The Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) at Massachusetts General Hospital oversees centralized animal housing and procedure space located throughout Boston, Charlestown, and Cambridge, MA. CCM also maintains a clinical pathology laboratory for diagnostic support.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the world. The Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute (MGH RI) has long been a leader in successfully bridging innovative science with state-of-the-art clinical medicine-—effectively advancing the discoveries made at the laboratory bench to the patients treated at the hospital.
The current research institute is comprised of over 9,500 staff members working across more than 30 centers and departments and involves the use of animal models for discovery and translational research in nearly every category of disease or injury.
Learn more about MGH RI here: https://www.massgeneral.org/about/overview.aspx
The Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) cares for the animals within the MGH RI. The laboratory animal care and use program at MGH is accredited by AAALAC International, has an assurance with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) and is registered with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Animal well-being is the primary focus of CCM. CCM oversees centralized animal housing and procedure space located throughout Boston, Charlestown, and Cambridge, MA. CCM also maintains a clinical pathology laboratory for diagnostic support.
To learn more about how animals (and those that care for them) contribute to medical progress, visit these websites:
Americans for Medical Progress (AMPs) https://www.comeseeourworld.org/about/
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR): https://www.nabr.org
CCM has adopted a culture of Continuous Improvement (CI), utilizing the principles and practices of Lean Management. Lean Management leverages the ideas, feedback and contribution of all employees in an organization. CI relies on all staff members to continuously identify and solve organizational problems to fulfill the goals of the organization and deliver value to the customer. Various industries have implemented Lean tools and philosophies; MGH and CCM recognized these advances over a decade ago, and thus adapted these systematic continuous improvement techniques to the biomedical and research sectors. MGH CCM is a founding member of VOEN, Vivarium Operational Excellence Network.
Interested in joining the CCM team as a Research Animal Specialist (RAS) and providing daily attention, enrichment and surveillance to the various species under our care? Whether this is your first job or you have years of experience, there are plenty of opportunities to use your current abilities and develop new skill-sets. Please see here for more information on the RAS job role and the CCM RAS job description.
For general inquiries regarding information on this webpage or other questions about CCM, please email mghccm@partners.org.
