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MASTER'S PROGRAM

Master of Science in Clinical Research

Early Application Deadline: February 17, 2026
Final Application Deadline: March 31, 2027
Program Format: In-Person

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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.

Lourdes Perez-Chada

Lourdes Pérez-Chada, MD, MMSc

Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Investigator, Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Portrait of Dr. Sagar Nigwekar.

Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Course Directors

Rosalyn Adam, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School

Sowmya Chary, MD, MMSc, MHCDS
Medical Director
Biogen

Brian Claggett, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Su H. Chu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Christina Ellervik, MD, PhD, MMSCI, DMSci
Assistant Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Nuha Ali El Sayed, MD, MMSc
Diabetologist
Joslin Clinic
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Harvard Medical School
VP Healthcare Improvement
Chair of ADA Guidelines
American Diabetes Association

Youssef Farag, MD, PhD, MPH
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. McCausland, MBBCh, MMSc, FRCPI, PG CertMedEd
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Martina McGrath, MBBCh, FRCPI
Associate Physician
Director of Live Kidney Donation
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gearoid McMahon, MBChB
Renal Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Instructor
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
Director
Human Research Affairs
Partners HealthCare Systems
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA
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
Harvard Medical School