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Alister Martin, MD,MPP

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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Gezzer Ortega and Bryan Torres looking at a laptop at a table together.

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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Drawing of a tongue, hand, eye, nose and ear to represent the five senses.

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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Close up of hand/arm of a woman patient laying in a hospital bed.

When Recovery Goes Awry

August 31, 2022 | New findings reveal how recovery progresses following inflammation triggered by injury or illness.

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Joseph Allen playing guitar with his daughter.

Five Questions with Joseph Allen

August 24, 2022 | Hormone disrupters in the office: Pilot funding advances healthy-building science.

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Swab or saliva test for corona virus.

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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David Cantonwine, PhD, MPH

Five Questions with David Cantonwine

August 2, 2022 | Pilot funding aims to screen pregnant women for environmental toxins.

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Midsection of African American male doctor putting oximeter on finger of woman in hospital bed.

Skin Tone and Pulse Oximetry

July 28, 2022 | Racial disparities in care tied to differences in pulse oximeter performance.

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