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Play Issue Winter 2014
Free Play Shapes a Child’s Brain — and Bestows a Lifetime of Benefits
Free Play Shapes a Child’s Brain — and Bestows a Lifetime of Benefits Winter 2014Research reveals the role of unstructured play in learning, self-regulation, and creativityPlay Issueby Jake MillerFeature A five-year-old in a pink and purple striped …
Nature, Nurture Spring 2021
How Pesticides Threaten Reproductive Health
How Pesticides Threaten Reproductive Health Spring 2021The use of pesticides — linked to reduced fertility, birth defects, and other reproductive issues — is changing with the climateNature, Nurtureby Stephanie Dutchen5 min readClimate in the Clinic …
Artificial Intelligence Issue Winter 2019
Is AI Subject to Human Biases?
Is AI Subject to Human Biases? Winter 2019Overlooking bias in medical artificial intelligence invites serious consequencesArtificial Intelligence Issueby Stephanie Dutchen15 minute readFeature In 2016, researchers in Heidelberg, Germany, built a …
Viral World Issue Spring 2022
Alumni Reveal Favorite Study Spots on Campus
Alumni Reveal Favorite Study Spots on Campus Spring 2022When you were a student at HMS, what were your favorite places to study, and why?Viral World IssueAlumni Rounds Marguerite Barnett, MD ’79 I would study any place that was warm. I could not afford …
Viral World Issue Spring 2022
Leading during a Pandemic
Leading during a Pandemic Spring 2022Two hospital leaders discuss how large health care systems are meeting the pandemic’s challengesViral World Issueby Ann Marie Menting13 minute readInterview After more than two years of battling COVID surges, supply …
Viral World Issue Spring 2022
Good Choices
Good Choices Spring 2022Viral World Issueby Susan Karcz2 minute readProfile Sparked by the encouragement of a high school biology teacher, Judith Hochman aspired early on to become a research scientist. She pursued her first graduate degree at Harvard …
Nature, Nurture Spring 2022
Diseases Take Flight with Climate Change
Diseases Take Flight with Climate Change Spring 2022The changing climate is providing opportunities for insects and other animals to spread infectious diseases to new populationsNature, Nurtureby Charles Schmidt13 minute readFeature In September 2018, …
Viral World Issue Spring 2022
The Isolation of Social Media
The Isolation of Social Media Spring 2022Social media should promote conversation and exchange, yet increasingly it doesn’tViral World Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman15 minute readFeature Though the United States accounts for only about 4 percent of the global …
Youth and Mental Health Spring 2023
Pregnant While Black
Pregnant While Black Spring 2023An interview with Monique RainfordYouth and Mental HealthInterview Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America  by Monique Rainford, MD Whether one considers it sobering, enraging, or tragic, …
Viral World Issue Spring 2022
In Memoriam, Spring 2022
In Memoriam, Spring 2022 Spring 2022Viral World IssueIn Memoriam This listing includes those whose notices of death were received between September 1, 2021, and February 28, 2022. 1940s 1946 Philip H. Henneman, MD February 27, 2021 Robert T. Strang, MD …