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.
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Gone Before First Breath

Each year millions of fetuses die late in pregnancy for reasons usually unknown.
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Stop Shaking Hands!

– Should health-care workers in hospitals stop shaking hands to prevent the spread of easily transmitted disease?
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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.
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Illustration of researcher pill and medical needle

From Concept to Cure

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

Letting Go

Four tips on overcoming social anxiety
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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
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Dr. Pedro Escobar-Rodriguez

Dealmaking Doctor

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

Malaria Man

Seeking the vaccine for the world’s #1 child killer
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A student rests on the grass

Applied Academics

Engaged scholars put what they’re learning into immediate action
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The Aging Crisis

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

Portraits of Love

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

Figure It Out!

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

The Science of Aging

Brown scientists search for keys to living longer—and better.
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photo of Stanley Falkow PhD ’61

Stanley Falkow PhD ’61

Stanley Falkow PhD ’61 was “one of the great microbe hunters of all time”
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Photo of Lisha Cole ’83 swabbed

Swab for the Future

Dr. Karen Bell ’68, ’70 MMSc swabs for Alzheimer's research
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