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New research findings from a study led by Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, Dr med, show the potential of a new oral drug for spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder affecting the muscles of the larynx or voice box. The work was published last week in Scientific Reports. The study shows that sodium...

Harvard Medical School on Thursday slammed the Trump administration's reported plan to eliminate federal recognition of transgender, intersex, or gender non-binary individuals, calling the proposal “overly simplistic, medically inaccurate and antithetical to our values as healthcare providers.” Read...

On November 2, the 20th Annual Boston Angiogenesis Meeting (BAM) event attracted more than 100 faculty members and trainees from several Boston-area institutions to present, discuss, and network around their common interests in angiogenesis. Keynote speaker Nathan Lawson, PhD, a professor in the...

On September 2018, a Harvard Ophthalmology delegation traveled to China to meet with PriMed, Peking University Medical Hospital, and the Center of International Cooperation & Communication of Peking University Health Science Center. The meeting focused on discussing and building future...

In college, a professor cautioned me that future patients would feel “much more comfortable” if I dressed and acted more “femininely.” One medical school interviewer found 4 different ways to ask if I thought it would be awkward to interact with female patients as a queer woman in obstetrics. A...

Po-Ru Loh will be presenting work on mosaic CNV detection using long-range phasing at the Broad Institute MIA Seminar on Wed 2/21 (with Giulio Genovese), the MIT Bioinformatics Seminar on Wed 2/21, and the UCLA Computational Genomics Winter Institute on Mon 2/26.

Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD , Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Associate Chief of Ophthalmology Clinical Research and Associate Director of the Howe Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, is the 2018 recipient of the Dr. David L. Epstein Award, an honor given...

Suzanne K. Freitag, MD, has been named Editor-in-Chief of Orbit, the International Journal on Orbital Disorders, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery, as of January 1, 2018. Dr. Freitag joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School in 2011, and serves as the Director of the Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery...

Neal Baer is an award-winning television writer and producer—and a Harvard Medical School-trained pediatrician (MD ’96). Through his pioneering work on hit shows such as ER and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as his leadership in connecting media producers with doctors and scientists...