Medicine & Health

Medicine & Health

Looking for Nature

Humans may have replaced much of the natural world with their own, but the need for contact with nature persists.
Medicine & Health

Gone Before First Breath

Each year millions of fetuses die late in pregnancy for reasons usually unknown.
Medicine & Health

Stop Shaking Hands!

Should health-care workers in hospitals stop shaking hands to prevent the spread of easily transmitted disease?
Medicine & Health
Susan Cu-Uvin MD looking into a microscope in a lab.

Can We Kill HIV?

Working on it—with tools ranging from microbicides to dating apps.
Medicine & Health
Illustration of researcher pill and medical needle

From Concept to Cure

A $50M gift aims to turn research into medicine, stat.
Medicine & Health
photo of Ellen Hendriksen ’99 recording a podcast

Letting Go

Four tips on overcoming social anxiety
Medicine & Health
Photo of Marlena Schoenberg Fejzo in her lab at UCLA

A Miscarriage Clue

A researcher discovers the genes that may have caused the loss of her second pregnancy
Medicine & Health
Dr. Pedro Escobar-Rodriguez

Dealmaking Doctor

The Executive Master Program helped this OB-GYN refine cancer care in Puerto Rico
Medicine & Health
Dr. Jonathan Kurtis ’89, ’95 PhD, ’96 M.D.

Malaria Man

Seeking the vaccine for the world’s #1 child killer
Medicine & Health
Illustration of elderly couple

The Aging Crisis

Can we get ready for a surge in the need for eldercare, before it’s too late?
Medicine & Health
Photo of Caleigh Steele ’20 and her sister Lynden

Portraits of Love

A student uplifts women with cancer and their care teams
Medicine & Health
Professors and students simulate a neonatal blood draw

Figure It Out!

A biomedical engineering class addresses real-world problems
Medicine & Health
Illustration of a woman warily eyeing genetic symbols

The Science of Aging

Brown scientists search for keys to living longer—and better.
Medicine & Health
Photo of Lisha Cole ’83 swabbed

Swab for the Future

Dr. Karen Bell ’68, ’70 MMSc swabs for Alzheimer's research
Medicine & Health
Dr. Megan Ranney ’10 MPH, at her Commencement forum

ER Apps

From Fitbits to medical diagnostics
Medicine & Health

Birth Mama

The long and satisfying career of Afua Hassan ’81
Medicine & Health
Candid photo of Elizabeth Cureton ’95, and Veronica Shim ’95 MD

Keep It Simple

Four Brown alums and their integrated breast care center help make a cancer diagnosis a little easier
Medicine & Health
portrait of Bella Roberts

The Stigma Slayer

A student-founded arts organization combats silence around mental illness.
The Arts
Costalegre by Courtney Maum ’01; Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson ’86; and The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora ’97

Fresh Ink

New books by Courtney Maum ’01, Louise Aronson ’86, and Lauren Acampora ’97
Medicine & Health
Image of Dr. Christopher Dodson ’99, MD ’03, with the Philadelphia 76ers

Locker-Room Doc

Philadelphia’s top orthopedic surgeon for star athletes
Medicine & Health
Image of author and Brown alum Sarah DiGregorio and daughter

Born Too Soon

A new book examines the rise in premature births
Medicine & Health
Joshua Cohen, Justin Klee and Kent Leslie

Miracle Drug?

Help may be on the way for Alzheimer’s and ALS
Medicine & Health
portrait of med student Eloho Akpovi

Race Rx

Race-based assumptions are baked into medical training. Brown med students are working to change that.
Medicine & Health
illustration of a pregnant woman, with a fever graph overlaying her polka dot top

Parenting Rules You Can Break

A sip of wine when pregnant? TV for toddlers? Professor Emily Oster crunches the data and encourages parents to relax.
Medicine & Health
portrait of Bina Venkataraman ’02

Crazy Times, Sane Decisions

Bina Venkataraman ’02 on why it’s more important than ever to plan ahead—and how to do it.
Medicine & Health
Amanda Cohn

Battling the Beast

Working the frontlines for the CDC
Service & Advocacy
Illustration by Adam McCauley

Masks, Meals, Viral Medium

The campus pitches in
Science & Tech
West Africa's 2014 Ebola crisis

COVID-19 Crash Course

How Brown and a leading global health organization teamed up to swiftly push a user-friendly coronavirus management training package out into the world.
Medicine & Health
Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott illustration by Noa Denmon

Ready to Pivot

Leading R.I.’s fight against COVID-19
Science & Tech
Screenshot of Topos

Disparate Data

The COVID-19 Compiler predicts trouble spots and trends
Politics & Law
Image of Babak Hemmatian and Gaia-Marie Gerbaka

Coming to COVID Country

Brown’s international students face red tape and health hazards.
Medicine & Health
Image of Gus White

Getting Through It

How do some people thrive despite adversity?
Science & Tech
Image of Carey Jaroes of Purell

Keeping Germs Away

Purell’s CEO on the crazy demand for hand sanitizer
Ever True
Image of 2021 Brown graduates by Nick Dentamaro

Passages

The vaccine, commencement, and the passing of Vartan Gregorian.
Medicine & Health
Image of María Guerrero Martínez ’21

Pandemic Problem Solving

A senior specializes in equity-based solutions
Medicine & Health
Seth Berkley in Mozambique

Stick It.

How do you get the world to work together, and fast, to get all of humanity vaccinated against COVID?
Medicine & Health
Image of Dr. Jeffrey Mazique

The Only Doctor

On the COVID front line in remote Northern Michigan
Medicine & Health
Illustration of CPR by Raymond Biesinger

Phone Aid

Emergency medical training at your fingertips
Science & Tech
Illustration of doctors and medicine by Raymond Bresinger

Can We End Alzheimer’s?

Treatment, much less cure, has been elusive. Brown scientists are on the case.
Education
Image of Professor Marianna Kessimian and Clara Pritchett

Separating Fat from Fiction

A student-driven course on “fatphobia” examines both science and stigma.
Medicine & Health
portrait of Jonathan Kurtis ’89, ’95, ’96MD

The Malaria Hunter

A Brown pathology professor may have developed a revolutionary new approach to battling one of the world’s deadliest diseases
The Arts
Image of Sarah Ruhl by Rick Loomis

Asymmetrical Beauty

Sarah Ruhl ’97, ’01 MFA, on her decade-long struggle with facial palsy
Service & Advocacy
Image of Dr. Hannah Janeway and Christian Armenta at a clinic

Border Aid

Hannah Janeway ’15 MD cofounded a group giving medical care to migrants stuck in Tijuana.
Science & Tech
Illustration of kid swinging on a swing

The Latest on Distraction

The rise in ADHD diagnoses has researchers asking what’s behind it—and whether it's really such a bad thing
In Memoriam
Image of Leon Haley in dr coat

Healthcare Hero

Leon L. Haley Jr. ’86, a doctor and CEO who inspired a COVID vaccination rally
Humanities & Culture
Image of Marcia Chatelain

Fast Food Capitalism

The Pulitzer-winning Franchise by Marcia Chatelain ’03 AM, ’08 PhD, narrates the complicated history between McDonald’s and its Black outlet owners
Medicine & Health
Image of a tree in wetlands by Jesse Burke

Raise or Raze

If storms and floods threaten your home, do you raise it or abandon the site?
Medicine & Health
portrait of Ashish Jha

The First Word in Public Health

For Brown public health dean Ashish Jha, the nation’s new COVID czar, being one of the most trusted pandemic pundits in the U.S. isn’t about moonlighting. It’s about effective public health messaging for Gen Z and beyond.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Melinda Beck of a human with a diagram of female body around it

Beyond the Average White Guy

Experts are moving past biological sex to “precision medicine” that takes each individual patient—whatever their gender—into account.
Medicine & Health
Image of Jim Gatewood on the streets of San Francisco

Meeting the Need

A nurse practitioner helps bring primary care to San Francisco’s mentally ill and homeless
Business & Entrepreneurship
Robbie Felton, Alex Rothberg, and Evan Jackson.

Data-Driven Elder Care

A student startup is driving down hospitalizations in geriatric patients
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Mar Hernandez of a person holding a flashlight to pills

Rhode Island’s Opioid Crisis, Exposed

A data-driven dive into how, even in the smallest state, billions of addictive pills were manufactured, prescribed, and abused.
Medicine & Health
Image of Dr. Tyler Berzin at the Harvard Science Center fountain

Deep Seeing

A unique collaboration between two Brown alums can help doctors better identify cancer before it occurs.
Medicine & Health
Gabriela Álvarez-Martinez ’11 in her garden

Liberation Cuisine

Chef Gabriela Álvarez-Martinez ’11 draws from her public-health training and her Puerto Rican roots to create delicious food to sustain and heal those trying to change the world—starting with herself.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Raymond Biesinger of a news "plant" with bubbles of disinformation coming out of the smokestack.

Rx for “Information Disorder”

Disinformation is making us sick, literally. Asking the right questions and training the right people may be the cure.
Medicine & Health
Med School students in the cafeteria

Build Your Own MD

At 50, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader. We talk to founding alums who took a leap of faith.
Science & Tech
Illustration by Ola Niepsuj of a person sleeping under an open window with an owl sitting on a branch outside.

Rest Easy

An expert on why good sleep often eludes us
Medicine & Health
An image of Rachel Bedard holding a stethoscope outside of a prison

Doc Politics

Healing more patients by changing health policy
Science & Tech
Image of Ben Herzog in a lab holding a heart pump in his outstretched hand.

Spinal Success

A new implant system helps monitor and heal fused vertebrae
Medicine & Health
Image of Tony Thaweethai and Andrea Goldin Foulkes standing in front of a wall of windows looking at the camera.

Do You Have Long Covid?

A team of researchers has published a definition and a list of symptoms.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Holly Stapleton of people lining up to walk out an open door.

A Judgment Free Zone for Drug Use

Does providing safer spaces to use drugs help or hurt?
Medicine & Health
illo of a teen listening to their phone

Are the Kids Alright?

The pandemic hit teens hard, causing a measurable decline in mental health. Enter Molly Josephs ’09, whose podcast, This Teenage Life, became a lifeline for tweens and teens from California to Kabul, helping them to vent—and heal—one episode at a time.
Medicine & Health
An image of Professor Jud Brewer standing in front of a white board with his hands on his hips.

The Anxiety Hacker

Jud Brewer can help you change your mind
Medicine & Health
An Illustration by Lorenzo Gritti of students in chairs with laptops and large talk bubbles above in the shape of Covid spikes.

“Coping with Covid” 101

A new course on the psychology of pandemics offers a scientific take on Covid-related mental health issues and a place for students to process.
Education
Illustration by Tim Cook of a person with flowers in her hair and a butterfly flying around her head.

The Good Life

A course on happiness gets mobbed
Medicine & Health
Image of Yovanska Duarté-Vélez and Gisela Jiménez-Colón.

A Familismo Approach

Targeted therapy for Latinx youth
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Tim Cook of a person with their eyes closed with clouds in the background

Mainstreaming Mindfulness

Professor Eric Loucks is on a mission
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer of a food stepping on electronics.

Who’s at Risk?

Researchers address high suicide rates with app-based tools and culturally aware interventions.
Medicine & Health
portrait of John Johnson at home

Talking Back

After the medical and racial nightmare that was 2020, John Johnson ’23 MD set out on a healing path that includes talking openly about mental health, racism, and medical disparities.
Medicine & Health
Annie Lanzilotto on a daily walk in Cork City

Living Large While Something’s Trying to Kill You

Writer and performer Annie Lanzillotto ’86 has spent a lifetime dodging cancer—while making work that elevates her vibrant, violent working-class upbringing to the realm of poetry, ritual, and myth.
Science & Tech
An image of Justin Baker sitting at his desk with a monitor and window behind him.

Psychosis Test

Tracking mental illness with technology
Medicine & Health
Image of Xiaoju Hu against a tree.

Are Mushrooms the New Prozac?

Research with psilocybin shows positive results for depression
The Arts
Image of Steven Koppel taking a photo in the surf.

Visual Therapy

Digital imagery helps people express complex emotions.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Joana Grochocka of a man looking through a wine glass at a greek bust.

12-Step Alternative

A science-based, non-religious recovery program has become #2 after A.A.
Medicine & Health
Image of David Pagliaccio standing in front of a colorful wall.

Can an MRI Predict anxiety?
Medicine & Health
Image of three kids sitting at desks with a window behind them. Photo by Nanda Amelia.

A Crisis for Children

A letter from the Editor
Medicine & Health
Close-up image of Edward Frongillo

Saving Children

One alum’s groundbreaking research has driven global policy change
In Memoriam
Archival black and white image of Galen Henderson tying a bowtie.

‘Galen Had Time for Everybody’

Remembering a physician who crossed all types of barriers
Medicine & Health
Image of Brown medical students Jess Churchill, Michael Cradeur, Sumana Chintapalli, and Urvi Tiwari inside the Medical School building.

Med-school Swerve

They had other lives—but medicine was calling
Medicine & Health
Julie Lyons standing with her arms crossed in front of a state building.

“First, Ask a Judge”

A country doctor seeks to clarify the rules in Idaho’s ban
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Michela Buttignol of a woman with illustrated cells and a blood drop.

Patients Who Were “Never Prioritized”

Sickle cell, which primarily affects Black people, has been ignored for years. Researchers are coming up with better ways to treat it.
The Arts
Illustration by Tim Cook of individuals reading books.

Share the Knowledge

A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty
Medicine & Health
photo of Gregory Stiller in his yard

Extreme Medicine

ER doctor and self-described “adrenaline junkie” Gregory Stiller ’90 provides care under some of the most difficult conditions in the world.
Medicine & Health
illustrated portrait of Prof. Mary Carskadon

Sleep Secrets

Why do teens sleep so late? Is there a scientific way to measure how sleepy you are? Pioneering sleep scientist Mary Carskadon has answers—and is still discovering new frontiers.
Medicine & Health
illustration of an athlete vaulting into bed

Power Napping

Carskadon protegée Allison Brager ’07 on sleep as a performance enhancer
Medicine & Health
Image of Willoughby Britton looking through a fish eye lens.

Omm, No.

Professor Willoughby Britton on the perils of meditation.
First Person
Image of Lauren Eusebio through a ring light with a laptop on her lap

In Our Own Words

Letter from the four student guest editors of the Gen Z special issue.
Medicine & Health
illustration showing the silhouette of a gender fluid person

The Gender Q

Gen Z is forcing a reckoning over traditional ideas of male and female.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Diego Mallo of Bintou Diarra

Better Birth

Med student Bintou Diarra’s doula collective helps Providence mothers thrive
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Celina Pereira of a dr in scrubs with someone swearing in behind him

When Doctors Make Mistakes

A film aims to show why the malpractice system isn’t working—and what might.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Karol Banach of two parts of a head with trippy squiggles in the middle

What a Long, Healing Trip

From law school to the growing field of psychedelic-assisted mental health therapy
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