Anatomy of Being Human: Learning to Learn by Jeffrey Lam

Sep 28, 2017 | Narratives

How the first weeks of medical school are re-teaching me how to learn, fail, and stay human.    Learning to Learn. Medical students learn approximately 13,000 words in the first year alone, according to the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation. People often...

The Beautiful Game: On Soccer and Sociocultural Vaccines in Rio de Janeiro by Bryan Rego

Aug 16, 2017 | Narratives

I arrived in the Rio de Janeiro airport early one morning in June of 2016. I was greeted by the sound of angry police officers on strike, one of whom was holding a sign that read in English, “Welcome to Hell.” Less than a month before I arrived, a human hand had...

The Children of Bugando by Jimmy Maiarana

Aug 7, 2017 | Narratives

Bugando Medical Center sits on a hill overlooking the southern coast of Lake Victoria- a 26,000 square mile lake that separates Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. On the surface, the lake is breathtaking. Small islands are snow flaked off the shores, massive rocks sit...

Hands by Alicia Hersey

Aug 5, 2017 | Narratives

I turn my hands over and back, over and back, in front of me. The doctor in front of me is slowly massaging the patient’s right side, attempting to touch his fingers together through the walls of skin, adipose, and muscle. As his hands are moving, he alternates...