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Women’s Health Issue Spring 2021
Women’s Health Affects Us All
Women’s Health Affects Us All Spring 2021CommentaryWomen’s Health Issueby George Q. Daley2 minute readPerspective According to the World Health Organization, a woman’s lifetime risk of maternal mortality is 1 in 5,400 in high-income countries, yet 1 in 45 …
Women’s Health Issue Spring 2021
A Place in the Room
A Place in the Room Spring 2021Women are advocating for advances in women’s healthWomen’s Health Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman15 minute readFeature In 1970, a typewritten 193-page book,  Women and Their Bodies , by the Boston Women’s Health Collective, …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
Strong Bonds, Strong Purpose
Strong Bonds, Strong Purpose Winter 2021Alumni attending the Class of 1995 virtual reunion form an antiracism task force, set goals, and take actionRacism in Medicine Issueby Chasity Jennings-nuñez6 minute readPerspective When our reunion committee began …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
Alumni on The Pandemic and its Effects on U.S. Health Care
Alumni on The Pandemic and its Effects on U.S. Health Care Winter 2021What surprised you about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected health care in the United States?Racism in Medicine IssueAlumni Rounds George Lewinnek, MD ’67 The lack of an effective …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
5 Questions with an Endocrinologist
5 Questions with an Endocrinologist Winter 2021A conversation with A. Enrique CaballeroRacism in Medicine Issueby Ekaterina Pesheva3 minute readInterview How do biology, environment, and social determinants intersect in disease and health?   Faculty …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
Neighbors in Need
Neighbors in Need Winter 2021For decades, community health efforts have brought care to people in areas underserved, and often overlooked, by mainstream medicineRacism in Medicine Issueby Jessica Cerretani13 minute readFeature Driving home from work one …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
Through the Eyes of a Child
Through the Eyes of a Child Winter 2021The barrage of strife, unrest, and outrage over the deaths of Black people in this country falls hard on the youngRacism in Medicine Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman14 minute readFeature Maybe it hasn’t actually been the …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
Core Values
Core Values Winter 2021Elizabeth Howell on reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in women of colorRacism in Medicine Issueby Susan Karcz3 minute readProfile Elizabeth Howell is thrilled to be in her new job as chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the …
Racism in Medicine Issue Winter 2021
MD Students on the Joy and Purpose that Community Service Brings
MD Students on the Joy and Purpose that Community Service Brings Winter 2021Racism in Medicine Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman7 minute readProfile Jalen Benson “Community service is always going to be central to what I do,” says second-year MD student Jalen …
Nature, Nurture Winter 2021
Particulates that Matter
Particulates that Matter Winter 2021Small airborne particles cause big problems, and some populations breathe in an unequal shareNature, Nurtureby Stephanie Dutchen5 minute readClimate in the Clinic To breathe is to live, but what if the air you breathe …