October 14, 2002
In Print Photo by Steve Gilbert Focus: Lost Memories--A Side Effect of Education? A symposium at HMS explored the latest research on the brain's response to stress and sleep deprivation in the context of medical education. Can the intensity of medical training be self-defeating? Among the speakers who shared their insights was Charles Czeisler (above). BBS Bulletin HMI World HSTconnector InteliHealth MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain		Headlines Shadow Proteins in Thymus May Explain How Immune System Gets to Know Its Own Body Upcoming AIDS Symposium: Fifteen Years of HIV Treatment: Progress and Challenges Steven Grinspoon, Massachusetts General Hospital Keith Hansen, World Bank Martin Hirsch, Massachusetts General Hospital Dan Kuritzkes, Brigham and Women's Hospital Bruce Walker, Massachusetts General Hospital Wednesday, October 23 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Jeff Cleary Clean Power Considered for New Research Building HMS is evaluating a fuel cell power system for the New Research Building, which reportedly would be the first use of fuel cells in medical research in the U.S. The potential benefits include a lower cost to the environment. But the complete cost-benefit picture is now being examined. Student Scene Photo by Jeff Cleary Healing Touch of a Troubled Mind Before entering medical school, Alisa Land worked as a therapist for troubled children in New York City. Yet she began her psychiatry rotation with some doubts about her ability to help her patients. What she had forgotten was the patients' ability to help themselves and one another, as well as the health care provider.

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