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50 Years of the Brown-Tougaloo Early Identification Program
After half a century, Brown and Tougaloo are still making medical dreams a reality.
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 Fall 2026 issue of Medicine@Brown celebrates 50 years of the Brown-Tougaloo Early Identification Program, which has turned generations of Mississippi students into physicians. We also look at how Brown’s trauma experts helped the community heal after last December’s shooting, and how John Donoghue’s pioneering work on brain-computer interfaces is giving people with paralysis their voices back.
Features
The Architect of Thought
In a career spanning 40 years, John Donoghue pioneered brain-computer interfaces and spawned a multibillion-dollar industry. He started out just wanting to help people with paralysis.
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Still Processing
After last year’s mass shooting, Brown enlisted its own trauma experts to help the campus recover.
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Vitals
What’s new in the classrooms, on the wards, and in the labs.
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This Is a Teen Brain on Drugs
Adolescence is a critical window for brain development, and a new Brown study suggests cannabis may interfere with it.
A new lab takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the liabilities of technology in medicine.
A new study sheds light on the lasting effects of postop delirium among older surgical patents.
Everyone could use a furry friend, especially vulnerable kids.
With liver disease on the rise, how can physicians intervene earlier to save lives?
A new two-way spinal cord interface gives paralyzed individuals a way to both move their legs and feel where they are in space.
Medical students partner with Meals on Wheels to meet older adults where they are.
A single neuron in the fruit fly makes life-or-death decisions.
The findings could inform prevention and treatment of a rare but fatal brain infection.
New research may help doctors more accurately identify Alzheimer’s plus a hard-to-identify dementia type.
One month without alcohol is linked to better sleep, mood, and health.
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Lima’s Hillside Settlements Map Health Inequality onto the Landscape
In Peru’s capital, poverty isn't just a matter of circumstance. It's a matter of altitude.
Check Up
What's new with Brown medical alumni.
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The Real Deal: Stephen Cha ’94 MD’00, New Jersey’s Human Services Commissioner
Stephen Cha’s love for helping New Jerseyans is genuine.
Stephanie Spangler ’73 MD’76 holds the class yearbook, open to her photo, at her 50th Reunion in May.
Remembering our community.
The Brown Medical Alumni Association honors five physician leaders.
Departments
Letters, opinions, and more.
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Essay: Creative Outlets
Medical students reflect on how art can deepen their connections with nursing home residents.
Celebrating major milestones, gifts, and so much more.
The loss of Ed Feller touches all corners of Brown.
Brown University and Brown University Health launch $37.2 million Starr Healthspan Innovation Alliance.
“ Even though transgender individuals may have a primary care provider, may have health insurance, the vast majority of them have had at one point in time or another a really bad experience with health care that has made them oftentimes reluctant to engage in care.
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