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Research HMS Community

Building Infrastructure to Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

$75M gift from Ernesto Bertarelli to create new atrium, name iconic campus building

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HMS Dean George Q. Daley, Harvard University President-elect Claudine Gay, and Ernesto Bertarelli in the courtyard of Building C on the HMS campus
Awards and Recognitions

Supporting the Next Generation of Cancer Researchers

7 HMS researchers receive Damon Runyon awards

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Aleena Garner | Neural Circuits and Processing Multisensory Information

How the brain interprets sensory input to form a model of the world
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Awards and Recognitions

Awards & Recognitions: January 2023

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

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For Former Football Players, Concussion and Hypertension Go Hand in Hand

Study points to surprising link between head injury and high blood pressure in retired NFL players

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Age-Related Fat May Impair Muscle Function

Lower muscle density could worsen balance, possibly increase risk of falls

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Research Education HMS Community

Love and Medicine

These HMS couples unite their love of science, academic medicine — and each other

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Harrison and Kirchhausen in front of a digital screen with molecular imagery looking into each other's eyes
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Presence of Teaching Hospitals Improves Outcomes

Patients treated at community hospitals had lower mortality in areas with academic medical centers

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Disparities Linked to Differences in Brain Structures in U.S. Children

Study highlights how structural racism may affect brain development and psychiatric disease in Black and white children

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Awards and Recognitions

4 Elected 2022 AAAS Fellows

HMS faculty recognized for distinguished scientific achievements

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Lauren Orefice | Novel Strategies to Treat Autism and Sensory Disorders

How sensory processing shapes our nervous systems, personalities, and behaviors
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Carlos Ponce | How Neurobiology and AI Can Advance Each Other

Using machine learning models to help uncover how we experience the visual world
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