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<h2 id="mission">Mission</h2> <p>HST's <a href="/facts/Interdisciplinary/HP0uaNUs">interdisciplinary</a> educational program aims to bring engineering, <a href="/facts/Physical_sciences/30ztjEKK">physical sciences</a>, and <a href="/facts/Biological_sciences/1M1ee3pB">biological sciences</a> from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside. Conversely, it also aims to bring clinical insight from the patient's bedside to the laboratory bench. Consequently, HST students are trained to have a deep understanding of <a href="/facts/Engineering/RFVg8H3I">engineering</a> and scientific fundamentals that complement with hands-on experience in the clinic or in industry. Program graduates become conversant with the underlying quantitative and molecular aspects of both <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a> and <a href="/facts/Biomedical_sciences/4VD878s1">biomedical sciences</a> through the respective resources at Harvard Medical School and MIT. </p> <h2 id="educational-programs">Educational programs</h2> <p>HST offers two doctoral degree programs. The Medical Sciences program leads to an <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Medicine/oojYTemI">MD</a> degree awarded by Harvard and the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) program typically leads to a <a href="/facts/PhD/paJumdN8">PhD</a> degree awarded by MIT.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Both programs require a strong quantitative orientation, hands-on clinical experience, and a focused interdisciplinary research project that culminates in a thesis.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> HST maintains a separate pre-clinical curriculum at <a href="/facts/Harvard_Medical_School/jlqWerKX">Harvard Medical School</a> for its 30 MD candidates. Several of these pre-clinical courses include students from both programs and take place at both Harvard and MIT campuses.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Medical students reintegrate with the rest of the Harvard Medical School class for clinical courses.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> MEMP students take separate engineering courses at MIT and are also required to complete a 12-week immersive clinical experience at a Harvard teaching hospital.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> A few MEMP students each year are selected for neuroimaging or bioastronautics specializations that have specific training paths.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>HST also offers a certificate program for MIT doctoral students called Graduate Education in Medical Sciences (GEMS). The GEMS certificate program offers students an abbreviated and structured experience through coursework and clinical exposure that is based on that required in the HST PhD program.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>While HST had previously offered a terminal <a href="/facts/Master%2527s_degree/lQ5hT1cH">master's degree</a>, this is now only awarded to students withdrawing from the PhD program.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notable-faculty">Notable faculty</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robert_S._Langer/bzxwh1lY">Robert S. Langer</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mehmet_Toner/busUH6dU">Mehmet Toner</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Church_(geneticist)/dlvzcoaT">George Church</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elazer_R._Edelman/5t3LBBNB">Elazer R. Edelman</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sangeeta_Bhatia/GaXr6EMd">Sangeeta Bhatia</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruce_Rosen/qpEDgKsG">Bruce Rosen</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="notable-alumni">Notable alumni</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rumi_Chunara/LPABkK7E">Rumi Chunara</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Ho/asEPLYFF">David Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_McClellan/9DfLChkU">Mark McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Diamandis/jAq6tcX7">Peter Diamandis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Satcher/d7KjasBT">Robert Satcher</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Atul_Butte/17V9DDjr">Atul Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Roozbeh_Ghaffari/G0nP0MKQ">Roozbeh Ghaffari</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bruce_Rosen/qpEDgKsG">Bruce Rosen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/George_R._Wodicka/nWwNRrUe">George Wodicka</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://hst.mit.edu/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://physionet.org">PhysioNet</a></li> <li><a href="http://lcp.mit.edu">LCP</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Program_in_Health_Sciences_and_Technology¶ms=42.3592539_N_71.0953229_W_type:edu">42°21′33″N 71°05′43″W / 42.3592539°N 71.0953229°W / 42.3592539; -71.0953229</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"About HST". Retrieved March 20, 2015. <a href="http://hst.mit.edu/about" target="_blank">http://hst.mit.edu/about</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Catalog" (PDF). catalog.mit.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-10. <a href="http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf" target="_blank">http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Catalog" (PDF). catalog.mit.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-10. <a href="http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf" target="_blank">http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"MD Program | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230437/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/md" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230437/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/md</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230512/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/memp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230512/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/memp</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Curriculum". meded.hms.harvard.edu. <a href="https://meded.hms.harvard.edu/md-program-curriculum" target="_blank">https://meded.hms.harvard.edu/md-program-curriculum</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Overview of MEMP Degree Requirements | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2019-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160416191948/http://hst.mit.edu/academics/memp/degree-requirements" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160416191948/http://hst.mit.edu/academics/memp/degree-requirements</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Catalog" (PDF). catalog.mit.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-10. <a href="http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf" target="_blank">http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/engineering/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology/harvard-mit-health-sciences-technology.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Graduate Education in Medical Sciences (GEMS) Certificate Program | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230616/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/gems" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190505230616/https://hst.mit.edu/academics/gems</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"HST Master's Degree Thesis Guidelines | Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology". Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2019-03-04. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150920041710/http://hst.mit.edu/masters-thesis" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150920041710/http://hst.mit.edu/masters-thesis</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Langer Lab: Professor Robert Langer". Web.mit.edu. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2012-04-17. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Mehmet Toner". Hst.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2015-03-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160406083753/https://hst.mit.edu/user/316" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160406083753/https://hst.mit.edu/user/316</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"George Church". Arep.med.harvard.edu. 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2012-04-17. <a href="http://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/" target="_blank">http://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Elazer Edelman's Laboratory, MIT". Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-17. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/hst-program/erelab/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/hst-program/erelab/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Sangeeta Bhatia's Laboratory, MIT". lmrt.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-05. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150305051747/http://lmrt.mit.edu/about" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150305051747/http://lmrt.mit.edu/about</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Bruce Rosen, HST". Hst.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-08. <a href="https://www.martinos.org/user/5052" target="_blank">https://www.martinos.org/user/5052</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>