Kirsten Austad

Kirsten Austad — The Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Students: How Does the Story Begin?

The September 29th Lab Seminar was led by Kirsten Austad, an Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow, and medical student at Harvard Medical School. While Kirsten's research specifically targets the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the education of medical students, she opened the seminar by describing the economy of influence that pervades the entire medical system. It is a complex arrangement, comprised of researchers, journals, medical schools, speaker's bureaus, consultants, advisory boards, physicians, patients, and...

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