What We Do
We provide research services to the department’s research faculty, collaborators on federally funded investigations, and industrial sponsors performing clinical trials. That most admitted patients enter Brigham and Women’s Hospital through our emergency department creates opportunities for extensive collaborations with our colleagues across medical specialties. In addition to our work with investigators at other Harvard teaching hospitals, we have independent and international collaborations in place. These successful research relationships build on our exceptional ability to identify, screen, recruit, and enroll research participants the moment they present to the healthcare facility.
Our research program is home to many ongoing research projects sponsored by federal, foundation, and industry grants and contracts. We have a state-of-the-art clinical research laboratory equipped with four work stations, -80°C freezers, 2-8°C refrigerator, refrigerated centrifuge, and extensive filing and data management capability. Our biggest strength is being located inside our emergency department; this allows us to conduct research screening and administrative research procedures in privacy while allowing us immediate access to our incoming patients and clinicians.
We also have a 2,000 sq. ft. research floor in our hospital’s George W. Thorn research building; this space includes close to 20 workstations, meeting areas, and extensive storage and secure data storage space. Most importantly, this will be a space cohabited by our department’s brightest researchers and the mixing of ideas will certainly create more exciting research ventures.
Our team works closely with the BWH EM Division of Emergency Critical Care Medicine, BWH Center for Clinical Investigation (CCI), BWH Digital Innovation Hub (iHub), Crimson Core, and BWH EM Office of IDEaS.
Areas of Research
The following areas of research are not exhaustive.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Hematology (sickle cell anemia, VTE, COVID-19-related coagulopathy), neurology (stroke, intracranial hemorrhage), cardiology (cardiac arrest, TTM), dermatology (cellulitis, urticaria), pulmonary (influenza, ARDS, pneumonia), infectious disease (COVID-19, sepsis, urinary tract infection).
OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
Educational interventions in HIV care, antibiotic stewardship, identification of substance abuse disorders in the ED, hand hygiene, health equity projects, vaccine effectiveness study, nutrition study, public health threat identification study.
DEVICE RESEARCH
Novel Point-of-Care (POC) testing devices, digital health intervention, patient-facing technology innovation, music intervention studies.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SERIOUS ILLNESS
Palliative care interventions, Advance Care Planning (ACP) in the ED, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, behavioral health intervention in the ED, cancer-related pain studies.
Our Research Team

Guru Jambaulikar, MBBS, MPH
BWH EM Research Director
MBBS: Maharasthra University of Health Sciences; MPH: UMass Amherst

Nikita Umale, MBBS, MPH
Sr. Research Assistant
MBBS: Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences; MPH: Boston University

Caitlin Wizda, BA
Research Assistant II
BA: Amherst College

Simran Khanna, AB
Research Assistant II
AB: Princeton University

Jahnavi Prabhala, BA
Research Assistant II
BA: College of William and Mary

Srinidhi Manchiraju, MBBS
Research Assistant II
MBBS: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Youkie Shiozawa, BA, MPH
Research Assistant I
BA, MPH: Brown University

Tanner Loper, BA
Research Assistant I
BA: Boston College

Anastasiia Korolevskaia, BA
Research Assistant I
BA: New York University

Tylin Stiller, BS
Research Assistant I
BS: Brown University

Lucy Kiernat, BA
Research Assistant I
BA: Hamilton College

Samuel Caplan, BS
Research Assistant I
BA: Hamilton BS: Cornell University

Calli Bianchi, AB
Research Assistant I
AB: Harvard College

Saaya Morton, BS, BA
Research Assistant I
BS, BA: Emory University

Arabella Jarvie
Research Coop
BS Candidate: Northeastern University

Isabel Vara
Research Coop
BS Candidate: Northeastern University

Ethan Ito
Research Trainee
BS Candidate: Tufts University

Liesbeth Verheijen
Research Trainee
BA Candidate: Dartmouth College
Contact us
If you are interested in joining our team, please review the Research Assistant Job Description and fill out our interest form here. Student internships may be considered on a case by case basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Phone
+ 1 (617) 732 5638 (Mon-Fri, 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM )
Address
75 Francis St, Suite TH-13-1303, Boston, MA 02115