Posts by Brian Burns
Five Things to Know: A Clinical Approach to Street Psychiatry
Street psychiatry is a unique approach to providing unhoused individuals with access to crucial mental health services.
Read MoreRemembering Dr. Joel Habener
Dr. Habener’s groundbreaking studies in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of GLP-1 medications for diabetes and obesity.
Read MoreLearning More About How Parents Respond to Digital Alerts of Potential Child Suicide Risk
Researchers found that the alerts mostly led to positive improvements in communication about mental health between parents and children.
Read MoreCongrats to the 70+ Mass General Brigham Researchers Named to the 2025 Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List
Highly Cited Researchers are chosen for demonstrating significant and broad influence in their fields of research.
Read MorePioneers of Compassionate Discovery: Inside Clinical Research Nursing at Mass General Brigham and Beyond
Clinical research nursing occupies a unique place at the intersection of hope and healing.
Read MoreTanuja Chitnis Continues to Make Strides for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Chitnis is using a unique blend of clinical trials, genomic studies and personalized medicine to improve care for patients with multiple sclerosis at all ages.
Read MoreThe Hidden Emotional Toll of a Partner’s Military Deployment on New Mothers: What You Need to Know
Social support networks could play a crucial role in helping new and expecting mothers navigate the challenges of a partner’s military deployment.
Read MoreAfter Decades of Work to Help Patients with Brain Disorders, a Researcher Arrives at a Crossroads
Nouchine Hadjikhani’s research has led to key insights into our understanding of migraine with aura and autism spectrum disorder, but she faces an uncertain future.
Read MoreSuperficial Vein Thrombosis, a Common—Yet Surprisingly Understudied—Vein Clotting Condition
Superficial vein thrombosis (SuVT) is a condition involving blood clots in veins close to the surface of the skin.
Read MoreHEAL Provides Health Care Workers with Tools to Identify and Help Human Trafficking Victims
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), is a nationally recognized expert in caring for patients affected by human trafficking. Over a decade ago, Stoklosa co-founded HEAL Trafficking, a non-profit with a mission to end human trafficking and support survivors through public-health based approaches. In this…
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