Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Rachel Evans is a Ph.D. student who uses baking to relieve stress, which causes her to bake quite a bit in grad school. She’s currently working her way through a book on French baking! So far she has mastered the “tarte tatin.”
From planning the date to structuring your presentation, these tips from current and former Ph.D. students can guide you through the process and help you… Read More »Do’s and Don’ts for Preparing for Your Thesis Committee Meeting: Part 2
Every year, after passing the dreaded preliminary oral exam, Ph.D. students are required to meet with their thesis advisory committee (TAC) to assess their progress… Read More »Do’s and Don’ts for Preparing for Your Thesis Committee Meeting
Finding new treatments for infectious diseases is often the focus of clinical research, but recent research has demonstrated the importance of both developing and improving… Read More »Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics
Many of us have likely experienced recent high blood pressure. Whether it’s from well-meaning but very inquisitive relatives, or the winding lines at the airport,… Read More »The Relationship Between Age and Blood Pressure: Another Way Your Lifestyle Can Impact Heart Health
With the long days of summer well behind us, and crunchy leaves and cool temperatures beckoning us forward, we all have to prepare for winter… Read More »The Interplay of Hormones and Infectious Diseases: How Our Sex Can Impact Our Risk of Getting the Flu
Though it may seem distant now, 2014 was a tumultuous year for the global health community. One of the worst Ebola epidemics in history was… Read More »Understanding the Epidemics of Today to Prevent Those of Tomorrow
In a time when women everywhere are fighting for equal pay, equal opportunities and an end to sexual harassment, it is important to celebrate women… Read More »A Johns Hopkins Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine
With hundreds of millions of infections worldwide, malaria continues to be a global health threat and burden to vulnerable populations. For decades, researchers have dedicated… Read More »Finding the Missing Piece — the Limits of the Current Malaria Vaccine and How We Can Improve Future Vaccine Design
During graduate school, it can be easy to get lost among the tomes of information that we all must memorize in time for our exams.… Read More »Revolutionizing with R3: A New Ph.D. Program Seeks To Train Scientists As Critical Thinkers
While the word cancer treatment may identify everything from chemotherapy to radiation, there is significant variance between the type of cancer and its responsiveness to… Read More »Using Epigenetics to Fight Tumors