Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

At Harvard Medical School, our mission is to create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease. With our vast reservoir of talent, extensive network of affiliates and commitment to problem solving, Harvard Medical School is uniquely positioned to steer education and research in directions that will benefit local, national, and global communities.

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See also: Academia Harvard University - Private Ivy League research university in Massachusetts

Details last updated 13-Oct-2019

Harvard Medical School is also referenced in the following:

Aparna Nathan

Science writer and a lecturer for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School

Karen Costenbader

Rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Monica Kleinman

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Patrick Ellinor

Clinical cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School Creations

Harvard Personal Genome Project (PGP)

Research study that creates freely available scientific resources that bring together genomic, environmental and human trait data

Coronavirus Resource Center

Questions and answers covering symptoms, risks and treatment

Nurses' Health Study

Series of prospective cohort research studies

People at Harvard Medical School

Frank Qian

Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Harvard medical school

Alexander Tyshkovskiy

Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Hope Ricciotti

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School

Gregory Curfman

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Former Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Health Publishing

John H. Growdon

Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School, Doctor and Author

Uma Naidoo

Harvard Nutritional Psychiatrist

Jason I. Comander

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School

Richard Cheng

Ph.D Candidate of Biomedical Engineering at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Andrei Tarkhov

Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Anastasia Shindyapina

Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Shrike Zhang

Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Associate Bioengineer at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Stefan G. Tullius

Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Joseph E. Murray MD, Distinguished Chair in Transplant Surgery

Raiany Romanni

Science and Technology Writer and Researcher in Bioethics at Harvard Medical School

Leon Peshkin

Lecturer on Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School

Charles Czeisler

Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine and Director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Joseph C. Kvedar

Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

Bruce Yankner

Professor of Genetics and Neurology at Harvard Medical School

Stuart Orkin

Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Jeffrey Holt

Professor of Otolaryngology and Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Arlene Sharpe

Professor of Comparative Pathology; Chair of Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School

Michael E. Chernew

Professor of Health Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Mary Beth Landrum

Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Joseph V. Bonventre

Samuel A. Levine Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Nicholas Stroustrup

Biologist and engineer, research fellow in the Department of Systems Biology at HMS.

John Aach

Lecturer at Harvard Medical School.

I-Min Lee

Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School.

Hakho Lee

Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.

Stephen J. Elledge

Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Rudolph Tanzi

Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Ara Nazarian

Principal Investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Pamela Silver

Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology.

Oliver Jonas

Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.

Susan Mitchell

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Scientist at Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research in Boston.

Robert C. Green

Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.

Stephen Haggarty

Professor, Neuroscientist, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Naomi D.L. Fisher

Director of the Hypertension Service at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Suneet Agarwal

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

David Jones

A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Chirag Patel

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

Braden Tierney

PHD Student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School

Ekaterina Pesheva

Director of Science Communications & Media Relations, Harvard Medical School

Muthiah Vaduganathan

MD MPH cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Sitaram Emani

Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Pieter Cohen

Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and General Internist at Cambridge Health Alliance.

Sekar Kathiresan

Physician scientist, human geneticist and professor at Harvard Medical School.

Aleksandar D. Kostic

Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Harvard University.

Walter Willett

Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Jorge Castillo-Quan

Research Fellow at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics.

Harvard Medical School News

Life's curveballs can fast-forward your biological clock and make you look older

National Institute on Aging (NIA) - 04-Jan-2024

These age-jumps, measured by DNA changes, can actually reverse once the stressor fades

New ultrasonic 3D printing tech mends broken hearts and bones without surgery

Singularity Hub - 10-Dec-2023

Sound waves and a special ink to print custom implants and deliver drugs directly to injured tissues

New study reveals ideal temperature for a good night's sleep

BBC Science Focus - 28-Aug-2023

Older adults are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change on sleep

Chemical cocktail able to reprogram cells to reverse ageing, without the need for gene therapy

Live Forever Club - 13-Jul-2023

David Sinclair and team discovers potential new approach to treat age-related diseases and promote healthy aging

An apple a day: the role of flavonols in frailty prevention

Independent - 23-May-2023

Quercetin, a flavonoid found in apples and blackberries, may be particularly important for frailty prevention

Cancer in the young: A global trend raising alarms and spurring research

New Scientist - 29-Mar-2023

From diet to lifestyle, experts explore potential culprits behind this worrying trend

Men who have regular quality sleep live about 5 years longer, while women add on two more years

The Guardian - 23-Feb-2023

Not just the number of hours but also the quality of sleep is important to enhance your wellbeing

Use of rilmenidine drug showed lifespan and healthspan benefits in both young and old animals

Longevity Technology - 25-Jan-2023

With a global ageing population, the benefits of delaying ageing, even if slightly, are immense

Dissociation of longevity targeted cell reprogram and somatic identity loss: An exploration

Live Forever Club - 17-Jan-2023

Most genes regulating cellular rejuvenation were not related to the increased occurrence of cancer

Vitamin B group keeps your brain young and healthy

CNBC - 05-Aug-2022

Consuming vitamin B rich food helps prevent cognitive decline, depression and mental impairment

Scientists built a functional human tendon using 3D cryobioprinting

3D Printing Industry - 07-Feb-2022

A breakthrough technique to print complex tissues that can be stored for later use

Vitamin D and fish oil supplements can lower the chances of getting a autoimmune disease

Medical News Today - 02-Feb-2022

Disease risk reduced by 30% in older people but its best to consult a doctor before taking supplements

Embryos reset biological age back to zero in early stage of development

Science News - 25-Jun-2021

Rejuvenation process in germline cells may help find new therapies for age-related disorders

Right amount of lab-grown retinal cells can cure glaucoma

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) - 19-Apr-2021

For the first time, cultured retinal cells transplanted & survived in the eyes of mice for a year

A study on mice revealed fatty diets are no good for immunity

New Atlas - 09-Dec-2020

Consuming high fat diet may weaken the immunity and its ability against cancer

Vision loss due to age & glaucoma reversed in mice

Medical Xpress - 02-Dec-2020

David Sinclair says findings are 'transformative for the care of age-related vision diseases'

Discovery of the underlying cause of age-related hearing loss

EurekAlert! - 20-Jul-2020

It is now known it is due to damage in inner ear hair cells

Is it possible to predict biological age with gut microbiome?

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 19-Jun-2020

Models and anti-ageing intervention design enables new ageing clock development

Is it really possible to train for that 100-year milestone?

BBC - 22-May-2020

New concept of 'Centenarian Olympics' allows humans to die young at an old age

Reduced risk of Parkinson's disease for coffee and tea drinkers

Independent - 18-May-2020

Lead study linking caffeine and its disease-slowing potential

This enzyme helps reverse age-related neurodegeneration in mice

EurekAlert! - 18-May-2020

Sheds light to potential treatments for age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's

Parkinson's patient can swim again after stem cell transplant

Newsweek - 14-May-2020

Study and procedure represent a milestone in personalized medicine for Parkinson's

The integral role of gut microbiome in precision medicine

AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - 01-May-2020

Huge potential in a more personalized diagnostics and diet-based disease interventions

Inheritance of damaging mutations decides how long we get to live

GEN News - 10-Apr-2020

With whole exome and genome sequencing we could reveal so many secrets of life

Blood test as multi-cancer detection tool

BBC - 31-Mar-2020

More to look forward as it promises early cancer detection when fine-tuned

A big NO to nootropics - contain drugs that aren't approved by the FDA

VICE - 27-Nov-2019

Unacceptable move by the pharmaceutical industry - be cautious about their side effects

Could you live longer with minimal brain activity?

Big Think - 25-Oct-2019

Gene regulation calmed high neural activity and prolonged life in mice & roundworm

The idea that drinking coffee before bed will keep you awake at night is a myth

Independent - 01-Oct-2019

Unlike alcohol and nicotine, pre-bed consumption of caffeine doesn't disrupt the sleep

Drinking tea could be good for your brain

Independent - 17-Sep-2019

People who drank tea at least 4 times a week for 25 years have better-connected brain regions

Gut and oral human microbiome, mapped

Science Daily - 19-Aug-2019

Study reveals links between bacterial genes and disease risk, key to future protection

Waist size predicts risk of an early death in postmenopausal women

NHS - 25-Jul-2019

Shape of the body matters - it's best to aim for a "pear-shaped" body

Potential performance-enhancing probiotic for the future

New Atlas - 24-Jun-2019

Certain gut bacterial species increase mouse treadmill duration by 13%

Brain foods can improve memory and cognition

Harvard Health Publishing - 29-Apr-2019

These are the same foods that are good for your heart and blood vessels

High dosage vitamin D unlikely to prevent cancer or heart attacks

NHS - 14-Nov-2018

Would be interesting to compare to people with low vitamin D blood levels

Crowdfunding NAD+ Mouse Lifespan Study

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 18-Sep-2018

This project aims to observe if the NAD+ precursor has a positive effect over aging mice

Low-calorie diet prevents age-related molecular changes

Medical Xpress - 25-May-2018

Short-term diets may accelerate the manifestation of aging symptoms

Why NAD+ Declines With Age

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 19-Mar-2018

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is a vital component of cellular function. Decrease level of N...

Biosensors as a Tattooed Interface

Digital Journal - 01-Oct-2017

Dermal Abyss research involves a novel approach in which the surface of the body is rendered as a...

Do moisturisers really work?

BBC - 03-Aug-2017

Moisturisers do help by supplying water to the skin and trapping it there. Key ingredients in mo...

Frequent ejaculation may decrease prostate cancer risk

NHS - 06-Jul-2017

Men who ejaculate more than 20 times a month less likely to report prostate cancer than those eja...

Moderate drinking linked to lower risk of some heart conditions

BMJ - 22-Mar-2017

Study of nearly 2 million adults who were free from CVD at baseline. Non-drinkers were separated...

New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions

New York Times - 21-Mar-2017

Synthetic embryos could be assembled from stem cells that can organize themselves into embryolike...

New brain implant design to restore vision to the blind

Next Big Future - 09-Feb-2017

Until now, implanted electrodes eventually become useless, as scar tissue forms that degrades the...

Different blood pressure in right and left arms could signal trouble

Harvard Health Publishing - 12-Jul-2016

A significant difference in the pressure recorded in the right and left arms can signal circulato...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and extends life

Mirror - 22-May-2016

Higher apple intake associated with lower mortality in older women. Beneifts from high concentra...

Rapid detection of bacterial infection

New Scientist - 06-May-2016

Standard tests for bacterial infections involve growing bacterial cultures from patient samples a...

Fruit sugar is slow release, but not in juice

Harvard Health Publishing - 01-Mar-2016

US guidelines are that no more than 10% of your calories should come from from sugar. Study foun...

Lifespan Machine studies random variation in worm death (VIDEO)

STAT - 02-Feb-2016

Fascinating video of analysis of differences in lifespan of identical organisms. Harvard Medical...

Gene-editing record could enable xenotransplants

Nature - 06-Oct-2015

Harvard Medical School use CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to inactivate 62 porcine endogenou...

Harvard professor believes anti-aging pill is only a few years away

Sydney Morning Herald - 03-Oct-2015

If the greatest driver of disease in old age is old age itself, then why not find a cure for agei...

Two New Teams Join Global Effort to Bioengineer a New Liver

New Organ - 04-Feb-2015

New Organ, a collective initiative for biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine, announce...