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Written Testimony of Reshma Ramachandran, M.D., M.P.P. at Hearing on “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics” Subcommittee on Health
Written Testimony of Reshma Ramachandran, M.D., M.P.P. of Yale School of Medicine Hearing on “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics” Subcommittee on Health U.S. House…
Read PostDFA urges members to contact lawmakers and write op-eds on gun violence
Click on the link to send a pre-written message to the legislators in your district. You can add to the message and share a personal or patient story or send…
Read PostPHYSICIAN MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PHD
Meena is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics…
Read PostLETTER TO FACEBOOK: Disclose Your Data Now
Click here to view this letter in PDF format Click here to take action and sign the petition November 23, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook, Inc. 1 Hacker Way Menlo…
Read PostThe Centenary of Insulin: Celebrating the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Looking into the Future
by: David Hirsch, MD and Aruna Muthumanickam, MBBS The discovery of insulin in 1921 revolutionized the medical treatment of diabetes, which until then had been a fatal disease. By 1922,…
Read PostDFA Applauds National Efforts to Promote Safe Storage of Firearms
This announcement from the Biden Administration is an important step toward a safer country for us all. From today’s announcement, “Firearms are the most common method of suicide in the United…
Read PostKeeping the Facts of Drug Pricing Proposals Straight
As debate over the federal Build Back Better budget reconciliation package continues this autumn, your legislators in Washington, DC need to hear from YOU. DFA has put together a letter,…
Read PostThe Omnipresent Drug Affordability Crisis: Stories from Across the Seas
by: Aruna Muthumanickam, MD It was an unremarkable Tuesday afternoon during my Internal Medicine inpatient rotation in a small village town in India called Talegaon. The ward stretched before me,…
Read PostPhysician Member Spotlight: Chidi A. Wamuo, M.D.
What part of medicine fascinates you the most? The field of psychiatry, specifically child/adolescent and forensic psychiatry fascinate me most. I view psychiatry as a largely preventive field with a…
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