COBTH in the News

“You see these numbers that are just astounding,” said Smith, who now practices at Massachusetts General Hospital. “There’s probably no other specialty that can make such a dramatic impact with so little change or effort.”

Mass General Brigham’s Birth Partners Program focuses on Black and Indigenous first-time parents in an effort to reduce birth and postpartum complications, from cesarean sections to postpartum depression.

Dr. Erica Lee, a psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital, talks about the impact childhood obesity can have on a child's mental and overall health.

Dr. Dan Barouch, who runs the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine for Johnson & Johnson, has been named a winner of a prize from a Saudi Arabian foundation for his efforts.

A team led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) aimed to better define the links between patients’ socio-demographic characteristics and colorectal screening

"If we don't speak candidly about racial health disparities, we can't do the work to eliminate them."