About HMX
HMX offers a unique
approach to online learning
in medical education.
HMX courses have been envisioned and created by a highly skilled interdisciplinary team of Harvard Medical School educators and creative professionals. Together we craft curricula focused on bringing medical science concepts to life via real-world and clinical applications.
We apply the science of learning and best practices in biomedical visualization to guide the development of our courses. Our goal is to help learners focus on the understanding and application of key scientific principles, with interactive lessons and regular assessments to ensure content mastery.
Since HMX launched in 2016, we’ve delivered these unique courses to a growing number of students and professionals around the world.
What We Offer
Our courses cover key areas of medicine, from foundational science to advanced topics that are changing health care. See all available courses in our HMX Fundamentals and HMX Pro series.
Who It’s For
Learners at all levels have taken HMX courses to get ahead in their education and careers.
See what some of them have to say about the experience.
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The HMX team
Michael J. Parker, MD
Associate Dean for Online Learning Research / Faculty Director of HMX / Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Joanne H. Muller, MA, CMI
Senior Director of Product Development
Safiya Bobb
Associate Director, Program Operations
Matt Bunch
Director of Software Engineering and Data Architecture
Marysa Angelli
Operations Coordinator
Catherine Clapp
Senior Marketing Manager
Lauren McHale
Coordinator for Institutional and Corporate Relations
Enrique Caballero, MD
Faculty Director of Institutional and Corporate Relations
Caity Anderson, PhD
Associate Director of Curriculum / Lecturer in Genetics
Hannah Kilfoye, MS
Senior Program Operations Manager
Harriett Arzu
Online Course Delivery Support Specialist
Dahye Kim
Online Course Delivery Support Specialist
Nese Dogusan Alexander
Operations Coordinator
Elizaveta Wick, PhD
Pharmacology Curriculum Lead / Research Associate in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Laura Dedmon, MBBS, MSci
Scientific Content Writer and Editor
Saman Doroodgar Jorshery, MD, MPH
Teaching Associate / AI in Medicine Curriculum Lead
Faculty
Physiology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD
Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
Michael J. Parker, MD
Associate Dean for Online Learning / Faculty Director of HMX / Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Melanie Hoenig, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Nephrologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Barbara LeVarge, MD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Pulmonologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (former)
Duane Pinto, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Interventional Cardiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Genetics
PRIMARY FACULTY
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School (former)
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
Senior Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jonathan Picker, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Huma Rana, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Immunology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Marshall Thomas, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School (former)
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Jules Dienstag, MD
Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Keith Flaherty, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Hematologist/ Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School / Dermatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
David Sloane, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School / Allergist and Immunologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Biochemistry
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kevin Bonham, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School (former)
Ole-Petter (“OP”) Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Endocrinologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Marie E. McDonnell, MD
Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Endocrinologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Eli Miloslavsky, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Rheumatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pharmacology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
James P. Rathmell, MD
Primary Clinical Faculty
Leroy D. Vandam Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School / Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
David E. Golan, MD, PhD
Primary Advising Faculty
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School /
Dean for Research Operations and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School /
George R. Minot Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Nikhil C. Munshi, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pritesh Topiwala, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School (former)
Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
Senior Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
George Demetri, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
William Hahn, MD, PhD
William Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
William Kaelin, MD
Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Tali Mazor, PhD
Computational Biologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jonathan Nowak, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Molecular Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Huma Rana, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Alice Shaw, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Thoracic Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lynette Sholl, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Immuno-oncology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Pike, PhD
Lecturer in Immunology, Harvard Medical School / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Keith Flaherty, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Hematologist/ Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Gordon Freeman, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Timothy Graubert, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Hematologist/Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
F. Stephen Hodi, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Hematologist/Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nikhil C. Munshi, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Lynette Sholl, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Scott Rodig, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD
Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard Medical School / Chair of the Department of Immunology and Director of the Mouse Engineering Core, Harvard Medical School
Genetics – Essentials
PRIMARY FACULTY
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School (former)
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
Senior Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
George Church, PhD
Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School / Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Isaac (“Zak”) Kohane, MD, PhD
Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School / Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Heidi Rehm, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Chief Genomics Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pharmacology – Essentials
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
James P. Rathmell, MD
Primary Clinical Faculty
Leroy D. Vandam Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School / Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
David E. Golan, MD, PhD
Primary Advising Faculty
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Dean for Research Operations and Global Programs, Harvard Medical School /
George R. Minot Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, ObsEva SA / Harvard Medical School alumna
Vishal Patel, PhD
Chief of Staff, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research / Harvard Medical School alumnus
Peter Sorger, PhD
Otto Krayer Professor of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Pritesh Topiwala, MD
Instructor in Anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Novel Therapies for Chronic Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Allergy
PRIMARY FACULTY
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Pike, PhD
Lecturer in Immunology, Harvard Medical School / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Michael Dougan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Aidan Long, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Allergist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School / Dermatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Deepak Rao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Rheumatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Michael Weinblatt, MD
John R. Riedman Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Rheumatologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Genetic Testing and Sequencing Technologies
PRIMARY FACULTY
Caity Anderson, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
David Miller, MD, PhD
Primary Clinical Faculty
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Boston Children’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Mark Daly, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School (former)
Amit Khera, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Cynthia Morton, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anne O’Donnell Luria, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Medical Geneticist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Michelle Pacione, EdM, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Timothy Yu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Drug Delivery
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD
Primary Faculty
Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Critical Care Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital
Philip Cole, MD, PhD
Primary Advising Faculty
Professor of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Senior Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Michael Agus, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Endocrinologist and Pediatric Critical Care Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital
Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Endocrinologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Ana Jaklenec, PhD
Research Scientist and Principal Investigator, MIT
Jeffrey Karp, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Robert Langer, ScD
David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT / Faculty, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Xueguang Lu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MIT
Morteza Sarmadi, MSc
PhD candidate, MIT
Garry Steil, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Physiologist and Research Engineer, Boston Children’s Hospital
C. Giovanni Traverso, MB, BChir, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Gastroenterologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
Yang Li, PhD
Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital
Wei Zhang, PhD
Instructor in Anesthesiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Vaccines and Viral Immunology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Pike, PhD
Lecturer in Immunology, Harvard Medical School / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Galit Alter, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dan Barouch, MD, PhD
William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jules Dienstag, MD
Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Stephen C. Harrison, PhD
Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
Kathryn E. Stephenson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Bruce Walker, MD
Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Drug Discovery and Development
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
Mark Goldberg, MD
Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Attending Physician in Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Member of Board of Directors at Avacta Group PLC
Mark Namchuk, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Executive Director of Therapeutics Translation in Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
William Clarke, MD
Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Critical Care Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital
Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Senior Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President of Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals / Senior Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Julie Buring, DSc
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Rory Collins, FRS, FMedSci
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oxford / Principal Investigator and Chief Executive, UK Biobank
Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Agile Therapeutics / Owner and President, KNI Health Consultants / Harvard Medical School alumna
Sam Moskowitz, MD
Executive Medical Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals / Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Paul Negulescu, PhD
Senior Vice President and Site Head of San Diego Research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Saurabh Saha, MD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Centessa Pharmaceuticals / Associate Member, Harvard Medical School
Priya Singhal, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Head of Global Safety & Regulatory Sciences, Biogen / Harvard Medical School alumna
Frank Slack, PhD
Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professor, Harvard Medical School / Director of the Institute for RNA Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vishal Vaidya, PhD
Senior Director and Head of Clinical Biomarker Technologies, Pfizer / Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
Juli Coraor Fried
MD/PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School
Michael Poeschla
MD/PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School
Gene Therapy
PRIMARY FACULTY
Caity Anderson, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School / Genetics Curriculum Lead, HMX
Connie Cepko, PhD
Bullard Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School / Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Christine Duncan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Senior Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center / Medical Director of Clinical Research and Clinical Development, Gene Therapy Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Jason Comander, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School / Director of the Inherited Retinal Disorders Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
David Corey, PhD
Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science, Harvard Medical School
Florian Eichler, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School / Neurologist and Director of the Leukodystrophy Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Erica Esrick, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Hematologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School / Ophthalmologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Director of the Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School / Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital / Co-Director of the Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Service, Massachusetts General Hospital / Faculty, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Williams, MD
Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital / Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
Jillian F. Wise, PhD
Instructor in Investigation, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School / Broad Institute
Jordan Said, MD
Internal Medicine Resident, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Allie Stanton
PhD Candidate, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Drug Development
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Associate Director of Curriculum, HMX
Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Senior Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Scott Berry, PhD
President and Senior Statistical Scientist, Berry Consultants
Julie Buring, ScD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Rory Collins, FRS, FMedSci
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oxford / Principal Investigator and Chief Executive, UK Biobank
George Q. Daley, MD, PhD
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University / Dean of Harvard Medical School / Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Robert A. Stranahan Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Margaret Hamburg, MD
Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine / President, American Association for the Advancement of Science / Former Commissioner, FDA / Harvard Medical School alumna
Joe Miletich, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President of Discovery, Preclinical, and Early Development, Merck
Marc Pfeffer, MD, PhD
Victor J. Dzau Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiovascular Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Alice Shaw, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Thoracic Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Priya Singhal, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Head of Global Safety & Regulatory Sciences, Biogen / Harvard Medical School alumna
Meredith Buxton, PhD, MPH
President and CEO of Global Coalition for Adaptive Research
Brian Alexander, MD, MPH
CEO of Foundation Medicine / Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School / Disease Center Leader of the Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana–Farber Cancer / Institute Director of Therapeutic Science, Harvard Medical School
Michelle Albert, MD, MPH
Associate Dean of Admissions, Professor of Medicine, and Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco / President of the American Heart Association
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
Juli Coraor Fried
MD/PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School
Hannah Hoffman
MD/PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
PRIMARY FACULTY
Caity Anderson, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics, Harvard Medical School / Genetics Curriculum Lead, HMX
Ben Kleinstiver, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School / Assistant Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital / Kayden-Lambert Research Scholar, Massachusetts General Hospital
Art Krieg, MD
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School / Founder and former CSO, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Melissa Moore, PhD
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School / former CSO, Moderna, Inc.
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Daniel Bauer, MD, PhD
Donald S. Fredrickson, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School / Attending Physician, Dana–Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center / Dagres Family Chair, Director of the Gene Therapy Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth Buchbinder, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Oncologist, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute within the Melanoma Disease Center
Partha Ghosh, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School / Pediatric Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Muthiah (Mano) Manoharan, PhD
Senior Vice President of Drug Innovation, Head of Innovation Chemistry, and Distinguished Research Scientist, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Intellia Therapeutics
Catherine Wu, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Oncologist, Chief of the Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, and Lavine Family Chair for Preventative Cancer Therapies, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
Drug Discovery
PRIMARY FACULTY
Liza Wick, PhD
Research Associate in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Pharmacology Curriculum Lead, HMX
Lyn Jones, PhD
Research Associate in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Director of the Center for Protein Degradation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Art Krieg, MD
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School / Founder and former CSO, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Paula O-Keeffe Endowed Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center / Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Program and Attending Physician, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy Division of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeff Way, PhD
Lecturer in Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
David Avigan, MD
Theodore W. and Evelyn G. Berenson Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cancer Center Director, Senior Vice President of Cancer Services, and Chief of Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Felicia Ciuculescu, MD
Tech Transfer Director, Cell Manipulation Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
John Diener, PhD
Senior Vice President, Tectonic
Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD
George P. Canellos, MD, and Jean S. Canellos Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Chair of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Anastasia Khvorova, PhD
Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School / Director-at-large/Scientific & Research Council Chair, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
Milka Kostic, PhD
Lecturer, Biological Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard Medical School / Director, Chemical Biology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sarah Nikiforow, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Technical Director, Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program and Medical Director, Connell and O’Reilly Families Cell Manipulation Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Carl Novina, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Principal Investigator, Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Founder, Microbial Machines / Founder, Dynamic Cell Therapies, Inc.
Pamela Silver, PhD
Elliott T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Current and Past HMX Moderators
Elliot Akama-Garren
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2025
Adam Berger
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Juli Coraor Fried
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2024
Anže Godicelj
Harvard Medical School student
PhD Candidate, 2025
Hannah Hoffman
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2029
Catherine Jacob-Dolan, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Gha Young Lee
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2024
Kevin Ma, DDS, FRSPH, FRSM
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Harrison Ngue
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2031
Phani Paladugu, MMSc, MS
Research Scholar
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School Alumnus (MS 2021)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College student
MD Candidate, 2026
Michael Quezada
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2029
Jacob Ronald Anderson
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Gaspar Pacheco Ruidíaz
Harvard Medical School student
PhD Candidate, 2028
Justine Rutter
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2028
Priya Shah, MD
Pediatrics Resident
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Harvard Medical School Alumna
Blake Smith
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2026
Jesús Valdiviezo, PhD
Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School
