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When losing one's research partner is like losing a part of oneself

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
Richard Thompson, the author's best friend.Joan Cook, CC BY-SA

“If you want to see Rich alive, now’s the time.” I sucked in air as I read the text from his wife.

I knew this was coming. But, I had been hoping for a miracle.

I met my friend Richard Thompson at a mental health grant-writing boot camp at Cornell Medical Center almost...

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