Posts by Filip K. Swirski, PhD
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MGH Research Scholars Respond to COVID-19
This video highlights how the MGH Research Scholars rapidly mobilized to address key medical and scientific challenges posed by COVID-19.
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Immune Cells in Small Intestine Microbiome May be Linked to Metabolic Disorders
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers investigated intraepithelial T lymphocytes, which are immune cells that are in the lining of the small intestine, and found they may play a crucial role in regulating metabolism.
Biography
Dr. Filip Swirski is the principal investigator in the Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital. After completing his Ph.D. in immunology at McMaster University in Canada and postdoctoral studies in vascular biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in 2007 Dr. Swirski joined Mass General, where he established his lab. Dr. Swirski studies the role of leukocytes in inflammation, metabolism and physiology.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.