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11 Harvard Medical School Researchers, Educators Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Faculty honored for achievements in biomedical science, patient care, health policy, medical education

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Tracing the Role of Physicians, Medicine, and Disease in the American Revolution

Medical history article series marks war’s 250th anniversary

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Photograph of the John Trumbull painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775” depicts Colonial and British soldiers on a stormy hilltop while Joseph Warren lies mortally wounded in the arms of a comrade.

Conversation Series Features Perspectives, Advice From Distinguished Faculty

Stories center on change in medicine, education, culture, Harvard Medical School

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A Brief History of Federal Funding for Basic Science

The partnership that transformed American biomedical research

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The American Flag flies over Harvard Medical School’s Gordon Hall, with new spring oak leaves on a tree in the foreground.

Journal Editors and Scholars Confront a History of Medical Discrimination

Understanding the roots of racism and social determinants of health to make a better future

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A sign pointing the way to the “colored waiting room” in a 1943 photo of a scene from Rome, Georgia, symbolizes how a legacy of historic racism leads to unequal health care for Black people, Native Americans, and members of other groups that still face discrimination today.

Studying the Past to Understand the Present

MD-PhD grad Alyssa Botelho embarks on career as physician, social scientist

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Lessons for Modern Medicine from Race-Based X-Rays

1968 controversy provides insight for building more equitable health systems

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Pandemics in the 21st Century

Symposium focuses on causes, solutions, to health inequities

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Care, Cure, and Context

Historians explore 150 years of social medicine at HMS

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An antique black and white photo of the carts and stalls at Boston's Quincy Market from the 19th century.
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Field Correction

Race-based medicine, deeply embedded in clinical decision making, is being scrutinized and challenged

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Student Group Focuses on History

Race in medicine explored in lecture

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