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Neel Shah, MD, MPP

Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, is Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the world's largest virtual clinic and first "unicorn" technology company for women's and family health. He is also a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics...

Propagation of Light in Turbid Media

From astronomy to cell biology, the manner in which light propagates in turbid media has been of central importance for many decades. The theory of radiative transfer is widely used to treat this problem by considering the transport of light energy through a random medium and neglecting the wave...

In Vivo Noninvasive Optical Detection of Invisible Precancer 

The purpose of this program is to develop optical systems that can perform rapid optical scanning and multispectral imaging of the entire epithelial surface of various organs in the in the human digestive system and present a diagnosis in near real time. This approach should be vastly superior to...

Funding

JDRF, 3-SRA-2020-894-S-B - Kissler (PI) 2020-2023 Evaluating the therapeutic potential of gene modifications that protect beta cells against autoimmunity R01DK120445, NIDDK - Kissler (PI) 2021-2025 Functional validation of gene modifications that protect beta cells against autoimmunity identified by...

Perinatal mental health

Perinatal mood disorders, including post-partum depression, are prevalent worldwide. Although a diverse array of effective treatments for perinatal mood disorders are known, few women in need will access them. When mental health goes unsupported in mothers it is detrimental first and foremost to...

CV

Lev T. Perelman is Professor at Harvard and Director of the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Photonics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Prior to that he was Principal Scientist and Group Head at MIT. Perelman’s research interests are primarily focused on application of optics to...

In the News

On the Cover Small • November 26, 2018 In article Picoanalysis of Drugs in Biofluids with Quantitative Label‐Free Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Lev T. Perelman and co‐workers report a quantitative label‐free surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method for identifying and quantifying...

Research Mission

The Human Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Laboratory at the BIDMC is an international leader in conducting research on the biological basis for the effects of sleep loss. Inflammation and immune function are a core aspect of this work to more directly string together the relationships among...

Mechanisms underlying the blood pressure lowering effect of sleep extension

Has your doctor told you that your blood pressure is too high? The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is looking for participants (25-65 years) for a study which investigates whether changes to your sleep pattern can lower your blood pressure. What’s involved? 6-8 weeks of at home evaluation phase...