Browsing: Fall 2020
When people describe Chuck Carpenter as a “giant,” they’re not referring to his tall, slender frame. They’re describing another kind…
An alum leads the ACC.
Meet the alum who’s crunching the COVID-19 numbers.
Will COVID-19 antibody tests make workplaces safer?
The White Coat Ceremony first began at Brown in 2000, when all students, including these 68 members of the MD…
Real change demands a radical rethinking.
What happens when people with mental illness are sent to jails instead of hospitals?
Charles “Chuck” C. J. Carpenter, MD, 89, died March 19. A professor emeritus of medicine, Dr. Carpenter served as chief…
From ICUs to the labs, Brown faculty go all in to help COVID-19 patients.
A. Gerson Greenburg, MD, PhD, PMD’95, 81, died March 25. He was an emeritus professor of surgery and former surgeon-in-chief…
Nancy Alyson Shaw ’80 MD’83, 62, died May 7. Born in Providence, she completed her internal medicine residency at the…
Banice M. Webber ’45, MD, 94, died May 27. Born in Providence, he attended Brown and graduated from Tufts University…
“They’re dying now, but we are going to do something about this,” Charles Carpenter said about his patients at the…
Cornelius “Skip” Granai III, MD, 71, died June 28. He was a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and founding director…
Clinical trial participants are the unsung heroes of medicine.
I first encountered the attitude of the University about a potential medical school during my freshman year at Brown (1952-1953).…
Challenging Times
Researchers zero in on a new strategy to fight malaria.
Health care innovation goes digital.
Scientists devise method to identify critical cell types in the brain.
Family medicine doc wants to help students follow in her footsteps, without the debt.
Scholarships change ‘the trajectory of the next generation.’