Harvard Medical School4 年
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FTOS is an obesity medicine physician scientist, educator, and policy maker at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She is a ...
Harvard Medical School7 天
How Good Are AI ‘Clinicians’ at Medical Conversations?
Researchers design a new way to more reliably evaluate AI models’ ability to make clinical decisions in realistic scenarios that closely mimic real-life interactions. The analysis finds that large ...
Harvard Medical School3 天
Sugar and the Brain
Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...
Harvard Medical School6 年
Welcome from the Director and Program Overview
Our mission is to train the next generation of premier and diverse physician-scientist leaders, who represent a rich spectrum of clinical disciplines and research areas from basic and translational ...
Harvard Medical School3 个月
Holiday Stress and the Brain
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” So says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it? The end-of-year holidays are certainly a happy time for ...
Harvard Medical School1 年
Timeline of Discovery
Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. Theobald Smith identifies the mechanism of insect-borne disease transmission, discovers the ...
Harvard Medical School4 年
Reading and the Brain
Gaab, an HMS associate professor of pediatrics, heads a research unit in the Laboratories for Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital. Infants must learn to process sounds. By early ...
Harvard Medical School22 天
How Sound and Vibration Converge in the Brain to Enhance Sensory Experience
Ludwig van Beethoven suffered profound hearing loss but continued to compose music. Researchers believe he was able to do so because he could sense the vibrations of musical instruments and “hear” ...
Harvard Medical School4 年
Screen Time and the Brain
While these devices can enhance learning and build community, they can also interfere with everything from sleep to creativity. Pediatrician Michael Rich, MD ’91, MPH ’97, wants to understand how—and ...
Harvard Medical School9 个月
Cannabis and the Brain
Cannabis products are everywhere these days. As a growing number of states loosen their medical and recreational cannabis laws, millions of Americans are using the cannabis sativa plant, typically ...
Harvard Medical School6 年
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Monique Tello is a physician and writer. She is originally from the Boston area, and graduated from Brown University and the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She completed a combined ...
Harvard Medical School7 年
Welcome from the Director and Program Overview
Our mission is to train the next generation of premier and diverse physician-scientist leaders, who represent a rich spectrum of clinical disciplines and research areas from basic and translational ...