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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
More than fifty thousand women die from breast cancer every year in the United States. Another two hundred thousand are diagnosed with the disease — the most common form of cancer among women. Sitting in her apartment on Manhattan's Upper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Giving New Ventures a Boost
proposed a plan for Judicial Intelligence, a suite of computer-based tools that will help litigators strategically analyze the opinions of judges they will face in court. In the social enterprise track, a team from Harvard’s School of Public Health took top honors for... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sarah Murphy
slice with extra cheese. Her battle with such a complex disorder initially sparked my interest in neuroscience, and I soon came to realize that science exists well beyond the boundaries of the laboratory. Disease is more than just a pile... View Details
- 11 May 2021
- News
Pitching to Win
the five grand-prize winners. Goble is co-founder of Karivez Bio, a platform for transforming chronic disease treatment through improved drug delivery. Okrah is founder and CEO of Chaku Foods, a fast-moving consumer goods company based in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online
supports, such as housing assistance, disease research, and the arts, according to new research by Assistant Professor Christopher Marquis and his coauthors. Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset Dealmakers often forget the power of a... View Details
- Web
VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
repairs Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies Observations room patients after ED care Chronic & Primary Care End-stage kidney disease Diabetes Congestive heart failure Audiology Dementia Degenerative neurological View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
president and CEO of Cytokinetics, Inc., a California-based company that focuses on biology-driven treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other debilitating diseases associated with muscle weakness. In 2015, the ALS... View Details
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details
- Portrait Project
Hope Carlson
have felt that same kind of familial closeness with complete strangers when performing together in choral festivals. I want to give that to people, to alleviate what Mother Teresa called "the greatest disease in the world" -... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
illneses take a financial and emotional toll on businesses operating in Africa. "This is not just a disease we're talking about. This is a disease that has the power to destroy economies," said... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
cardiovascular disease. In addition, apart from any possible therapeutic benefits, embryonic stem-cell research could play a central role in helping to understand the nature and development of disease generally. Spar, the Spangler Family... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
ensures an intervention reaches all those who need it, at the lowest price and in the shortest amount of time." Could a similar, market-driven approach be enlisted in the world's fight against disease and illness? As Chu notes, commerce... View Details
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
and its efforts to establish Humanitarian Assistance for Neglected Diseases (HAND), a corporate social responsibility program focused on treatments for diseases that typically affect too small a population... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
help build new muscle—had been one of several potential treatments the Secklers chased to no avail, often stuck following promising science to dead ends. That changed three years ago, when former pharmaceutical executive Gene Williams (MBA 1987) pitched a new vision to... View Details
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THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement
Systems Morgan Moncada & Hannah Truong 28 Feb 2023 Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges and Big Opportunities Gabby Choi 07 Feb 2025 Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation... View Details
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The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
to better assess value at MD Anderson Cancer Center Creating proposed bundled payments for major disease types in order to meet a changing health care reimbursement landscape Fostering the better use of electronic medical records and... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
experiments are underway with professionals trying different ways of configuring and managing services. On that list I include experiments with disease management programs, substituting nurse practitioners for physicians in certain... View Details
- Portrait Project
Elizabeth Bruyere
and strong, had finally succumbed to the disease he had so desperately tried to defeat. I had years to wonder how I would feel at this moment. Discouraged? Emboldened? Relieved? Instead, I felt nothing. I searched hopelessly for meaning... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Muhammad Yunus Visits HBS
where diseases gain entry to the body through bare feet. To combat malnutrition, Yunus worked with Groupe Danone to manufacture a low-cost, fortified yogurt that is sold door-to-door. Ventures such as these, whose only goal is to solve... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers for View Details