At the McGovern Institute, we are a diverse mix of MIT students, faculty, postdocs, and administrators. McGovern works well, because we all work together. And when a crisis like COVID-19 strikes our community, we rise to the challenge with ingenuity, resilience, and compassion. We are McGovern.
Here are some of our (quarantine) stories.
“Our dream is to see someone who has never used a pipette before, perform a COVID-19 SHERLOCK test in the comfort of their own kitchen.”
“We developed a mobile app for COVID-19 that uses AI and advanced data analytics to trace contact, determine infection risk, and suggest precautions.”
“Coordinating a daily check-in meeting with our HQ team has made a big difference in how we have all acclimated to working at home.”
“We came up with some hypotheses and agreed that the coronavirus pandemic would fundamentally change life as we know it.”
“I felt that my training would be useful for connecting hospital clinicians with engineers who are designing solutions for the PPE shortage.”
“I am deeply committed to helping conserve and decontaminate the N95 masks that are essential for our healthcare workers to most safely treat COVID-19 patients.”
“The [online] workouts provide a great way for us to bond, take a break from work, and relieve some of the stress that tends to build up so quickly these days.”
“The need for human connection has become so apparent. Usually our social interactions are just built into the day, and now must be more deliberate.”
“I am one of the few people permitted to enter Building 46 to check on our imaging center equipment during this crisis. The experience has been surreal.”
