Medicine@Brown
Fall 2024
From the Dean: Brown unveils design for signature life sciences research facility.
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Primary care physicians can prescribe medication for opioid use disorder. But according to a recent national survey, most people don’t know this life-saving fact.
Bookshelf: Man v. Food
The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We’re Not Hungry and How to Stop
By Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Avery, 2024
By Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Avery, 2024
A Preventable Tragedy
Lack of public health funding and prenatal care access are exacerbating a congenital syphilis crisis.
There and Back Again
Judy Jang came to Brown as a PLME student. Now she leads the program.
A Device’s Deadly ‘Blind Spot’ Exacerbates Health Disparities
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.
Spin Doctor
The fun and friendship of soul line dancing are infectious.
What Are Pros and Cons of the New Sickle Cell Disease Therapies?
Ask the Expert: Patrick McGann, MD, PhD
Have Journal, Will Travel
Annals of Family Medicine finds a new home at Brown.
Life Support
Addressing health care workers’ trauma can help fight burnout.
Take a Breath
Rhode Islanders with lung diseases can now get the latest in care right at home.
The Future of Aging
A young scientific field tackles an old challenge.
Bloom Where You Are Planted
Steven Rasmussen first put down roots at Brown more than 50 years ago, but he sustains a sense of curiosity and wonder.
Breaking Down the Barriers to Care for Patients with Disabilities
An alum makes it easier to do the right thing.
Shining Stars
Anything is possible for these award-winning alums.
Learn by Ear
For Christopher Demas MD’21, it all started with Illustrations of Histology, a YouTube lecture series that he created as a student in Brown’s Medical Education Scholarly Concentration to help first-year students master the material.
In Memoriam
Momentum
Supporting students. Supporting research.
Doc Talk
Puzzle solution for Doc Talk, Fall 2024