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Bringing Heart to the Role of the Registrar

New administrator Kelsey Simonson works collaboratively, centers students

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Bruce Yankner’s Alzheimer’s Research Journey

After latest study, his inbox exploded: ‘I try to get back to everybody … I try to provide hope.’

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Shore Fellowship Program Celebrates 30 Years of Support for Junior Faculty

Cultivating tomorrow’s leaders in academic medicine

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Facing Funding Cuts, MD-PhD Students Write Home

Students from Texas and Iowa penned op-eds in hometown papers to spread awareness about threats to scientific research

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Making Digital Tools and Technologies Accessible to All

Accessibility is both a health issue and a human right, says Lawrence Weru, MSc ’23

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5 Questions With a Health Economist

A conversation with Leila Agha, an associate professor of health care policy in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS

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Using Click Chemistry To Drug ‘Undruggable’ Tumor Suppressors

Qinheng Zheng uses a daring approach to reveal new treatments for cancer

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Conversation Series Features Perspectives, Advice From Distinguished Faculty

Stories center on change in medicine, education, culture, Harvard Medical School

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National Academy of Medicine Elects 8 HMS Faculty to Class of 2025

Recognized for major contributions to improving health for everyone, everywhere

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Countway Library Celebrates 60th Birthday

Staff reflect on past while leading patrons into the future

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William Kaelin on the Process of Scientific Discovery

Nobel winner used fisherman’s instinct to learn how cells sense and respond to oxygen levels

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2025 State of the School Speech Underscores Resilience in an Unsettling Time

Dean George Q. Daley describes challenges and opportunities ahead for Harvard Medical School

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