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: Top hospitals ranked by U.S. News & World Report | Mass General Brigham
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)…
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…
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
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…
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 -…
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
“Our study is the first report to show molecular synergisms between bacteria, endosymbiont virus and protozoan parasite evading the human host – both with clinical association and experimental proof of causality,” said Raina Fichorova, MD, PhD, of the Brigham’s Department of…
Raina Fichorova, MD, PhD, founding director of the Brigham’s Genital Tract Biology Lab, was selected for a National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) grant to support research into drug metabolism in pregnant and lactating women. The project,…
Three members of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology were awarded a five-year grant through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Gynecologic Health and Disease Branch to establish a Harvard-wide Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Program to promote the…