Medicine@Brown
Spring 2024
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Life Goes On.
Who will know what was?
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The Changemakers
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 neurotoxic effects have important implications for the long-term brain health of all people exposed to biologically similar herbicides.
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Double Impact
VR plus brain stimulation reduces PTSD symptoms—even after the treatment ends.
Cancer center director named to National Academy of Inventors.
Death of the Great Man
By Peter D. Kramer, MD
Post Hill Press, 2023
By Peter D. Kramer, MD
Post Hill Press, 2023
New research into how Candida albicans colonizes the human GI tract suggests ways to treat difficult infections.
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Doctor Freeze
On call on the slopes.
Ask the Expert: Philip Chan, MD, MS
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Talk to Me
AI chatbots can help doctors sound like humans.
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An Alarming Gap
Black adults suffer stroke at higher rates and younger ages than white adults.
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Healing Arts
Patients and future physicians find a creative outlet.
The nocebo effect can worsen symptoms and side effects, and even cause illness.
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Lessons Learned
Brown University volunteers reflect on their medical mission at a Syrian refugee camp.
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All Inclusive
Clinical trials need more participants from Black and brown communities. But has medicine earned their trust?
For over seven years, the Medical School has been empowering leaders to champion social justice in health care.
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Take My Advice
Tips and tricks from those who’ve been there can help interns survive the first year of residency training.
On the path to real impact in rare disease research.
A psychiatrist advises patients and screenwriters.
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Antibody Pros
Antibody Pros Alums target cancers with new immunotherapy.
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In Memoriam
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Momentum
Supporting students. Supporting research.