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Newswires remain abuzz around two reports of "functional" HIV cures. What does "functional cure" mean? Should the Nobel Committee be dusting off medals?
How Middle School Failures Lead to Medical School Success
At the end of a long day -- Jessica teaching middle school and Tim teaching medical students -- we settled into bed and began trading war stories.
We discovered we were both reading the same author, and that this linked middle school failures to success in medical school better than we could have predicted.
Click to read our full article at The Atlantic.
Children's medication preferences in the developing world
The palatability and convenience of children's medicines have a huge impact on their potency, and thus on pediatric health.
Yet it's a amazing how little is known about what children, and their parents, prefer in the developing world.
I worked with a team who surveyed children and caregivers about their preferences and habits.
Check out our article in PLoS ONE.
Your Kid Probably Doesn't Need Antibiotics
How to help everyone prevent the looming "antibiotic apocalypse"
We're looking for a new pediatrician, and, over coffee with friends, recommendations started flying. When it came out that our 14-year-old son had never taken antibiotics, the conversation stopped on a dime.
"What about for ear infections?" one said.
"Hasn't he ever had strep?" said another.
"Never?" said the third.
Read our full article at The Atlantic.
New paper about HIV-related tuberculosis
We found that HIV-infected adults who had tuberculosis before had double the risk of getting tuberculosis again. We should target preventive interventions here.
Medical Student Training in Global Health Ethics
Many medical students are excited to serve overseas. But more and more commentators have raised concerns about the ethical and other pitfalls of what they call "service tourism."
What should students learn before and after global health outreach? Our paper in Academic Medicine proposes a curriculum in global health ethics so students can avoid those ethical pitfalls.
