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What It’s Like to Be in Medical School with a Nonapparent Disability

July 18, 2024

Kiki Schmalfuss shares her experiences as a medical student and patient

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Medical Students with ‘Invisible’ Disabilities Are Improving Patient Care

July 18, 2024

As patients themselves, they’re shaping the doctors they want to be and to have

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Harvard Medical School Students and Boston Community Organizers Learn Together

July 11, 2024

New director shares vision for Office for Community-Centered Medical Education

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.

Journal Editors and Scholars Confront a History of Medical Discrimination

July 1, 2024

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

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Global Surgery: A Bold Plan for Access, Equity

May 31, 2024

HMS-led community is working to bring basic surgery, anesthesia to 5 billion people who need it

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Preparing Medical Students and Doctors to Confront Climate Change

May 29, 2024

Gaurab Basu leads climate education efforts at Harvard Medical School and beyond

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PhD Graduates Anticipate Careers of ‘Benevolent Achievement’

May 24, 2024

147 students receive doctoral degrees, devoting themselves to biomedical change

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Harvard Medical School, Dental School Graduation 2024

May 23, 2024

Graduates ready to face challenges and seize opportunities to improve health for all

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Harvard Medical School Master’s Graduates See Possibilities Everywhere

May 22, 2024

Diverse class poised to become leaders in wide array of biomedical fields

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What’s at Stake With the U.S. Supreme Court Case on Misinformation?

May 22, 2024

A Harvard Medical School physician weighs in

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Building a Career in Military Medicine

April 30, 2024

Graduating MD student Mitchell Winkie on taking care of service members and families

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To Heal the Patient, Get to Know the Person

April 30, 2024

For master’s graduate Arcita Pramudita, empathy is key to excellence

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