At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, oncologists who’ve been doing gene therapy trials for a decade are teaming up with researchers in other fields to apply their knowledge to the new wave of non-oncology cell and gene therapy studies and avoid recreating the wheel.
At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one researcher’s challenges enrolling Black patients for a diet intervention study led to the development of a satellite center at a community-based clinic, which other researchers are exploring for their own studies.
These are among the ways Harvard Catalyst’s Connector sites facilitate and accelerate clinical/translational research across the hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Connector links investigators to the medical centers’ sprawling clinical research enterprises and troubleshoots research bottlenecks. (Boston Children’s Hospital and Mass General Hospital also have Connector sites.)
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