Jerome Groopman
Jerome Groopman, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998, writes primarily about medicine and biology. He holds the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and is the chief of experimental medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His research has focussed on the basic mechanisms of cancer and AIDS. He has been a major participant in the development of many AIDS-related therapies, including protease inhibitors, and he is active in regional and national education activities in AIDS and cancer medicine, as well as in the training and education of young scientists in these fields. Recently, he has extended the research infrastructure in molecular and cell biology to studies of how cocaine and methamphetamine, prominent drugs of abuse, may impair immune function. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. Groopman has served on many scientific editorial boards and has published more than two hundred research articles; his editorials on policy issues have appeared in the Times, The New York Review of Books, and the Wall Street Journal. Among his books are “How Doctors Think” and, most recently, “Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What Is Right for You,” written with Dr. Pamela Hartzband.
In Praise of Parasites?
We think of them with revulsion, but a new book wants us to appreciate their redeeming qualities.
Why Storytelling Is Part of Being a Good Doctor
Physicians’ education puts science front and center, but narrative can be a surprisingly powerful medicine.
Understanding the Body Electric
Strong current can kill us, but electrical impulses let us live—a power even the ancients may have attempted to exploit.
The Politics of Stopping Pandemics
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, global instability had caused a worrying rise in epidemics. Medical science alone won’t be able to turn the tide.
The Long Game of Coronavirus Research
Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.
Do Some Surgical Implants Do More Harm Than Good?
Many are clearly lifesaving, but others have proved to be life-threatening, and dangerous implants are marketed with scant oversight.
A New Study Questions the Effectiveness of a Potential “Game Changer” Against the Coronavirus
A Parisian study of a medication cocktail touted by President Trump has yielded disappointing results, offering a caution in leaping from test-tube findings to clinical conclusions.
Can Brain Science Help Us Break Bad Habits?
Studies suggest that relying on will power is hopeless. Instead, we must find strategies that don’t require us to be strong.
The Troubled History of Psychiatry
Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the fundamental question of what constitutes a mental disorder.
The London Patient and a Plan to End the H.I.V. Epidemic in the United States
A medical breakthrough and a White House initiative have increased the likelihood of eradicating H.I.V., but there is an equal likelihood that this effort will be sabotaged by the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act.
The History of Blood
For centuries, curiosity about the mystical and biological functions of blood has fuelled both dangerous misunderstandings and revolutionary discoveries.
A Stunning Breakthrough in the Fight Against a Devastating Blood Disease
Every year, an estimated sixty thousand children are born with beta thalassemia. Many never make it to adulthood. Now a pioneering gene therapy could vanquish the disorder forever.
What’s Missing from the National Discussion About the Opioid Epidemic
The medical community has long shunned and stigmatized drug users. Can policymakers help doctors keep their compassion alive?
The Real Message of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The year’s first Nobel went to three Americans who pioneered the study of the biological clock. What does it mean?
Is Zika Gone for Good?
The virus caused widespread illness and fear in 2016, but it has virtually disappeared from the continental United States. Why?
In Praise of Parasites?
We think of them with revulsion, but a new book wants us to appreciate their redeeming qualities.
Why Storytelling Is Part of Being a Good Doctor
Physicians’ education puts science front and center, but narrative can be a surprisingly powerful medicine.
Understanding the Body Electric
Strong current can kill us, but electrical impulses let us live—a power even the ancients may have attempted to exploit.
The Politics of Stopping Pandemics
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, global instability had caused a worrying rise in epidemics. Medical science alone won’t be able to turn the tide.
The Long Game of Coronavirus Research
Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.
Do Some Surgical Implants Do More Harm Than Good?
Many are clearly lifesaving, but others have proved to be life-threatening, and dangerous implants are marketed with scant oversight.
A New Study Questions the Effectiveness of a Potential “Game Changer” Against the Coronavirus
A Parisian study of a medication cocktail touted by President Trump has yielded disappointing results, offering a caution in leaping from test-tube findings to clinical conclusions.
Can Brain Science Help Us Break Bad Habits?
Studies suggest that relying on will power is hopeless. Instead, we must find strategies that don’t require us to be strong.
The Troubled History of Psychiatry
Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the fundamental question of what constitutes a mental disorder.
The London Patient and a Plan to End the H.I.V. Epidemic in the United States
A medical breakthrough and a White House initiative have increased the likelihood of eradicating H.I.V., but there is an equal likelihood that this effort will be sabotaged by the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act.
The History of Blood
For centuries, curiosity about the mystical and biological functions of blood has fuelled both dangerous misunderstandings and revolutionary discoveries.
A Stunning Breakthrough in the Fight Against a Devastating Blood Disease
Every year, an estimated sixty thousand children are born with beta thalassemia. Many never make it to adulthood. Now a pioneering gene therapy could vanquish the disorder forever.
What’s Missing from the National Discussion About the Opioid Epidemic
The medical community has long shunned and stigmatized drug users. Can policymakers help doctors keep their compassion alive?
The Real Message of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The year’s first Nobel went to three Americans who pioneered the study of the biological clock. What does it mean?
Is Zika Gone for Good?
The virus caused widespread illness and fear in 2016, but it has virtually disappeared from the continental United States. Why?