Personal and family health struggles shaped HST MD grad Sam Finlayson
Finlayson will soon begin a medical residency in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington Sam Finlayson’s path to becoming a medical professional grew out of a series of health struggles—his own, as well as that of a beloved family member. “My interest in…
Read MoreEmery N. Brown wins share of 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Brown, and three other scientists, recognized for advancing statistical, theoretical analyses of neuroscience data The Gruber Foundation recently announced that Emery N. Brown, Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience, and a core faculty member and investigator at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES),…
Read MoreBourouiba wins $2.2M NIH Grant
Award is part of a larger, multipdisciplinary team grant to study biophysics of tuberculosis transmission MIT Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba, an affiliate faculty member at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), is part of a multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary team that received $16 million from the National Institutes…
Read MoreDr. Warren M. Zapol, HST faculty, dies at 79
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…
Read MoreMeet this year’s MathWorks Fellows: A three part series
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…
Read More