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Dr. Elizabeth Yen, a neonatologist at Tufts Medical Center, has joined as PI. Dr. Yen’s lab conducts non-invasive salivary transcriptomic and brain magnetic imaging studies to understand the impact of the prenatal opioid exposure on the developing brain.

Dr. Michael House Receives Grand Prize for Novel Device to Prevent Preterm Birth.

Dr. House, who is Principal Investigator, has been recognized as an expert in the uterine cervix.

Tomoko Kaneko-Tarui, a Mother Infant Research Institute Director, was featured on CNBC.

Tufts Medical Center has named an interim Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. John Wong.

Kennedy will be hosting a virtual town hall today featuring Karen Freund, MD, from Tufts Medical Center.

MIRI Principal Investigator Michael House, MD will be collaborating in a study with funding from the CTSI Pilot Study Program.

The Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center at Tufts Medical Center’s Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, led by Dr. David Kent, has been awarded two research grants by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

MIRI PI Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD, was elected to the Perinatal Research Society (PRS) council as their Basic Science representative for 2019-2021.

Groundbreaking research by Dr. Robert Sege at Tufts Medical Center, indicates that positive childhood experiences may not only decrease the risk of depression or other mental health issues later in life, but may also counteract any detrimental mental health effects of negative or traumatic childhood experiences.

A national clinical trial has found that vitamin D supplementation does not significantly reduce the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes in people who are at high risk for the disease and already have sufficient vitamin D levels.

In 2019, the Mother Infant Research Institute was honored at Working Wonders for their progressive work.