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1. The Food Issue Winter 2012

   Keeping an Eye on the Nation’s Health

   Keeping an Eye on the Nation’s Health Winter 2012Profile of Margaret HamburgThe Food Issueby R. Alan LeoProfile Claims to Fame Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, former New York City Health Commissioner, former Assistant Secretary for …
2. The Food Issue Winter 2012

   Plate Shifts

   Plate Shifts Winter 2012When choosing what to eat, it’s best to go greenThe Food Issueby Jessica CerretaniFeature Kate feels like she’s tried everything: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, grueling workouts at the gym. Yet she could swear those extra 50 pounds …
3. The Food Issue Winter 2012

   Spelunking for Genes

   Spelunking for Genes Winter 2012A bone and a molar hold clues to a new branch of our family treeThe Food Issueby Debra Bradley RuderFeature Perched in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, and overlooking the Anui River and its surrounding forest, is …
4. The Food Issue Winter 2012

   Ground Force

   Ground Force Winter 2012Can peanuts heal a malnourished nation?The Food Issueby Karin KiewraFeature Consider the peanut, the simple groundnut, a staple of ballparks and beer gardens in this country, and, when sporting a top hat and a monocle, an …
5. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

   A Leader In the Nation’s Cardiovascular Research Efforts

   A Leader In the Nation’s Cardiovascular Research Efforts Autumn 2015A profile of Gary Gibbons, Class of 1984Voices Issueby Katie Duboff2 minute readProfile Claim to Fame Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National …
6. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

   5 Questions with a Food Supplements Investigator

   5 Questions with a Food Supplements Investigator Autumn 2015A conversation with Pieter CohenVoices Issueby Angela Alberti2 minute readInterview How did you become interested in researching dietary supplements? It began over a decade ago. A young man in …
7. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

   A Woman’s Work

   A Woman’s Work Autumn 2015Anne Pappenheimer Forbes helped shape the field of endocrinology—while mentoring several HMS alumniVoices Issueby Amalie Kass And Eleanor Shore11 minute readProfile When they moved into their home in Milton, Massachusetts, Anne …
8. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

   How Are You?

   How Are You? Autumn 2015Whether occurring over the fence or in the clinic, conversation requires perceiving the subtleties of voice and bodyVoices Issueby Susan Karcz8 minute readFeature Words alone don’t tell tales. When we speak, we use tone, cadence, …
9. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

   Hum a Few Bars

   Hum a Few Bars Autumn 2015Song and singing round out the professional and personal lives of physiciansVoices Issueby Ann Marie Menting10 minute readProfile Five HMS alumni—Suzie Brown ’02, William Green ’54, Christopher Austin ’86, Chinyere Obimba ’12, …
10. Voices Issue Autumn 2015

    Sotto Voce

    Sotto Voce Autumn 2015Neurodegeneration often steals something we consider quintessentially human—our ability to speakVoices Issueby Stephanie Dutchen10 minute readFeature The man with Parkinson’s disease sits quietly in the doctor’s office. “We sit in a …