Careers • December 20, 2024
Medicine • December 17, 2024
Peruse original medical-related submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art by BIDMC physicians and staff in the new issue of Caducean Lights. The literary magazine is produced by the Katherine Swan Ginsburg Humanism in Medicine Program at BIDMC, led by Jon Crocker, MD, a hospitalist.
News • December 2, 2024
Healing touch has long been central to medicine, but recent changes - from pandemic protocols, to the rise of virtual care - have made it less common. How can caregivers balance evolving practices, with the timeless need for connection? Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, President and CEO, shares her thoughts in a recent STAT article. Click to learn more.
A newly published NEJM article by BIDMC pathologist Richard Haspel, MD, and hematologist Brian Carney, MD, calls out the discriminatory practices of the NCAA and U.S. military in requiring individuals to be tested for sickle cell trait. Click to learn more.
News • November 18, 2024
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is one of the award recipients for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health. The recipients were selected from more than 1,700 submissions in the U.S. and 34 countries. BIDMC will assess brain disorders in women through a new, non-invasive MRI imaging biomarker as part of the research of HMFP member David Alsop, PhD, professor of radiology and director of MRI research. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and multiple sclerosis (MS) disproportionately affect women, and this research could lead to advances in their detection and treatment. Learn more.
