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Michael T. Ty, a neurology resident at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and a Harvard Medial School (HMS) alumnus, died unexpectedly April 3, as the result of a construction accident that killed two others as well. Ty, 28, was driving down Boylston Street when a 10-ton lift platform crashed down on his car. The construction accident also killed two workers who were building Emerson College’s new Piano Row residence hall and student center. Ty graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1999 from Johns Hopkins University and received his MD in 2004 from...
Americans are less healthy than Canadians and have poorer and less accessible healthcare despite spending about twice as much on it per capita, according to a study published by three Harvard Medical School scientists last week. The authors, HMS instructor Karen E. Lasser and assistant professors Stephanie J. Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein, concluded that Americans suffer more from chronic illnesses and obesity than Canadians, are less likely to have one regular doctor, and are almost twice as likely to forego medicine they need because they cannot afford it. The authors also found that Canadians saw smaller disparities in healthcare...
...great department, not just doing all of the brilliant work himself, but having people around him who did brilliant work as well,” Sharp says, adding that over the years, Leder has identified and promoted “remarkable young talent.” Recruited by HMS, Leder says that the post was a “second opportunity” that allowed him “to change research directions and help build a new team.”He now lives with his wife, Aya, in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Leder has three grown children...
...year 1956, the University received more than $5.5 million in donations, mostly through a campaign to raise money for the Harvard Divinity School. Pusey characterized that figure as a million-dollar increase over the same period in the previous year, The Crimson reported at the time. Harvard Medical School (HMS) also benefitted from fundraising efforts. The National Fund for Medical Education announced in early 1956 that it would donate almost $50,000 to HMS to fund increases in faculty salaries. SADDLING STUDENTSGrants and alumni donations were not solely responsible for the additions to Harvard’s coffers that occurred...
...Harvard Medical School (HMS) biochemist’s research on a common cause of blindness in the elderly has generated a lucrative deal with Merck & Co., the US’s second-largest drug provider. Pfeiffer Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Robert R. Rando’s research has paved the way for the manufacturing of drugs that might combat the progression of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common version of AMD which causes vision loss in up to eight million American elderly a year. Merck will pay an initial $3 million, along with later...