Features Archive

When Health Care Is Lost in Translation - By Helene Ragovin - Winter 2011
"Health literacy is a two-way street," says Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi.

Rough and Ready Vaccine - By Jacqueline Mitchell - Winter 2011
Linc Sonenshein is leading research that could open the door to inexpensive, heat-stable, needle-free vaccines.

Common Threads - By Bruce Morgan - Winter, 2011
Biomedical engineer David Kaplan has become the world's leading evangelist for the medical uses of silk. Day by day he's enlarging the ring of true believers starting with his colleagues at Tufts.
Also see the story in The New York Times Run Date: March 7, 2011

Pill after Pill - By Taylor McNeil - Winter 2011
In a bold new book, Psychiatrist Daniel Carlat writes a prescription for his field

Open Wide - By Jacqueline Mitchell - Winter 2011
When performers in the musical production of The Lion King in Boston, were straining their voices and needed a tune-up, Thomas Carroll was the man they called.

"Addicted to Antibiotics" - Dan Rather's program on antibiotic resistance, which includes an interview with Dr. Levy, January 11, 2011, 8 p.m. EST on HDNet.

Two Steps Ahead of the Flu - By Jacqueline Mitchell - December 2010
Researchers are learning more about the spread of influenza - and what you can do to stay healthy.

From the Ground Up - By Bruce Morgan - Summer 2010
Seven enterprising students are working to create a medical rotation site in Haiti.
Follow up story by Leslie Macmillan - Sept 2010

The Goodness of the Fit - By Bruce Morgan - Summer 2010
Katya Heldwein is determined to figure out precisely how the herpes virus enters a human cell to do its damage.

His Brain Made Him Do It - By Bruce Morgan - Summer 2010
Eliezer Sternberg, '13, wrote his first book at age 16, and that was just the start.

Northern Exposure - By Bruce Morgan - Sept 2009
A bold partnership between Tufts and Maine Medical Center seeks to relieve the doctor shortage in rural portions of New England's largest state.

Coding and Billing Spitfire - By Bruce Morgan - Sept 2009
Dreama Sloan-Kelly '02 has found her professional nich at last.

Care on Call - By Claire Vail - March 2007
At the Tufts-run Sharewood Clinic, Tufts medical students are not only helping disadvantaged members of the community, but getting a head start at being a physician. A volunteer-based clinic run by Tufts students and supported by Tufts' family medicine residency program, Sharewood has had over 2,500 visits from 1,500 different patients over the past decade.

This Crazy Love - By Rachel Salguero Kowalsky, M.D./M.P.H.,'03 - Sept 2009
She's a doctor. She's a first-time mom. And when she enters the ER clutching her injured child, all bets are off.

Drop in Pressure - By Susan Clinton Martin, M04 - August 2009
With two young children at home and her training in front of her, a pediatrics resident is torn apart - until she decides to go part-time

Springboard - Tufts first MBS Class - By Jacqueline Mitchell - May 2009
While Tufts' MBS program is certainlynot the only post-baccalaureate premedical program, its size and intimacy make it unique. With 78 students in the 2008-09 class, that means more individual attention from professors in the classroom.

The Doctors-To-Be Are In - By Claire Vail - March 2007
The patient, a man in his 50s, explains that he's had a bad flu for nearly a month. In the last few days, a strange soreness under his left arm has put him into in a mild panic. After researching his symptoms on the Internet, he fears he may have a lymph node infection or worse -- angina pains. We peek behind the curtain and take a close-up look at a typical case at the Sharewood clinic.

Zanzibar - By Kadesha Thomas - September 2007
Kadesha Thomas, a student in the School of Medicine's Masters of Public Health program, recently spent a semester on one of the two Zanzibar islands off mainland Tanzania. Her experience as a student in the local medical clinic, and as an observer of native culture, has been full of wonder.

Found in Translation - By Claire Vail - November 2007
Librarians at Tufts School of Medicine have created an online health resource that is helping Asian immigrants in Boston's bustling Chinatown neighborhood better understand what ails them.

Against the Flow - By Jacqueline Mitchell - December 2007
Update: Dr. Judah Folkman passed away on January 14, 2008 while en route to Vancouver for one of the thousands of lectures that he gave to scientists around the world. Children's Hospital Boston has issued an obituary.

Treating China's Lost Generation - By Claire Vail - November 2007
Caring for China's "lost generation" -- survivors of the country's decade-long cultural revolution -- presents unique challenges for health care providers in Boston's Chinatown.

World of Good: Journey to India - Run Date: February 6, 2007

Sohil Sud, an MD/Fletcher MA student, went to Mangalore on the west coast of southern India, to learn from and study with the public health practitioners at Father Muller Medical College. His experience treating a rural population for everything from snake bites to polio is related in this audio slidehow.

World of Good: Journey to Peru - Run Date: February 6, 2007
Educating young villagers in the mountains of southern Peru about their reproductive rights was a welcome challenge for MD/MPH student Manisha Kumar, a recipient of the Hickey-Peyton International Travel Fellowship. Our audio slideshow features the many highlights of her trip, including teaching the pupils of an all-girls school in a remote mountain town.

World of Good: Journey to Africa - Run Date: February 6, 2007
Catherine Hooper, an MD student, journeyed to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in east Africa, where she helped professors at Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences link up with TUSK, Tufts University School of Medicine's online database.

What's Left Out By Julie Flaherty
When Dr. Michael Jon Zackin, N '86, quizzes his patients about what they had for breakfast yesterday, he is not testing their memories.

Virtual Plague By Jacqueline Mitchell
Whether the language used is mathematical or Web-based, modeling and predicting infectious disease is a tricky business. Now a program of global cooperation at the medical school promises to help.

The Sleeping Brain
Sorting, moving, arranging, mixing -- there's a lot of essential cognitive processing going on while you snooze.