Expert Consulting

With over 500 on-site surgeons, physicians and veterinarians, Tufts Medical Center's Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL) offers expert consulting on all study or training related elements.

Applied Research

Tufts Medical Center's Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories is home to prolific research programs that have produced a number of important results.

Researchers + Staff

MIRI Researchers and staff
The principal investigators and research teams at the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute have dedicated their basic science, clinical and translational research to studying the lifelong consequences of the intimate and unique biological relationship between mother and baby during pregnancy.

Research Focus Areas

MIRI Research Assistant, Francesca Carasi-Schwartz, using a pipette with test tubes in Tupper Research Building lab.
The Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute currently centers its research on several topics of current clinical, public health and economic significance.

Publications + Awards WoMB

Our principal investigators and trainees have received a number of honors and awards for their leadership and accomplishments in research that advances the understanding of preterm birth and its complications, maternal obesity and fetal and neonatal genomic medicine. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers and the honors bestowed on us by international and national associations and institutions for our contributions.
Our principal investigators and trainees have received a number of honors and awards for their leadership and accomplishments in research that advances the understanding of preterm birth and its complications, maternal obesity and fetal and neonatal genomic medicine. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers and the honors bestowed on us by international and national associations and institutions for our contributions.
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Publications + Awards

Yen Laboratory

Elizabeth Yen, MD, MA, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Neonatologist at Tufts Medical Center.
Elizabeth Yen, MD, MA, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Neonatologist at Tufts Medical Center.

O'Tierney-Ginn Laboratory

Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD is a Principal Investigator in the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute.
Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD is the Executive Director of the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute, and Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University.

House Laboratory

Michael House, MD, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine and a specialist in maternal fetal medicine at Tufts Medical Center.
Michael House, MD, is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine and a specialist in maternal fetal medicine at Tufts Medical Center.