Postdoctoral Associate positions are available in the MIT “Humanizing Drug Development” Microphysiological Systems (MPS) liver team, led by Prof Linda Griffith in collaboration with Doug Lauffenburger and Dave Trumper, for a collaboration with NovoNordisk focused on integrating systems biology with MPS for cardiometabolic disease modeling. This team developed the core technology for the PhysioMimix (Liverchip)…
Although we often celebrate the grand achievements, there are many ways that Ramblin’ Wrecks are making the world a better placeThis is the third story in a Georgia Tech Alumni (gtalumni.org) series featured in the Summer 2023 issue called “Acts of Kindness”. A Prescription for Kindness For Linda Griffith, ChE 82, the Georgia Tech infirmary…
Registration is now open for the first Open Endoscopy Forum Gynecology Science and Technology Workshop. The Center for Gynepathology Research (CGR) will host this pre-conference event on Sept. 22, 2023, in conjunction with the Sixth Open Endoscopy Forum, which begins at 5 p.m. the same day. This workshop was created by the strong demand from gynecology surgeons…
Registration is now open for the Sixth Open Endoscopy Forum (OEF) to be held Sept. 22-24, 2023. Register here to join us in Cambridge, MA, for a unique weekend interacting with surgeons, scientists, and entrepreneurs. This meeting is aimed at professionals in gynecology and related fields who want to envision the future together – how can we combine science,…
The endometriosis documentary Below The Belt premiered nationally on June 21, 2023, on PBS. If you watched it or plan to, be sure to watch expert reactions to the film on this Women’s Health panel discussion video. The panel of expert clinicians, scientists, and patients from the MIT community discussed the film after watching an advance…
MIT event panelists discuss how science can help doctors better diagnosis and treat women’s diseases A panel of expert clinicians, scientists, and patients from the MIT community recently reacted to a screening of the endometriosis documentary Below the Belt and explained why excision surgery “is not the answer” for patients with endometriosis. Nearly 300 people attended the Sept. 14, 2022,…
Be sure to read CGR Director Linda Griffith’s article, “‘FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science,” featured in the October 30, 2022 Boston Globe magazine as part of the annual “Women & Power” package. Griffith discusses the need for more research and funding for women’s health and describes how “…existing studies barely scratch the surface of a…
If you want a powerful crash course on why and how MIT is developing groundbreaking new therapies to treat endometriosis, you’ll want to watch this TEDx talk. In it, CGR Director Linda Griffith discusses how MIT researchers and others are “deconstructing and reconstructing the patient” as a way to develop new therapies. About 10 percent of women have…
You are invited to a Nov. 2, 2022, in-person or virtual seminar on sex differences in lung disease with Lisa Henske and Dawn DeMeo (see bios below). In-person attendees are invited to a networking reception following the seminar, featuring e-posters and a panel led by Henske, DeMeo, and Sarah Fortune. This event is part of…
Photo credit Ceal Capistrano “AI for endometriosis? If only there were data!” More than 70 MIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered in MIT’s Killian Court recently to “Stand Up and Be Counted (for Women’s Health),” with a strong representation of individuals concerned about gynecology disorders such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. An estimated 20-25 percent of MIT…