Medicine
The Laboratory of Adult Development in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, is conducting a longitudinal study of human adult development, by following two groups of individuals (268 Harvard graduates and 456 males from inner-city Boston) as they age. The study has been ongoing for 68 years and is currently the longest running study of adult life ever conducted.
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