# Integrative Health Sciences Facilities Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · 2020 · $75,221

## Abstract

INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES FACILITIES CORE: PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The goal of the CEHS Integrative Health Sciences Facilities Core (IHSFC) is to facilitate the translation of
research findings of CEHS into clinical or public health applications. MIT does not have a Medical School or a
School of Public Health, which typically would have built-in mechanisms to facilitate clinical translation.
Nevertheless, we have an outstanding science and engineering portfolio that produces technology that
continuously needs to be moved toward application. Our IHSFC performs that translational function. We
address the need for a mechanism to enable clinical translation in five ways. First, we have a strong
bidirectional connection with the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School through Center
member and Harvard Dean, Prof. David Hunter, who acts as a formal conduit for information exchange and
helps to establish collaborations with the medical community. Second, we are formally connected with the
Harvard Catalyst via Dr. Catherine Ricciardi, who is employed by both CEHS and Harvard to facilitate clinical
translation. The Harvard Catalyst (http://catalyst.harvard.edu), which has MIT as an active, financially
supporting stakeholder, is a consortium of clinical expertise from across the Harvard hospital network designed
to find paths to bring the benefits of new technology to people. The IHSFC promotes two-way interaction
between CEHS members and the Catalyst clinical network. Third, CEHS has developed over the past decade
a critical mass of clinician-scientists, and we have recently restructured our IHSFC management team to better
utilize our impressive local assets; as described in the proposal, the new IHSFC Core is managed by two very
active Center members, Michael Yaffe and James Fox, and they are assisted by two Hospital Liaison Program
Directors and a seven person team of Clinical and Translational Consultants. Fourth, the IHSFC, via its
interaction with the CEHS IAC, manages a set of “Translational Pilot Projects.” These Pilot Projects facilitate
the benchtop to bedside translation process. Fifth, the enrichment activities of the Administrative Core provide
for frequent presentations of Center member research. Examples of these venues include the CEHS Friday
Forums, the CEHS Poster Session, and our frequent research and mentoring seminars, all of which are well
attended. At such events, our members are ever vigilant to recommend ways to connect what is heard and
seen to our translational (IHSFC) as well as our community engagement (via our COE2C) agendas. This five-
part program to support clinical translation has worked well for us and is noted as a critical and attractive
feature by new members of CEHS.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9913529
- **Project number:** 5P30ES002109-40
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHAEL B YAFFE
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $75,221
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9913529

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9913529, Integrative Health Sciences Facilities Core (5P30ES002109-40). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9913529. Licensed CC0.

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