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Posts by Brian Burns

How AI-Powered Digital Twins Could Transform Care for Heart Failure Patients

By Brian Burns | February 3, 2026
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Digital twins can help doctors spot small changes early and predict when trouble is coming, transforming care from reactive to proactive.

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Five Things to Know: A Clinical Approach to Street Psychiatry

By Brian Burns | January 9, 2026

Street psychiatry is a unique approach to providing unhoused individuals with access to crucial mental health services.

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Remembering Dr. Joel Habener

By Brian Burns | December 30, 2025
Joel Habener, MD

Dr. Habener’s groundbreaking studies in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of GLP-1 medications for diabetes and obesity.

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Learning More About How Parents Respond to Digital Alerts of Potential Child Suicide Risk

By Brian Burns | December 18, 2025
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Researchers found that the alerts mostly led to positive improvements in communication about mental health between parents and children.

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Congrats to the 70+ Mass General Brigham Researchers Named to the 2025 Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List

By Brian Burns | November 12, 2025

Highly Cited Researchers are chosen for demonstrating significant and broad influence in their fields of research.

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Pioneers of Compassionate Discovery: Inside Clinical Research Nursing at Mass General Brigham and Beyond

By Brian Burns | November 7, 2025
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Clinical research nursing occupies a unique place at the intersection of hope and healing.

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Tanuja Chitnis Continues to Make Strides for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

By Brian Burns | November 7, 2025

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.

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The Hidden Emotional Toll of a Partner’s Military Deployment on New Mothers: What You Need to Know

By Brian Burns | October 28, 2025
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Social support networks could play a crucial role in helping new and expecting mothers navigate the challenges of a partner’s military deployment.

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After Decades of Work to Help Patients with Brain Disorders, a Researcher Arrives at a Crossroads

By Brian Burns | October 27, 2025

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.

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Superficial Vein Thrombosis, a Common—Yet Surprisingly Understudied—Vein Clotting Condition

By Brian Burns | September 23, 2025

Superficial vein thrombosis (SuVT) is a condition involving blood clots in veins close to the surface of the skin.

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