Idea Lab

James Mulvihill, a former president and CEO of both The Forsyth Institute and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, was a winner of the Challenge with his idea of developing a non-invasive blood glucose monitor. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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Jason Gaglia, instructor in pathology, Harvard Medical School, was a winner of the Challenge with his idea about using T-cells in the blood as a view into what’s going on in the pancreas of patients with diabetes. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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Danwei Huangfu, assistant member, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, was a winner of the Challenge with her idea about a cell-electronic approach to insulin therapy. Read about her idea and tell us what you think.
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Carlos Mendivil-Anaya, an endocrinologist from Colombia in a doctoral program at Harvard School of Public Health, was a winner of the Challenge with his suggestion of using microscopic spheres (called “smart liposomes”) to improve the treatment of diabetes. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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David Friedman, instructor in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS, was a winner of the Challenge with his suggestion of looking beyond T cells to the role of other immune system components. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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Mark Feinberg, a cardiologist at Brigham and Women's hospital, was a winner of the Challenge with his idea of taking a multi-pronged approach to treat Type 1 Diabetes. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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Kevin Dolan, a human resources professional, was a winner of the Challendge with his idea of monitoring blood sugar in a new way. Read about his idea and tell us what you think.
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A large, multidisciplinary panel has recently selected 12 pioneering ideas for attacking type 1 diabetes, ideas selected through a crowdsourcing experiment called the Challenge in which all members of the Harvard community, as well as members of the general public, were invited to answer the question: What do we not know to cure type...
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The practice of drawing on the expertise of vast numbers of people using web technology—referred to as “crowdsourcing”—has proven effective for problem-solving in engineering and computer software development. How might crowdsourcing prove useful in biomedical research and the quest to prevent, treat and cure disease?
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How can we galvanize our scientific enterprise to ensure that laboratory discoveries are translated into clinical advances as quickly and nimbly as possible? Read the thoughts of a group of HMS faculty and join the conversation.
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