Medicine@Brown
Spring 2026
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Horseshoe Bend
During my preclinical elective in planetary health, I came to understand landscapes like this as living systems that shape human health.
For alumni, parents, and friends, reading this issue of Medicine@Brown will offer insight into what life is like in Providence these days.
Brown campus leaders are preserving flowers from community memorials to create a lasting tribute and support collective recovery.
Instead of individual diseases, a new drug trial will target the aging process itself.
New clinical trial data shows an at-home brain stimulation device can drive full remission for patients with severe depression.
New finding could improve patients’ response to chemotherapy.
Is whole milk healthier for kids?
Dominick Tammaro MD’84 learns the ultimate lesson: the importance of letting go.
Differences in how brain regions work together during sequential cognitive tasks could inform OCD treatments
A new study shows Tylenol use during pregnancy dropped and leucovorin prescriptions surged after unsupported federal claims about autism.
Solomon Islands’ first surgeon to train in the US brings visions of collaboration to Brown.
Physicians hold their patients’ sacred truths in their hands.
Brown physicians trained for years to respond to a mass shooting. But nothing could prepare them to treat members of their own community.
US cuts to research funding are unraveling decades of global health progress and scholarship.
As rural communities struggle to meet health care needs, two medical students look to Alaska’s Interior for a guide.
An alum helps top athletes get back in the game.
The making of a physician-scientist.
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In Memoriam
Remembering our community.
A Brown PLME alum reflects on how the program’s human-centered approach shaped her career in medicine and mentorship
Red envelopes and record-breaking generosity: The MD Class of 2026 celebrates a historic Match Day.
We don’t get to pick the day tragedy will strike.