Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
When you think of graduate students, they are often in a white coat, behind the lab bench, diligently punching numbers into a calculator or carefully pipetting the same colorless liquids back and forth. Of course, this is one part of the life of a student, but it’s not the whole story. Students came in droves […]
Doctors rarely have the chance to provide a variety of free and comprehensive services to patients under one roof, but the seventh annual B’more Healthy Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center was an opportunity to do just that. In a setting where health screenings, informational sessions, exhibits and entertainment were available, members of the community […]
Diana Cholakian ⋅ Events and Happenings Baltimore, health literacy, public health ⋅
Dear faithful followers, We are excited to celebrate Match Day 2016 with the medical students tomorrow. We will be monitoring social media channels and celebrating with everyone matching, including our own blog writer Arielle Medford! If you're there, please feel free to share with us your pictures, thoughts or well wishes for the class of […]
Audrey Huang ⋅ Events and Happenings Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, match day ⋅
“Nobody has to read this crap!” Ed Yong began his talk at a recent American Society of Human Genetics symposium, The Art and Science of Science Communication, with a bombshell. As scientists, we hold information in the highest regard, especially information we discovered while toiling away in the lab. But Yong insists that no one has […]
Xuan Pham ⋅ Events and Happenings Research, Science Communicator, Science Writing ⋅
Last December, a group of 15 medical students gathered in the lobby of the Sheikh Zayed Tower in The Johns Hopkins Hospital. That evening, the glass-enclosed space was filled with hospital staff members exhausted after a long day of work and worried family members of patients in the emergency room. The students formed a small semicircle and, […]
Stephanie Zuo ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings B'More Funk, Music, Ultra Sounds ⋅
Part 3 in a series of posts called “Lessons Learned in Graduate School.” Read Part 1 | Part 2. If you find yourself unenthused at the thought of topics like data management and correspondence security, you’re not alone. I usually keep these ideas filed away in the category of “probably important but too much trouble […]
sarahlaskey ⋅ Events and Happenings Data, Data Management, JHBox, johns hopkins ⋅
As the American Society of Human Genetics concluded its 65th annual meeting in Baltimore, the air around the Johns Hopkins McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine still seems to buzz with the excitement of it all. Among the plethora of innovative research and technologies presented, the society devoted some focus to those entities whose existence is […]
Xuan Pham ⋅ Events and Happenings ASHG, Baltimore, Biomedical Research, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Human Genetics, human genome editing, innovation, Research ⋅
Attending scientific conferences is one of my favorite things about being a graduate student. I get the opportunity to hear what is hot in the field, who is leading the charge and how they’re doing it. As a genetics student, I’m partial to the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) conference, an annual meeting dedicated […]
Xuan Pham ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings American Society of Human Genetics, Baltimore Convention Center, Conference Networking, Professional development ⋅
What makes someone a leader? Is it an individual who makes the important decisions in a group setting? Or is it someone who is able to dream and carry out his or her vision? For many new postdocs beginning their careers around the country, being put in leadership positions for the first time can be […]
Paul Sirajuddin ⋅ Events and Happenings Academia, Johns Hopkins Professional Development Office, Leader, Mentoring, Myers-Briggs, Networking, Postdoc, Project Management, Publishing, Research Budgets, Research Leadership ⋅
Academia is a popular career choice for Ph.D. students. While our graduate studies at Johns Hopkins will prepare us to tackle the research side of an academic job, the reality is that professors are expected to teach, yet training to become skilled educators is minimal at best. Recently, a shift in that paradigm could be […]
Shannen Cravens ⋅ Events and Happenings Academia, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Challenges, CIRTL, Classroom, Faculty, johns hopkins, Portfolio, Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Academy, Professional development, Professors, school of medicine, STI, Summer Teaching Institute, Teaching, trainee, Training ⋅