News & Highlights
Pilot Funding
![Anna Young, PhD.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Anna-Young-image.jpeg)
Five Questions with Anna Young
June 22, 2022 | Pilot funding awardee analyzes wristbands to identify hormone-disrupting chemicals in offices.
Read story![Katherine von Stackelberg, ScD, competing in a horseback riding competition.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/K.png)
Five Questions with Katherine von Stackelberg
May 24, 2022 | How do everyday chemicals impair immunity? Pilot funding helps to map the pathway.
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Five Questions with Qi Sun
May 12, 2022 | ‘Forever chemicals’ and heart disease: Pilot funding awardee tackles PFAS.
Read story![Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, sitting in front of his computer.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Lotfi-Merabet-in-front-of-a-computer-5066-credit-Pierce-Harman.jpg)
Five Questions With Lotfi Merabet
April 12, 2022 | Our Sight and Science awardee talks visual impairment, vision, collaboration, and communication.
Read story![Frank Sacks and three of his PhD students from Harvard School of Public Health stand in front of a poster, presenting their work at the International Symposium on Atherosclerosis in Amsterdam.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Frank-Sacks-at-ISA.jpg)
Five Questions with Frank Sacks
July 13, 2021 | A cardiovascular researcher discusses how funding has supported his work investigating cholesterol and cognitive heath.
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Toxic Impacts
June 2, 2021 | Investigators awarded pilot funding for innovative research on the deleterious effects of environmental toxins on human health.
Read story![Paul Lizano stands next to his research assistant, who is staring at the computer and wearing a cap with wires on it.](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Unknown-1-1.jpeg)
Five Questions with Paulo Lizano
March 23, 2021 | A neuropsychiatrist discusses his novel treatment for visual hallucinations using electrical stimulation.
Read story![Gang Lou sits in an office near an eye machine and holds a smartphone horizontal showing a pair of eyes and nose showing it a patient (whose back of the head and shoulder are visible).](https://catalyst.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Gang-Luo.jpg)
Five Questions with Gang Luo
January 21, 2021 | Our Sight & Science pilot funding awardee discusses his research using smartphone technology to assist the visually impaired.
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