Expanding access to the world’s top medical minds
InfiniteMD, co-founded by an HST alumnus, virtually connects patients with leading medical specialists to give advice on treatment plans, diagnoses, and more. Earlier this year, a little girl was struggling with a neurological condition that caused her to have 20 to 30 seizures a day. Her parents were working with…
Read MoreRegina Barzilay wins $1M Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Squirrel AI award
A member of the IMES affiliate faculty is announced as award’s first recipient for work in cancer diagnosis and drug synthesis. For more than 100 years Nobel Prizes have been given out annually to recognize breakthrough achievements in chemistry, literature, medicine, peace, and physics. As these disciplines undoubtedly continue to…
Read MoreA primer on viruses, vaccines, and therapies
New book for the general public by the founding director of IMES explains how novel viruses such as SARS-Cov-2 emerge and how we can fight them. Since the novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 emerged late last year, it has been virtually impossible to consume any news without encountering stories about the virus…
Read MoreWelcoming a new HST class in the Age of Covid
Transitioning to graduate or medical school is a challenge – doing so during a pandemic, even more so. This year’s incoming Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) class will be facing that challenge, as many will be among the Harvard and MIT students taking classes remotely to begin…
Read MoreMaking health care more personal
The company Health at Scale, co-founded by two HST alumni and an MIT professor, uses machine learning to improve outcomes for individual patients. The health care system today largely focuses on helping people after they have problems. When they do receive treatment, it’s based on what has worked best on…
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