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—each an expert in his or her own field. Together we craft curricula with integrated multimedia elements and didactic visuals focused on bringing medical 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.
Whether you’re catching up or getting ahead—or just looking for a new perspective on core medical concepts—we hope you’ll join us for HMX courses.
See what students have to say about HMX courses.
The HMX team
Michael J. Parker, MD
Associate Dean for Online Learning / Faculty Director of HMX / Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Joanne H. Muller, MA, CMI
Director of Creative Media
Sophia P. Snyder
Director of Operations, Finance, and Marketing
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics / Associate Director of Teaching and Research
Jackie Kustan, MA
Senior Medical & Scientific Illustrator/Animator
Jess Ahearn
Senior Educational Video Editor
Safiya Bobb
Operations Manager
Ben Rubenstein, MA
Senior Marketing Manager
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
Claire Stone
Senior Operations Coordinator
Matt Bunch
Principal Software Engineer
Dorothy Fatunmbi, MS
Medical & Scientific Illustrator/Animator
Marysa Angelli
Operations Assistant
Andrew Pike, PhD
Lecturer in Immunology / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
YeaRim Oh
Curriculum Coordinator
Nicholas Bucher
Front-End Interactive Developer
Lauren McHale
Coordinator for Institutional and Corporate Relations
“The modules are created in a way that puts students at the center and makes them feel engaged in learning”
Charnchai Panthongviriyakul
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Khon Kaen University
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
Assistant 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
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 / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Calum MacRae, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jonathan Picker, MD, PhD
Instructor, 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
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Marshall Thomas, PhD
Lecturer in Genetics / Associate Director of Teaching and Research
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Jules Dienstag, MD
Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Gastroenterologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Keith Flaherty, MD
Associate 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
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 / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
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
Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology
PRIMARY FACULTY
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics / Associate Director for Teaching and Research, HMX
Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
Genetic Counselor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
George Demetri, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
William Hahn, MD, PhD
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, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / 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
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Andrew Pike, PhD
Lecturer in Immunology / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
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
Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School / Dermatologist, Brigham and Women’s 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
Genetics – Essentials
PRIMARY FACULTY
Christine DeGennaro, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Genetics / Associate Director for Teaching and Research, HMX
Robert Green, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Geneticist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carrie Blout, MS, CGC, LGC
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
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Heidi Rehm, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School / Genomics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pharmacology – Essentials
PRIMARY FACULTY
Kate McDonnell-Dowling, PhD
Course Lead
Lecturer in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School / Curriculum Fellow in Online Learning
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 and Senior Vice President, Agile Therapeutics / 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
Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
HMX Interns
Elliot Akama-Garren
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2025
Michael Chang
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2021
Rebecca Clements
Biological and Biomedical Sciences,
Harvard Medical School
PhD Candidate
Jakub Glowala
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2021
Rebecca Hammond
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2019
Ashwini Joshi
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2021
Pat Lenehan
Harvard Medical School student
MD/PhD Candidate, 2023
Giulia Notarangelo
Biological and Biomedical Sciences,
Harvard Medical School
PhD Candidate
Chris Richey
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2020
Jordan Said
Harvard Medical School student
MD Candidate, 2021
Sponsor a Student
We are grateful to the generous individuals and organizations who have sponsored student participation in our program.
Interested in sponsoring a student? Please get in touch.
Sponsors
Anthony Johnson / Empire Genomics
American Board of Sport Psychology:
Clinical Sport Psychology/Psychiatry Sub-Specialty Certification Program
