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Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
Alumni on Their Mark on the Profession
Alumni on Their Mark on the Profession Autumn 2022How would you most like others to remember you as a physician?Sleep IssueAlumni Rounds Christopher Baker, MD ’74 I would like to be remembered as a general surgeon specializing in trauma and surgical …
Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
Behind the Veil of Hypnagogic Sleep
Behind the Veil of Hypnagogic Sleep Autumn 2022Research on “creativity’s sweet spot” could inform treatments for people with nightmare disordersSleep IssueAllison Eck8 minute readFeature In the mid-1800s, August Kekulé and other German chemists were …
Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
MD Students on Melding Advocacy with Medicine
MD Students on Melding Advocacy with Medicine Autumn 2022Sleep Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman7 minute readProfile   Competing in tennis since the age of 7 gave Maryann Zhao the “mental fortitude to stay determined and not falter,” she says. “When you’re out …
Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
Plastic Surgery: A Science and an Art
Plastic Surgery: A Science and an Art Autumn 2022A conversation with Dzifa Kpodzo, MD ’06Sleep Issueby Catherine Caruso2 minute readProfile Dzifa Kpodzo didn’t expect to end up in plastic surgery. In fact, she entered HMS “determined not to be a surgeon. …
Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
A Child’s Need for Sleep
A Child’s Need for Sleep Autumn 2022A good deal of a child’s brain growth and development occur during sleepSleep IssueResearch at RiskContinued funding uncertainty jeopardizes promising HMS research advances. Learn More By Elizabeth Gehrman12 minute …
Sleep Issue Autumn 2022
Alumni Suggest Favorite Books
Alumni Suggest Favorite Books Autumn 2022What books have had a profound influence on you personally or professionally?Sleep IssueAlumni Rounds Jonathan Dixon, MD ’70 Thinking, Fast and Slow , by Daniel Kahneman. This is a summary of Kahneman’s research …
The Environment Issue Autumn 2017
A dedication to healing children
A dedication to healing children Autumn 2017A profile of Giulio D’Angio, class of 1945The Environment IssueSUSAN KARCZProfile Claims to fame Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; past president, …
The Environment Issue Autumn 2017
5 Questions with an Infectious Disease Expert
5 Questions with an Infectious Disease Expert Autumn 2017A profile of Jonathan Abraham, an infectious disease expertThe Environment Issueby Ekaterina PeshevaInterview What sparked your curiosity in emerging infectious diseases? The Coming Plague  by …
Rural Health Issue Spring 2017
Coltrane and Me
Coltrane and Me Spring 2017Why jazz is my religion and Wally’s is my templeRural Health IssueBy Cuthbert Simpkins13 minute readPerspective It was 1971, and nine years had passed since my family had become refugees in our own country, forced from …
The Environment Issue Autumn 2017
The sobering effects of climate change on health
The sobering effects of climate change on health Autumn 2017Dean’s letter to readersThe Environment IssueGeorge Q. DaleyPerspective These are challenging times for those of us in the medical profession. The earth is in jeopardy, and we are losing the …