Medicine@Brown
Fall 2025
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String Theory
This is a medical student’s brain on music.
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Dialing It In
WHO offers new guidelines, based on Brown-led research, to manage serious infant infections.
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The Golden Years
Members of the MD Class of 1975 reflect on Brown, medicine, and the lives they’ve led 50 years after their graduation.
The University is aware of 11 classmates who have died.
I was in the second year that women were admitted to [Yale's Ob/Gyn] residency.
My road to dermatology was a circuitous one.
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Being There
Dr. Schiffman, Fred, Freddy—no matter what you call him, he’s the realest human you’ll ever meet.
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Fault Lines
Use of AI complicates legal liabilities for radiologists, researchers say.
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The Xed Files
Librarians are racing to preserve government datasets before they disappear.
This research can usher in a new era of discovery and understanding of how certain age-related diseases develop and how they might be prevented.
From TV to teens, this family medicine doc knows how to connect.
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Up the Ante
ADHDoable: 50 Proven Strategies to Live Better with ADHD, by Perry Mandanis F’91 RES’93, MD | Andrews McMeel, 2024
Buoyed by a new gift, researchers at Brown are poised to push the boundaries of RNA science.
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Shewa
Northwest Rwanda, 2023 | Damascene Nzarora, or “Shewa” as we affectionately call him—a playful twist on the abbreviation CHW, for community health worker—is truly one of a kind.
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Heads Of Class
Alumni recognized for their achievements during Reunion Weekend..
Research comes with risk, but despite being a field with few guarantees, it remains flooded with hope, promise, and altruism.
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As Seen on TV
Sometimes the evil inside is not a fungal infection.
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Silent Assassins
Deadly fungi grow undetected until it's too late. It's time to start paying attention.
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In Memoriam
Passages
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Wasted Energy
Low-value medical imaging has an enormous environmental impact.
Molecular-level discovery in mice may offer clues to prevent disease in people.
Undergraduates study Alzheimer’s both in the lab—using stem cells—and in the community, meeting patients and caregivers.
Is sitting really the new smoking?
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Blood Simple
New tests for opioid exposure could lead to better therapies.
Brown University reached a voluntary agreement with the federal government to restore funding for the University's federally sponsored medical and health sciences research.
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Research Resumed
If you’ve been following Brown in the news, you know that this year has been a roller coaster for our research enterprise.
I was so grateful to join the 12 MMS students at Brown University’s Program in Medicine in 1970.