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This 9/11 — Are We Prepared for the Next Disaster?
This 9/11 — Are We Prepared for the Next Disaster?
By Joe Masci, MD
Sheree Crute
Sep 11, 2017
80 is Not the New 50: Getting Health Care Right
80 is Not the New 50: Getting Health Care Right
By Rosanne Leipzig, MD, PhD
Sheree Crute
Sep 8, 2017
Mapping Emotion to Improve Neighborhood Health
Mapping Emotion to Improve Neighborhood Health
By Alan Waxman
Sheree Crute
Sep 5, 2017
When Pat and Bob nearly saved health care reform: A lesson in Senatorial bedside manner
When Pat and Bob nearly saved health care reform: A lesson in Senatorial bedside manner
Joseph Fins, MD, Academy Fellows Ambassador and the E. William Davis Jr, MD Professor of Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine and Chief…
Sheree Crute
Jul 27, 2017
Back to the Future: Stopping Heart Disease Before it Begins
Back to the Future: Stopping Heart Disease Before it Begins
4 Questions for David Siscovick, MD, MPH expert in prevention and heart health
Sheree Crute
Jun 20, 2017
Does a One-Size-Fits-All Approach Work When it Comes to Reducing Sodium Intake?
Does a One-Size-Fits-All Approach Work When it Comes to Reducing Sodium Intake?
By Amanda Li
Sheree Crute
Jun 13, 2017
Planning and Playing in the City of the Future
Planning and Playing in the City of the Future
By Lisa O’Sullivan, Director of Center for Medicine and Public Health at The New York Academy of Medicine.
Sheree Crute
Feb 15, 2017
Moving Beyond the Hospital Walls: Health and Equity Activism in 2017
Moving Beyond the Hospital Walls: Health and Equity Activism in 2017
By Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
Sheree Crute
Jan 4, 2017
June Jackson Christmas: The Making of an Activist
June Jackson Christmas: The Making of an Activist
June Jackson Christmas, MD, is a psychiatrist and pioneer of urban health who was one of the first to address the impact of economic and…
Sheree Crute
Dec 21, 2016
When Mexican Physicians Took to the Streets and Villages
When Mexican Physicians Took to the Streets and Villages
This story was written by Gabriela Soto Laveaga, PhD, a professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her book Jungle…
Sheree Crute
Nov 16, 2016
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