News & Highlights
Pilot Funding

Five Questions with Georg Gerber
April 24, 2020 | Our pilot grant awardee discusses his research as a microbiome computational biologist and how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting his work.
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Optimizing Healthy Weight among Children
October 31, 2019 | Newly funded projects engage community partners to leverage existing federal and local policies to prevent obesity.
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The Microbiome in Human Health and Disease
August 19, 2019 | Harvard Catalyst awards pilot funding for five projects that investigate the role of the microbiome in human disease.
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Awardees announced: Pilot Funding – Primary and Secondary Prevention of Eating Disorders
January 7, 2019 | Awardees announced: Pilot Funding - Primary and Secondary Prevention of Eating Disorders. Read about the three projects recently selected as part of Harvard Catalyst's Community Engagement pilot opportunity on preventing eating disorders.
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Combating Child Obesity
October 31, 2018 | Symposium explores weight-reducing interventions for those who need it most.
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Unexplored Frontiers
October 24, 2018 | Harvard Catalyst looks at microbiome’s links to disease.
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Food Fear
May 22, 2018 | Health care experts gather at HMS to learn about new approaches to eating disorder prevention.
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Catalyzing Research Innovation
January 10, 2018 | Pilot project awardees collaborate to improve health.
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