From the mammogram that would change her life through her diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, New York Times bestselling author Theresa Brown, RN tells a poignant and powerful story about having … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series presents: Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient”
In The Song of Our Scars, physician Haider Warraich offers a bold reexamination of the nature of pain, not as a simple physical sensation, but as a cultural experience. It … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series Presents: The Song of Our Scars”
Register now to join us for a virtual conversation with author Maryanne O’Hara about her book Little Matches, moderated by Michelle LaBonte. This tender yet gripping book was inspired by a blog … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series Presents: Little Matches”
Please join author and HGSE Professor Jarvis Givens in conversation with Harvard’s Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, the immediate past president of ASALH. This conversation will focus on Carter G. Woodson … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series presents Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson & the Art of Black Teaching”
Join us for a virtual conversation with author Laura Kolbe about her fascinating book Little Pharma, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize! About the book: As the poet’s … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series Presents: Little Pharma”
Please join us for Countway’s first virtual Author Series event of 2022: Borrowing Life: How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality A … Continue reading “Longwood Author Series Presents: Borrowing Life”
Join us for a conversation with celebrated author Suzanne Koven, a primary care physician and inaugural writer-in-residence at Massachusetts General Hospital. Letter to a Young Female Physician has been described … Continue reading “Countway Author Series Presents: Letter to a Young Female Physician with Dr. Suzanne Koven”
Artificial intelligence is already improving public health through cancer screenings and postpartum care, but researchers are raising concerns about this rapidly developing technology. ChatGPT and large language models have the … Continue reading “The promise and perils of AI in health care”
A Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn Forum Thanks to advances in medicine and technology, middle-aged and younger people in many countries can anticipate living years longer than previous generations. … Continue reading “A reexamination of aging: Living longer, happier, and healthier”
Join the Department of Global Health and Population for our weekly Thursday Brown Bag Series on April 11 via Zoom. J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA, will present “ALL IN: Wellbeing … Continue reading “ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare”