Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System

Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (BH-BIMS) is a collaborative research effort between Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and Harvard Medical School (HMS). The mission of the burn programs at MGH, BWH, and SRH is to promote excellence in patient care, education, and research. With an active group of burn injury clinicians and researchers as a part of its research team, BH-BIMS spans across the continuum of care, from prevention programs and emergency services to outpatient care, with a special focus on burn reconstruction, psychiatric follow-up, community reintegration, and vocational rehabilitation.

Research Projects

As Lead Center

Title	Project Type	Start Date	End Date
Chronic Conditions Life Impact Management in Burns (CLIMB) Research Study	Independent	09/01/2022	08/30/2027
Resource Support to Optimize Recovery (RESTORE) Project	Modular (Joint)	09/01/2022	08/30/2027
LIBRE Journey Project	Independent	10/01/2017	09/30/2021
LIBRE Social Integration Burn Model System Study	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2017	09/30/2021
Effects of tDCS on chronic pain and itch following burn injury	Independent	10/01/2012	09/30/2017

As Participating Center

Title	Project Type	Start Date	End Date
Geospatial Community Mapping to Assess Social and Environmental Barriers and Facilitators for Burn Survivors	Modular (Joint)	09/01/2022	08/31/2027
Genomic predictors of functional outcomes after burn injury	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2017	08/31/2027
Early Post-injury and In-hospital Predictors of Functional Outcomes after Burn Injury	Collaborative	10/01/2017	09/30/2022