Researchers found that roughly a quarter of families putting a child through cancer treatment lost a staggering 40 percent of their household income—if not more. Kira Bona (Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s) is lead author of the study.
Following Harvard Medical School’s launch of its newly renovated curriculum, “Pathways,” deans and professors from peer medical schools commended Harvard’s change and said it mirrored in many cases their own curricular shifts.
Beth Stevens, assistant professor of neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital, is one of 24 fellows to be awarded a grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Nearly one of every 10 board positions at health care companies were held by an academic-affiliated person, ranging from medical school deans to hospital heads to professors, according to an analysis of 2013 data published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. Marcia Angell (HMS) is quoted.
The U.S. blood supply is facing new safety threats, exposing patients to potentially greater risk of disease from transfusions. Lynne Uhl, associate professor of pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
The Roche project mentioned in this article began with collaborations at Harvard Medical School involving faculty members Michael Greenberg, Lee Rubin, Chad Cowen, and Christopher A. Walsh.
Laura J. Esserman is one of the most vocal proponents of the idea that breast cancer screening brings with it overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Daniel Kopans (Mass General) is quoted.
