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Posts by Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck

The 2025 Cellie Awards: Marcela’s Favorite Picks

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | December 31, 2025
Cellies

Just for fun, here’s a last list of favorites for 2025, including best book, best movie, best MGB science communicator and more.

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Is the Immune System the Missing Link in our Understanding of Male Infertility?

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | November 21, 2025

Male infertility affects half of the 17% of couples worldwide struggling to conceive.

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We’re All Likely to Experience Healthcare-Related Disability at Some Point—Here’s How Innovation Can Help (Podcast)

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | November 14, 2025

With an aging population and more people living with chronic conditions, there’s a growing need for innovation in healthcare disability.

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Why Do We Love (or Hate) to Be Scared? A Mass General Brigham Scientist’s Take on Horror Movies and Fear

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | October 28, 2025
Image of a fearful woman in a movie theater

Research has shown that our experiences, culture and personal history play a major role in how we experience fear.

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Meet Seven Mass General Brigham Researchers Working to Develop New Therapies and Treatments for Cancer  

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | September 24, 2025

Learn more about their unique approaches to improving care for cancer patients.

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Behind the Complex Quest to Create Living Bacterial “Drugs” for Allergies, Infections and Chronic Disease

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | September 18, 2025
Illustration of the gut microbiome

Researchers are using advanced technologies to better understand how bacteria interact in the gut and develop new therapies.

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How One Doctor is Helping to Shift the Culture of Silence on Physician Mental Health

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | August 21, 2025
Image of a stressed out doctor sitting on the steps.

What happens when the culture that trains physicians to suppress emotions starts to affect their own well-being?

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How Telehealth Is Helping to Connect Individuals Experiencing Homelessness to Crucial Health Services

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | August 11, 2025
Dr. Koh and members of the street team on their way to treat patients in the homeless community last winter

Despite early concerns, pivoting to telehealth during the COVID-190 pandemic was effective for physicians and patients alike.

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How a Scientist Followed Curiosity (and Love) to Build an Innovative Tool to Track Changes in the Gut Microbiome

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | August 4, 2025

Developed by scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ChronoStrain is a cutting-edge tool that tracks changes in bacterial populations over time.

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Why Do Symptoms Linger in Some People After an Infection? A Conversation on Post-Acute Infection Syndromes

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | August 1, 2025

Long COVID and ME/CFS are part of a growing group of post-infection illnesses affecting millions worldwide.

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