Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ethan Thio is a first year Johns Hopkins medical student who hails from Orange County, California. Apart from trying to stay afloat in medical school, he spends time making PowerPoint presentations, reading, having long conversations with friends and lying on his couch.
Growing up, I probably ate close to a thousand McDonald’s cheeseburgers. They were my favorite food, bar none. Sure, the Happy Meal toy didn’t hurt,… Read More »Another Tool in the Toolbox: Cholesterol-Lowering Medications and Emerging Oral PCSK-9 Inhibitors
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There’s an old adage in boxing: “The punch that knocks you out is the one you don’t see coming.” While I lack the lived experience… Read More »Underappreciated, Not Unimportant: Fungal Infections and Antifungal Resistance
Let’s start with some honesty. I majored in history in college and learned many facts, dates and bits of information. I’d be lying if I… Read More »Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Waterborne Disease and Climate Change