Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD Appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD, was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in April 2023. Dr. Goldstein completed his MD and PhD at Tufts University, his residency at MGH, and the MGH/BWH Infectious Diseases Fellowship. In addition to being a faculty member in the Division of Infectious Diseases at MGH, Dr. Goldstein founded... Read More
Bisola Ojikutu MD, MPH To Become Executive Director Of The Boston Public Health Commission
Bisola Ojikutu MD, MPH will become the next Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission on September 1st. In this role, Bisola will bring to bear her deep expertise in clinical medicine, public health, and collaborative engagement of marginalized communities to achieve health for all Bostonians and greater health equity among vulnerable populations. No... Read More
Jacqueline Chu, MD Chosen As Unit Chief Of The Charlestown Health Center Adult Medicine Practice
Jacqueline Chu, MD has been chosen as the unit chief of the Charlestown Health Center Adult Medicine practice. She has also received one of the five 2021 Community Health/Health Equity grants awarded by the MGH Executive Committee on Community Health in support of her project “Implementing a Subspecialty Coordinated Care Model in the Community: Improving... Read More
Richelle Charles, MD selected for the 2020 Department of Medicine Stephen M. Krane, MD Lectureship Award
Richelle Charles, MD has been selected for the 2020 Department of Medicine Stephen M. Krane, MD Lectureship Award. The Stephen M. Krane, MD Award was established in 2000 to recognize outstanding young faculty within the Department of Medicine and their contributions to clinical and/or basic research. Named after Dr. Stephen M. Krane, chief of the... Read More
Dr. Roby Bhattacharyya Named 2020 MGH Department of Medicine Transformative Scholar
Dr. Roby Bhattacharyya has been named a 2020 Department of Medicine Transformative Scholar. The Department of Medicine’s Transformative Scholars Program enables the MGH to support the most talented physician-scientists in taking on critical challenges facing health and health care today. With the support of visionary philanthropists, the Transformative Scholars program provides the opportunity for outstanding... Read More
Dr. Emily Hyle Named Jerome and Celia Reich Endowed Scholar in HIV/AIDS Research
Dr. Emily Hyle has been named the first Jerome and Celia Reich Endowed Scholar in HIV/AIDS Research. This philanthropic initiative honors Dr. Hyle as a pivotal leader in the field of HIV/AIDS in the Department of Medicine and provides her with flexible resources she can use for her research and teaching activities over a five-year... Read More
Careers in Infectious Diseases: reflections in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Dr. Richelle C. Charles and colleagues create a novel assay for the rapid and culture-free diagnosis of typhoid fever.
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Global Health Excellence in Research Award – 2016 Global Health Service Excellence in Research Award
Dr. Edward T. Ryan was the recipient of the first Mass General Hospital’s Global Health Service Award 2016 Excellence in Research Award. Ryan has been a physician and NIH researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital for almost 20 years and conducts pioneering research in infectious diseases. He has studied diarrheal disease in Bangladesh, published more than... Read More
Dr. Cammie Lesser receives an NIH Transformative Research Award
Dr. Cammie Lesser, the d’Arbeloff MGH Research Scholar, is a recipient of a 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award for work devoted towards the Development of Designer Probiotics for the Treatment of Intestinal Infection and Inflammation. This award is part of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The NIH Transformative Research Award supports exceptionally... Read More