Merry Fitzpatrick

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  • Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
A farmer gathers goat carcasses in drought-hit northeastern Kenya on Jan. 21, 2026. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University; Alex de Waal, Tufts University; Luka Kuol, University of Juba; Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University, and Peter Hailey, Tufts University

The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
El libro ‘Maladie de Famine’ incluye fotos inquietantes tomadas dentro del Gueto, juntas con un record de los efectos médicos de la inanición. 'Maladie de Famine," American Joint Distribution Committee

Médicos judíos del gueto de Varsovia documentaron en secreto los efectos de las políticas nazis de hambruna en un libro redescubierto recientemente

Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University and Irwin Rosenberg, Tufts University

El libro registra los sombríos efectos de una falta casi total de alimentos en el cuerpo humano. Es un tesoro para los médicos que también muestra la dedicación y humanidad de los científicos judíos.
The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation. 'Maladie de Famine," American Joint Distribution Committee

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book rediscovered on a library shelf

Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University and Irwin Rosenberg, Tufts University

The story behind the research can be as compelling as the results. Recording the effects of starvation, a group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity.

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