Major Institute Programs
Annual Report 2024
ESP: Infectious and Chronic Disease Monitoring
Our researchers have partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) for almost two decades to operate and enhance a distributed data network called Electronic medical record Support for Public Health (ESP). The network uses electronic health record data to support real-time detection and reporting of notifiable infectious diseases including hepatitis, weekly assessment of respiratory virus like illness, and monitoring for chronic conditions. It currently covers more than 50% of the Massachusetts population through 20 partner sites.
PCORnet
Our researchers play a key role in PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, an innovative research network that facilitates multisite clinical and epidemiologic research using electronic health record data from health systems across the United States.
Project Viva
Led by our faculty, Project Viva is a landmark study of lifecourse influences on health and disease. Continuously funded by the NIH since 1998, Viva has followed a cohort of pregnant women and their (now young adult) offspring for more than two decades. Project Viva has expanded its focus to include a wider range of experiences that influence health extending into midlife for the mothers, and young adulthood for their children.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sentinel System
Our organization led the development, maintenance, and expansion of the FDA Sentinel System, a program that allows the FDA to work with the nation’s leading health care organizations and data partners to monitor the safety and effectiveness of marketed medical products.