Flyer for HST 55th Anniversary


The HST 55th Anniversary Celebration offers a wonderful opportunity to connect with former classmates, faculty, and current students and discover ongoing work in the field. The event will take place at MIT in Cambridge and HMS in Boston, and will feature scientific talks, and social events, culminating in a celebratory dinner on the evening of Saturday, November 8, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The programming is designed to cultivate and strengthen connections within the HST community.

 

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Thank you to everyone who attended the 55th Anniversary Events, please be sure to check out the photos from the event, as well as a new resource on our website: "Our History"

Program Details

Friday, November 7

Samberg Conference Center, 6th & 7th floors, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

12:00-1:00pm:            Registration & Brunch

1:00-3:00pm:              HST Past, Present, & Future

  • Welcome - Maria Yang, Interim Dean of the School of Engineering, MIT
  • Irving London - the visionary - David E. Cohen, Former Director of HST
  • HST today & in the future - Collin M. Stultz, Director of HST
  • Panel discussion with former & current HST directors - Collin M. Stultz, Director of HST, Moderator

3:00-3:30pm:             Break

3:30-5:30pm:             Where Have you Been, What Have You Done?

  • Alumni Panel - David E. Golan, Dean for Research Initiatives, HMS, Moderator
  • IMES: home of HST at MIT - Alex K. Shalek, Director of IMES, MIT & Thomas Heldt, Associate Director of IMES, MIT

5:30-8:00pm:                Reception & Dinner

  • Fireside chat with Sally Kornbluth, President, MIT, and Alan Garber, President, Harvard, moderated by George Q. Daley, Dean of Harvard Medical School

Saturday, November 8

Harvard Medical School, Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC) + Museum of Fine Arts Boston

9:00-10:00am:          Breakfast, TMEC Atrium

10:00am-12:00pm:   Current Research and Students

  • Welcome - George Q. Daley, Dean of Harvard Medical School
  • Keynote Lecture - Wolfram Goessling, Former Director of HST
  • Lightning Talks - Recent Graduates
  • Student Panel - Junne Kamihara, Associate Director of HST, HMS, Moderator

12:00-1:30pm:            HST Networking Lunch 

1:30-3:00 pm:             Open House, HST offices, TMEC

6:00-9:30pm:             Dinner, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Celebrate - HST 55th Awards Ceremony - Bernard Chang, Dean for Medical Education, HMS
  • Cocktail attire

Parking Information

Friday (MIT Campus | Samberg Conference Center)

The MIT Parking Office has information on Public/Visitor Parking in the area.

Saturday (HMS Campus)

Parking will be available in the Veritas Science Center Garage (formerly NRB; 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115) from 8:00am-4:00pm for $30 for the full day. You must leave the NRB Garage by 4:00 pm. (requires advanced registration)

Saturday (Dinner at MFA)

Parking will be available at MFA in the Garage or Open Lots on Museum Road. Parking is $12 after 5:30pm or $24 before 5:30pm.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

Cancellation policy: If you need to cancel, please do so prior to October 22. After this time, we will not be able to provide a refund.

HST Flashback - Mystery Photos

Photo 1: 

Can you name the six HST students in this May 2001 photo? 

Bonus questions: Can you identify the significance of this group and the event at which it was taken? 

Photo of six HST alum

 

Photo 2: 

Over the years, many HST alumni have joined the faculty. Can you identify these HST faculty members from their student photos? 

HST faculty collage from their entering year

Answers (photo 1)

(Left-to-right) Thomas Heldt, David Ting, Liyun Li, Tony Okobi, Vitaly Napadow, and Ron Chen were the founding members of the HST Joint Council.

The photo was taken at the first HST formal in May 2001. 

Answers (photo 2)

Top row: Matthew P. Frosch, Martha L. Gray, Elazer R. Edelman, Stuart A. Forman

Bottom row: George Q. Daley, Collin M. Stultz, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Junne Kamihara

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the planning committee at HST-55th [at] mit.edu (HST-55th[at]mit[dot]edu). 

 

The HST 55th Anniversary is sponsored by the J.W. Kieckhefer Lectures in Health Sciences and Technology and the Chiang J. Li MD Family Foundation.