Mass General Research Wrapped for 2023

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Research Wrapped | 0 comment | 15 December, 2023 | 0

Mass General's Research Wrapped for 2023

At the Mass General Research Institute in 2023, we witnessed a tremendous amount of collaboration, innovation, and discovery. With creativity and flexibility, our researchers were able to continue their crucial research into a vast amount of human diseases.

Here are some of the highlights from the year in research:

By the Numbers

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53 Highly Cited Researchers

Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science Group compiles an annual list of scientists around the globe who have demonstrated significant influence through publication of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year.

In 2023, we were pleased to announce that 53 Mass General investigators made the list.

350 High Impact Papers

Each month we release a Snapshot of Science, a monthly digest of high impact papers in which a Mass General investigator is the first or last author.

In 2023, we highlighted over 350 high impact papers by Mass General researchers in the Snapshot of Science.

$1.39 Billion in Research Operations

In 2023, the total research operations at Mass General totaled $1.39 billion. As an academic medical center, a significant portion of research at Mass General is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal institutions.

Mass General once again ranked #1 in NIH funding for independent hospitals.

4,084 Grant Proposals

A grant proposal is submitted to an organization with the intent of securing funding for a research project. This year, Mass General researchers wrote and submitted 4,084 grant proposals.

79 MGH Research Scholar Awards

The MGH Research Scholars program was started to provide forward-thinking researchers with the unrestricted funding they need to take their work into new and uncharted territories.

In 2023, we named five new scholars, bringing the total number of MGH Research Scholar awards to 79 since the program launched in 2011.

$11.3M in Internal Support for Research

The Mass General Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) maintains an internal grants and awards program, virtually a mini foundation, which recognizes outstanding research achievements and provides crucial support to investigators during lapses in federal funding. In 2023, ECOR awarded $11.3M to 102 investigators.

55,000 Blog Views

In 2023, Bench Press, the Mass General Research Institute blog (you are currently reading this story on), received over 55,000 views.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!

370 Patents

Research at Mass General often leads to new discoveries and inventions that could one day be translated into new treatments for patients.

In the 2023 fiscal year, Mass General researchers filed 599 applications for protection of intellectual property and received 370 patents.

“This year has been truly remarkable thanks to the exceptional research conducted within Mass General, but more importantly, because of the incredible people who drive these groundbreaking discoveries and make the impossible a reality.”
Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD
Scientific Director
Mass General Research Institute

Blog Posts

Sally Johnson (1880–1957): A Pioneer in Nursing Practice, Education, and Administration

Extending the Reach of Innovation to Empower Patients After Hypertensive Pregnancy

Remembering Ada Plumer, RN, a Visionary Yet Humble Leader in IV Nursing

The Path To Creating the World’s Smallest Laser Light Show, and How Researchers Are Using It to Track Cancer Cells

Nurses Health Study. For a news story. Photographed at their facility, 181 Longwood, Boston, on October 8, 2024. By Kent Dayton

How the Nurses’ Health Study Transformed What We Know About Public Health

Decoding DNA: A Conversation with Heidi Rehm, PhD

2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Shota Shibata, PhD

2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Alex Dyson, PhD

2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Izabella (Izzy) Bankowski

Marijuana: Separating Myth from Medicine – Pioneering Research in an Understudied Field

In the News

Heated yoga may reduce depression symptoms, according to a clinical trial led by Maren Nyer, PhD and David Mischoulon, MD, PhD, from the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Read more on Vogue.

In a study published in the November Issue Health Affairs, the team cited the substantial opportunities for improvements in clinical practice for survivors of gun violence and their family members. Read the New York Times article.

People often experience headaches and body pain after a lack of sleep, but the mechanisms behind this phenomenon are unclear. A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that a certain chemical messenger, or neurotransmitter, plays a major role. Read the Harvard Gazette article.

Developed in the McCance Center’s clinical-translational program, the McCance Brain Care Score™ (BCS) answers a key question with scientific validity: “What can I do to take good care of my brain?" Read the Boston Globe article.

For the first time, researchers at Mass General isolated a hormone that can prevent cats from getting pregnant. The study was originally published in Nature Communications. Read the Nat Geo article.

Year in Photos

The MGRI Communications Team at the Cambridge Science Festival

Katya Tjahaja, summer student working in the Soukas Lab

The Loggia Lab pictured in Charlestown Navy Yard

Amel Nurhussien and fellow students after shadowing a Neurosurgeon in the OR.

Frozen Potential by Emma Yvanovich

Robert Schneider, MD, former vice chair of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and Margaret (Missy) Flynn, an administrative manager in Anesthesia and a member of the organizing committee.

The Dekel Lab

Marco Loggia, PhD, in his lab at the Martinos Center, with his lab team.

Members of the fisrt Warren M. Zapol, MD, Research Symposium planning committee. From left are Fumito Ichinose, MD, PhD, Emery Brown, MD, PhD, Nikki Zapol, JD, Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD, and Lorenzo Berra, MD.

Venkatesh Pooladanda, MS, PhD, winner of the image awards 'Humans of MGRI' category alongside his research team

Ariana Chavez taking a break after using ImageJ on multiple calcium images.

Aislinn Mershon and the Rahme Lab at a 2023 lab dinner.

Behind the scenes of Break It Down for Me with Michael Datko, PhD

Research Technician, Max Stern, pictured in the Slaugenhaupt Lab

Top, from left, are Sascha Taylor, Lillie Chudacoff, Susan Slaugenhaupt, PhD, Katya Tjahaja, Jake Romley Murias. Bottom row, from left, are Alexandra Faragher, Lili Kosa, Helen Williams and Jordan Westerdahl.