Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH) care for patients across New England, throughout the United States, and from 120 countries around the world. Every day, our clinicians, researchers, and caregivers work to find new ways to predict, prevent, and treat the most challenging diseases of our time while delivering world-class care with a profoundly human touch.

In particular, my colleagues and I in the Channing Division of Network Medicine conduct rigorous studies on factors associated with risk of developing or death from many common chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, neurologic diseases, autoimmune diseases and others. We seek to empower the public to make healthy choices and inform clinical practices and policy to enhance disease prevention and survival. At a time when research funding is particularly tight, the funds raised for our Division through this run will strengthen research and training activities for a tireless and productive team of investigators seeking to improve public health through rigorous, timely research.

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