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Benchmarks: Research News and Notes from Mass General Brigham for January 2026

By Katie Grant | January 30, 2026

Finding better ways to help patients track their blood pressure, new insights into diabetes, mental health and lots more.

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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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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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Four Mass General Brigham Investigators Recognized by NIH’s High Risk, High Reward Research Program

By Olivia Fowler | October 29, 2025
The Mass General Brigham headquarters in Assembly Square.

The program was founded to support “exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly innovative research.”

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Benchmarks: Research News and Notes from Mass General Brigham

By Nejma Reza | September 12, 2025

Catch up on the latest research news from Mass General Brigham, plus staff picks, a look back to 1984 and lots more.

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Meet Nejma Reza, our Summer Science Communication Intern

By Nejma Reza | August 13, 2025

Nejma is a rising junior at Northwestern University with a double major in neuroscience and journalism.

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Changing the Tune: Four MGB Research Projects at the Intersection of Music and Medicine

By Victoria Roberts | July 29, 2025
Image of a pregnant woman listening to headphones

Among other benefits, music can reduce anxiety in patients undergoing breast exams and Caesarean sections and improve pain tolerance.

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Claflin Distinguished Honor Awards Help Mass General Researchers at a Crucial Juncture of Career and Family

By Brian Burns | June 24, 2025

The awards provide investigators with $60,000 for two years to assist in maintaining their research efforts while caring for a young family.

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2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Jixian Shen, PhD

By Brian Burns | May 21, 2025

Jiaxian is a postdoctoral research fellow studying the role of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease.

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Ophthalmology Visionary Joan W. Miller, MD, Elected to Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences

By Brian Burns | May 13, 2025
Eye examination equipment.

Dr. Miller is world-renowned retina expert who helped discover and pioneer new treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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