Medicine@Brown
Medicine@Brown
A magazine for friends of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Medicine@Brown
A magazine for friends of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
In this Issue
The Winter 2026 issue of Medicine@Brown takes a close look at the forces shaping modern health care: the publicly funded research that drives medical innovation, the growing shortage of primary care physicians in Rhode Island and beyond, and a new community engagement effort bringing scientists and the public into closer conversation.
Features
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Primary Care in Crisis: How Brown’s Family Medicine Leaders Are Stepping Up
Rhode Island’s family medicine physicians are in high demand—and short supply.
Better Research, Together
New community engagement efforts bridge the gap between scientists and the public.
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Public Research, Public Good
Modern medicine in the US is built on the taxpayer-funded research happening in university labs.
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Vitals
What’s new in the classrooms, on the wards, and in the labs.
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Brown Scientists Lead Major New Research Efforts
Centers will tackle deadly global diseases and accelerate RNA research in Rhode Island.
Why is there an increase in iodine deficiency?
Study findings “underscore how dangerous abortion bans are for pregnant people,” author says.
Even a few mutated cells can significantly impact how blood cancers develop, study finds.
While ‘California sober’ has risks, study suggests smoking marijuana can temporarily cut down how much people drink.
Research led by medical students at Brown uncovers a deadly link between sleep apnea and brain cancer.
Medical student hopes to continue the lifesaving legacy of the late alumnus Galen Henderson.
Brown’s new Galen V. Henderson Admission Welcome Center, which opened in November in Manning Hall, captures the warm and welcoming energy of the Medical School alumnus for whom it is named.
Suicide prevention program for recently incarcerated people reduced suicide attempts by more than half.
Facing a rare pregnancy complication, one family put their faith in a Brown surgeon.
Medical student works to improve participation in clinical trials—carrying out a mission of “better science for all.”
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In Vivo: Amie Barrow ’26 MD’30
Olympic swimmer Amie Barrow ’26 MD’30 takes the plunge into med school.
Check Up
What's new with Brown medical alumni.
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From Space Camp to Physician in Orbit: Blue Origin Astronaut Gretchen Green Breaks Barriers
A radiologist realizes her lifelong dream of going to space.
Seth Berkley ’78 MD'81, P'27MD'31 writes that “the hardest bit about saving people’s lives through vaccines isn’t always the science of developing and manufacturing them. It’s also the politics, economics, and logistics of getting the vaccines to the people who need them.”
Maureen Phipps, an ob/gyn residency alumna, was recognized for her leadership in advancing reproductive and maternal health.
Departments
Letters, opinions, and more.
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A Survivor of Parkland and Brown Shootings Calls on Doctors to Confront Gun Violence
As a future physician, I believe all clinicians have a duty to fight against gun violence.