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Alex K. Shalek, the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor of Chemistry, an HST faculty member, a core faculty member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), and extramural member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, has been named the recipient of the 2019-20 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award.

Jim Collins, an HST faculty member, is receiving funding from The Audacious Project, a collaborative funding initiative that’s catalyzing social impact on a grand scale by convening funders and social entrepreneurs, with the goal of supporting bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges.

Researchers at MIT, Harvard and MGH hope that the findings of a new study will help guide scientists who are working on developing new drug treatments or testing existing drugs that could be repurposed for treating Covid-19.

A group of 35 HMS students, including some from HST, have come together to create a Covid-19 curriculum intended for the medical community and the general public, the first such student-led curriculum in Harvard Medical School history.

Ten MIT students and alumni, including three HST students, are among the 30 recipients of this year’s Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.