In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay Focus: Programmed Death by Mitochondria A research team led by Stanley Korsmeyer has shown, for the first time, that pro-death molecules BAK and BAX are essential gatekeepers to the death machinery of the mitochondria. A more detailed understanding of programmed cell death has the potential to improve therapy for a wide range of disorders. BBS Bulletin HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain

Headlines Scientists Shed Light on Gambling and the Brain Upcoming Second Symposium on Sjögren's Syndrome Friday, June 22 Fee required Call for Writers Are you an HMS student and a natural writer with few outlets for your creative mind and journalistic eye? Consider writing for Focus and WebWeekly. Several of our veteran columnists will be graduating this year so we're looking for MD and PhD students to fill their vacancies. The job requires producing three to six columns a year for the Forum section of Focus and Student Scene section of WebWeekly. Candidates must be skilled and motivated writers though do not have to be previously published. The biweekly Focus goes out to 18,000 faculty and staff across HMS and the affiliated hospitals, and every issue of WebWeekly receives thousands of visitors. If interested, please contact editor Robert Neal, 432-0448 or e-mail rneal@hms.harvard.edu.

Spotlight Kouchner Promotes Physician Activism During a talk at HSPH, Bernard Kouchner, founder of Médecins Sans Frontières, challenged physicians to take up political action as an intrinsic part of medical care. First-years Compete on the Quad HMS first-year students again competed for the prized pink flamingo at this year's Society Olympics. And the winners were... Student Scene Photo by Jeff Cleary The Sacred Trust Beyond Patient and Doctor Graduating medical student David Gordon says, granted, there is a sacred trust between patient and doctor. But what human relationship should not be based on respect and trust?

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