IMES, MIT faculty on list of top, international translational researchers
Daniel Anderson, Robert Langer, among the top translational reseachers in biotechnology. The list of top translational researchers in biotechnology for 2018, in Nature Biotechnology, a journal about the best research from across the field, includes two faculty members of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES). Daniel Anderson,…
Read MoreProfessor James Collins wins 2020 Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics
James J. Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science in the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), has been awarded the 2020 Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics from the American Physical Society (APS), “for pioneering contributions at the interface of physics and biology, in particular…
Read MoreHST MEMP Diversity Ambassadors reflect on recent MIT Bridge Builder Award
In 2017, five PhD students in the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) program at HST launched efforts to markedly expand the program’s outreach to students from underrepresented groups in the sciences, e.g. women, minorities, and students with disabilities. Recognizing opportunities to adopt more inclusive practices across HST, Aditi Gupta,…
Read MoreAssociate Professor Kwanghun Chung wins PECASE
Kwanghun Chung, an associate professor in MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, has won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the White House announced. A PECASE is the nation’s highest honor for young…
Read MoreHST student group wins 2019 MIT Bridge Builder Award
The Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences & Technology (HST) MEMP Student Diversity Ambassadors have won the 2019 MIT Bridge Builder Award, given to students and/or groups who have exhibited a solid commitment to celebrating the array of communities represented at MIT. Aditi Gupta, Lucy Hu, Christian Landeros, Erin Byrne Rousseau,…
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