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Chief Executive Officer Louis de Melo
Emergency Medicine Grows Up The Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute aims to be the world leader in emergency medicine research
Vice-President Brand Strategy & Marketing Danielle Donadio
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Innovating Care
Want to set your own health goals? Dr. Carolyn Steele Gray has an app for that
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Nature vs. Nurture: Microbiome Edition
Genetics and environment affect the gut microbiome — so, what is the microbiome?
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Meet Dr. Miguel Ramalho-Santos
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Editor-in-Chief Lindsey Hodgson
Co-Editor Jane Rimmer
“It’s just one little cell, but it gives rise to an entire body...” New LTRI recruit Dr. Ramalho-Santos studies embryonic development — and why and how it sometimes goes wrong
Art Director Cecilia Mok Designers Eden Biggin Grace Poon Bonnie Wong
Breaking Down Barriers Collaboration is at the centre of new models of mental health care
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Past Meets Present Dr. Jon Hunter and Dr. Bob Maunder have a conversation about how a patient’s past influenced her recovery from cancer
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All in the Family
The Smalley family grapples with the discovery of their shared — and a cancer diagnosis
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Editor Sara Brown
gene mutation
Contributors Nancy Carr Heather Gibson Patricia Hluchy Marcia Kaye John Packman Jeannie Phan Julia Seo Annie Tong 3004 Studios
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