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George Daley, Dean of Harvard Medical School, Paul Farmer, head of the HMS department of global health and social medicine, Gairdner Global Health Award winner Vikram Patel, Janet Rossant, president of the Gairdner Foundation and Ashish Jha, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Initiative celebrate Patel's groundbreaking research in global mental health.

Mental Health Breaks Through

April 25, 2019

Gairdner Global Health Award for leadership celebrated at HMS

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Gairdner Awards for HMS Researchers

April 2, 2019

Honors recognize scientists’ transformational work in global mental health and protein science

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Measles in Madagascar

February 27, 2019

Responding to an outbreak as vaccine shortage leaves more than 900 dead

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New Beginnings

February 6, 2019

Dean Daley, Paul Farmer celebrate launch of world’s first med school dedicated to global health…

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Manmade Medical Disasters

November 21, 2018

Two physicians condemn use of disease and famine as weapons of war in Yemen

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Help Wanted

October 31, 2018

Global agencies must play crucial role in effort to stop millions of deaths due to lack of surgical…

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A Boost for MDR-TB Treatment 

October 11, 2018

Research drives global counterattack on a leading killer

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The Promise of Editing Point Mutations

October 9, 2018
David Liu talks about multidisciplinary approach, advances in molecular machinery
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The Future of Medicine

October 9, 2018
Harvard’s life-sciences community is advancing discovery, working to improve care delivery
Samir Mitragotri

The Need for an Insulin Pill

October 9, 2018
Samir Mitragotri focuses on improving drug delivery for challenging diseases, diabetes
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Supporting the Future

September 18, 2018

Spotlight on Medical Education celebrates HMS students, philanthropists

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Fighting Cholera

September 6, 2018

Haiti study shows lasting protection from two-dose vaccine

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