Elizabeth Polk Benson (13 May 1924-19 March 2018

An appreciation of the life and work of Pre-Columbian art historian Elizabeth Polk Benson.is presented from multiple points of view

A Perspective: Integrating Dental and Medical Research Improves Overall Health

The past decade has seen marked increases in research findings identifying oral-systemic links. Yet, much of dental research remains poorly integrated with mainstream biomedical research. The historic separation of dentistry from medicine has led to siloed approaches in education, research and practice, ultimately depriving patients, providers, and policy makers of findings that could benefit overall health and well-being. These omissions amount to lost opportunities for risk assessment, diagnosis, early intervention and prevention of disease, increasing cost and contributing to a fragmented and inefficient healthcare delivery system. This perspective provides examples where fostering interprofessional research collaborations has advanced scientific understanding and yielded clinical benefits. In contrast are examples where failure to include dental research findings has limited progress and led to adverse health outcomes. The impetus to overcome the dental-medical research divide gains further urgency today in light of the coronavirus pandemic where contributions that dental research can make to understanding the pathophysiology of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in diagnosing and preventing infection are described. Eliminating the research divide will require collaborative and trans-disciplinary research to ensure incorporation of dental research findings in broad areas of biomedical research. Enhanced communication, including interoperable dental/medical electronic health records and educational efforts will be needed so that the public, health care providers, researchers, professional schools, organizations, and policymakers can fully utilize oral health scientific information to meet the overall health needs of the public

Getting It Right: Being Smarter about Clinical Trials

A major NIH meeting led to recommendations for conducting better clinical trials

A Pesquisa sobre Identidade e Cidadania nos EUA: da Nova História Social à Nova História Cultural

O presente artigo analisa as novas tendências da historiografia norte-americana a respeito da cidadania e da identidade, evidenciando os deslocamentos ocorridos tanto na escolha dos objetos de pesquisa quanto na abordagem. A passagem da história social para a história cultural implicou em rupturas significativas e abriu novas direções de pesquisa, perceptível na produção mais recente.<br>The present article deals with the new tendencies of north american historiography about citizenship and identity, emphasizing the birth of different choices on research subjects and approaches. The move from social history to cultural history meant important ruptures and opened new directions of research which are visible in the most recent literature