During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the news that pulse oximeters were consistently overestimating the blood oxygen levels of Black patients—and thus delaying their care—made headlines.
From the Dean: In this issue of Medicine@Brown, you’ll learn about one of the signature programs of the Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: the BASCE fellowship.
The Warren Alpert Medical School hosted the first international working group meeting for a project that aims to sequence all of humanity’s RNA, mirroring the approach of the Human Genome Project in the 1990s.
From the Dean: This issue of Medicine@Brown offers an opportunity to expand your understanding of RNA, the mysterious regulator of the blueprint of life that we are striving to understand even as we develop tools that utilize it.