Alumni Health Care

Alumni Spotlight: Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, SB ’08, LGO ’16

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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, SB ’08, LGO ’16, is one of eight recipients of this year's Margaret L. A. MacVicar, SB ’65, ScD ’67, Award, which is given in recognition of one’s innovation at, dedication to, and impact on the MIT Alumni Association or the Institute in any area of volunteer activity.

Apr 20, 2021
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Press Source: The Wall Street Journal

FDA’s deadline problem?

End-of-year approvals are later associated with more hospitalizations, life-threatening events and deaths, according to a new study.
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Press Source: Psychiatric Times (Opinion Piece)

A brainier approach to ESG investing

"The term Brain Capital is used to evoke the importance of valuing, investing in, and safeguarding our mental assets."
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MIT Sloan Experts Artificial Intelligence

Professor Rosalind Picard discusses AI in healthcare

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MIT Media Lab's Rosalind Picard will be a guest at "Live do Valor," hosted by Valor Econômico editor João Luiz Rosa, to discuss new developments in artificial intelligence applied to the healthcare industry.

Mar 24, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Digital health care is on the uptake, but 4 hurdles remain

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Executives from telehealth providers Teladoc, Maven, and InterSystems detail virtual health care’s biggest challenges post-pandemic.

Mar 18, 2021
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Press Source: The New York Times (Opinion Piece)

The drugs at the heart of our pricing crisis

"Prices of new drugs will continue to make headlines...But we must fix the problem that older biologic drugs have perpetually high prices..."
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Press Source: Boston Business Journal

FDA fast-tracked more MIT-born biotechs than industry average, study fin...

“...it’s clear that MIT is creating innovative therapeutics on a regular basis.”
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Press Source: Psychology Today (Opinion Piece)

Tech innovations can help fight COVID – if we do our part

“...artificial intelligence (AI) has played an important role in helping...battle the health crisis, but technology can only do so much.”
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Press Source: Los Angeles Times (Opinion Piece)

Why public health messaging should emphasize vaccine acceptance, not hes...

"...our research highlights how overstating or overemphasizing hesitancy can, by itself, keep others from getting vaccinated."
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Press Economy

No tradeoff between lives and livelihoods in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Two studies by Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad, Prof. John Sterman, and PhD student Tse Yang Lim find that this apparent tradeoff is a false one.

Feb 23, 2021
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