragon Institute
Largest gift in Mass General history will bolster the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard as it strives to advance research into complex diseases.
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Aspire Spring Gala Celebrates Autism Awareness
Aspire’s 19th annual gala raised more than $2.6 million while spotlighting those who matter most to young people on the autism spectrum.
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Researchers Calculate Genetic Risk for Obesity
Mass General researchers have helped to develop a powerful new tool that could lead to new opportunities to understand and prevent obesity.
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2019 Meadow Brook Golf Club Breast Cancer Research Tournament
July 21 @ 12:00 pm
Meadow Brook Golf Club
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New Way to Diagnose Crohn’s Disease in the Works
A Helmsley Charitable Trust grant is enabling Mass General researcher Gary Tearney, MD, PhD, to adapt a swallowable diagnostic capsule with imaging capabilities he devised to find signs of Crohn’s.
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How to Spring Clean Your Diet in Five Steps
Mass General nutritionist Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN, offers tips on how to re-organize your kitchen in a way that will improve your diet.
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Fund Helps Parents Be with Their Hospitalized Child
A community fundraising initiative called No Empty Bedsides helps families be at their child’s bedside during the anxious times of extended hospitalizations.
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Family and Friends Spin for Depression Program
The death of her father 20 years ago inspired Wendy Tulman to launch a charity ride to support Mass General’s patient care and research on depression.
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Physical Therapy Helps Reduce Pelvic Floor Issues
A physical therapist says specific pelvic floor exercises can eliminate or help control problems like urinary leakage and pain.
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Couple’s Life Experiences Shaped Their Bequest
A significant bequest from Celia Bertin Reich and her husband, Jerome Reich, continues to be transformative and inspirational for three Mass General programs.
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Exercise Can Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk
A fitness expert says exercise can help you lower your risk of breast cancer and provides guidelines for measuring your effort.
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New Marfan Syndrome Clinic Focuses on Aortic Aneurysms
Mass General's newly launched Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Clinic is part of a collaborative effort to gain a better understanding of what strains the aorta and causes ruptures.
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Brain Tumor Spurs International Medical Journey
Alarmed by the discovery of a tumor growing in her brain, a Brazilian woman who traveled to Mass General for treatment is now tumor free and endowing a research scholar in honor of neurosurgeon Robert L. Martuza, MD.
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Autism Awareness is Boston Marathon Runner’s Mission
Marjan Faraidooni, from the United Arab Emirates, is running the 2019 Boston Marathon to raise funds for the Lurie Center for Autism, whose expert care has impacted the family of a friend.
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Drug Shows Promise for Metastatic Breast Cancers
A targeted drug generating excitement for one hard-to-treat type of breast cancer that has spread may also help women with other aggressive breast cancers.
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Boston Marathon® Runner Raises Funds for Home Base
Inspired to help other veterans, service members and their families, Army Major Vanessa Stolzoff is running with Mass General's new Home Base team.
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Caregivers’ Kindness Inspires Boston Marathon® Runner
A mother is running the Boston Marathon® because of the care given to her family during her pregnancy with triplets and daughter’s medical issues.
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Measles: Protection Key to Stopping Outbreaks
An infectious disease specialist at Mass General says vaccinations have made measles a rarity in the United States, although risks remain.
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The Search for Immunotherapy Success
The challenge of immunotherapy side effects spurs clinicians and researchers at Mass General to find new and better ways to care for cancer patients.