Free and open to the public, the annual family-friendly event invites Rhode Islanders to learn about brain science through interactive stations, creative art projects, lively games and engaging lighting talks.
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The ambitious goal of the new Brown RNA Center is to untangle the mysteries of human RNA, which could be instrumental in preventing and developing treatments for a wide variety of complex diseases.
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The neurotoxic effects of Agent Orange have important implications for the long-term brain health not only of veterans, but of all people exposed to biologically similar herbicides.
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Portraits of children living with rare diseases remind medical students, faculty, staff and medical school visitors to look at patients beyond their diagnoses.
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Three things every woman should know about stroke risk
A Brown University researcher who has studied women and stroke for over a decade shared crucial information about factors emerging in studies as important risk indicators.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: Human RNome Project Gets Underway
Brown hosts the first international working group meeting to sequence all of humanity’s RNA.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: Fantastic Four
HHMI’s competitive Gilliam fellowships support future life science leaders from underrepresented groups.
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In a presentation at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, Dr. Isaac Kohane, who has worked on medical AI since the 1990s, urged doctors-in-training to understand and make use of artificial intelligence.
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The goal of the regional collaboration of investors, entrepreneurs and researchers is to accelerate the development of innovative health care solutions.
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The Brown neuroscience Ph.D. student and competitive boxer researches how the brain processes combinations — like the ones she practices at the gym — to better understand cognitive disorders.
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A drug treatment clinic on wheels allows a Brown-affiliated E.R. doctor to treat patients and conduct research on ways to serve them and the community even more effectively.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: The Right Response
Faculty share their experiences and the challenges with providing health care in humanitarian emergencies.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: Women Stroke Survivors Fear ER Bias
Brown professor’s study receives top research prize from American Heart Association.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: A Digital First
The 2023 Academic Symposium showcases student research in a new way.
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The Legorreta Cancer Center is hosting two visiting oncologists from Kyiv whose work and lives were interrupted when Russia invaded their country in 2022.
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Dr. Colleen Kelly, a faculty member at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, donated her kidney to longtime colleague Chuck Hampton, who has greeted generations of Brown students at the campus Athletic Center.
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Antiracism and DEI in STEMM
Daylong Anti-Racism, DEI conference unites Brown STEMM community.
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The Brown University professor, who chaired a National Academy of Medicine workshop on IVG, discussed the potential implications of creating eggs and sperm from any cell.
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MEDICINE@BROWN: You Can't Take it With You
Thirteen people will die today as they wait for a kidney transplant. Is it time to change how we think about living organ donation?
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A Vision For the Future of Dementia
As the newly appointed director of the Memory and Aging Program, Ted Huey is excited about Brown’s potential to change the research landscape.
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Dr. Methodius Tuuli elected to the National Academy of Medicine
The professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School received the honor in recognition of his high-impact research to prevent adverse obstetric outcomes.
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As part of Rhode Island Startup Week, business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs convened in Providence to connect with Brown scientists launching breakthrough technologies across health, life sciences and biotechnology.
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The new Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine at Brown University is developing and advancing research collaborations to produce biomedical ideas and innovations with clinical impact.
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Members of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2027 donned white coats and celebrated a traditional rite of passage for Brown’s physicians-in-training.
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A new study led by Brown University researchers suggests a need to reevaluate opioid addiction treatment recommendations in the era of fentanyl.
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The same blood biomarker that signifies Alzheimer’s disease is also a driver of the life-threatening pregnancy condition of preeclampsia, a finding that has important implications for diagnosis and treatment.
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Genomic surveillance by a Brown-led team of scientists has revealed mutations in malaria-causing parasites that will complicate efforts to eradicate the disease in Africa.
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Starting in 2024, Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for its medical school ranking system.
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Participation in the U.S. News & World Report Rankings
In a letter to the Brown Community, Dean Mukesh Jain announced that The Warren Alpert Medical School will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for its Best Medical Schools rankings.
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To acquire clinical experience as part of her journey to becoming a doctor, the rising Brown University senior is working as a medical scribe in Providence emergency departments this summer.
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Brown Funds Three Biomedical Innovations
Accelerator fund advances the commercialization of faculty projects with potential to improve research and patient care.
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A study of older U.S. adults led by researchers at Brown University found that the risk of negative effects of both mRNA vaccines is exceptionally low, but lowest with the Moderna vaccine.
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A medical student-run program at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School introduced high school students to an array of careers in health and medicine.
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As part of a summer pathways program at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, students from nearby Rhode Island cities learned what it’s like to pursue a career in medicine.
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Video: Celebrating 50 Years of Medicine at Brown
A 15-month celebration of the history of medical education at Brown University concludes with an optimistic and ambitious vision for the school’s future.
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Fatal overdoses increase after police seize drugs, study finds
A new study highlights an unintended consequence of interventions to combat the country’s illicit opioid epidemic, emphasizing the need to include harm reduction strategies as part of a comprehensive response.
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Pending approval from the City of Providence, the University plans to build a new laboratory space for cutting-edge life sciences research and boost its athletics program with a proposed new indoor training facility.
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Mind-body practice of qigong can improve cancer-related fatigue
A study led by Brown University researchers found that a low-impact, meditative movement program involving qigong was as effective as more standard exercise programs in improving cancer-related fatigue.
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