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Anna Young, PhD, Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses her team's research investigating hormone-disrupting chemicals found in offices and their effect on human health. Young is part of a team who received pilot funding in 2021 for projects focused on environmental toxins. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3pVZQNt

Kate Jeffrey, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, shares how the grant she received from Harvard Catalyst furthered her work in immunology, allowing her to study the human virome. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3qMhUZA

Sudeshna Fisch, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, describes the path that led her to become associate director of the Cardiovascular Physiology Core at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3pXcpqH

"The pathogen c.diff recurs in approximately 25% of patients within two months," says Georg Gerber, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital. In this podcast, Gerber reflects on the impact funding received from Harvard Catalyst has had on his research which focuses on recurring infections. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3pkMI2K

Onyinyechi Eke, MD, director of global ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses point-of-care ultrasound technology and education, including her newly funded study to create a tele-ultrasound platform. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3rsVSNy

Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD, co-director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, and her collaborator Mark Blaser, PhD, research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital, reflect on how the pilot funding they received from Harvard Catalyst has helped them create a 3D-bioprinted model to study calcific aortic valve disease. Hardeep Ranu, PhD, project manager of our Translational Innova...

Anna Etchin, PhD, Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders, discusses her research on the impact of trauma on veterans and how trauma-informed care can benefit this population. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3mgujnB

In this upcoming three-episode series, recipients of Harvard Catalyst pilot awards reflect on how the funding they received has impacted their research and careers. This introductory episode features Hardeep Ranu, PhD, project manager of our Translational Innovator program, who discusses the content of this special podcast series. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3EEMQjN

Melissa Dell, PhD, professor of economics at Harvard University, discusses developing technology that can detect complex text layouts using deep learning to create a database of newspaper data that is accessible to the visually impaired. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3z2IjVb

"The mission of The MIND Project is to tackle the challenges of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders," says Walid Yassine, DMSc, MMSc, founder of the project and fellow at McLean Hospital. As part of the Harvard Brain Science Initiative (HBI), this working group of postdocs collaborate across Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3nxJ...

This special podcast will focus on a partnership to successfully deliver community testing and vaccination for marginalized communities in Massachusetts most impacted by COVID-19. Guests: Gina Kruse, MD, program faculty for our Community Engagement program, speaks with Eddie Taborda, MS, senior clinical research coordinator at Mass General Hospital, Rosa Torres, patient service coordinator at Mass...

Ishita Basu, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery, discusses her research investigating deep brain stimulation as a promising treatment for psychiatric disorders and other conditions. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3kdl9af

Subha Ramani, MBBS, MPH, PhD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses her research on how feedback can be used to improve medical education.. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3xFXfIG Correction: A previous version of this episode incorrectly identified Dr. Ramani as Assistant Professor of Medicine.

"One way to unlock the potential of AI is to enable AI researchers to find the problems where they could have an impact," says Milind Tambe, PhD, Google Research India. Tambe discusses his work using artificial intelligence (AI) for social good, including his past research using AI to promote HIV prevention among homeless youth.

Mark Siedner, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases at MGH, discusses his research in Uganda and South Africa working to improve health and quality of life for those living with HIV.

Senthil Muthuswamy, PhD, director of the Cell Biology Program at the Cancer Center at BIDMC, discusses his use of organoid models to grow 3D cancer tumor cells and his current clinical trial "Harnessing Organoids for Personalized Treatment" (HOPE). Transcript: https://bit.ly/3ckagz7

Samirah Musah, PhD, stem cell biologist and bioengineer, discusses her lab's research and work to create a functional model of the kidney using "organ on a chip” technology. Transcript: https://bit.ly/2Rnm3p3

Ayesha Cammaerts, MBA, Boston Children’s Hospital Office of Community Health, and Hae In Kim, MPH, former intern in our Community Engagement program student practice placement initiative, discuss Kim's experience as an intern working under the guidance of Cammaerts and what makes student practical placements successful. Rebekka Lee, ScD, our Community Engagement program director, serves as guest h...

"We're surrounded everyday with the realization that patients and their diseases can teach us something," says David Sykes, principal investigator of Sykes Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sykes discusses a system he's developed to transfuse neutrophil progenitors for patients and a new disease he discovered called TEMPI.

Junaid Nabi, MD, MPH, a senior researcher at Harvard Business School, shares his research investigating healthcare access and quality of care.

Jorge Chavarro, MD, ScD, ScM, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses his research studying the impact of nutrition on fertility.

Gyongi Szabo, MD, PhD, Hon. ScD, chief academic officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses her research on the effects of alcohol on the liver.

Neurologist Samuel Frank, MD, discusses his work studying Huntington's disease, dystonia, and Parkinson's disease, as well as his involvement in clinical research studies to help better diagnose and treat patients with these movement disorders.

"42.4% of U.S. adults have the disease of obesity," says Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician scientist, educator, and policy maker at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Stanford discusses her research and policy work on obesity and weight discrimination laws.

"External scientific review gives us a better chance of identifying proposals that might have a big impact on the wellbeing of our community," says Margaret Schneider, director of the Pilot Studies program at the University of California Irvine. Schneider discusses her role in the creation of the CTSA External Reviewer Exchange Consortium (CEREC), which coordinates scientific review for funding ap...