Susan M. Dymecki has been named as as the next chair of the HMS Department of Genetics. She has also been awarded a Discovery Research grant from Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving With Bipolar Disorder (BD²).

Allon Klein and Nicholas Bellono have been named 2026 Schmidt Sciences Polymaths.

Sophia Shi and Ana Raquel Santa Maria are among 11 researchers receiving funding from the EQT Foundation for a project aimed at finding new ways to overcome the challenge of delivering therapeutics to the brain and central nervous system.

Dan Schacter received the 2027 Association for Psychological Science Mentoring Award. 

Corey Allard has been named a 2026 Vallee Scholar by the Vallee Foundation.

Nikolaos P. Daskalakis has been awarded the XXIV “Vexillum G. Sciacca” International Award for Medical Research.

Chirag Vasavda has been named a 2026 Stat Wunderkind.