Quick Facts
The Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Immune Disease Institute (PCMM/IDI) is a non-profit research institution recognized worldwide for its discoveries that increase the body's ability to fight disease and to heal.
Quick Facts
PCMM/IDI is a non-profit research and educational institution, with affiliations with both Children’s Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School.
Our mission is fundamental biomedical research to:
- Improve human health
- Harness inflammation
- Strengthen immune defense
We pursue four (at least) primary areas of research:
- Adhesion molecules and inflammation
- Autoimmunity and allergy
- Genetics of immunodeficiency and cancer
- Immune defenses against infectious diseases, viruses, and tumors
Leadership
- Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., Scientific Director
- Theodore M. Cronin, President
Scientific Staff
- 18 principal investigators
- Four investigators are members of National Academy of Sciences
- Investigators rank in top one percent nationally for NIH funding per lab
- Annually publish over 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals
- ~125 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from 20 countries
