1999

December 20

In Focus: Studies Quantify Black Patients' Substandard Care
Happenings:
4th Annual Conference on Health and Social Change in Asia:
Mental Health Services and Training in Asia
Student Scene: First-Year Students Share a Solemn Rite of Closure to Anatomy Lab

December 13

In Focus: Protein May Turn Brain Enzyme into Trigger for Alzheimer's Tangles
Happenings:
The Dean's Millennium Series: The 1999 Dunham Lectures
Grey Matter(s)
Student Scene: Seeing the Parents'-Eye View of a Broken Child
Spotlight: Primary Care Residency Makes Case for Training Linked to Managed Care

December 6

In Focus: Mouse Model Sheds Light on Development of Killer T Cells
Happenings:
Ethics Conference: Complementary and Alternative Medicine—The Scientific and Pluralistic Challenge
Student Scene: Panelists Debate If Doctors Should Unionize

November 29

In Focus: Genes Found that Unravel Methylation Mystery
Happenings:
Photo Exhibit:Courage and Resiliency—Cambodian Women in America
Student Scene: Fourth-Year Students Complete First Comprehensive Clinical Exam

November 22

In Focus: Multi-tasking Protein Offers New Hope for Vaccine Against Mutable HIV
Happenings:
Photo Exhibit:Courage and Resiliency—Cambodian Women in America
Student Scene: Students Find Way to Waltz Through Med School—to Tango, Too
Spotlight: New Journal Based at Brigham & Women's Hospital

November 15

In Focus: Malaria: Bad News at the Bedside, Good News at the Bench
Happenings:
Events Addressing the Issue of Physician Unions, November 15 and 18.
Student Scene: Wired for Science: The Web Makes Science Pervasive and Personal

November 8

In Focus: ICCB Discovers First in New Class of Mitosis Inhibitors
Happenings:Ethics Forum:
The Impact of Managed Care on Medical Education Clinical Implications
Student Scene: First Exam Stirs Up Unexpected Cooperation

November 1

In Focus: Cell Signaling: The Inside Story on MAP Kinases
Happenings:Genetics Conference:
1999 Annual Cancer Update—Genetics of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Research Update and Clinical Implications
Student Scene: Walking the New Pathway Is a Group Exercise

October 25

In Focus: The Lowdown on LeftÐRight Asymmetry
Happenings:Genomics Seminar:
From Sex to Drugs
Spotlight: Quad Celebrates Community Service
Student Scene: Looking for Inspiration Both Out Far and In Deep

October 18

In Focus: Blueprint Made of Machine that Splits DNA
Happenings:Harvard School of Dental Medicine 1999 Ahmed Visiting Professorship Program:
"Immunopathology of Oral Mucosal Inflammatory Diseases" and other lectures
Spotlight: Quad Celebrates Community Service
Student Scene: Public Health Coalition Uses Stats Against Big Tobacco

October 4

In Focus: Getting to the Heart of Lipid Lowering
Happenings:Public Health Seminar Series:
Toward an Expanded Global Response to AIDS—Building New Partnerships
Spotlight: Quad Celebrates Community Service
Student Scene: Do I Really Belong at Harvard?

September 27

In Focus: The Slime of Biofilms–Microbiology's Latest Passion
Happenings:Pharmacology Grand Rounds:
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Psychiatric Disorders
Spotlight: Harvard–McLean Researcher Honored with 1999 Albert Lasker Award
Student Scene: Getting Science Straight for Publication

September 20

In Focus: Bite–Chew Model of the Proteasome Offers Food for Thought
Happenings:Psychiatry Grand Rounds:
The Future of Medical Education
Spotlight: More Photos of First-year Students at Orientation
Student Scene: A Tale of Two Coats and Two Ways to Learn Medicine

September 13

In Focus: Cells Prove to Have Strong Response to Their Physical Environment
Happenings:Nurturing the Mission of Academic Medicine in the New Millennium—The Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at HMS and BIDMC
Spotlight: Roles and Reversals in Residency Training
Student Scene: HMS and Boston Schools Join Forces for Summer Science Progam
White Coat Ceremony 1999

September 6

In Focus: The Ins and Outs of Making a Ribosome
Happenings:Malignant Melanoma—Modern Black Plague and Genetic Black Box
Spotlight: Introducing the Class of 2003
Student Scene: White Coat Ceremony 1999

August 30

In Focus: Seize a Teachable Moment, Decrease Colorectal Cancer Risk

August 23

In Focus: Unleashing One Human Scourge Against Another

August 16

In Focus: Studies Shed Light on CMV Stealth Tactics

August 9

Student Scene: The Best-Kept Secret of the Lab: Few Things Go as Planned

August 2

In Focus: Untangling the Alzheimer's Neuron

July 26

In Focus: Harvard Bolsters Its Financial Commitment to Medical Education at Affiliated Hospitals

July 19

In Focus: Korea Conference Explores 'Alternative Medicine'

July 12

In Focus: Multicenter Trial Tests Surgery For Macular Degeneration

July 5

In Focus: Healthy Gums: Key to More than a Bright Smile?
Happenings: Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: "Pushing the Surgical Limits for Gliomas: Is More Better?"
Student Scene: Finding the Middle Ground Between Scientists and Journalists

June 28

In Focus: Boning Up on Diversity
Happenings: Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: Pushing the Surgical Limits for Gliomas—Is More Better?
Spotlight: Grads of '74 Review 25 Years of Medical Milestones

June 21

In Focus: Under the Hood of a Cellular Transport Machine
Happenings: The W. Eugene Knox III Memorial Lecture: Cancer—The Rise of the Genetic Paradigm
Student Scene: Life After Graduation: How the MD-PhD Class of '99 Made Their Choices
Spotlight: Rare Books Settle into New Quarters at Countway

June 14

In Focus: What's Behind Cellular Morphing?
Happenings: The George P. Canellos Lecture in Medical Oncology: Multiple Myeloma—Progress in the Past 160 Years
Student Scene: Master Yoda, MD-PhD?
Spotlight: Minority Grads Have Aspired to Give More than Good Medicine

June 7

In Focus: Risk Factors Found for Depression Prior to Menopause
Happenings: 26th Annual Bert B. Hershenson Memorial Lecture: Doctors, Lawyers, and the Delivery Room—Can't We All Just Get Along
Student Scene: Students, Staff Take Ride for Rosie's Place
Spotlight: Alpert Prize Recognizes Austen's Asthma Research

May 31

In Focus: Sharp Rise in Disordered Eating in Fiji Follows Arrival of Western TV
Happenings: The Katherine Swan Ginsburg Lecture Series Presents: "The Relationship Between Being a Physician and Leading"
Student Scene: Award Caps Unlikely Route to MD
Spotlight: Lasers Compared for Wrinkle Removal

May 24

In Focus: T Cells Mustered to Fight Brain Tumors
Happenings: Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award and Staff Diversity Award Presentation
Student Scene: Peabody Students Win Society Olympics

May 17

In Focus: Immune System Shown To Be Tough on Itself
Happenings: Special Symposium on Diabetes-related Research in Honor of Robert and Mary Jane Spiro
Student Scene: Getting in Touch with the Human Side of Illness
Extra: Student Society Olympics
Spotlight: Three Minority Alums Bring HMS Education Back to Their Communities

May 10

In Focus: Catching Cancer Before It Takes Hold
Happenings: General Interest Lecture: The Overworked American: Developing a Balanced Lifestyle
Student Scene: Student Brings Personal Vision to Work with Teen Parents

May 3

In Focus: Gene Related to Tumor Suppressor Linked to Stem Cell Pool
Happenings: Health Care Conference: In Celebration of Professor Rashi Fein on His Retirement
Student Scene: Mining Information from Mountains of Scientific Data
Spotlight: Harvard Holds Live Advanced Endoscopy Course

April 26

In Focus: Cancer Risk May Be Higher for Young Smokers
Happenings: Radiology Grand Rounds: Image Guidance in Neurosurgery: Then and Now
Student Scene: New Procedure Makes Applying to HMS Easier, Increases Pool
Spotlight: 3-D Imaging Assists Surgeons

April 19

In Focus: Unmasking Elusive Enzyme Reveals Known Alzheimer's Villain
Happenings: General Interest Forum: Research Funding for the Millennium
Student Scene: Med Student Sees His Career in the Dorchester Clinic Where He Volunteers
Spotlight: Why Not Harvard Medical?

April 12

In Focus: Genetic Study Revamps Understanding of Iron Metabolism
Happenings: Ebert Lecture: Latino Health Movement: Affirmative Action 30 Years Later
Student Scene: A Scientist-to-Be Comes to Terms with Worms
Spotlight: The Jimmy Fund

April 5

In Focus: Growth Factor Promotes Life By Halting Cell Death Machinery
Happenings: Piano Recital: Selections from Beethoven, Gershwin, and Bach–Busoni
Student Scene: Students Seek Ways to Manage Money and Handle Debt as Residents

March 29

In Focus: Researchers Set to Join Forces
In Harvard-wide Cancer Center
Happenings: Medicine Grand Rounds: Angiogenesis: From Bench to Bedside
Student Scene: The Feel and Unexpected Weight of the 'Intern Blues'
Spotlight: Online Discussion Groups Assist in the Management of Diabetes

March 22

In Focus: Sleep May Play Bigger Role in Learning and Memory
Happenings: Quality of Care Seminar: Making the Business Case for Improvement
Student Scene: Match Day: The Med School's Own "March Madness"
Spotlight: Web Journal Provides Insight on the Eye for Doctors and Patients

March 15

In Focus: How the Nose Knows a Multitude of Different Odors
Happenings: Using Multimedia to Enhance Clinician–Patient Communication at the End of Life
Student Scene: Students Help Family Van Bring Free Care to Boston Communities

March 8

In Focus: Telomere Loss Spells Trouble for Aging Mice
Happenings: Medical Publishing: Politics, Profits, and Professionalism
Student Scene: Why Tom Wolfe (Almost) Made Me Fail My Prelim Exam
Spotlight: Virtual Patient Helps Train Next Generation of Physicians

March 1

In Focus: Mutant Genes May Cooperate to Override Errors
Happenings: Diversity in Research Careers: Looking Ahead
Student Scene: Minority Medical Students Outside HMS Invited for One-Month Rotations
Spotlight: New HSPH Dean Sketches Vision of Public Health

February 22

In Focus: Uncovering the Secrets of Bacterial Division
Happenings: Celebrating the African Experience Through the Eyes of Students and Faculty
Student Scene: "The Simpsons" Meets "ER" in "Six Degrees of Decussation"
Spotlight: Children's Cardiac Registry: A Teaching Tool for Cardiologists Around the Globe

February 15

In Focus: Institute for Chemistry, Cell Biology Out the Gate
Happenings: Second-Year Student Show: "Six Degrees of Decussation"
Student Scene: Student Council Provides Vital Link Between Students and Administration
Spotlight: Imaging Poliovirus Structure Aids in Understanding of Viral Functions

February 8

In Focus: Mouse Strain Keeps Ovaries Running into Old Age, Can Women?
Happenings: How to Write a Grant
Student Scene: The Positive Side of Negative Experimental Results
Spotlight: Web Nursery Puts Babies on the Net

February 1

In Focus: Neural Stem Cells Raise Prospect of Repairing Brain
Happenings: Boston Forum in Oral and Craniofacial Biology
Student Scene: And Now a Peek at the Upcoming Second Year Show
Spotlight: Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

January 25

In Focus: Biological Clock Is Even More Elegant than Believed
Happenings: The Second Annual Ruth Sager Memorial Symposium: Biology of Breast Cancer
Student Scene: Explaining the Chance of Death While Preserving Hope

January 18

In Focus: Findings Suggest More Effective Approaches to Chronic Pain
Happenings: Clinical Crossroads: Endometriosis
Student Scene: Grad Offers On-line Medicine to Pediatricians
Spotlight: Whole Brain Atlas