Tag: Medical
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Campus & Community
Looking ahead
He’s an economist, a researcher, and a physician, and he’s about to become provost. On the day (April 15) that President Drew Faust announced that he would be Harvard’s next provost, Alan M. Garber ’76 sat down with the Gazette to talk about his career, his new role, and facilitating connections across traditional academic boundaries…
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Campus & Community
Harvard extends benefits in advance of health reform deadline
Harvard University is extending medical and dental benefits to eligible employees’ dependents who otherwise would become ineligible for continued coverage. This extension began June 1.
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Nation & World
Days to find a doctor
Patients at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative field hospital at Fond Parisien, Haiti, share their stories of the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake and its aftermath.
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Nation & World
‘Building back, better’
Haitians face a long road for post-earthquake recovery. Some Harvard faculty members will walk it with them.
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Campus & Community
Flu continues, shots do too
With influenza activity in the Boston area continuing to increase, the Harvard community is reminded that free flu vaccines are still available to all Harvard faculty and staff through Harvard University Health Services (HUHS).
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Campus & Community
Flu continues, shots do too
With influenza activity in the Boston area continuing to increase, the Harvard community is reminded that free flu vaccines are still available to all Harvard faculty and staff through Harvard University Health Services (HUHS). The flu shots will be given on the third floor of HUHS in Holyoke Center during regular weekly office hours. Similarly,…
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Campus & Community
Flu shots still available
Free flu vaccines are still available to all Harvard faculty and staff through Harvard University Health Services (HUHS). The flu shots will be given on the third floor of HUHS in Holyoke Center during regular weekly office hours. Similarly, faculty and staff may also receive flu shots at satellite HUHS offices at the Longwood Medical…
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Campus & Community
Flu shots still available
Free flu vaccines are still available to all Harvard faculty and staff through Harvard University Health Services (HUHS).
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Health
Gene therapy demonstrates benefit in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers have reported the first clinical evidence that gene therapy reduces symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an important milestone for this promising treatment . Described in the February issue of the journal Human Gene Therapy, the findings stem from a study of two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis conducted in Germany and led…
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Campus & Community
Making medical and family ends meet
For Harvard Medical School researchers and clinicians, nothing is in shorter supply than time – and time is money. For Sonya Shin, relief comes from the Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship for Scholars in Medicine.