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Around the Consortium: CTSI Prepares to Launch Multiple New Initiatives with Renewed Clinical and Translational Science Award Funding
July 13, 2022 | Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute reveals plans to launch more than 30 new initiatives in the next five years.
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Immune Modulator Drugs Improved Survival for People Hospitalized with COVID-19
June 2, 2022 | New research from the NIH shows promising results for adult COVID-19 patients.
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Community Leaders and Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop Playbook for COVID-19 Health Equity, Future Pandemics.
March 24, 2022 | Mayo Clinic medical experts and community leaders collaborate to find ways to reduce health disparities related to COVID-19.
Read story![Washington University in St. Louis student Julian McCall receives a dose of Pfizer’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20210416_Vaccine_0002_forweb.jpg)
What Makes an mRNA Vaccine so Effective Against Severe COVID-19?
December 23, 2021 | Shots trigger exceptional antibody response by activating key helper immune cells.
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Five Questions with Lauren Veit Collen
February 23, 2021 | A clinical fellow in gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Boston Children's Hospital learns to navigate launching a research career in gastroenterology as part of Harvard Catalyst's Clinical/Translational Research Academy.
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Racial Socialization in Clinical Practice
January 26, 2021 | Visiting scholar presents her pilot work, as part of a national lecture series for budding research investigators.
Read story![Julia Sanchez, an eighth-grader at Lincoln K-8 School in Rochester, prepares a petri dish to be viewed under a microscope Tuesday at the school. The students are conducting a study to determine if vape oils have any effects on zebrafish.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/5e1512b2e9922.image_.jpg)
Lincoln Students Test Effects of Vaping on Zebrafish
January 30, 2020 | Mayo Clinic InSciEd Out program teaches students in Minnesota how to test the effects of vaping on zebrafish.
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Study Shows Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Language Problems Tied to Liver Failure
December 19, 2019 | Technology that lets humans communicate with machines adapts well to role as medical detective.
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