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Student Perspectives: Science and Politics on Election Day

November 3, 2020

In honor of Election Day in the United States, here is a collection of recent posts by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine students discussing the various intersections of science and politics.

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings election, politics, vote, voting ⋅

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‘We’ve Always Been Here’: Student Groups Continue to Fight for Equity in Academia

October 19, 2020

This summer’s reflection on systemic racial injustice needs to be more than just a moment if we’re going to create lasting change in Johns Hopkins institutions. Student groups like the Biomedical Engineering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and the Biomedical Scholars Association are committed to seeing that change.

Grace Steward ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings diversity, equity, inclusion, minority trainees, student group ⋅

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STEMulate the Vote! Uniting science advocates before the 2020 election!

September 30, 2020

Join the Johns Hopkins Science Policy Group to help create high quality, reliable content about why it’s important for STEM majors to vote and what science issues are on the ballot this fall!

Talia Henkle ⋅ Events and Happenings election, politics, science policy, vote ⋅

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Honoring the Personal Response: Experiencing Art Museum-Based Learning in Medical Education

September 10, 2020

An emerging trend is taking place in medical education: visits to art museums. Read how a medical student at Johns Hopkins experienced the benefits of a collaborative museum-based experiential learning session with his colleagues, led by professor of psychiatry Meg Chisolm and associate professor Susan Lehmann.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings art, diverse perspectives, Medical education, medical student ⋅

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ReVision – A Free, Trainee-led Editing Service

August 24, 2020

For a career in science, well-written papers, grants and presentations are a must. Learn how neuroscience graduate student Riley Bannon started a free editing service for the Hopkins community.

Lisa Learman ⋅ Events and Happenings editing, graduate student, service, writing ⋅

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Announcing the Meyer-Beers Essay Contest Winners

August 14, 2020

The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Mental Health Grad Network honor winners of the Meyer-Beers essay contest, which aimed to raise awareness about the high prevalence of mental health conditions and neurodiversity in academia.

Anna Moyer ⋅ Events and Happenings, Honor Roll Academia, essay contest, mental health, neurodiversity ⋅

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Chasing Cancer: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Cancer Outcomes

July 27, 2020

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee along with former executive vice president of the American Cancer Society and Hopkins oncologist Otis Brawley spoke with the Washington Post about how COVID-19 affects cancer outcomes.

Palak Patel ⋅ Events and Happenings Cancer, coronavirus, covid-19, Oncology ⋅

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Johns Hopkins Physicians Stand With You

July 7, 2020

  For The Johns Hopkins House Staff Diversity Council united the Hopkins community to stand in solidarity with the Black community against systemic inequity and police brutality. The video features many of our School of Medicine learners. "In light of the recent murder of George Floyd and the countless Black lives before him, compounded by the backdrop of the racial […]

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ Events and Happenings Black Lives Matter, diversity ⋅

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Psychiatric Perspectives in an Era of COVID-19

June 26, 2020

In a virtual speaker series, the Hopkins Psychiatry Student Interest Group explores what distinguished psychiatrists at Johns Hopkins have to say about psychiatric care and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Howard Chang ⋅ A Day in the Life, Events and Happenings covid-19, lecture series, mental health, psychiatry ⋅

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Hopkins Biotech Podcast — Why Leave Career Fulfillment Up to Chance?

June 24, 2020

Why leave career fulfillment up to chance, when you can master the job market through the learned experiences of those who have been there before? Check out Hopkins Biotech Podcast.

Roshan Chikarmane ⋅ Events and Happenings biotechnology, Career, podcast ⋅

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