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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
crisis in the health–care system Originally From: Chicago Hopes: to build a health–care enterprise Hobbies: chess, crossword puzzles, scuba diving Paper Currently Working On: analyzing disruptive innovations in invasive medicine Volunteer... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
That’s the imperative of the Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, established in 2016 with a $20 million gift from the Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation, led by Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), in partnership with HBS and the Broad... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
there I believe we have an opportunity, as much as a responsibility, to help people who don’t have the means, for whatever reason, to afford medicines that, in many cases, can be lifesaving. Last year we delivered to underdeveloped... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
MD/MBA Program Launched
will produce “a new generation of leaders in health care.” Graduates of the program, whose enrollment will increase over time, will be encouraged to practice medicine before becoming senior executives in hospitals, health-care... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)
What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine and how does your HBS MBA fit into this career path? “I was drawn to medicine because I loved the idea that knowledge and skill could directly translate into... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
academic and practice leaders, and advance medicine through excellence in biomedical research. A native of Malden, Massachusetts, and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Medical School, Slavin knows exactly when he first became interested in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
everyone from a Morehouse School of Medicine professor to an entrepreneur offering nonaddictive alternatives for pain relief to Georgia’s public health commissioner. Langford runs the meeting with a light hand, welcoming late arrivals and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
made from that research. I felt that through economics, I could really make a difference.” With medicine off the table, Bandourian soon discovered the world of finance and landed on Wall Street as an investment strategist with Goldman... View Details
- 18 Feb 2016
- News
Challenge Aims to Speed Drug Trials Process
clinical trials process. Today, it takes at least 10 years and billions of dollars for one FDA-approved drug to move from research labs to medicine cabinets. Precision medicine will bring faster innovation,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care
public health care, skyrocketing costs of prescription medications, and how AI-assisted personal medicine is coming in the future.” Ahmed says the Cleveland Clinic Canada (CCC) represents one of the growing patient-centric models of care... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
providers along the Atlantic seaboard. He eventually made his home in Virginia with Eagan, who had begun studying plant spirit medicine (similar to traditional Chinese acupuncture, except that it relies on plant relationships for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Strong Foundation: Message from Dean Nohria
they will be solved when people with expertise in a wide range of areas—from artificial intelligence to human behavior to medicine to finance—collaborate, each learning from the others as their collective imaginations coalesce into... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
A Helping Hand
Conducting an independent study project during his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA ’92) learned that many talented minority college students didn’t know much about the business world, and therefore leaned toward careers in law or View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Joe Fuller talk to business leaders about the forces changing the way we work. Skydeck – Alumni from across the world of business share lessons learned and their own life experiences. Under the Datascope – A series from the School’s Kraft Precision View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Breath of Life
parts will be used to replace diseased internal organs such as coronary arteries, the esophagus, and the ureter. Playing a key role in this landmark moment for regenerative medicine was Harvard Bioscience, Inc. of Holliston,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
musculoskeletal diseases. Theranostics, a combination of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to health care delivery, is a new and exciting field of nuclear medicine now offered at MRC, Tantawy says. “It’s a personalized, highly... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
pursued a variety of career aspirations. Heffernan trained as a doctor (graduating first in his class), practiced briefly, and decided that medicine was not the right fit. He tried investment banking with Goldman Sachs for a few years,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
we start by asking, ‘What will it take to eliminate disease?,’ we will gain a better understanding of why the disease occurs and what bits of biology need to be fixed—which allows us to create better medicines and, over time, get to a... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
gained attention in recent years as an off-label medication for treatment-resistant depression. Zapolin says that unlike plant medicines that involve intense psychedelic explorations, ketamine has a short period of onset lasting about an... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
through an innovation-killing “peer review” process. The history of medicine is filled with shameful stories of “peers” who used their powers to suppress innovations: Judah Folkman, the brilliant scientist whose antiangiogenesis theory... View Details