Harvard Medical School


Department of Health and Human Services Broadens Harvard Investigation, Requests Antisemitism Task Force Documents

The United States Department of Health and Human Services broadened the scope of its investigation into Harvard on April 7 to include events at the entire University since Oct. 7, 2023, in addition to pro-Palestine imagery displayed by Harvard Medical School students at commencement ceremonies last spring.


NIH Pauses Awards to Harvard, Other Schools With Frozen Funding

The National Institutes of Health has been instructed not to make grant payments to Harvard and other universities whose funds have been frozen, according to an internal email reported by several news outlets.


At Grim Town Hall, Harvard Medical School Leaders Tell Staff to Expect Layoffs and Far-Reaching Cuts

Harvard Medical School leadership told employees at a town hall Wednesday morning that the school was preparing to make staffing reductions and cut programs as a result of the Trump administration’s actions against Harvard — including a $2.2 billion freeze.


Stop-Work Orders Roll In for Harvard Researchers After $2.2 Billion Pause in Federal Funds

Harvard-affiliated researchers have begun receiving stop-work orders on contracts worth tens of millions of dollars less than one day after the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion pause of federally-funded research Monday evening.


Harvard’s Researchers Take Center Stage in Funding Showdown With Trump

David R. Walt, a professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, lost hundreds of thousands in research funding from the Trump administration last week — just two months after receiving the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement.


In Letter to Employees, Mass General Brigham CEO Says Impact of Funding Cuts Remains Uncertain

Mass General Brigham CEO Anne Klibanski responded to funding threats against its hospitals in an email to employees on Monday night, writing that the impact of the federal funding freeze on MGB and Harvard Medical School’s other teaching hospitals “remains unknown.”


More Than $110 Million in NIH Grants to Harvard, Affiliated Hospitals Terminated Since Late February

The National Institutes of Health has terminated research grants worth more than $110 million to Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals since late February, according to public Department of Health and Human Services filings reviewed by The Crimson.


Harvard Medical School Submits Documents in Antisemitism Investigation

Harvard Medical School submitted documentation to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights in cooperation with a Title VI antidiscrimination investigation into pro-Palestine student activism at the school’s 2024 commencement.


Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest

The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts will be felt by Boston hospitals, not the University.


17 Senators Call for Release of HMS Researcher Kseniia Petrova

A group of 17 U.S. senators demanded the release of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova, who was detained in Boston Logan Airport after a personal trip to France in February, in a Monday letter.


HMS Researchers Find Open-Source AI Tool As Accurate As GPT-4 In Diagnosing Patient Case Studies

Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that a new open-source artificial intelligence tool is diagnosing patients as accurately as leading proprietary models — like OpenAI’s GPT-4 — for the first time.


‘Relief and Excitement’: Harvard Medical School Students Match Into Residency

Match Day is an annual tradition taking place on the third Friday of March in which graduating medical students across the country learn where they will spend their residency, a process through which they train in a specialty. Nearly half of the newly-matched students, 78, were placed at an HMS-affiliated training program. Internal medicine was the most popular specialty, with 51 matched students.


Russian HMS Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation

Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her research visa was revoked last month for inadvertently failing to properly declare frog embryos she brought into the country.


HMS Researchers Discover Key Protein in Activating Autoimmune Responses

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified a key protein in the human immune system that drives inflammatory and autoimmune conditions when it turns against the body.


Two Harvard Medical School Professors Sue Trump Admin for Removing Research That Mentioned LGBTQ Health

Two Harvard Medical School professors sued the Trump administration Wednesday afternoon for removing their research from a government-run website for including terms recently banned by the administration, alleging the removals violated their First Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act.


More Than 500 Researchers, Physicians Rally at Boston Common To Protest Trump’s Attacks on Research Funding

Hundreds of researchers, physicians, and students — including Harvard faculty — rallied at Boston Common on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut federal funding for scientific research, lay off federal employees, and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programming at universities.


Harvard, 10x Genomics Settle Patent Dispute With Vizgen

Biotechnology company 10x Genomics and Harvard University reached a Feb. 6 settlement in a patent lawsuit that they jointly filed against Vizgen Inc. in 2022.


HMS Research Identifies Metabolic Enzyme That Facilitates Lung Cancer Growth

Researchers at the Harvard Medical School discovered that the enzyme GUK1 promotes lung cancer growth by boosting the metabolism of tumor cells, according to a Feb. 6 study published in Cell.


Garber Blasts Trump’s Limits on NIH Support for Indirect Costs

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 slammed the Trump administration’s Friday decision to limit National Institutes of Health funding for overhead costs associated with research projects in a Sunday afternoon email.


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