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- 23 Mar 2016
- News
Building a Biotech Business from Farmed Fish
Charlton Ames (MBA 1970) is chairman and vice president of business development for Sea Run Holdings, a virtual firm in Maine that develops innovative biologics and therapeutics from the blood of farmed salmon. In this video he explains... View Details
- 03 Apr 2016
- News
The Tampon of the Future
Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
liquid, the observation refers to her involvement in, first, the 1993 launch of ViaCord, a company that enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases like... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Ready for Take-Off
WorldClinic, Inc., a "virtual ER," providing U.S.-quality health-care services to Americans traveling abroad. Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) of ViaCell, Inc., which combines the banking of stem cells from umbilical cord blood with technology... View Details
Keywords: Spingboard
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells—was her first foray into entrepreneurship. Fisher’s father, however, was reminding her that good intentions need solid financial underpinnings to be... View Details
- 22 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges in Leading Professional Services
past, the work of PSFs was a gentleman's game—and now it's blood sport." Adding to the problem is the fact that many current leaders are overwhelmed trying to balance their dual roles of producer and manager. What's needed, DeLong... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Audit: War & Peace
QUESTION: “How did you ensure the talks didn’t fail because of internal strife?” —Alexandra Baranowski (MBA 2025) “I had to handle that with a lot of cold blood and not engage the opposition in every argument. I had to maintain the... View Details
- Web
Natalie Margulies | MBA
Research Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business I spent the past two summers working as a data scientist on Facebook’s Product Foundation Data team. My time at Facebook showed me the immense power of data analysis in enacting societal... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- News
Managing McDonald’s Makeover
Easterbrook is showing his desire to bring fresh blood into a company that traditionally has promoted almost solely from within. Easterbrook, though, praised Kempczinski’s immediate impact: "Mike has done a great job to get this business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Feedback
Having grown up and gone to college in northwest Ohio, Detroit was a magnet for us. I want to see it thrive. —Lenann Gardner (MBA 1976) via alumni.hbs.edu Detroit needs people like Peter Cummings to inject new blood into the city. I would... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
"So Julie – what is it you want to do after graduation?"
with a career plan that I have regularly reexamined and reconsidered as I discussed cases, talked with my peers and professors, and broadened my healthcare worldview. But despite all this, I feel my blood pressure rise whenever I get ‘The... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Cardiac Kid
allows physicians to get inside blood vessels to view obstruction-causing plaques, as opposed to the external, X-ray sort of image provided by an angiogram. Furthermore, explained Huennekens, “We’re now developing innovative technologies... View Details
- Portrait Project
Agnes Sauvage
is the last time you did not think about money? I want to die rich. Rich with excitement from the top. Rich with adrenalin-packed memories and extra red blood cells. I want to keep fighting: with the snow, the cold and gravity; against... View Details
- Web
Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
“You need to be targeted; if you focus on too many things, you’re not focusing on anything.” Narrowing the field is always paramount, but it’s especially important when a company is in flux. As a director at Cerus Corporation—a biotech company focused on View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Connecting Past and Present
Family health was the impetus for Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958), founder of one of the world’s largest genealogy resources. “My family carries the beta thalassemia genetic trait,” a blood disorder. When my nephew was diagnosed, and we then... View Details
- Portrait Project
Caren Kelleher
outlook, I thank the incredible women that share my blood and have taught me, through their example, that I can charter my own way. Be it as a mother, a mentor or a model of success, I want to honor my ancestry while inspiring confidence... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Giving hope and inspiration to cancer patients around the globe
Every new day is a good day for Kathryn E. Giusti (MBA 1985) since that morning in 1996 when her oncologist told her to get her affairs in order because she had a rare blood cancer, with three years to live. Leveraging her past experience... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
intentions, including the potential for chilling or punitive legislation.” Fisher is the founder of Viacord and ViaCell, two Massachusetts companies that, respectively, are involved in the storing of individuals’ umbilical-cord blood and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Private capital, public good
Tracy Palandjian (AB 1993, MBA 1997) is spearheading the development of social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial innovation designed to tackle some of the world’s most intractable social challenges. Alongside Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) and David View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
community is evident in the halls of medical, educational, and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. The Kraft Family Blood Lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, for example, is one of the largest View Details