In Print
Photo courtesy of Spaulding-Framingham From Focus:
Milestone
Reached, But Campaign Against Polio Continues
“The vaccine works. It is safe, effective, and potent.” These words
on April 12, 1955, announced the long-awaited results of the Salk polio vaccine
trials. Yet 50 years later, polio still holds sway over many people. Survivors
may suffer a kind of relapse known as postpolio syndrome, a condition that Julie
Silver and other doctors in physical medicine and rehabilitation now see among
their patients.
Upcoming
Fifth Annual J. Worth Estes History of Medicine Lecture:
Entering a “White” Profession:
Black Physicians in Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Todd Savitt
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Thursday, April 14
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Lab Works
A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research.
StudenTalk
Personal takes on issues inside and outside the classroom.
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Spotlight
HMS Faculty Teach Classes on Current Health
Issues
The Longwood Seminars program at HMS is offering a series of free “Mini-Med
School” classes for the general public. In them, HMS faculty members
teach and answer questions on current subjects in science and health.
The final program for the
year is “Sleep Dynamics: REM, Rhythms, & Recall,” on April
27. See the link above for more information and registration.
Student Scene
Harvard Approves MD–PhD Program
in Social Sciences
The University has officially approved the social sciences track within
its MD–PhD program, adding to the program’s traditional emphasis
on basic sciences. The new program will be directed by Allan Brandt (above).
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