News & Highlights
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Sole Survivor of DC Lightning Strike Reunites With White House Doctor Who Saved Her
September 20, 2022 | Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (DICP) Faculty Fellowship awardee helps save woman hit by lightning.
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Five Questions with Gezzer Ortega
September 13, 2022 | Our summer internship mentor’s lived experience as first-generation American informs his research – and guidance of medical students.
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Senses and Sensibility: Experiencing the World Around Us
September 6, 2022 | Ten investigators awarded pilot funding for projects focused on the senses.
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When Recovery Goes Awry
August 31, 2022 | New findings reveal how recovery progresses following inflammation triggered by injury or illness.
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Five Questions with Joseph Allen
August 24, 2022 | Hormone disrupters in the office: Pilot funding advances healthy-building science.
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New Portable Diagnostic Detects SARS-CoV-2 RNA and Antibodies at the Same Time
August 17, 2022 | Novel, multiplexed platform combines CRISPR with electrochemical sensing to track infections’ course via saliva.
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Five Questions with David Cantonwine
August 2, 2022 | Pilot funding aims to screen pregnant women for environmental toxins.
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Skin Tone and Pulse Oximetry
July 28, 2022 | Racial disparities in care tied to differences in pulse oximeter performance.
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