​The 2022 HST graduates celebrate being together, as well as their successes, and hopes for the future After more than two years of doing so many things online (including two years of graduation celebrations via YouTube and Zoom), there was palpable joy in the spacious auditorium on the 6th floor…

Gray was the first woman to lead a science or engineering department at MIT. Martha Gray, PhD, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), has been appointed as the Whitaker Professor in Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1. Martha is also a core faculty member at the Institute for Medical…

Researchers, including at IMES, will research ways to map immune systems and investigate how to make vaccinations most effective for pregnant patients and developing fetuses. Researchers, including Alex Shalek, associate professor of chemistry, MIT, and a core faculty member at IMES; Galit Alter, a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical…

Groundbreaking work on infectious agents and diseases already under way before the pandemic began—by MIT researchers, including at IMES—could yield ways to respond quickly to the global need for rapid, convenient covid testing. The following story appeared in MIT Technology Review, MIT News. Early in the covid pandemic, testing for…

Machine learning is contributing to rapid advances in clinical translational imaging to enable early detection, prediction, and treatment of diseases that threaten brain health. Several faculty members, researchers and students affiliated with the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program, and with the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science…