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Long before Emery N. Brown chaired Massachusetts General Hospital’s recent 175th anniversary celebration of the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia, he was thinking deeply about how far anesthesiology has come and could still go. Anesthetic drugs act on the brain, but the field has barely explored the innovations that…

The physician, scientist, and professor has made influential contributions to the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology since it began 50 years ago. Richard J. Cohen, the Whitaker Professor in Biomedical Engineering in the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) and a faculty member in the Harvard-MIT…

Researchers, including at IMES, have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems. In a busy hospital, a radiologist is using an artificial intelligence system to help her diagnose medical conditions based on patients’ X-ray images. Using the AI system can help her make faster diagnoses, but…

HST student James Diao, and seniors David Darrow and Tara Venkatadri, will pursue master’s programs at Cambridge University. MIT seniors David Darrow and Tara Venkatadri have been selected as 2022 Churchill Scholars and will embark on a year of graduate studies in the U.K. starting next fall. James Diao, a…

A close examination of human skin found that each pore had a single variety of bacteria living inside. A study co-authored by MIT researchers—including Tami Lieberman, a core member of the IMES Faculty— finds each pore on the human face holds a different variety of Cutibacterium acnes bacteria. “Each person’s…

Visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space will lead the Institute’s world-renowned research center. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office Dava Newman SM ’89, SM ’89, PhD ’92, an MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics whose groundbreaking work has advanced human performance in space with the…

Dr. Zapol is remembered by the HST and IMES community for his generosity in spending time with students, and for his enthusiasm in introducing MIT graduate students to clinical and translational research. Warren M. Zapol, MD, 79, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief (from 1994 to 2008), the Reginald…

 A pioneer in medicine, the IMES and HST faculty member transitions to emeritus status on March 1. Richard J. Cohen, Whitaker Professor in Biomedical Engineering in the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) and a faculty member in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program (HST), recently announced…

The results of a study by researchers, including at IMES, also show that pancreatic tumor cells can be forced into a more susceptible state by changing their environment. Over the past few decades, scientists have made great strides in understanding the genetic mutations that can drive cancer. For some types…

Nine MIT researchers, including two affiliated with IMES, are selected as finalists for 2021 prize supported by Northpond Ventures; grand prize winner to receive $250K toward commercializing her human health-related invention. In a fitting sequel to its entrepreneurship “boot camp” educational lecture series last fall, the MIT Future Founders Initiative…