In fact, Goodenough and other researchers have discovered that gap junctions are found in all organs and that there are at least 13 genes coding for gap junction proteins. Gap junctions take on a variety of structures. Goodenough helped identify the two illustrated here. That changed three years later with the show-stopping birth of their second child, since Carol had to stay in the hospital for two and a half months. Goodenough decided to start a support group in which medical students could talk about their feelings.
Students drive the questions.
They're the ones to decide what gets written on the board, what they're going to talk about, study, discuss. Within three years every HMS student was enrolled in the New Pathway. In addition to the Holmes Society, which was established in the first year with Goodenough as master, four more societies were set up to serve as a place for faculty to connect with students outside the classroom and also to work on changes in the curriculum. Two years ago Goodenough helped set up the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Holmes Society. A main purpose is to develop courses on the link between the environment and health that all medical schools can use.