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Test tubes in a tray in a lab

Antimicrobial Resistance Fighters

Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance to leverage strengths of the university and medical center to research mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and develop new strategies for treatment and education

Around the World with Epilepsy

Phil Haydon was just fifteen years old when he suffered a severe brain injury that resulted in post-traumatic epilepsy. Today he’s the Chair of Tufts School of Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and in November of 2021 he plans to set sail from Boston

Boosting Heart Health

The Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) at Tufts Medical Center was established in 1998 to advance understanding of cardiovascular diseases, identify new clinical strategies, and train the next generation of cardiovascular scientists.
David Farber, M95, and Muhammad “Mo” Feteiha, M95

Why We Give

David Farber, M95, and Muhammad "Mo" Feteiha, M95 rallied classmates to establish the Mark A. Engleman, M.D., Class of 1995 Scholarship in memory of their friend, who died in April 2016.
Illustration of a water molecule and cholera bacteria

Outsmarting Cholera

The tide is turning in a fifty-year war on a persistent strain of cholera, thanks to a team co-led by Tufts scientists and their research on the molecule cGAMP.
Connor O’Boyle, MG17 (MBS), M21, and Dublin, his golden retriever at the Floating Hospital for Children

Give Paws

For an hour every Sunday, Connor O’Boyle, MBS17, M21, and Dublin, his three-year-old English cream golden retriever, visit patients at the Floating Hospital for Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Illustration of a molecule with people standing on the elements

Cooperative Outlook

Tufts may be one of the smallest universities with a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH, but it’s also especially adept at securing new partnerships beyond campus. Outlined here are three examples of exciting recent collaborations.
John Rich, left, and Roy Martin.

Leveling the Playing Field for All Patients

At a time when homicide is the leading cause of death for African American men between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four, health-care professionals must find ways to stem the violence.
Betty Liu, M19

Chef, MD

When Betty Liu, M19, left her native California to study architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, she missed her mother’s Shanghainese cooking.