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Pro-Athlete Mortality Gap

May 29, 2019 | Differences in risk suggest the existence of sport-specific disease mechanisms.

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In Focus: C/T Research Academy Offers More Than Just Skills

May 23, 2019 | Participation in Harvard Catalyst's C/T Research Academy leads to life-changing career guidance.

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Facilitating Collaborative Research

May 21, 2019 | SMART IRB training tackles new federal mandates for ethical oversight of multisite studies.

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Physician Plus

May 16, 2019 | Kia Byrd, an alumna of Harvard Catalyst’s Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program, uses health policy to help communities.

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In Focus: The Complexities of Wound Healing

April 29, 2019 | Harvard Catalyst Education & Training. Ayman Grada discovers several courses to help advance his work in healing chronic wounds.

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Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

April 18, 2019 | Radiation oncologists are few in number, especially if you are nowhere near a cancer facility. Could artificial intelligence be used to deliver an oncologist's skills for radiation therapy? Karim R. Lakhani discusses a unique open innovation experiment. Eva Guinan, MD, faculty lead for Harvard Catalyst's Translational Innovator program, is the senior author on related paper.

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Announcing the 2019 Dolores J. Brown Staff Awardee

April 9, 2019 | Dany Thorpe, program coordinator for Harvard Catalyst’s Program in Diversity Inclusion, is the recipient of this year’s award.

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Can AI Help Doctors Diagnose Diseases? New England Researchers Probe Benefits, Challenges

April 8, 2019 | A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine offers a blueprint for how doctors can use artificial intelligence to help them diagnose diseases. Featuring Harvard Catalyst's program lead for Biomedical Informatics, Isaac (Zak) Kohane.

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