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Gene Richardson, MD, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how his background in anthropology, philosophy, Buddhism, and medicine led him to a deeper understanding of public health challenges – including inequality -- throughout the world.

Panic and anxiety disorders affect two to four percent of Americans. However, those afflicted often know little about these conditions and suffer from a lack of treatment options. In her work at Massachusetts General Hospital, Amanda Baker, PhD, is striving to develop an improved -- and personalized -- standard of care.

John Quackenbush, PhD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses his research on networks within the genome that impact the functionality of cells.

Due to a deep societal stigma around HIV, many individuals in Southern India do not seek care. Brian Chan of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, explains how mixed methods approach to combating these obstacles.

This week on ThinkResearch, Raj Gupta of MGH, explains how his team, along with his engineering background, is working to advance the future of clinical imaging to improve efficiency and accessibility.

Oren Ganor, MD of Boston Children’s Hospital discusses the important challenges and considerations in providing safe and ethical resources to transgender individuals.

Dr. Anne Thorndike of Massachusetts General Hospital, explains how choice architecture and improved food labeling can change our eating choices.

Caterina Stamoulis, PhD, of Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses the next generation of neuroscience experiments that use noisy, big data collected in unsupervised settings.

Although interventions to help individuals suffering from bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia exist, they tend to focus solely on mitigating the illness. Roscoe Brady, PhD, of McLean Hospital, and his team are advancing promising research to determine the neurological basis for the symptoms of these illnesses. Their goal: to understand the neurological differences in brains afflicted with these conditions in comparison with healthy brains

When the first line of epileptic drugs fail to control seizures in young children, doctors turn to resective surgery. Christos Papadelis, PhD, of Children’s Hospital, explains to us the noninvasive imaging he is developing to improve these surgical outcomes.