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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.

Institute for Community Health (ICH)

Department of Medicine Research:

- Breast Cancer in African Immigrants

Department of Psychiatry Research:

- Addictions

- Anxiety Disorders

- Biobehavioral Family Studies

- Child/ Adolescent Neuropsychiatry

- Children's Health Initiative

- Mood Disorders

- Multicultural Mental Health (CMMHR)

- Opioid Addiction and Family Project

- Trauma Recovery and Resiliency

CHA Research
Highlights

January 17, 2008
Dietary Supplement Use of HIV-Positive People Explored in New Study Led by Cambridge Health Alliance Researcher

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

October 30, 2007
Harvard Medical School Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Find Sharp Increase in Uninsured Veterans Since 2000: Nearly 6 Million Uninsured Americans are Veterans or Families of Veterans

October 29, 2007
Doctors, Torture, and War: New Study by HMS Researchers at CHA Finds US Medical Students Receive Negligible Instruction about Military Medical Ethics

August 13, 2007
Harvard Researcher at Cambridge Health Alliance Publishes Landmark Study

July 17, 2007
Harvard Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Offer First Comprehensive Study of Eating Disorders Among U.S. Latinos