Part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Transformative Research Award supports individuals and teams ...

David Walt, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at HMS and professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is operating at a microscopic level, observing cell abnormalities ...

CHASERR is unlike traditional genes, which are used as blueprints for making messenger RNA and proteins that perform various functions in cells. Instead, CHASERR codes for a long noncoding RNA, or ...

Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of ...

We know that many things influence people’s health, including genetics, behavior, environmental exposure, and socioeconomic factors. One contributor, however, often goes unappreciated: civic ...

Trainees and program leaders describe their experiences with diversity, Harvard-affiliated training programs and life in Boston It’s a place where dedicated educators mentor aspiring physicians and ...

Some endowed professorships are intended to honor expertise within a broad field of study (e.g., psychiatry), whereas others have a more specific focus. Incumbents are appointed in recognition of ...

Nine HMS faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the NAM recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical ...

Gary Ruvkun with daughter Victoria Ruvkun (left), dog Barnaby, and wife Natasha Staller the morning of the announcement at their home in Newton. Image: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University At a ...