Happy 30th Birthday to the Nathans Lab!
The big 30 — it’s a birthday the average person approaches with considerable trepidation, but the laboratory of Jeremy Nathans is far from average. On… Read More »Happy 30th Birthday to the Nathans Lab!
Events and Happenings
A Johns Hopkins Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine
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
Hopkins Medical Students Shape National Health Policy Through the AMA
The American Medical Association, or AMA, is the largest association of physicians and medical trainees in the United States. This organization has also established itself… Read More »Hopkins Medical Students Shape National Health Policy Through the AMA
Tips for Attending an International Conference
In January, my thesis adviser asked me if I wanted to attend the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology meeting in Amsterdam, which is scheduled for… Read More »Tips for Attending an International Conference
Honoring the Past Year of Johns Hopkins Trainee Accomplishments
Being a Ph.D. student is like tandem skydiving for the first time: You are asked to enter the freefall into the scientific world below, with… Read More »Honoring the Past Year of Johns Hopkins Trainee Accomplishments
On How and Why Science Is Political
Should science be political? Trick question — science is inherently political because the vast majority of science is funded through the federal government. So, if… Read More »On How and Why Science Is Political
LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: Compassionate Care Is Admitting Ignorance
On Tuesday, May 1, I attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine-hosted seminar titled The Role of Health Care Professionals in Reducing LGBTQ Health Disparities,… Read More »LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: Compassionate Care Is Admitting Ignorance
Three-Minute Thesis: A Case Study in the Economics of Communication
Photo courtesy of hub.jhu.edu Economics is defined, in practice, as the act of efficiently allocating scarce resources so as to best suit the wants and needs… Read More »Three-Minute Thesis: A Case Study in the Economics of Communication
Titan Titin: When Mutations in the Largest Known Protein Affect the Heart
“We know from our clinical experience in the practice of medicine that in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, the individual and his background of heredity are… Read More »Titan Titin: When Mutations in the Largest Known Protein Affect the Heart
Innovations at the Intersection of Medicine and Engineering
On March 16, the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering held a research retreat titled “Re-Engineering Medical Discovery.” A number of… Read More »Innovations at the Intersection of Medicine and Engineering