Page 5 - RU RWJ Medicine Magazine • Winter 2021

In This Issue:
Feature Articles:
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29 | 31 |
Staying Ahead of the Curve:
How Our Experts Are Addressing the Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health and Risk for Suicide
By Beth-Ann Kerber
A Conversation With New Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway
A Quest for Anti-Racism:
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Strives for Inclusion and Diversity
By Jillian Prior, MPA
Leonard Y. Lee, MD ’92, Says COVID-19 Has Forced Us All to Learn a Few New Lessons
By Leonard Y. Lee, MD ’92
Research Pivots. Pandemic Tests Resilience of
Medical School Investigators
By Jennifer Forbes Mullenhard | Beth-Ann Kerber, Marisol Seda, and Patti Verbanas contributed to this article
My Purpose, My Path:
From Foster Care to Medical School, Aleksandra Hussain ’24 Overcomes Obstacles in Her Pursuit of Helping Others
By Lauren S. Peele-Marshall
A Mother’s Fight for Her Son After Brain Injury
By Jillian Prior, MPA
MMR Vaccine Resistance Drives a Public Health Issue
In Every Issue:
1 | Message from the Dean 34 | Alumni Connection
35 | Class Notes
41 | Social Media Highlights
Winter 2021
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By Kate O’Neill Alumni Profiles:
36 | Jeanne Clark, MD ’92, MPH, Has Made Advancing the Careers of Women in Medicine Her Top Priority By Jillian Prior, MPA
38 | Making the Invisible Visible:
Foluso Fakorede, MD ’06, Lowers Amputation Rate in Rural Mississippi
By Lauren S. Peele-Marshall
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