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- 14 Apr 2019
- Harvard Health Innovation Network
Science Slam! Calling all Health Care Researchers, Innovators and Scientists

Are you a scientist, researcher or healthcare innovator? Then come test your skills as science/health care communicator at the Science Slam hosted by the Harvard Health Innovation Network on Thursday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m. at Daedulus in Harvard Square! Slammers will have 3 minutes to explain their innovation or research in a way that the audience will understand. This is a fun and safe way to practice your pitch in front of a group that is rooting for you to succeed!
- 29 Mar 2019
- Harvard edX
New edX Course: The FDA and Prescription Drugs: Current Controverseries in Context

Prescription drugs are among the most common health care interventions and have turned some once-fatal diseases into manageable conditions — but they have also been a growing source of controversy. Patients in the US struggle with increasing costs and express concerns about why many conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, remain without adequate therapeutic options. This course investigates the major issues affecting the regulatory approval and evidence-based use of prescription drugs. You will learn the rules and regulations governing the pricing, marketing, and safety monitoring of approved prescription drugs and the importance of the FDA in regulating key aspects of the pharmaceutical market.
- 08 Mar 2019
- HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator
HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator (KPMA): Intermountain Healthcare Case on late-stage cancer patients

Learn what happens when Intermountain Healthcare invests resources in an innovative precision medicine unit to provide life-extending, genetically targeted therapies to late-stage cancer patients. Faculty co-chairs Richard Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti discuss Intermountain’s Precision Genomics Initiative and its connections to their work with the Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator on the HBS Cold Call podcast.
- 15 Jan 2019
- Harvard Health Innovation Network
Harvard Health Innovation Network - Upcoming Events

The Harvard Health Innovation Network highlights the wide range of innovation & entrepreneurial events and opportunities offered by Harvard & affiliated hospitals. This network is open to all Harvard affiliates - students, practitioners, researchers & faculty - who want to explore a career in innovation and entrepreneurship, learn about how to evaluate and validate venture ideas, connect with a diverse community with a breadth of skill sets and apply for startup funding competitions.

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18 Apr 2019 HBS Working Knowledge

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
Re: Karim R. Lakhani

Radiation oncologists are few in number, especially if you are nowhere near a cancer facility. Could artificial intelligence be used to deliver an oncologist's skills for radiation therapy? Karim R. Lakhani discusses a uniqure open innovation experiment. more

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