Congratulations to the amazing MD-PhD Class of 2024 on achieving the matches of their dreams!♥️ “Kid[s], you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!” (from Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by the good doctor Seuss). Next stop: Graduation!

An inspiring gathering of our social science MD-PhD students & faculty to share their research initiatives at the intersection of medicine & health policy, economics, epidemiology, history, anthro, sociology, & more. Amazing company & talks! NIGMS Training & Capacity Building The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Harvard Medical School

Congratulations to Yonathan Janka, graduate of our HEART summer program, on receiving a cancer biology poster presentation award ABRCMS for his research performed in Dr. Humsa Venkatesh’s lab Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School. WAY TO GO!

A weekend to remember! With record-breaking attendance, the 41st annual The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program retreat on Cape Cod was the perfect mix of science, festivities, comradery, & inspiration. An incredible group of empathic, multitalented difference makers. NIGMS Training & Capacity Building Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

An eye-opening piece from The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program students Arya Rao & Shira Hornstein in STAT: statnews.com/2023/08/29/cli… NIGMS Training & Capacity Building The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Harvard Medical School

A celebratory lunch send off at Fenway in honor of Lara Welch, our dear The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program admin assistant for the last 2 years. Wishing you the best in your next chapter as you complete your MA in Nutrition & begin culinary school. We will miss you so (and those homemade cookies)!

Happy Sundae! A wonderfully sweet gathering of The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program social science trainees. Huge thanks to our host Lindsay Overhage for organizing AND the homemade ice cream…with toppings cart! 🍨

Congratulations to our amazing Entering MD-PhD Class of 2023 on receiving their white coats - a very special milestone and photo op! Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A picture perfect day for our annual summer barbecue! Such a wonderful gathering of our MD-PhD community of students and faculty.

Let the training begin! We are thrilled to be welcoming the The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program entering class of 2023!

Congratulations to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Sharon Kim and mentor Vamsi Mootha on Sharon’s successful thesis defense entitled, “The Gordian Knot of Oxygen and Iron.” We couldn’t be prouder! Harvard Griffin GSAS BBS at Harvard

So proud of our very own Carla Carol Winter for her successful thesis defense entitled, “The road from thought to action: a brain-wide atlas of spinal projecting neurons.” And kudos to her mentor, Zhigang He. Amazing work! Harvard Griffin GSAS BBS at Harvard The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program

Congratulations to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Zeshan Hussain on his successful thesis defense entitled, “Towards Precision Oncology – A Predictive and Causal Lens.” Shout out to David Sontag for his extraordinary mentorship! MIT EECS

Congratulations to Kait Chowdhary and his mentors Drs. Christophe Benoist and Diane Mathis on Kait’s successful thesis defense entitled, “Decoding Regulatory T Cell Transcription Factor Networks: From Identity to Diversity.” Way to go! The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program Division of Medical Sciences at HMS

We are thrilled to share news of The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Kaustav Gopinathan’s successful thesis defense entitled, “Microfluidic Transistors for the Control of Liquids and Particles.” Truly groundbreaking work under the mentorship of Dr. Mehmet Toner. Harvard Griffin GSAS Kaustav Gopinathan

Congratulations to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Dana Vigue and her mentor Arthur Kleinman on a successful thesis defense entitled, “’Strength is a Product of Trust’ An Ethnographic Study of Trauma-Informed Weight Lifting in the United States.” We’re so proud of you! Harvard Anthropology

Congratulations to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Joyce Kang, PhD and mentor Soumya Raychaudhuri Soumya Raychaudhuri সৌম্য রায়চৌধুরী on a successful thesis defense entitled, “Integrative analysis of large-scale single-cell genomics data in immune-mediated diseases.” Way to go, Joyce! Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG)

Big congrats to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Rahul Gupta and his advisors Vamsi Mootha and Benjamin Neale! Rahul successfully defended his thesis entitled, “Nuclear genetic control of mitochondrial function and its contribution to human disease: insights at biobank scale.” BBS at Harvard

Hats off to The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Joseph Sedlak on his successful thesis defense entitled, “The Role of Prostaglandins and a High-fat Diet in Colorectal Cancer Metastasis” under the mentorship of Omer Yilmaz. Congrats Joseph! Harvard Griffin GSAS

So proud of The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program student Layla Siraj, Ph.D. for her successful thesis defense entitled, “Characterizing Regulatory Elements and Non-Coding Variants in The Human Genome.” And kudos to mentors Eric Lander and Hilary Finucane! Amazing work! Harvard Griffin GSAS