
Rachel E. Gross
@rachelegross
Science journalist • author of VAGINA OBSCURA: An Anatomical Voyage for @WWNorton • previously @KSJatMIT, @SmithsonianMag, @Slate, @WIRED, @nytimes. She/her 🌈
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How medical professionalism harms residents of color — and everyone in medicine who falls outside the norm (white, male, elite): nytimes.com/2024/03/19/hea… via The New York Times NYT Science With insights from Adaira Landry, MD MEd, Joel Bervell, Londyn Robinson, MD #MedEd

Honored to have been featured in this The New York Times article about how medical professionalism can harm residents of color. Thank you to Rachel E. Gross for the incredibly well written article!!

NYT Article by Rachel E. Gross deciphering the modern origin of term "medical professionalism". She interviewed MANY people for article, including ACGME higher-ups and current students and residents. Proud to be Dr. Powell's mentee and also to be quoted. nytimes.com/2024/03/19/hea…


Join us this Friday, April 12, for a conference on gender bias in medicine & how artists + activists can help move women's health forward. Featuring the brilliant voices of: Sophia Wallace 🦚 Medical Herstory Wendy Kline Maria Uloko MD Hosted by the Women's Institute at Russell Sage College


The conference will be at the Russell Sage campus, but you can livestream in for free starting at 11 am EST: youtube.com/@RussellSageCo… via Russell Sage College

Trans patients and providers are making menopause better for everyone. My latest, for The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Trans care has what menopause care has been missing, some doctors say: theatlantic.com/health/archive…… via The Atlantic



Thank you, Rachel Gutman-Wei, for your thoughtful guidance on this story. And thank you @queersurgeon, taniaglyde.bsky.social, Maria Uloko MD, Dr. Marci Bowers & more for your insights! via The Atlantic

Completely agree with the views in this The New York Times Rachel E. Gross piece about "failure to thrive" having outlived its usefulness. Patients benefit from precise diagnoses and the comprehensive investigations that would support them. Next up: "idiopathic." nytimes.com/2024/05/13/sci…

Absolutely fascinating to find how the off-putting diagnosis "failure to thrive" jumped from pediatrics to geriatrics. In medicine, it seems, failure connects us all 🤔: nytimes.com/2024/05/13/sci… via The New York Times @nytscience #OlderAmericansMonth

Meet 'failure to thrive,' the term that stays with us from birth to old age. My latest for The New York Times:

I had so many great conversations with Rachel E. Gross as she worked on this article and I am so happy it is out there. nytimes.com/2024/08/13/sci…

"Abortion" wasn't always a dirty word. In fact, it once included miscarriage and other forms of early pregnancy loss. My latest for The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/08/13/sci…

Menstrual blood is finally being taken seriously as a diagnostically rich substance. Soon, it could change the course for millions of endometriosis patients. My first for The New Yorker: newyorker.com/science/annals…

"Drop by drop, they are painting a fuller picture of an area of the body that’s been hidden for too long." new by Rachel E. Gross on the people (finally) researching menstrual blood, which turns out is "a diagnostic goldmine" newyorker.com/science/annals…



🩸This is how scientists and start-ups wring priceless data out of tampons and pads🩸 newyorker.com/science/annals… via The New Yorker