When Robert Farese and Tobias Walther were negotiating to join Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health last year as professors of genetics and complex diseases, they proposed a twist to their appointments—a joint laboratory run as an equal partnership. Although they were working in different institutions and came from different disciplines—Farese from physiology and … Continue reading “Science by a power of two”
The Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS) Program warmly invites you to attend the HILS 10th Anniversary Gathering: “Celebrating a Decade of Creativity, Collaboration, and Connection” on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Featuring a keynote address by David Altshuler MD/PhD ’90 (Executive Vice-President, Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals), … Continue reading “HILS 10th Anniversary Gathering! Be sure to RSVP by Sept. 24th!”
The current controversy about the wisdom of conducting experiments with pathogens that are genetically engineered to be more contagious presents a unique opportunity to set an effective precedent on the issue of biological experiments that carry large-scale risks, according to a Foreign Affairs article co-authored by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health epidemiologist Marc … Continue reading “Should scientists experiment with highly contagious pathogens?”
One of the research projects of Dr. Quan Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Genetics and Pathophysiology, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will receive support through the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator during the next year. His is one of twelve Harvard based projects to receive funding from this organization. Dr. Lu’s research will … Continue reading “Research Project by Dr. Quan Lu receives support through the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator”
An unexpected new discovery—that, in people with asthma, the cells that line the airways in the lungs are unusually shaped and “scramble around like there’s a fire drill going on”—suggests intriguing new avenues both for basic biological research and for therapeutic interventions to fight the disease. The findings could also have important ramifications for research … Continue reading “No traffic jams in asthmatic cells”
Sepsis kills more than 500,000 Americans each year, but in some ways it remains a mystery to both researchers and doctors. Lester Kobzik, professor in the Department of Environmental Health, and Rose Filoramo PhD ’17 are working together to unravel this medical mystery. (One-on-One podcast series, 7:28) Please click here to listen to this podcast in … Continue reading “Unraveling the mystery of sepsis”
Pedro Alberto Lamothe Molina, a BPH student in the laboratory of Dr. Bruce Walker, was selected as one of HHMI’s International Student Research Fellows. This program supports international students during their third to fifth years of graduate school in the United States, with awardees receiving $43,000 during each year of the fellowship. To read more … Continue reading “Pedro Molina Selected as one of HHMI International Student Research Fellows”
In December 1974, the last cases of smallpox in its deadliest form were confined to a Bangladesh slum. Public health workers were preparing the scourge’s coup de grâce, but were horrified when government bulldozers arrived, scattering 50,000 people across the countryside. The ill-timed demolition of the slum spread the disease throughout the country, sparking outbreaks … Continue reading “Coordinating against malaria”
A new drug screening technology developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a new potential anti-diabetes compound—and a powerful way to quickly test whether other molecules can have a positive effect on a critical molecular pathway believed to be central to diseases ranging from diabetes to retinitis pigmentosa, cystic fibrosis, … Continue reading “New tool identifies novel compound targeting causes of type 2 diabetes”
Please join the Harvard Chan community in warmly congratulating Chih-Hao Lee on his promotion to tenured professor in the Department of Molecular Metabolism at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Dr. Lee has focused his research in the field of metabolic disease and lipid metabolism, and has succeeded in becoming a leading expert in understanding the … Continue reading “Chih-Hao Lee Promoted to Tenured Professor”
