Allard was intrigued to learn that scientists suspect the appendages are sensory organs that help the fish — called sea ...

The Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) at Harvard Medical School promotes inclusive excellence and focuses on two main areas: 1) providing opportunity and access to help individuals ...

In the 1950s, only about 5% of all physicians in the United States were women. Estherina Shems-Schotland was among them. Defying her very strict father, who told her repeatedly that it was not fit for ...

After finishing his second year at Harvard Medical School in 1967, Robert Bast paused his coursework for two years to pursue anatomic pathology and immunological research at Massachusetts General ...

Beyond his accomplishments as a radiologist, professor, and public health leader, Stanley Bohrer, MD ’58, MPH ’75, was a lifelong sculptor who could carve just about anything out of wood. He spent 14 ...

In the race against time to save the vision of people with Usher syndrome type 1F, the Corey Lab at Harvard Medical School is sparking hope that its mini-gene strategy can reach the finish line before ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and computational biology are revolutionizing biomedical innovation and its impact on health care. Two assistant professors of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik ...

The mechanisms by which the body interprets environmental factors, reports them to the brain, and is in turn directed by the brain to respond to them are little understood. The lab of HMS cell biology ...

IMAGE: Rebecca E. Rollins/ Partners In Health In an inspiring show of solidarity and foresight, the Lynch Foundation and Mary Lynch Witkowski, AB ’96, MBA ’01, MD ’16, have each committed $1.5 million ...

The diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder for their two daughters thrust Elliot and Melissa Chaikof into a disheartening medical void. Faced with the grim reality that little research and virtually no ...

HMS will use Dunleavy Foundation funding to train the next generation of researchers, scientists, policymakers, and innovators in using AI to improve health outcomes. Keith and Katherine Dunleavy As ...