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t m c » p u l s e | au g u s t 2 0 1 6 1 TMC | PULSE//TABLE of CONTENTS au g u s t 2 0 1 6 8 12 20 22 Generation Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A $69.8 million grant will help one Baylor group improve pediatric HIV rates. A Gentle Giant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stanley Appel, M.D., of Houston Methodist, remains a champion for ALS treatment and research. In Synch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music therapy soothes tiny patients in Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. 24 Spotlight: Michael Covert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The CEO of CHI St. Luke's Health has lofty goals for the hospitals and employees in his organization. 31 Curated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A new column examines the intersection of art and medicine. 34 Accolades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Cancer's Common Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Genomic Data Commons allows doctors and researchers to share information from a large pool of cancer patients. 36 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AN OLYMPIC EFFORT // p. 4 Spotlight: Brian Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The president and CEO of the Houston Food Bank brings an entrepreneurial spirit to his job. MARK BARR, A NURSE AT BEN TAUB HOSPITAL AND A PARALYMPIAN, IS JUST ONE MEMBER OF THE TMC COMMUNITY HEADED TO RIO DE JANEIRO FOR THE SUMMER GAMES. on the cover: A young patient at a Baylor College of Medicine-Abbott Fund Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence party in June, celebrating the renovated pediatric oncology ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. (credit: ©2016 Smiley N. Pool)

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