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This story references and includes photos from the Culinary Medicine course created and offered by the Friedman School, in collaboration with Community Servings, to students across the Boston health sciences campus. Students are quoted, as well as course director Nadine Tassabehji, who is also identified with her TUSDM affiliation.

Distinguished Professor, Friedman School Dean Emeritus, and FIMI Director Dariush Mozaffarian, identified as a Tufts cardiologist and a nutrition researcher, explains that many whole grain products are “molecularly disassembled,” making their digestibility similar to refined grains, and how this may impact the gut microbiome.

School of Medicine’s Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, founder and director of the Center of Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, says that mobile midwifery “reimagines care as something that should be responsive to the needs of patients and should be community-centered.”

Fletcher Distinguished Professor Daniel Drezner discusses various high-stakes political strategies, such as brinkmanship and the “madman strategy,” being employed by President Donald Trump in the conflict with Iran.

HNRCA Distinguished Professor Alice Lichtenstein provides some background on the updated American Heart Association nutrition guidelines, which she helped write.

School of Medicine's Chenchen Sun, also identified with her Tufts Medical Center affiliation, is quoted in this in-depth look at comments on maternal health Massachusetts, including racial disparities saying, “from a systems standpoint, we have to train providers to recognize their biases and deliver culturally competent, trauma-informed care, especially for our most vulnerable patients.”

Fletcher’s Rockford Weitz joins this Inside Story panel to discuss Iran’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz and how crucial shipping routes should be governed in times of war versus peace.