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  Experts say we must take better care to ensure the well-being of #transgender youth. Read what Pediatrics Professor Michelle Forcier says on the topic in a recent @voxdotcom article: vox.com/policy-and-pol…
  
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  More details on the tradition behind this rite of passage: brown.edu/news/2022-10-0…
  
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  Adjunct Assistant Professor @veruka2 co-authored a study that found that the legal protections put in place to reduce the harm associated with illegal drug use are not consistently recognized by law enforcement across North Carolina. Read more here: news.ncsu.edu/2022/09/law-en…
  
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  The rain couldn't keep the Class of 2026 down at this year's White Coat Ceremony! #BrownMD50 pic.twitter.com/heRIczDeKI
  
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  Victor J. Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine, delivered the 2022 Paul Levinger Lecture last Friday that broke down the case for social, economic and scientific preparedness for extending a healthy lifespan."I do think that this is a really important issue -- a defining issue of our time," Dzau said. "The time is now for movement in healthy longevity, and it needs an all of society approach to shoulder this." ... See MoreSee Less
  
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  Adjunct Assistant Professor Jennifer Carroll co-authored a study that found that the legal protections put in place to reduce the harm associated with illegal drug use are not consistently recognized by law enforcement across North Carolina.“Put simply, the benefit of harm reduction programs is severely handicapped when law enforcement officials confiscate clean needles or naloxone from people who have obtained those supplies from a state-recognized SSP,” Carroll told NC State University news.Read more about this timely report: ... See MoreSee Less
  
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  Over the last few years, the world has been reminded how important it is to mark tradition. This fact was made evident on Saturday when first-year medical students lined up in front of friends and family to receive their white coats -- all of which were donated by those who have worn it before them: members of the Brown Medical Alumni Association. Though this garment is woven from ordinary threads, it carries a special weight and sets the wearer apart from the crowd."You are participating in something that is larger than yourself, said fourth-year student speaker John Johnson MD'23. "The white coat connects you to a history that transcends your personal experience and that history is, admittedly, complicated."Johnson told the students to take great pride and responsibility in knowing that though history may have determined what the white coat means up to this point, the future of it rests on their shoulders.This year's faculty speaker, Assistant Professor of Surgery Liza M. Aguiar '04 MD'08 RES'13 celebrated the students' perseverance and reminded them to trust their gut."Welcome to one amazing club of individuals who share your enthusiasm, excitement and commitment to maintaining and restoring human health through the practice of medicine," she said. "I am so excited for all your future accomplishments, and I am confident that you will truly change the world of medicine for the better. ... See MoreSee Less
  
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