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

Ajay Singh headshot.

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA

Senior Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Harvard Medical School

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

  • Course Directors

    Rosalyn Adam, PhD
    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Harvard Medical School

    Sowmya Chary, MD, MBBS, MMSc
    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

    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

    Johanna L. Gutlerner, PhD
    Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education
    Harvard Medical School

    Ashwini Jambhekar, PhD
    Associate Director of Research Programs
    Department of Systems Biology
    Harvard Medical School

    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

    Sagar Nigwekar, MD, MMSc
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Pearl O’Rourke, MD
    Director
    Human Research Affairs
    Partners HealthCare Systems
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School

    Djøra Soeteman, PhD, MSc
    Staff Director, Clinical Research
    Postgraduate Medical Education
    Harvard Medical School

    David Wypij, PhD
    Director of Graduate Studies and Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Harvard Medical School
    Director
    Statistics and Data Coordinating Center
    Department of Cardiology
    Boston Children’s Hospital