At MIT, we are focusing our strengths in education, research, and innovation on critical issues in human health—from life-saving cancer treatments to early-stage disease detection to new insights into Alzheimer’s.

More than half of MIT’s science and engineering faculty and students are engaged in biological research, often on human health. And we are equally focused on solving the problems that plague the health care system itself. Our diverse efforts reach across all of MIT, in fields as varied as economics, management, transportation, and public policy to health care delivery. This, coupled with our location amid a vibrant, world-class health ecosystem, means MIT is uniquely positioned to convert bold ideas into better medicine.