Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
All photos provided courtesy of author. One of the best parts of being a student at Johns Hopkins has been the opportunity to explore the Greater Baltimore area. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I committed to JHU virtually, without the conventional in-person “revisit” activities that are often offered to admitted students making decisions on which […]
Welcome to Medical School! Now what? As the school year begins, learners across the School of Medicine have words of wisdom to share with incoming medical students. Some of our favorites are included below. Digitizing Diagnosis: A New Book by Fourth Year Medical Student Andrew Lea Fourth-year medical student Margo Peyton sits down with classmate […]
I am a slow learner, especially when it comes to motor skills. My mom told me I started walking at 18 months and saying “mama” at 24 months. When I obtained my Ph.D. degree in China and started my postdoc life in Baltimore, I still knew nothing about driving. Driving is unnecessary when you live […]
I graduated college and started my M.D./Ph.D. training in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a remarkable time to enter medicine — I met my first patients over Zoom and completed my first Ph.D. rotation virtually. What I most remember about that time was palpable fear. Everyone I knew — […]
I think we can all agree that there is something absurdly beautiful about an ephemeral speck of light; a glow you barely get to set your eyes on before it dissipates into thin air. Firefly season is upon us here in Baltimore, and, given that this was my first time seeing these tiny little creatures […]
Working with biological samples has its ups and downs. Every Ph.D. student, postdoc and scientific researcher working with cells, tissues, animals or other living organisms knows how tricky it can be. For instance, you might have to work on some weekends or holidays, because these living things usually do not care about the holidays. They […]
Our medical students, residents, postdocs and fellows have a lot to share — from daily life in the classroom, tips on thriving during residency, new research that is pushing the boundaries of science and patient care, to the best places to grab a bite in Baltimore, they share it here on the blog. If you […]
As I enter my fourth year of medical school and make plans for residency and beyond, I realize that I have spent much of the past few years checking off boxes and anticipating the next steps in my career. I have often viewed medical school as a source of delayed gratification, part of a process […]
Photos provided by the author. I spend a lot of my free time roaming around my developing, growing urban jungle. We have a small apartment in Harbor East, and since moving here in 2020 during the pandemic, I’ve found total peace in picking up houseplants that bring me joy and caring for them in my […]
Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasm at The Horse You Came in on Saloon in the Fell’s Point neighborhood of Baltimore. Photo: Margo Peyton When I set out on two trips from my home in Baltimore this April, I did not know that I signed up for an Edgar Allan Poe interstate tour. The first stop on […]