Health researchers win MacArthur genius grants

The new winners of the MacArthur genius grant have just been announced — and it’s no surprise that a number of the fellows work in health and medicine. Here’s a look at three of them:

Chemist Livia Eberlin is developing imaging methods that can more quickly and accurately show the difference between healthy tissue and diseased tissue during surgery.
Health economist Amy Finkelstein helps to unravel the deep complexities of health care policy with studies on private health insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare — and comes up with data-driven ideas to streamline those systems.
Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves spent three decades as an HIV/AIDS activist, working to connect the patient community with researchers. His own research has included how to minimize the number of HIV-positive patients who stop receiving care.