This essay, which shows how early Mormons used a modified version of the Great Chain of Being to make sense of the afterlife and the shape of the family in the afterlife, is now scheduled for publication in Dialogue in 2011.
Research on cardiovascular variability in sepsis fundedI am delighted to report that our grant application to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has been funded. This research studies hidden rhythms in heart rate and blood pressure among patients with severe infection. We are hoping to identify rhythms that give us information about prognosis and possible therapies for this life-threatening syndrome. |
    
Samuel Brown—physician leader, medical researcher, and cultural historian—is Professor of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center/University of Utah Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Brown researches and writes at the interfaces among medicine, religion, culture, and history. 
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