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Vol. I, Issue 5 Published 12.01.03
Dear Student
Of Psychiatry and Pop Culture
Steven Schlozman
A professor of mine in medical school one day reached into his book bag and produced a novel. "It's what I'm reading now," he told us, "though it isn't very good." He paused and then explained. "The cool thing about being a psychiatrist is that books, even lousy ones, are like professional reading...

Opinion
More Work: Good or Bad?
Chris Russell
As the first years began CBC, I overheard students blaming previous New Pathway classes for difficulty of their CBC block. When I completed my CBC evaluation last year, I (among many) suggested that the CBC midterm and final should be closed book, because having an open-book exam creates no incentive for studying...

Leaving Longwood
The Fenway Five
86-100 Peterborough Street

Kit Lo
Vandy kitchen starting to gross you out? Sick of the Bourbon chicken from the Galleria? Want a nearby alternative to Brown Sugar? Check out the restaurants that I've dubbed the "Fenway Five" (in honor of the stadium that is just a few blocks away), all situated on the same block and a mere 10-minute walk from the medical school...

Survey Says
What are you most thankful for this holiday season?

World AIDS Day, 12/1
Forty-two million people live with HIV
http://www.tac.org.za/

Eat Your Heart Out
Marinara Sauce
Allon Beck
Tired of spending money on crappy take-out? Sick of The Wrap? Yearn for that home-cooked taste? If so, then this column is for you...

DM and Obesity: How to Treat?
Michael Tang
Obesity and diabetes are popular topics during our first-year biochemistry course. Several lecturers have called our attention to these alarming epidemics to provide details of their molecular pathogenesis. Dr. Bruce Spiegelman used twin studies to show that rates of weight gain have strong genetic influences...

Today's Talks 05.03.04
Wednesday, May 5
"Cinco de Mayo BBQ Celebration!”
MeSLA, MGH Minority Affairs
Come grab some good food and enjoy the sunny weather as we celebrate Mexican culture and commemorate Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862.
5:30 pm, Vanderbilt Hall Deanery
Free food.

“The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression”
Countway Library
Lecture and booksigning by Robert Gilbert, author, Northeastern University.
4:00pm, 5th floor, Minot Room, Countway Library of Medicine

Thursday, May 6
"Public Policies for HIV/AIDS with Special Reference to China”
Asia Public Policy Workshop and WHR Rivers Symposium
Debrework Zewdie, World Bank; Jim Kim, WHO; Shen Jie, China Center for Disease Control and National Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control; Anthony Saich, KSG.
6:00pm, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, KSG

Friday, May 7
“2nd Annual Symposium on Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research in the U.S.: From Research to Practice”
Harvard Interfaculty Program
Faculty discus basic physiology, state-of-the-art treatments, research, and future directions.
Speakers: Reginald Stuart, HSPH; Suzette Oyeku, HSPH; Debra Joy Pérez, GSAS.
8:00am – 4:30pm. Room G-1, Kresge Building, HSPH
Register www.healthpolicy.harvard.edu/ disparity.php, under “Disparities Symposium 2004.” More information, email retucker@disparitiessymposium.com

Saturday, May 8 2004
"Collateral Benefits: Complex Health Interventions Among the Poor”
DRCLAS, Division of Social Medicine Health Inequalities, BWH
Paul Farmer, PIH; Fernet Léandre, Zanmi Lasante, Haiti; Askar Yedilbayev, PIH, Russia; Jaime Bayona, Socios en Salud, Peru; Anne Hasitings, Fonkoze, Haiti.
9:00am – 1:00pm, New Research Building, HMS

"Volunteer opportunity at The Food Project”
SEAM & MUNCH
9:30 am-12:30pm, West Cottage lot in Roxbury
Transportation provided. Email Christine or Molly Perencevich. Limit 15 students. www.thefoodproject.org/

Ongoing
"2nd Year Show Videos"
Checks to “HMS/HSDM 2nd Year Show.”
Contact: Nancy Chang



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