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14 Medical School faculty named AAAS fellows – University of Michigan Health System News

ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan led the nation with 22 faculty members — 14 of them affiliated with the U-M Medical School — elected as 2019 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The U-M researchers are among 443 newly elected fellows announced today by AAAS. The Medical School faculty,… Read More: 14 Medical School faculty named AAAS fellows – University of… »

Philanthropist Len Blavatnik returns to Harvard Medical School

At Harvard, the foundation also supports the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator to identify promising early stage technologies, paving the way toward licensing and commercial development, and the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship, which offers HBS alumni the opportunity to create new ventures around promising life-science technologies while developing their leadership skills. Blavatnik said his father was a chemistry professor and head… Read More: Philanthropist Len Blavatnik returns to Harvard Medical School »

Regret medical school? Here are 3 things you can do.

Health eCareers | Physician | April 6, 2019 This article is sponsored by Careers by KevinMD.com. It’s normal to daydream about living a life very different from our own: “What would life be like if I were Beyonce?” “Would I have the same worries if I were a trapeze artist?” “Would I have been happier as a librarian?” We all do it from time to time — perhaps in moments of boredom, or maybe… Read More: Regret medical school? Here are 3 things you can do. »

Sex education: Menstrual health to be taught in school by 2020

It will be compulsory to teach about periods at schools in England by 2020, which endometriosis sufferer Alice Smith calls “massive”. The 23-year-old was diagnosed with the chronic condition at 14 and has been campaigning for menstrual health to be on the school curriculum. Alice says the new guidelines mean girls will know “from a… Read More: Sex education: Menstrual health to be taught in school by… »