MGH: The Research Engine
With numerous patents, discoveries and grants, MGH drives innovation.
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Approximate area, in acres, dedicated to biomedical research at Massachusetts General Hospital
30
Approximate number of departments and centers that conduct research, including five Thematic Centers, which take an interdisciplinary approach to regenerative medicine, computational and integrative biology, systems biology, photomedicine and genetics
2,100
Approximate number of researchers, many of whom are also working physicians
3,600
Approximate number of staff who support these researchers
No. 1
Among independent U.S. hospitals, MGH’s rank in terms of National Institutes of Health funding
73
MGH-created products—including diagnostics, medical devices, medical imaging, research and screening tools, software and therapeutics—on the market in 2010
$750,000,000
Approximate amount of NIH funding, operational
hospital support and philanthropy that MGH devotes annually to biomedical research—more than any other U.S. hospital
4
MGH researchers who figure among the approximately 330 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, who direct laboratories at more than 70 universities and other research organizations in the United States
4,200
Approximate number of scientific papers by MGH researchers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals in 2010
182
U.S. patents filed by MGH in 2011
85
U.S. patents issued to MGH in 2011
93.2
Millions of dollars in licensing income in 2011
$360,000,000
Amount granted to MGH by the NIH in fiscal year 2011
26
Products under development in 2010
14
Startup companies based on MGH technology that launched in 2011
96
Startups since 1979
