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MASTER'S PROGRAM

Master of Science in Clinical Research

Early Application Deadline: February 17, 2027
Final Application Deadline: March 31, 2027
Program Format: In-Person

Faculty

Faculty

Harvard Medical School attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in the Master of Science in Clinical Research program, you will have access to outstanding teachers and mentors from our network of 12,000 thought leaders and innovators—inspiring individuals who have made HMS the top-ranked health research university in the world.

Program Directors

Lourdes Pérez-Chada, MD, MMSc

Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Investigator, Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Course Directors

Rosalyn Adam, PhD

Associate Director, Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation

Associate Professor of Surgery

Sowmya Chary

Medical Director Biogen

Brian Claggett, PhD

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Su H. Chu

Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Christina Ellervik, MD, PhD, MMSCI, DMSci

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

Nuha Ali El Sayed, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Diabetologist, Joslin Clinic, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

VP Healthcare Improvement

Chair of ADA Guidelines, American Diabetes Association

Youssef Farag, MD, PhD, MPH

Faculty Director, Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School

Associate Faculty, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Susan Kornetsky, MPH

Director of Clinical Research Compliance, Boston Children's Hospital

Finnian R. Mc Causland, MBBCh, MMSc, FRCPI, PG CertMedEd

Director, Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation

Associate Professor of Medicine

Faculty Director, Postgraduate Medical Education

Martina McGrath, MB, BCH, FASN, FRCPI

Co-Director, Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation

Transplant Nephrologist and Medical Director of Live Kidney Donation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gearoid McMahon, MB, BCH, FASN

Associate Physician Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Mostofsky

Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Instructor in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Pearl O'Rourke, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Director, Human Research Affairs, Partners HealthCare Systems

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA, Dr.H.C

Senior Associate Dean for Master's Academic Affairs, Office of Graduate Education, Harvard Medical School

Renal Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Program Coordinator

Opeyemi Awofeso, MD, MMSc

Program Coordinator, Master of Science in Clinical Research