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Becoming a physician-scientist: How personal and family health struggles shaped the career of HST MD grad Sam Finlayson

Finlayson had two main goals when it came to pursuing a career in medicine: first, to be an engineer who could help advance medical capabilities through lifesaving technology; and, second, to be a physician who could embrace uncertainty while working on behalf of his patients and their families.

HST MEMP grad Claudia Varela sees both dance and bioengineering as tools for social change

Varela is interested in creating medical devices that will help us study and address healthcare disparities

Professor Collin M. Stultz named co-director of HST, and associate director of IMES

Professor Stultz will leverage his research into machine learning and computer science, as well as his role as a practicing cardiologist

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) announced today that it has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Emery N. Brown

Emery N. Brown wins share of 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize

Brown, and three other scientists, recognized for advancing statistical, theoretical analyses of neuroscience data

3 Questions: Daniel Anderson on the progress of mRNA vaccines

Following the successful development of vaccines against Covid-19, scientists hope to deploy mRNA-based therapies to combat many other diseases.