Research Facilities

Located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, the Division of Medical Sciences brings together a diverse and experienced faculty of the Biological Sciences. The Longwood Medical Area includes Harvard Medical School, a cluster of affiliated hospitals, and the Harvard School of Public Health. This comprises one of the most concentrated areas of scientific research facilities in the United States. This facilitates the interaction between the various programs in the Division. Through joint teaching, collaborative research, and contact with the affiliated hospitals that are investigating clinical problems, the Division serves as a meeting place for the biological, medical, physical, and chemical sciences. Students and faculty encounter a wider range of experience and techniques than can be found in any single discipline or department. About half of the faculty is based in the six preclinical departments on the Medical School Quadrangle: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, and Pathology.

The Cambridge campus of Harvard University also includes a wide variety of strong academic departments and facilities in the humanities and sciences. The Division specifically interacts with the Biological Sciences programs in Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Public Health.

Many faculty have their laboratories at: