For immediate release: December 8, 2022 Boston, MA – Researchers have discovered a new form of altered drug susceptibility—dubbed antibiotic resilience—that enables Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to survive antibiotic treatment. The study, led … Continue reading “Failure of tuberculosis treatment linked to bacterial resilience”
May 12, 2022 – Over the past few years of his PhD research, Harim Won has been laying the groundwork to develop a new type of antibiotic to treat tuberculosis (TB), … Continue reading “A better antibiotic for tuberculosis treatment”
December 8, 2021 – As the world waits to learn more about Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant, the Botswana-based researcher who produced the first genetic sequence of the virus spoke about the importance of … Continue reading “Botswana researcher who sequenced Omicron urges more genomic surveillance, vaccinations in Africa”
November 3, 2021 – What lessons have scientific researchers learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? And how can they better apply them to the next major outbreak of disease? More than 200 participants … Continue reading “Symposium explores health lessons learned from the pandemic”
October 18, 2021 – Two researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Eric Rubin and Renee Salas, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the NAM … Continue reading “Eric Rubin, Renee Salas elected to National Academy of Medicine”
For immediate release: Thursday, September 23, 2021 Boston, MA ─ The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named Flaminia Catteruccia, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of … Continue reading “Flaminia Catteruccia named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator”
October 20, 2020 – Two Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty members, Marc Lipsitch and Pardis Sabeti, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Membership is considered one … Continue reading “Marc Lipsitch, Pardis Sabeti elected to National Academy of Medicine”
Chidi Akusobi, MD-PhD ’22, wants to understand the biology of infectious diseases, and help build the science pipeline for students of color May 27, 2020—Like everybody else these days, Chidi … Continue reading “Sharing a lifelong interest in science”
Harvard Chan School-Human Vaccines Project collaboration will use artificial intelligence and causal inference to accelerate drug and vaccine development For immediate release: April 14, 2020 Boston, MA–The Harvard T.H. Chan … Continue reading “Human Immunomics Initiative will decode immune system, speed new vaccines”
