Proof of Concept

At the Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL), we can take your novel idea or new application for an existing technology and help you bring it to the next level. We provide real-time analysis of the comparative effectiveness of your pilot device versus the competition.

Interventional and Surgical Procedures

As a full-service research center, the Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL) at Tufts Medical Center aids industry partners by supporting in-vivo feasibility studies for medical devices and providing physician and sales representative training.

Histology/Pathology

The Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL) at Tufts Medical Center provides histologic technology that can help you test and evaluate your novel idea.

Expert Consulting

With over 500 on-site surgeons, physicians and veterinarians, Tufts Medical Center's Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL) offers expert consulting on all study or training related elements.

Applied Research

Tufts Medical Center's Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories is home to prolific research programs that have produced a number of important results.

Researchers + Staff

MIRI Researchers and staff
The principal investigators and research teams at MIRI have dedicated their basic science, clinical and translational research to studying the lifelong consequences of the intimate and unique biological relationship between mother and baby during pregnancy.

Research Focus Areas

MIRI Research Assistant, Francesca Carasi-Schwartz, using a pipette with test tubes in Tupper Research Building lab.
The Mother Infant Research Institute (MIRI) currently centers its research on several topics of current clinical, public health and economic significance.

Publications + Awards MIRI

Our principal investigators and trainees have received a number of honors and awards for their leadership and accomplishments in research that advances the understanding of preterm birth and its complications, maternal obesity and fetal and neonatal genomic medicine. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers and the honors bestowed on us by international and national associations and institutions for our contributions.
Our principal investigators and trainees have received a number of honors and awards for their leadership and accomplishments in research that advances the understanding of preterm birth and its complications, maternal obesity and fetal and neonatal genomic medicine. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers and the honors bestowed on us by international and national associations and institutions for our contributions.
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Publications + Awards