Medicine@Brown
Winter 2023
M@B
Julian and Pedro
The Past Is Prologue
From the Dean: It’s often said that you need to understand your past in order to plan successfully for your future.
Why Do Males and Females Age Differently?
Major NSF grant aims to help researchers at Brown better understand—and potentially improve—the aging process.
Summit Inspires Future Physicians
Black Men in White Coats aims to diversify health and medicine.
Bookshelf: Off Balance
Work, Parent, Thrive: 12 Science-Backed Strategies to Ditch Guilt, Manage Overwhelm, and Grow Connection
By Yael Schonbrun, PhD
Shambhala Publications, 2022
By Yael Schonbrun, PhD
Shambhala Publications, 2022
Dismantling the Barriers
Students want better care for people with disabilities.
A Journal of Their Own
Hospitalists launch an online publication about inpatient care.
Are Other Colon Cancer Tests as Reliable as a Colonoscopy?
Ask the Expert: Sean Fine, MD
By Their Powers Combined
Brown, Lifespan, and Care New England sign agreement to align research operations.
Downward Doc-tor
Yoga, acupuncture, and dance help her patients feel better.
Together Again
Christianson syndrome conference returns to Providence.
An Improbable Life
A neurosurgery resident contemplates his everyday work.
Death Becomes Her
To this pathologist, a cadaver is more than a dead body. It’s a mystery to be solved.
A History of Research
From the early days of the Medical School, scientific discovery that will improve human health has been part of its reason for being.
Women and Children First
We know the stats. But what are we doing to improve women’s health?
From the Heart
A physician-educator brings her two loves together as a new dean.
Call of Duty
Helping refugees in Ukraine was ‘the right thing to do,’ veteran says.
AI Helps GIs Spot Elusive Polyps
Tyler Berzin works with a Brunonian in China to improve colonoscopies.
In Memoriam
Momentum
Supporting faculty. Supporting innovation. Supporting students. Supporting research.
A Privilege
Patients who share their stories unselfishly remind us why we do what we do.