Resources for Research Collaborators

Partners HealthCare is pleased to present a variety of resources for clinical research collaborators:
- CIMIT--CIMIT, the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, is a non-profit consortium of Boston teaching hospitals and engineering schools that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among world-class experts in medicine, science, and engineering, in concert with industry and government, to improve patient care
- Partners Research Computing (PRC) – Partners Research Computing enables research and promotes the accessibility of technology and shared services to individual researchers. PRC directly supports the research communities of each Academic Medical Center within the Partners environment with applications, informatics, assistance and infrastructure for the nearly 10,000 investigators and research support staff.
- Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine – PCPGM promotes genetics and genomics in research and clinical medicine and helps realize the promise of personalized medicine by accelerating the integration of genetic knowledge into clinical care.
- Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside – i2b2 is an NIH-funded National Center for Biomedical Computing based at Partners HealthCare.
- Partners Center for Drug Discovery – PCDD maximizes the value and impact of translational discoveries that are made in the Partners Hospitals.
- Partners Clinical Research Office – PCRO is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing agreements and budgets for industry-sponsored clinical research for Partners affiliates.
- Partners Human Research Committee – The PHRC approves all human-subject research conducted by a Partners-affiliated investigator.
- Partners Research Core Facilities – The Partners Research Core Facilities provide high-quality, cutting-edge research services by in-house experts and constitute a major educational resource for our growing research enterprise.
- Partners Research Ventures & Licensing – RVL is focused on the commercialization of new technologies from Partners’ academic medical centers, working with investigators, scientists, and clinicians to translate innovations into health care practice via a variety of business channels.
Research support through Partners includes information on facilities, research management, the Partners Clinical Research Office, the Partners Human Research Office, and a Human Research Quality Improvement Program.
Resources include Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Partners Research Computing, the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology, the Center for Information Technology Leadership, and more.
Research programs include the Partners Center for Drug Discovery, the Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine, the Heart Failure Clinical Network, and Biomedical Engineering.
Innovation and Leadership
Partners leadership is dedicated to developing new and improved methods of care delivery, treatments, and cutting-edge research.
Careers at Partners
"I decided to work for Partners because it is a worldwide leader in medical research programs that seeks to further our current medical knowledge and better the lives of people."
--Cora Cheng-Chong, Research Grants and Contracts Officer, Research Management at Partners HealthCare
Clinical Trials & Studies
Partners Research Study Volunteer Program (RSVP) is recruiting for dozens of current and future studies.









