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The MGH Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Free Lecture Series
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The MGH Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Free Lecture Series
The Other Side of Normal: How biology is providing the clues to unlock the secrets of normal and abnormal behavior
Join Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD, associate vice chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, and associate director of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit in the MGH Center for Human Genetics Research as he examines what biology is teaching us about the mind, the brain, and mental illness. Dr. Smoller will discuss his recent book (“The Other Side of Normal”) and address how science is helping demystify our behavior, relationships, resilience, and mental health.
The program is free and open to the public. It is held at the MGH Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, located at 2 North Grove Street in Boston. For further information or to register, please call 617-724-2755 or email mghhistory@partners.org. Light refreshments will be provided.
Event Details
| Where | Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 6:00 pm–8:00 pm |
| Who to bring | Everyone |
| Website | http://www.massgeneral.org/museum |
| Phone | 617-724-2755 |
| mghhistory@partners.org | |
| Price | $0 |
More About Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, or Mass General, was founded in 1811, making it the third oldest hospital in the country and the oldest and largest in New England. It is a teaching hospital and the vast majority of staff physicians are faculty members at Harvard Medical School.
Mass General has an annual research budget of $550 million. U.S News and World Report ranks Mass General as the third best hospital in the country, behind Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Mass General is also recognized in the top five hospitals for more than a dozen specialties, including ear, nose and throat; psychiatry; geriatrics; heart and heart surgery; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology; gynecology; kidney disorders; opthalmology and rehabilitation.
