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Iyer Raises the Visibility of Menopause and Its Symptoms

Tara Iyer, MD, works to educate doctors in training and helps patients find treatment for the symptoms of menopause through the Brigham’s Menopause and Midlife Clinic and Center for Wellness and Weight Management

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Caroline Apovian Devotes Career to Promoting Care for Patients with Obesity

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, discusses recent advancements in the treatment of obesity and opportunities for improving care in the future

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Q&A: Stoklosa Pursues Meaningful Care for Patients Affected by Human Trafficking

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, shares her motivations for addressing horrific crimes in society and offers specific examples of patient care protocols for survivors of human trafficking. 

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Q&A: Discoveries Made by Brigham Investigator Steve Greenberg Lead to Potential Treatment for a Neuromuscular Disease

Steve Greenberg, MD, harnessed the power of big data and advancements in genomic technology to gain insights into dermatomyositis and discover a new treatment target

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Q&A: Mendu Advocates for Kidney Disease Patients

Nephrologist, Associate Chief Medical Officer, and Vice President of Medical Affairs Mallika Mendu, MD, MBA, speaks about her administrative work at the Brigham and research efforts, more recently related to the importance of recognizing nephrology as a critically important specialty in national U.S. News and World Report rankings.

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Q&A: Tracing the Role of Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Tarun Singhal, MD, MBBS, shares details about his work using a radioactive tracer imaging molecule to identify otherwise hidden inflammation in the brain and study the progression of neurological disease

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Annie Lewis-O’Connor Helps Trauma Survivors Thrive

Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD, NP-BC, MPH, FAAN, shares her decades of experience in the trauma healthcare space helping survivors of abuse and intimate partner violence

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Q&A: Center for Integration Science Aims to Break the Impasse on Global Health Equity

Cardiologist and medical anthropologist Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD, discusses the center’s mission and its unique approach to combating global health disparities and creating social change  

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Kaiser Pursues Endocrinology Mysteries

Ursula Kaiser, MD, leads a career driven by curiosity and is pursuing questions about the neuroendocrine regulation of puberty, fertility and reproduction

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Q&A: Focusing on Dermatology Patients’ Experiences

John Barbieri, MD, MBA, FAAD, discusses how patients’ experiences with dermatological conditions — including inconsistencies in payer approaches to covering treatment — inform his research and clinical practice

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Finding HIV’s Hidden Reservoir Cells

In two newly published papers, Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD, shares his latest discoveries about HIV reservoir cells and his work finding immunological strategies to cure HIV infection

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Q&A: How Low-Value Care for Back Pain Can Cause a Cost Cascade

Authors of a recently published study discuss how common paths of treatment for lower back pain can lead to a cascade of costs for patients

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2022 BRIght Futures Prize Winner Envisions a New Way to Bring the Power of Nanomedicine to Bear on Cancer

Ahmed Elzoghby, PhD, of the Engineering in Medicine Division, will use the $100,000 award to help develop nanoparticles to try to transform fibroblasts and kill pancreatic cancer cells

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Luyckx Filters Through Solutions for Kidney Health 

Valerie Luyckx, MBBCh, MSc, PhD, a member of the Division of Nephrology, is dedicated to identifying and addressing the medical and ethical challenges that patients with kidney disease face in resource-limited regions

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Liu Explores How Discrimination and Stress Impact Mental Health in Understudied Populations

Cindy Liu, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, is a leading figure in Asian American mental health research and currently studies mental health disparities and cultural differences during socioemotional development.

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Transforming Bipolar Disorder Research and Care

Katherine Burdick, PhD, answers questions about bipolar disorder, a new initiative and her leadership role in the new endeavor

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Insights from the Lab Lead to a New Approach to Reversing Hearing Loss

Jeff Karp, PhD, and his team have journeyed from researching how the human intestinal lining regenerates to identifying small molecules that may restore lost hearing

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Cooper Pursues a Path for Surgery and Public Health

Zara Cooper, MD, an acute care surgeon, trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist, and a full professor of Surgery, leads a team at the Center for Surgery and Public Health focused on advancing the science of surgery to improve public health

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Q&A with Monica Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, Newly Named Director of the National Cancer Institute

Bertagnolli answers questions about the biggest challenges in cancer research, her career path and advice for the next generation

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Translating Brain Maps into Potential Treatments for Neuropsychiatric Disease

Shan Siddiqi, MD, MBBS, of the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics describes new research on mapping the circuits of the human brain

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Q&A: The Impact of Sex and Gender on Stroke

Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, and co-authors detail what is currently known about the impact of sex and gender on stroke, knowledge gaps and areas of future inquiry.

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Trauma-Informed Care and Re-Traumatization in Health Care: An Interview with Samara Grossman, MSW, LICSW

Samara Grossman, MSW, LICSW, discusses how health care providers and larger organizations can practice patient-centered, trauma-informed care

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Physician-Scientist Anna Greka, MD, PhD Relentlessly Pursues Discoveries in Kidney and Rare Diseases

Laying the foundation for molecularly targeted therapies, Anna Greka, MD, PhD, leads a lab that is defining the fundamental mechanisms driving kidney, metabolic and degenerative diseases across the lifespan

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Shahin Lockman, MD, MSc: Collaborating on Cutting-Edge Research in Botswana

Shahin Lockman, MD, MSc, has been at the forefront of HIV research in Botswana for more than 20 years, advocating for women and children, helping to train a new generation of African scientists and to lay groundwork that has led to breakthroughs in SARS-CoV-2 research, including the sequencing of the new Omicron variant.

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Q&A with Nomi Levy-Carrick: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil, reflects on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and ensuing environmental disaster, and supporting resilience through trauma-informed inquiry

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Brigham Ignite: The Spark that Catalyzes Innovation

Glenn Miller, PhD, and Erin McKenna, MBA, discuss Ignite, the Brigham’s newly launched early-stage innovation acceleration program

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Q&A with Beryl Benacerraf, MD

Beryl Benacerraf, MD, recently named a “giant in obstetrics and gynecology,” shares insights on her early career experiences, advice for early-career physician-scientists and thoughts on what’s next for the field

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Michelle O’Donoghue: A Cardiologist with Her Finger on the Pulse of New Research

Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH, has devoted her career to examining and re-examining best practices for cardiology care

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A Lung Specialist on “Long-Hauler COVID”: Q&A with Bruce Levy

Bruce Levy, MD, medical director of the Lung Center housing the new COVID Recovery Center, shared insights on the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.

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Defining and Defeating Vaccine Nationalism: Q&A with Ingrid Katz

Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS, discusses the origins and impact of high-resource countries acquiring the overwhelming proportion of available vaccines to protect their own populations

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Your Food, Your Genes, and COVID-19: Q&A with Charles N. Serhan

Serhan, the director of the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, discusses his perspective on promoting greater precision in nutrition

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Q&A with Rebecca Weintraub, MD

With interactive, public online tools, Weintraub and colleagues at Ariadne Labs hope to inform equitable, evidence-based vaccine allocation plans nationwide

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Ed Nardell: Decades Dedicated to Air Disinfection

As industry leaders confront COVID-19 challenges, Ed Nardell, MD, and other researchers studying airborne diseases such as tuberculosis may offer solutions.

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Q&A: A Vaccine Specialist on the Winding History (and Chemistry) of mRNA Technologies

Tomás Maira-Litrán, PharmD, PhD, sat down with CRN to talk about the development of mRNA vaccines, their role in preventing COVID-19 and their promise for the future

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Gezzer Ortega: Cutting into Inequity

Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH, of the Center for Surgery and Public Health, focuses on developing and implementing solutions to address surgical inequities

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Q&A with Martha Shenton, PhD

Martha Shenton, PhD, discusses her decades-long involvement with neuropsychiatric research, developments in the field and a major collaborative research project

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Q&A with Lindsey Baden, MD

Lindsey Baden, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at the Brigham and an expert in vaccine development for viral diseases, answers questions from clinicians

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Bisola Ojikutu: An Infectious Disease Physician Dedicated to Remedying Disparities

Bisola Ojikutu, MD, has dedicated her career to studying and rectifying inequities in infectious disease health care access

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Q&A with Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc

Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, discusses the center’s mission, COVID-19 sex differences and the importance of studying the health of women

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Sara Suliman: Tuberculosis Immunologist Turned COVID-19 Diagnostics Evaluation Volunteer

When the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down her lab research on tuberculosis, Sara Suliman, PhD, MPH, brought her attention and expertise to bear on COVID-19 diagnostics

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Pursuing Treatment for Perplexing Chronic Conditions

Joshua Korzenik, MD, the director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center and the Resnek Family Center for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Research, is driven by scientific questions and a commitment to patient-centered care

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Q&A with Jessica Lehoczky, PhD

Jessica Lehoczky, PhD, of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and her lab are beginning to identify some of the critical pieces of the tissue regeneration puzzle with the ultimate goal of inducing limb regeneration

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Q&A with Clemens Scherzer, MD

Physician-scientist Clemens Scherzer, MD, aspires to bring precision medicine to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and to drive discovery through open sources such as the Harvard Biomarkers Study Biobank

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Q&A with Donald Proby, Director of OMCOSS

The director of the Office of Mediation, Coaching, Ombuds and Support Services gives an overview of the offerings now available to Brigham faculty, staff and trainees to build and sustain trusting and respectful relationships

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Q&A with Cheryl Clark, MD

Cheryl Clark, MD, works to address the ways social determinants of health influence equity and the risks and resiliency factors that contribute to disparities in cardiometabolic diseases and cancer

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Richard Sherwood

Richard Sherwood: The CRISPR Whisperer

Richard Sherwood, PhD, and his lab are working to refine, improve and use CRISPR-Cas9 technology for new research endeavors

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Q&A with Noel Rose: The Father of Autoimmunology

The discoveries that Noel R. Rose, MD, PhD, made in the 1950s revolutionized our understanding of autoimmunity and laid the groundwork for modern inquiries into autoimmune disease. But, as Rose describes in this Q&A, it took meticulous work and perseverance to convince others to take his findings seriously.

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Q&A with William Sauer, MD: Chief of the Brigham’s Cardiac Arrhythmia Service

William Henry Sauer, MD, discusses his vision for the department and how an expert team of electrophysiologists are providing leading-edge care for abnormal heart rhythms that affect a variety of patients, particularly those with complex medical concerns.

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Raina Fichorova, MD, PhD: Innovative Reproductive Immunologist

Fichorova, whose career spans more than 24 years at the Brigham, studies how microbes in the female genital tract influence innate immunity and inflammation. She is devoted to finding ways to ensure that all women have equal opportunities to have healthy pregnancies and babies.

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Q&A with Mallika Mendu, MD: A New Day for Kidney Health

Mallika Mendu, MD, shares her reflections on the new initiative Advancing American Kidney Health and its implications for providers and patients.

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Rulla Tamimi: Molecular Detective Investigating a Key Risk Factor for Breast Cancer

Rulla M. Tamimi, ScD, takes advantage of molecular epidemiology tools to understand why having dense breasts is a risk factor for breast cancer.

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Meet the Winners of the Inaugural President’s Scholars Award

Four investigators with exceptional potential have been selected to receive $100,00 each year for three years to support their careers. CRN brings you fast facts to get to know each of them.

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Q&A: James Muller, MD, on Nuclear Weapons as a Health Threat

Brigham cardiologist James Muller, MD, shares why he sees nuclear war as humanity’s greatest health threat, how it intersects with cardiology and how he hopes to help the next generation of physician and student activists.

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Q&A with Jeffrey Drazen, MD, Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine

After 19 years as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jeffrey Drazen, MD, will step away from that role this summer. Here, he shares his view from the editor’s chair, offers advice to young researchers and reflects on what makes the Brigham unique.

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Q&A with Arlene Sharpe

Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD, a leader in the field of immunology, discusses advancements in cancer immunotherapy, her path to the Brigham and the importance of mentorship and collaboration

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Sylvia Kehlenbrink: Paving the Road Toward Global Equity in Diabetes Care

Thoughtful, humble and dedicated, Kehlenbrink is a pioneer of a new wave of health: global endocrinology.

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Q&A with Daniela Lamas, MD: Author of You Can Stop Humming Now

Daniela Lamas, MD, who balances her passion for journalism and the written word with her medical career path, answers questions about her career and inspiration and offers advice for aspiring authors.

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Q&A with Joji Suzuki, MD: Choreographing a Patient-Provider Dance

Joji Suzuki, MD, shares his passion for psychiatry and patient care, his perspective on the national opioid crisis and how motivational interviewing can be thought of as a patient-provider dance.

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Thomas Michel Sings the Praises of Inspirational, Improbably Wonderful Science

Michel, a cardiologist at the Brigham, finds ways to make science more accessible and engaging for the public – and to affirm the importance of science in society.

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Q&A with Paul Sax: Infectious Disease Doctor by Day, Blogger by Night (and Weekends)

Infectious disease specialist Paul Sax, MD, recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of his blog, HIV and ID Observations, which has covered everything from baseball to HIV

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Investigating the Mysteries of a Rare Connective Tissue Disorder

During a trip to China in 2012, Paul Yu, MD, PhD, had the eye-opening experience of meeting patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) for the first time at a specialty clinic at Shanghai Tongji Hospital.

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Q&A: BWH Surgeon Reflects on Decision-Making in an Emergency

The NEJM article “Just a Cut” by Brandon Earp, MD, and her co-authors guides readers through an unusual case by alternating sections of clinical narrative and analysis from BWH clinicians.

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BWH Researcher Devotes Life and Profession to Yoga

In addition to living in an ashram and practicing yoga several times per week, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, PhD, is a neuroscientist who studies yoga as an intervention for insomnia, anxiety and chronic stress.

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Q&A: Introducing Brigham Health

Brigham Health was unveiled last month as the new name for the parent organization that includes Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization.

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Shyn Narrows in on More Effective Approach to Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment

Paul Shyn, MD, is exploring better ways to both diagnose and destroy tumors.

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Taking Aim at Cancer’s Complexity

Aaron Goldman, PhD, a bioengineer by day and muay thai practitioner by night, is developing a 2-in-1 punch for knocking out cancer

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Gladyshev’s Quest to Understand Aging

BWH researcher studies aging and life span in naked mole rats, bats and more

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A Breath of Fresh Air for Asthma Research

Juan Carlos Cardet, MD, is working to better understand asthma and its potential treatments

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A Multi-Pronged Approach to Understand and Treat Pulmonary Hypertension and Chronic Lung Disease in Infants

Neonatologist Helen Christou, MD, is conducting basic, clinical and translational research to find novel approaches for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary hypertension and chronic lung disease in newborns

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Finding Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer

Q&A with Shelley Tworoger, PhD, an epidemiologist in the BWH Channing Division of Network Medicine

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Stoklosa Devoted to Improving the Lives of Human Trafficking Victims

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, is deeply committed to improving the detection and care of human trafficking victims through her clinical care, national advocacy and international research.

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Life-long Passion for Nature, Outdoors Inspires Researcher

Q&A with Jessica Whited, PhD, a researcher in the BWH Regenerative Medicine Center

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Imoigele Aisiku Focuses on Helping Patients Who Have Sustained Traumatic Brain Injuries

Emergency Department physician Imoigele Aisiku, MD, MBA, merges his research and clinical interests in traumatic brain injury and critical care at BWH.

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Q&A with Jessica Dudley, MD

Dudley shares professional advice and reflects on her own career development.

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Q&A with Megan Morris, PhD

Morris shares insights on providing patient-centered care for those with disabilities.