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Lee Gehrke, Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT, an HST faculty member, and a member of the core faculty at the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), has been named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

MIT researchers, including an HST alum and a current HST student, have shown that reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limb.

Jeff Behrens, course director for HST 590, has founded a few start-ups in his time, and has also studied the obstacles to starting and funding successful biotech companies as part of his doctoral research. “In tech, it is common for first-time entrepreneurs to launch companies and raise significant capital; however, in life sciences this is much more rare,” he says. “And I wanted to learn, why is that?”

State grants approval for Institute to help in vaccinating approximately 50,000 students, employees, affiliates, and dependents.

A conversation between the MIT Office for Graduate Education (OGE) and Laurie Ward, graduate administrator for HST, to discuss what HST is doing for students seeking funding opportunities.