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Randy Wertheimer, Chief of Family Medicine, MD; Richard Pels, MD, Director, Graduate Medical Education; Jack D. Burke, Jr., MD, MPH, Chairman and Chief, Psychiatry; Margarita Alegria, PhD, Director of Multicultural Mental Health Research

Cambridge Health Alliance fosters an active and collaborative research environment. Many Alliance faculty and staff are involved in research, most extensively in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry.

The Alliance values research as the foundation for improving the quality of care. Much of this current research involves health policy, the evaluation of health services, disparities in care, and quality improvements. Alliance staff are also engaged in numerous clinical trials.

Please click on the links below to find out more about current research programs and initiatives.

CHA Research Highlights

July 15, 2010
New study dispels notion of higher prevalence of AIDS among Haitian immigrants

April 15, 2010
Health, life insurers hold nearly $2 billion in fast-food stocks

April 5, 2010
Poor breastfeeding rates in US cost $13 billion annually

March 9, 2010
Research shows most drug studies fail to provide key information to doctors

September 17, 2009
New study finds 45,000 annual deaths linked to lack of health coverage

June 4, 2009
Over 60% of bankruptcies linked to health problems

March 10, 2009
Obesity linked to sleep apnea in truck drivers

August 5, 2008
Millions of Chronically Ill Lack Insurance and Can't Get Needed Care

January 2, 2008
CHA Staff Find That Most Free Drug Samples Go to Wealthy and Insured

January 15, 2008
CHA Researchers Find ED Wait Times Increasing Nationwide

October 30, 2007
CHA Researchers Find Sharp Increase in Uninsured Veterans