The Harvard Gazette

Sarah Fortune

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Researcher viewed through lab door posted with safety signs.

Same old labs but not

Researchers across Harvard's Schools and affiliates settle into masked, distanced, rigidly scheduled shifts, and resume the important work they love

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DateJuly 16, 2020July 17, 2020

Americans are weary of lockdowns, but if COVID surges, what then?

Experts are thinking through the options as a jump is possible in fall

DateJune 16, 2020June 18, 2020

Test tubes and a gloved hand.

A multipronged attack against a shared enemy

Harvard scientists take various approaches in the race for a treatment for the deadly coronavirus

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DateMarch 30, 2020March 31, 2020

empty subway.

On-again, off-again looks to be best social-distancing option

Chan School coronavirus analysis finds strategy would prevent overwhelming hospitals while building immunity

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DateMarch 27, 2020

Empty lab.

Scaled-down labs felt ‘this special responsibility’

Harvard scientists put research on hold for safety, saw chance to help hospitals with precious gear

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DateMarch 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Tuberculosis and HIV targeted by student researchers

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DateFebruary 20, 2014May 2, 2019

Barry Bloom offered reflections on TB research during the “TB in the 21st Century" symposium, which honored HSPH's 100th anniversary (photo 1). Gokhan Hotamisligil, chair of the School’s Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, focused in part on the obesity epidemic and the link between metabolism and immunity (photo 2), while Associate Professor Sarah Fortune pointed out that the No. 1 risk factor for TB globally was not HIV, but diabetes.

TB’s links to diabetes

Symposium draws researchers to strategize against metabolic diseases

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DateOctober 16, 2013May 10, 2019

Why some TB cells resist antibiotics

Findings could lead to more effective treatment for global disease

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DateDecember 16, 2011March 15, 2019

Several hundred researchers gathered for the Fifth Annual New England Tuberculosis Symposium, sponsored by the Harvard Global Health Institute, for sessions covering topics that ranged from new findings on how the tuberculosis bacteria grows, to the body’s immune response to infection, to the latest progress toward a more effective vaccine.

A focus on battling tuberculosis

Regional symposium draws researchers to share their insights

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DateJune 24, 2011April 26, 2019

Nine Harvard faculty members win NIH’s Pioneer, Innovator Awards

Grants total $15 million over five years

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DateSeptember 20, 2007