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…

The 2020-21 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellows use MATLAB software and engineering know-how to tackle problems in modern medicine. Here are profiles of two with ties to IMES. The cardiologist reviews the diagnostic images as they play across her screen. Her patient has developed a dangerous lesion in his vasculature…

On Wednesday, May 26, the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) held its second online graduation ceremony and celebration. ​Accustomed by now to doing everything­—from learning to celebrating—online, the stellar class of 2021 graduates of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) participated in the program’s…

Alex K. Shalek, a core faculty member of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), an associate professor of Chemistry, and an extramural member of The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, has been honored with an Avant-Garde (DP1 Pioneer) Award from the National Institute for…

Fund supported by the Office of the Chancellor is advancing mental health, well-being, and racial justice projects at MIT. The past year has been challenging — for MIT and the world. Scattered across states, countries, and continents, MIT community members have shown remarkable resiliency and creativity in finding new ways…