The Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM)

The Center is focused on providing training in biomedical engineering and promote the principles and tools of biomedical engineering.

The Center for Engineering in Medicine was established in 1995 at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in order to form a structured framework for cooperative research and educational activities. It also provides training opportunities in the area of bioengineering. The largest representation of CEM comes from the MGH, the Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH), the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and the Shriners Hospital for Children (SHC). CEM facilities and activities are funded by NIH, NSF, DARPA resources, the Whitaker Foundation, private contributions, and industrial contributions and agreements.

Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, Senior Research Associate
Mehmet Toner, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Martin Yarmush, PhD, MD, Senior Research Associate

CEM-Boston

55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
USA

CEM - Charlestown

Building 114, MGH East
Charlestown, MA 02129-4404
USA

Phone: +1-617-726-3474
Fax: +1-617-371-4950

The research programmes of the CEM are grouped into several interdisciplinary compartments: applied immunology, bioMEMS, bionanorobotics, biopreservation, genomics and proteomics, metabolic engineering, functional imaging, stem cell bioengineering and tissue engineering. In the field of stem cell bioengineering and tissue engineering, the CEM is developing bioartificial organ devices, tissue engineered replacement parts, gene-chip technologies for wound repair, organ failure, infectious disease and cancer and novel reproductive technologies for cryopreservation of human eggs and sperm. The CEM offers services in state-of-the-art facilities like the biophotonics and flow cytometry laboratory, in microscopy and image analysis and in genomics and proteomics.