Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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 […]
In the medical school years while obtaining my M.D.-Ph.D., I once attended a lecture by Mark Shelhamer, head of the Johns Hopkins Human Spaceflight Lab, which is part of the NASA Human Research Program — a coordinated effort to examine the physiologic consequences of long-term human spaceflight and its associated health risks. The medical concerns […]
Building density and the use of materials such as concrete and pavement make urban areas, including Baltimore City, extremely harsh environments for wildlife. The use of these materials causes an urban heat island effect, which means that parts of Baltimore City are hotter by an average of 8 degrees than surrounding suburbs on a given […]
Human history is full of stories about people going to great lengths to achieve splendor, beauty and luster. Women in ancient Roman used the belladonna plant to dilate their pupils and enhance the beauty of their eyes, running the risk of permanent vision loss. Diane de Poitiers, mistress of 16th century French king Henry II, […]