A doctor in India gives an injection to a woman in a sari

Study in India shows several tactics together boost vaccination against deadly diseases
MIT News | May 19, 2025

Led by researchers including IDSS faculty Esther Duflo, one combination of methods led to a 44 percent increase in child immunizations


Two rows of cells under a microscope. The top row shows the model’s prediction of unseen cell lines and proteins, while the bottom row shows the experimental validation.

With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell
MIT News | May 15, 2025

Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model developed by a team including SDSC faculty Caroline Uhler could help w...


Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo elected to the American Philosophical Society
MIT Economics | May 07, 2025

Election to the APS is a rare honor for economists, who make up just 3% of the society's membership.


Emery Brown at his office at the Picower Institute

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use
MIT News | April 29, 2025

Clinical trial from researchers including IDSS faculty Emery Brown finds that monitoring brain waves while administering anesthesia led to improv...


Philippe Rigollet and his book, Statisical Optimal Transport

Statistical Optimal Transport
April 23, 2025

Philippe Rigollet's new book provides an introduction to statistical optimal transport and its applications in statistics and machine learning.



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