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Sarah M. FortuneSubject Award Winner 2026
John LaPorte Given Professor and Chair of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Sarah Fortune leads tuberculosis research at the Ragon Institute. Her Journal of Experimental Medicine study with Pittsburgh and MIT collaborators shows CD8 lymphocytes are critical for early control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macaques, guiding vaccine design.
Rifat Atun
Professor Atun is Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he directs the Health Systems Innovation Lab. His 2024 Lancet Oncology roadmap for cancer control in the Commonwealth, written with international collaborators, sets out how health systems can expand equitable cancer care.