By Dorothy Wright In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a list of 10 great public-health achievements of the 20th century in the United States: vaccination, motor-vehicle safety, workplace safety, infectious-disease control, decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke, safer and healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluoridation of drinking […]

Biophysicist Yuh Min Chook ’88 studies the mechanisms of protein transport through the nuclear membrane by transporter proteins, or Karyopherin betas (Kap betas), and their traffic patterns. In 2006, Chook’s lab discovered a new signal by which Kap betas identify their cargoes. This year, her lab identified the structure of the export-Kap beta that transports the majority of proteins from the nucleus into the cytoplasm, including proteins that are involved in human diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and cardiac hypertrophy … Read more»

In Part Two of our interview with Alice Rivlin ’52, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office and former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board talks about health-care reform and the impact of technology on the economy Read more»

Alice M. Rivlin ’52 is a Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and director of the Brookings’ Greater Washington Research Program. Before returning to Brookings, Rivlin served as Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board (1996-1999). She also has had a remarkable career in public service, including her appointment as […]

News in brief about anthropologist Nina G. Jablonski ’75, NIA Director Marie A. Bernard ’72, and nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86 … Read more»

Pamela Messer Peters ’79, a director and education-grants specialist for Medscape, is developing an online continuing medical education (CME) program to introduce physicians to new developments in genomic analysis … Read more&raquo

As a girl, Margo Gonzalez Leach ’74 arranged piles of autumn leaves into floor plans in her yard and walked through these ephemeral spaces. Today, as principal of M. G. Leach Architects, she is still creating houses in the landscape … Read more»

The inclusion of an adjuvant, a substance mixed with the immunogen to boost its efficacy, helps a vaccine to trigger the immune response, though researchers long have struggled to pinpoint why. Stephanie C. Eisenbarth ’96 is working with one of the most common adjuvants to answer the question. Read more »

Carol Bernstein ’69, who earned a master’s degree in education before entering medical school, has dedicated her career to educating the next generation of physicians. She was voted president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association in March 2009. Read more »

After a decades-long, multifaceted career that included management and executive positions overseeing R&D and technology transfer in the public and private sectors, Maxine Savitz ’58 recently was named a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). She spoke with Bryn Mawr S&T about her remarkable career. S&T: After earning a […]