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Dr. Zhong Liu: Leading Cutting-Edge Research in AI Sleep Medicine and AI Cardiovascular Dynamics at Harvard Medical School

As a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Zhong Liu has made groundbreaking advancements not only in fundamental theoretical research and AI algorithms but also in infusing new energy into life sciences AI algorithms and interdisciplinary medical technologies with his diverse academic background.

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ICE Is Trying To Deport a Harvard Medical School Researcher Over Frog Embryos

An immigration judge found the official document initiating Kseniia Petrova’s deportation to be legally deficient. She remains in detention, unable to further her cancer research.

Reason

Former morgue manager of Harvard Medical School to plead guilty to stealing and selling body parts

Cedric Lodge was accused of stealing and selling human heads, brains, skin and bones from cadavers as part of a ‘nationwide network’

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Experience: I held up a plane to catch a thief

Four years of medical school notes vanished with my device, and my flight was due to take off in 45 minutes

The Guardian - UK

Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the trend could be worsening

Americans are increasingly waiting weeks or even months to get an appointment to see a health care specialist.

The Conversation

Russian Putin Critic Could Be Deported Following ICE Arrest: 'She Cannot Return To Russia Without Being Jailed Or Harmed'

A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained and taken to an ICE detention center in Louisiana

Latin Times

A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her

Emory University put Umaymah Mohammad through ‘one of the most dehumanizing’ experiences of her life as a new front opens in the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices

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In lawsuit settlement, Texas Tech’s med school promises it won’t consider race in admissions

George Stewart sued Texas Tech University Health Science Center and five other medical schools claiming they rejected him in favor of lesser qualified students of color.

The Texas Tribune

Tackling class barriers to medical school

Letters: Broad descriptors of class fail to capture the full picture of underrepresentation, writes Dr Katie Petty-Saphon, while Dr Carl Darby says working-class grit is a useful quality in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is ‘outrageous’ but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022

The Guardian - UK

Only 5% of students in medical schools from lowest socio-economic group – study

Medical schools should make more ambitious use of contextual offers to widen access, a charity has urged.

The Independent UK

Here’s what I learned in medical school – beyond the curriculum

Studying medicine is not an identity – and self-care should be considered a matter of medical ethics rather than an indulgence

The Guardian - AU

South Korea Exam Sees Record Number Of Re-takes After Medical Reforms

South Korean students are sitting a crucial university entrance exam Thursday, with a record number re-taking the test in a bid to capitalise on reforms that made it easier to get into medical school.

International Business Times

To Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness

But then came a question I wasn’t prepared for

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Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in health

The Conversation

Nobel prize in medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, the molecules that control our genes

Two scientists, Victor Ambros (UMASS Chan Medical School in the US) and Gary Ruvkun (Harvard Medical School in the US), have won the 2024 Nobel prize in medicine or physiology.

The Times of India

Nobel Prize 2024 in Medicine announced: Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun awarded for discovering microRNA

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation. Ambros, 70, is a professor at the…

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Menopause should be taught in Australian medical schools to prevent women being gaslit, inquiry finds

Women were dismissed, offered ineffective treatments or wrongly diagnosed by healthcare professionals, Senate inquiry told

Reason

Psych Professor's Lawsuit Over Alleged Contract Nonrenewal Based on Speech About Gender Dysphoria Can Go Forward

Prof. Allan Josephson (formerly of the University of Louisville medical school) claims his contract wasn't renewed because "he expressed his thoughts on treating childhood gender dysphoria during a panel discussion sponsored by a conservative think tank [the Heritage Foundation]."

The Guardian - UK

James Belshaw: the goalkeeper with two degrees and a second world war thesis

Harrogate player says he might have gone to medical school but for football and took a 50% pay cut to pursue his dream

The Times of India

5 creative activities to boost brain power, sharpen memory

Just like your body, your brain needs a workout too for efficient functioning and fighting ageing and degeneration of neurons. Brain health has assumed a greater significance amid our preference for sedentary lifestyle and lack of self care. According to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry, one out of…

The Independent UK

Kerenza Bryson turns thoughts to junior doctor job after Paris baptism

The 25-year-old has juggled sport with medical school and being an army reservist.

The Conversation

Shortage of Black doctors is rooted in racist history − a $600M gift will help historically Black medical schools address the gap

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Donates 0M To Black Medical Schools

Bloomberg Philanthropies donates 0 million to historically Black medical schools to empower future Black doctors and address healthcare disparities.

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