HEALTH DISCOVERIES @ BROWN VOL . 7 , NO . 1 , WINTER 2025
CONTENTS
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Doctors ’ Notes
The latest news and research findings .
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Take A Breath
BY SARAH C . BALDWIN
Rhode Islanders with advanced lung diseases can now get all the best care in one place .
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Partners in Mentoring , Inclusion , and Life
BY SARAH C . BALDWIN
Rosenny Taveras and Dioscaris Garcia are diversifying the health care workforce , one student at a time .
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A Rising Tide
BY JONATHAN GARRIS
Researchers want to understand the surge in cancer rates .
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Ask the Expert
How is seasonal affective disorder different from wintertime gloom ?
ON THE COVER : Dr . Corey Ventetuolo , right , with her patient Jennifer M ., who has pulmonary arterial hypertension . Photograph by Jessica Scranton
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Editor Kris Cambra
HEALTH DISCOVERIES @ BROWN VOL . 7 , NO . 1 , WINTER 2025
Contributing Editor Phoebe Hall
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