https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/our-response-to-covid-19-is-male-centric/ > I’m coming to you from the front lines of the battle against the novel coronavirus, aka SARS-CoV-2. > As an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, I spend dozens of hours a week in the emergency department. It’s my job to direct and oversee our residents, as well as care for patients.