The article profiles Kevin Tabb, chief executive officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS professor of medicine, and what he has accomplished since arriving two years ago.
Though eating disorders are commonly considered female conditions, a study released last week indicates that many young men suffer from undiagnosed eating disorders and distortions of body image. Alison Field, HMS associate professor of pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, is the lead author of the study.
Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at HMS, participated in a Q&A with Melinda Gates about the best ways to improve health all over the world.
Playing a musical instrument can cause fundamental changes in a young person’s brain, shaping both how it functions and how it is physically structured, according to researchers who presented the findings at a press conference this week. Gottfried Schlaug, HMS associate professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was the press conference moderator.
