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At HST’s 35th anniversary, Barbara Smith, Class of 1983, outlined some of the recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. |
More than 350 alums, faculty, students, and friends of the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology gathered on Sept. 23 to 25 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of this educational and research enterprise. Showcasing the scope of its bench-to-bedside accomplishments, the weekend featured a faculty poster session, a daylong symposium with talks by 16 alums, an exhibition of current HST educational programs and research centers, and an evening gala.
Among the presenters was Barbara Smith, Class of 1983 and HMS assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. She outlined recent advances in breast cancer care, including diagnosis, surgical and radiation therapy, and prognosis, involving techniques of genetic analysis, biopsy, and MRI.
Acknowledging the extraordinary accomplishments of the division, HMS dean Joseph Martin praised the worldwide impact of HST achievements.
“If we didn’t have HST we would be thinking of creating it now,” said Harvard provost Steven Hyman.
Current HST directors Joseph Bonventre and Martha Gray spoke of the enormous strides the program has made over the past 35 years, including expanding its faculty to 62 members and its affiliated faculty to 211, increasing its student body from 25 to 430, and growing from one graduate-level degree program to eight. They described the commitment of HST to the vision of those individuals who saw the accomplishments that could be achieved by creating educational programs and research initiatives at the intersection of the biological and physical sciences, of engineering and medicine. A highlight of the weekend was the recognition of HST founding director Irving London, professor emeritus of medicine at HMS and professor emeritus of biology at MIT.
For more information on HST and the 35th anniversary, please go to http://hst.harvard.edu.