MIT Clinical and Translational Science Center

The MIT Clinical Research Center serves as an ambulatory clinical research center by providing facilities and resources (nursing, bionutrition, psycho-educational evaluation, and statistical) for human subject-oriented investigators to carry out high-quality clinical research. It also serves an educational mission for the MIT community by training investigators at every stage of their careers. The MIT center promotes translational research between leading scientists and physicians from MIT and other institutions, and advances patient care by fostering innovative, high-impact ideas or technologies into biomedical treatments. In particular, the MIT center aims to support the rapid translation of outstanding basic science and engineering research at MIT into clinical research aimed at improving health.

The MIT center includes seven subject beds (two infusion rooms), subject lounge, investigator offices and research space, and a research kitchen and dining area. These facilities allow for IV insertion and maintenance, drug administration, measurement of bone density, body composition, resting energy expenditure, bioelectric impedance analysis, and other clinical research procedures. Further, the MIT center, being located outside of a hospital, aims to enhance community outreach for Harvard Catalyst.