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Meet the AAMC’s new Chief Scientific Officer

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, joins the AAMC from the UCSF School of Medicine. She shares her thoughts on the challenges facing scientists today.

  • July 16, 2024
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Women in medicine make gains, but obstacles remain

A study shows how their presence has grown as learners, teachers, and leaders, but pay disparities and gender harassment continue.

  • July 9, 2024
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In 2022, Caitlin Bernard, MD, became a lightning rod in the abortion debate. Here's…

Threats to her safety. Legal risks. Working as one of two abortion providers statewide. Despite such obstacles, this Indiana OB-GYN is more committed than ever.

  • July 3, 2024
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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

  • June 27, 2024

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Left to their own devices

A look at the evolution of five now-essential medical tools.

  • March 22, 2019
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The painful truth about maternal deaths

The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate in the developed world. If we’re going to save women's lives, all providers have to step up.

  • March 19, 2019
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Mending broken hearts

Many of the most effective innovations in cardiac care were developed at medical schools and teaching hospitals, and they push the frontiers of treatment.

  • March 3, 2019
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U.S. teaching hospitals care for the tiniest hearts

Families that once faced losing their babies to infant congenital heart defects have options for life-saving interventions.

  • March 3, 2019
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Teaching hospitals take the lead in stroke treatment

Medical schools and teaching hospitals provide increasingly effective and innovative approaches to saving lives and improving quality of life after a stroke.

  • March 3, 2019
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To disclose or not to disclose: That is just one of the questions

The AAMC’s Heather Pierce, JD, takes a deep dive into conflict of interest and Convey®, an innovative tool that streamlines research-funding disclosures.

  • Feb. 18, 2019
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“How much will it really cost?”

At times, medical prices can be almost impossible for patients to predict or understand. How cutting-edge hospitals are working to change that.

  • Feb. 11, 2019
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10 wishes for the new year

From more affordable health care to greater humanism in medical education, AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, MD, outlines his aspirations for 2019.

  • Jan. 28, 2019
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Faculty salaries increased 2.7% in 2018

The AAMC’s annual Faculty Salary Report highlights mean salaries across departments and specialties, academic ranks, and degrees in all regions of the country.

  • Jan. 10, 2019
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Giving credit where credit is due

Academic researchers recognize the importance of sharing data. It’s critical for the original investigators to get credit for their data.

  • Jan. 7, 2019