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Five Questions with Altaf Saadi

August 31, 2021 | Our summer internship program mentor discusses her longstanding commitment to working with refugee, asylum seeker, and immigrant communities.

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Five Questions with Junaid Nabi

May 18, 2021 | Our ambassador for Postgraduate Education shares his work which examines how value-based healthcare strategy can transform delivery and promote health equity.

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Study Points to Health Disparities Among Former NFL Players

August 26, 2020 | Black, other nonwhite athletes report more pain, physical impairment, mood disorders and cognitive problems than white peers.

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Five Questions with Ross O’Hagan

July 31, 2020 | A 2019 VRIP medical student describes the program’s meaningfulness and how COVID-19 has affected his medical education.

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COVID-19 Research Community Forum

June 4, 2020 | Four Massachusetts clinical and translational science centers, including Harvard Catalyst, host webinar series focused on COVID-19 research and health equity.

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Five Questions with David Alejandro Sanchez

May 1, 2020 | Our Visiting Research Internship Program (VRIP) alum discusses his summer at Harvard Medical School and shares his experience working with COVID-19 patients.

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New Podcast Series: LGBTQ Health

August 22, 2019 | New series, which debuts on August 28, features research conducted by Harvard Catalyst pilot grant awardees.

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Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

April 18, 2019 | Radiation oncologists are few in number, especially if you are nowhere near a cancer facility. Could artificial intelligence be used to deliver an oncologist's skills for radiation therapy? Karim R. Lakhani discusses a unique open innovation experiment. Eva Guinan, MD, faculty lead for Harvard Catalyst's Translational Innovator program, is the senior author on related paper.

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