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

- Children's Health Initiative

- Multicultural Mental Health (CMMHR)

- Opioid Addiction and Family Project

- Trauma Recovery and Resiliency

CHA Research
Highlights

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

January 15, 2009
US inmates suffer from poor access to health care

August 8, 2008
New Study Outlines Formula for Effective Community Partnerships with Lens on Mental Health of Students in Urban Schools

August 5, 2008
Harvard Researchers at CHA Find Millions of Chronically Ill Lack Insurance and Can't Get Needed Care

July 7, 2008
CHA Study Finds Medicare Policies Fuel Specialist-Generalist Physician Income Gap

January 2, 2008
Most Free Drug Samples Go to Wealthy and Insured, According to Harvard Researchers at CHA

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 Researchers at CHA 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 CHA Publishes Landmark Study

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