BRIGHAM OB/GYN RANKS #1 IN THE NATION FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE HONOR ROLL
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is ranked #1 in the nation for Obstetrics and Gynecology by U.S. News & World Report in the 2024-2025 Honor Roll. Source: BWH Bulletin
Auckland Medical Research Foundation Sir Harcourt Caughey Award
Dr. Raina Fichorova and Dr. Augusto Simoes Barbosa were honored with the Auckland Medical Research Foundation Sir Harcourt Caughey Award at the International Conference on Anaerobic Protists in New Zealand. Dr. Fichorova was also an invited Plenary Lecturer at this…
Brigham OB/GYN Ranks #1 In the Nation for a Second Consecutive Honor Roll
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is ranked #1 in the nation for Obstetrics and Gynecology by U.S. News & World Report in the 2023-2024 Honor Roll. Source: Mass General Brigham News Room
The Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology Receives the Brigham Research Appreciation Celebration Spotlight Award
The Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology was selected as one of nine group recipients of the 2023 Brigham Research Appreciation Celebration Spotlight Award. This award is issued by the Brigham Research institute (BRI) and the Office for Research Careers (ORC)…
Study Highlights Converging and Diverging Immune Factors that May Predispose People to HIV and HSV
Genital herpes, caused by the herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), is a known risk factor for HIV acquisition: people infected with HSV are three times more likely to acquire HIV. But do HIV predictors and other risk factors in the immune…
Fichorova Awarded NIH R01 Grant for Research on Reproductive Outcomes
Raina N. Fichorova, MD, PhD, received a $4 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research project “Molecular Antecedents to Miscarriage.” Source: BWH Awards, Grants & Honors - Brigham and Women's Hospital
Raina Fichorova MD, PhD BSCP Mentor Profile
A BSCP mentor since 2012, Raina Fichorova, MD, PhD, is so devoted to helping aspiring physicians, scientists and physician-scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds that she not only recruits many into her Genital Tract Biology Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)…
IMPROVING MICROBIAL BALANCE IN FEMALE GENITAL TRACT MAY BOOST HEALTH OUTCOMES
Advances in gene sequencing and computational biology have revolutionized the study of the microbiome over the past decade. But compared with other bodily systems like the gastrointestinal tract and skin, much less attention has been paid to the microbiome of…
Fichorova Lab Receives Accreditation from the College of American Pathologists
The Fichorova Lab, led by Raina Fichorova, MD, PhD, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on results of a recent on-site inspection. Source: BWH Awards, Honors & Grants -…
Systemic Inflammation in the First 2 Weeks After Birth as a Determinant of Physical Growth Outcomes in Hospitalized Infants With Extremely Low Gestational Age
To examine associations of systemic inflammation with growth outcomes at neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) discharge/transfer among infants with extremely low gestational ages. Source: PubMed Promoted on Twitter