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Richard Wurtman, the Cecil H. Green Distinguished Professor Emeritus and a member of the MIT faculty for 44 years, died on…

Professor Emeritus Richard Wurtman, influential figure in translational research, dies at 86

January 4, 2023

Longtime MIT professor of neuroscience led research behind 200 patents, laying the groundwork for numerous medical products.

Sangeeta Bhatia

Women in science: Sangeeta Bhatia

December 20, 2022

The Ludwig MIT investigator, and an IMES faculty member, on the importance of childlike curiosity to a scientific career, her long-standing advocacy for women as scientists and entrepreneurs and making science fit her life—not the other way around.

Collin Stultz

New Harvard-MIT HST Co-Director

December 20, 2022

Collin Stultz brings tenacious, collaborative approach to job.

First gen HST

Reframing the first-generation academic experience

December 20, 2022

First-gen MIT graduate students, including an HST student, are claiming their identity, forming community, and holding space for one another.

Ellen Roche ventilator device

MIT engineers design a soft, implantable ventilator

December 20, 2022

The new design works with the diaphragm to improve breathing.

Accenture HST student

Meet the 2022-23 Accenture Fellows

December 20, 2022

This year's fellows, including an HST student, will work across research areas including telemonitoring, human-computer interactions, operations research, AI-mediated socialization, and chemical transformations.

Emery Brown standing on stage at an event in his honor

HST Fall Dinner honors Emery N. Brown

November 29, 2022

Returning for the first time in three years, HST Fall Dinner attendees honored Emery Brown’s almost 10 as co-director of HST, while also reveling in being able to again celebrate in person.

Nurse attends to a covid patient

Are Covid-19 “comas” signs of a protective hibernation state?

November 18, 2022

Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.

An MIT study shows that keeping indoor humidity at a sweet spot may reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Keeping indoor humidity levels at a “sweet spot” may reduce spread of Covid-19

November 16, 2022

A new study links very dry and very humid indoor environments with worse Covid-19 outcomes.

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New research takes a fresh look at the potential for cancer immunotherapy

November 12, 2022

Researchers, including an IMES faculty member, argue that there is limited evidence of tumor mutational burden as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is an effective cancer treatment, but only for less than half of all patients. This has led researchers to focus on ways to anticipate which patients…

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