Why science shouldn’t be ‘colorblind’
Taking action to address the ongoing issue of underrepresentation in science and key questions organizations and leaders should consider.
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Policywise
Can we afford the high cost of cancer drugs?
I still remember a patient who told me she cannot afford the $20 monthly copay for her oral chemotherapy. Her cancer was potentially curable with
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Social Determinants Digest: Institutions and racial disparities over time
A closer look at how to explain racial disparities that persist over time and begin to better understand and combat structural racism.
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Helping the most vulnerable: Kids in foster care
What can be done to improve the child welfare system and help make the lives of foster care children better?
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Lost, but not forgotten: Preserving a stranger’s memory
A story about the importance of simple good deeds and questions of memorializing and responsibility postmortem.
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Health care policy and partnerships: What has changed since COVID-19?
What partnerships will be most important moving forward post pandemic? How should we do things differently?
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The changing climate of friendship
History demonstrates that we have a capacity for same-gender friendships. But is it possible that they are less important today?
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How to survive and thrive: Labor and friendship among early humans
A closer look at friendships among early humans and how they led the way into how we think about gender, societal norms and policies.
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How we got here: The origin and function of friendship
Editor’s note: This is the first post in a three-part series on friendship. Why do humans across many cultures value and celebrate friendship? In many
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Optimizing precision medicine in diabetes treatment
What is precision diabetes medicine, and how can it reduce the worldwide burden of diabetes and its costs?
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