Congrats to MIT student Geoffrey von Maltzahn!

Congrats to MIT student Geoffrey von Maltzahn! He's a 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) and he did his undergrad at MIT (Course 10). He received the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his research in the area of cancer therapy and nanomedicine: a new class of cancer therapeutics and a new paradigm for enhancing drug delivery to tumors. Nanotechnology is such an exciting area right now, especially in the area of oncology and drug delivery. I envy those who are devoting their lives to biologic research and applying innovations in technology to improve healthcare.

MIT and Harvard using PDAs to monitor TB in Peru

The folks over at MIT and Harvard are at it again. They are using a PDA to monitor TB treatment in patients living in Peru. The Harvard/MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program is really about the technology. As I read about these types of projects, I wish I could be a college or medical student again. The opportunities are endless for students these days. Technology allows them to do so much more than ever before.