A month before starting medical school, Claire Brown was diagnosed with cancer. The MD-PhD student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology - HST Program was already passionate about cancer research. Living through the disease underscored the importance of the work. “I would really like to actually take an idea all the way from its inception to bringing it into the actual clinic and seeing it change people’s lives,” Brown said. Brown looks forward to spending more time in the hospital a

To grab a slice of the $2 trillion quantum economy, you need at least a PhD in #physics. Right? Wrong, says Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium. The growing world of quantum offers opportunities to people in many industries, from trained engineers to those with the soft skills that help start-ups flourish. #Quantum technologies are set to transform our lives, as well as the global economy. This World Economic Forum report offers guidance to busines