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A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the year based on a 313% increase in look-ups on the company's search site, Merriam-Webster.com, this year when...

Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, who is also Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), received a $4.3 million U01 Cancer Moonshot grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the...

The winter edition of Harvard Medicine Magazine has been published with a focus on LGBTQ+ health care. With articles covering intersex care, the impact of discrimination and minority stress on LGBTQ+ people's health, and data privacy with medical records, this edition of Harvard Medicine is a...

Transgender and gender-diverse people face multiple barriers to accessing appropriate health care, including denial of service, harassment, and lack of clinician knowledge. This article presents a blueprint for planning and implementing a transgender health program within a primary care practice in...

Researchers led by a team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have identified a novel cellular entry factor for adeno-associated virus vector (AAV) types—the most commonly used viral vectors for in vivo gene therapy. AAVs are vectors–or vehicles—that are created from a virus that is made harmless by...

Glycans, the complex sugars that stud cellular surfaces, are like a language that life uses to mediate vital interactions. Researchers are learning how to read their meaning. Dr. Richard Cummings from the NCFG talks about the role of glycomolecules and the challenges in the field. Read the full...

This year's award honors Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD, a clinician scientist who specializes in inherited retinal degenerations at Mass Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. The award, which includes a $100,000 prize, was established by an anonymous donor to...

Nahyoung (Grace) Lee, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is one of the 2021 honorees for the Anne Klibanski Visiting Scholars Award. This award—given through The Mass General Center for Faculty Development—provides an opportunity for Dr. Lee to serve as a "virtual"...

Based on our success with HMPA cookbook, "Postdoc Recipes", we have decided to launch our Summer Drinks edition! We invite you to share your favorite summer drink recipe (non-alcoholic or alcoholic). Please fill in the details of your recipe in this submission form: https://forms.gle...

Mark A. Varvares, MD, FACS, has been appointed Chief of the Departments of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at Mass Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and as Chair of OHNS at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Varvares, a head and neck cancer surgeon and the John W...