Biomedical Odyssey

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Human flourishing: Could a philosophical concept impact health?

October 28, 2021

Medical student Dianela Perdomo shares her insight on the intersection of philosophy and medicine.

Dianela Perdomo ⋅ A Day in the Life health care, mental health, philosophy, socioeconomics ⋅

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Culture Shock: My Experience with Classism in Higher Education

July 31, 2019

This summer, I took a road trip that ran through South Carolina and decided to stop by Sumter, a little town where I had lived for a few years as a preteen. Of Sumter’s 40,000 residents, 20.6% live below the poverty line, with a median household income of $38,562. Although the poverty rate in Baltimore […]

Brianna Barry ⋅ A Day in the Life classism, graduate students, socioeconomics ⋅

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