Elyse R. Park, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MGH, and MIHP core faculty member, has received funding through a National Cancer Institute U54 grant to compare depression severity, cancer care experiences, and mental health care utilization between African American and non-Hispanic White lung cancer patients. The overall goal of the U54 is to facilitate collaborative research between the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center and the University of Massachusetts Boston in reducing racial disparities in cancer prevention and treatment and to support the success of minority researchers.
Dr. Park’s study builds from findings of a 2007 Institute of Medicine report, “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Care Needs,” that found that psychosocial problems associated with ca <more...>
In early 2010, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino declared that the residences of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) would become smoke-free within no more than four years,...
MIHP faculty members are delighted that David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, founding director of the Institute, has returned to the Massachusetts General Hospital following two years in Washington, DC, as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
