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Awards and Recognitions

Awards and Recognitions

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Harvard Medical School Scientist Gary Ruvkun on Winning Nobel Prize

October 8, 2024
Ruvkun shares award with Victor Ambros for discovery of microRNA
Gary Ruvkun with daughter Victoria Ruvkun (left), dog Barnaby, and wife Natasha Staller the morning of the announcement at their home in Newton.

Harvard Medical School Scientist Gary Ruvkun Receives Nobel Prize for Discovery of microRNA

October 7, 2024

Ruvkun shares award for elucidating fundamental principle of gene activity regulation

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Awards & Recognitions: September 2024

September 27, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe with the Hamburg Award on a dark background

Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe Receive Hamburg Award

September 26, 2024

National Academy of Medicine award recognizes contributions to cancer immunotherapy

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Harvard Medical School Researcher Wins 2024 Lasker Award for Work That Led to GLP-1 Therapies

September 19, 2024

Joel Habener, fellow scientists honored for discoveries paving the way to GLP-1 based treatments

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Joan Reede Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

September 13, 2024

Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership recognized for championing health equity

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Awards & Recognitions: August 2024

August 26, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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Awards & Recognitions: July 2024

August 5, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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Five Harvard Medical School Faculty Named HHMI Investigators

July 23, 2024

Award helps basic researchers and physician-scientists pursue their boldest ideas

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Awards & Recognitions: June 2024

July 7, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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Internal Awards & Recognitions: June 2024

June 17, 2024

Awards bestowed on community members by Harvard, HMS, and HSDM

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2024 Warren Alpert Prize Honors Four Pioneers in CAR T-Cell Therapy

June 11, 2024

Lab-made immune cells offer a lifeline for patients with blood cancers

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