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Pilot Funding

Anna Young, PhD.

Five Questions with Anna Young

June 22, 2022 | Pilot funding awardee analyzes wristbands to identify hormone-disrupting chemicals in offices.

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Katherine von Stackelberg, ScD, competing in a horseback riding competition.

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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Qi Sun with his daughter.

Five Questions with Qi Sun

May 12, 2022 | ‘Forever chemicals’ and heart disease: Pilot funding awardee tackles PFAS.

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Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, sitting in front of his computer.

Five Questions With Lotfi Merabet

April 12, 2022 | Our Sight and Science awardee talks visual impairment, vision, collaboration, and communication.

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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.

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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Colored drawing showing smoke pollution coming coming to city.

Toxic Impacts

June 2, 2021 | Investigators awarded pilot funding for innovative research on the deleterious effects of environmental toxins on human health.

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Paul Lizano stands next to his research assistant, who is staring at the computer and wearing a cap with wires on it.

Five Questions with Paulo Lizano

March 23, 2021 | A neuropsychiatrist discusses his novel treatment for visual hallucinations using electrical stimulation.

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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).

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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