Forsyth is a global research presence with affiliations and collaborations in countries around the world.
The organization's present research portfolio covers a wide spectrum of research including: molecular microbiology, immunology, skeletal biology and biomineralization, developmental biology and tissue regeneration and clinical research. Both laboratory and clinical settings provide the backdrop for remarkable scientific advances that continually lead to development of new diagnostics, therapies, products and preventive health strategies. Forsyth has 35 principal investigators and more than 100 research associates, students and post-doctoral fellows.
Forsyth is affiliated with Harvard, and is located within walking distance of Boston's Longwood Medical Area, which has one of the highest densities of biomedical researchers in the world. Forsyth has many collaborations with LMA institutions including Harvard Medical and Dental Schools, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Harvard Institute of Medicine.. Forsyth sponsors weekly seminars by in house and outside speakers, weekly research group meetings, and many other venues for scientific interactions. Forsyth investigators hold academic appointments at Harvard as well as other local institutions, and pursue more than 150 active collaborations with scientists at some 40 other institutions worldwide, including major research and medical centers, healthcare organizations and research-oriented companies. These interactions provide access to internationally acclaimed collaborators, graduate students, specialized facilities, seminars and a wide range of technical and theoretical expertise.
Research at Forsyth is organized in night Departments: Biomineralization, Clinical Collaborative, Cytokine Biology, Evidence-Based Dentistry, Global Infectious Disease Research, Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Periodontology and Regenerative and Developmental Biology.
