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A Community of Researchers
January 5, 2021 | Models of Disease Boot Camp: "Clinical fellows return to labs to pursue basic and translational research after a long clinical hiatus, only to find different questions being asked, different problems identified, and with new tools."
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PCORI Funding Opportunity for Research Teams
December 15, 2020 | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will make available a total of $90 million in funding for clinical trials that include comparative effectiveness research, with up to $10 million available per application.
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From Lab to Project
December 10, 2020 | Project management skills might not seem necessary for researchers, but as it turns out, they’re critical.
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Five Questions with Fiona Fennessy
December 1, 2020 | Our Postgraduate Education program's course director for Understanding Biomarker Science discusses how biomarker science plays a role in the diagnosis and management of many disease states.
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New Phase of Microbiome Research
November 23, 2020 | Our pilot funding awardee discusses his work interrogating the microbiome to find answers about disease.
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Five Questions with David Friedman
November 12, 2020 | The medical director of clinical research at Massachusetts Eye and Ear discusses his innovative work to treat glaucoma and his recent pilot award from Harvard Catalyst.
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Five Questions with Erica Kenney
October 27, 2020 | Our pilot grant awardee discusses her research on preventing childhood obesity.
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Five Questions with Fatima Cody Stanford
October 13, 2020 | Our pilot funding awardee discusses her research in obesity medicine.
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