Posts by Brian Burns
MGH Research Scholars: The Power of Bold Giving and Big Ideas
The MGH Research Scholars program provides exceptional early- and mid-career investigators the funding they need to make transformative advances in their research.
Read MoreStudying the Connection Between Sleep and Anxiety
Anxious people often don’t sleep well and poor sleep is a symptom of many psychiatric disorders, including anxiety.
Read MoreFun Science Experiments for Kids Inspired by Popular Science-Themed Books
How to make floating eggs, coffee filter parachutes, slime and more.
Read MoreMass General Researchers Share Their Science On-screen
From the Wall Street Journal to local TedTalks, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers are finding new outlets for sharing their science with the public. Check out just a few recent videos highlighting investigators from Mass General: Twenty Americans die every day waiting for transplants. Now researcher Harald C. Ott, MD, from the Department of Surgery thinks…
Read MoreLab Day Provides Exclusive Look Behind the Scientific Curtain
When you love music, you go to a concert. When you love art, you go to a gallery. But when you love science you can’t just go to a laboratory — or can you?
Read MoreNursing Research Day Celebrates Advances in Clinical Research and Care
Every year, Nursing Research Day – hosted by the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital -provides an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the inspiring and impactful research being conducted by Mass General nurses.
Read MoreInvestigating the Relationship Between MRSA and the Lymphatic System
Dennis Jones, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Edwin L. Steele Labs at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Jones won an award for a poster detailing the results of a research study that shows how MRSA infections contribute to recurrences of lymphedema by damaging muscle cells with bacterial toxins. Continue reading to learn more about…
Read MoreOn the Hunt for New Strategies to Defeat a Killer Fungus
At first glance, Candida auris (C. auris) seems like the fungus equivalent of a comic book supervillain—at least from a human perspective. A new species of infectious fungus that arrived seemingly out of nowhere a decade ago, C. auris is resistant to all known forms of antifungal drugs, and it sticks to surfaces so well that it resists standard…
Read MoreLearning Not to Fear: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Improves Fear Extinction
Gunes Sevinc, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Sara Lazar, PhD, in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her poster recently won an award at Mass General’s Research Fellow Poster Celebration. Continue reading to hear Dr. Sevinc explain her research: Being able to regulate one’s emotions is a critical…
Read MoreNew Tool for Predicting C. Difficile Infections Shows Promising Results
For patients in hospital and healthcare settings, a Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection is a complication that can result in serious complications and even death. C. difficile is caused by a bacterium and the symptoms of infection include diarrhea, fever and severe abdominal cramps. While some cases may be mild, some can be fatal—particularly in elderly, very…
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