A cadre of medical and legal advocates cares deeply about the health of people behind bars.

Humanitarian workers and academics work together to find best practices—before the next disaster strikes.

A new program prepares students for a career in health sciences.

The curriculum must challenge assumptions and unconscious bias.

For better or worse, boundaries blur when both spouses have MDs.

“Walking down a quiet path near a harbor in Provincetown on a brisk fall day in 2008, I glanced over…

A new app combines personal sleep analytics with research.

The Right Stuff

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Spice of Life

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Xian O’Brien (née Christian Shaver), 42, died unexpectedly November 15. She graduated from MIT with a bachelor’s degree in biology…

John E . Farley Jr., 92, died October 18 in Providence after a brief illness. A veteran of the US…

Peter Smith, 75, died December 9 after a 10-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He attended medical…

Catherine E. Kerr, 52, died November 12 in Watertown, MA, of multiple myeloma. A graduate of Amherst College, she completed…

Herb Kaplan guided The Warren Alpert Foundation’s transformative gifts to the Medical School.

Michael McKeown, 63, died December 21 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was a professor of medical science in the…

Conference brings disaster planners to Brown.

Why is infant mortality so high in the US?

For 40 years, Ed Feller has been an inimitable teacher, mentor, and friend at Brown.

A year of loss.

Cheers.

Data suggest that the number of student applications for residency programs has become problematic.