In spite of efforts to diversify the biomedical workforce, a significant proportion of the United States population remains grossly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Nationally, women hold less than 25 percent of scientific research faculty positions, while African-Americans and Latinos account for 7.2 percent of academic faculty, surprising statistics given(...)
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Discover the Mysteries of the Brain at the Baltimore Brain Fest
Posted by Cody Call | Events and HappeningsEver wonder if you're a supertaster or what a sheep brain looks like? You can find out all this and more at this year’s Baltimore Brain Fest. On Sept. 17, Project Bridge will host the inaugural Baltimore Brain Fest at the Liberty Elementary School recreation center. The free event aims to connect the public of(...)
Aug 23, 2016
Medical and Educational Perspectives Campaign for Progress
Posted by Meg Chow & Alina Predescu | A Day in the Life, Events and HappeningsHave you ever been driving through Baltimore and seen a child on a bike pass you by with no helmet? Maybe you wonder why there isn’t anyone doing something about the safety education of youth in this city. Do you ever see a homeless person on the street and wish you could help get them(...)
Aug 3, 2016
Where the Presidential Nominees Stand on Science and Technology
Posted by Seun Ajiboye | Did You See This?, Events and HappeningsDuring the last seven and a half years, President Barack Obama has been a reliable advocate for science and technology. Just recently, the Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report highlighting 100 achievements fostering research and promoting innovation during President Obama’s two terms. As the country prepares for a new president to take(...)
Jul 21, 2016
Baltimore Celebrates with Fun Festivals
Posted by Diana Cholakian | Events and HappeningsThis past April, you may have noticed a surplus of sparkling lights scattered throughout Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. For those who participated, Light City Baltimore provided food, music and fun. This event was so popular, it even attracted people from outside of Baltimore, including residents from Philadelphia and New York City, among other places. But for(...)
Jul 7, 2016
Reflections on Shared Decision-Making at Johns Hopkins
Posted by Stephanie Zuo | Events and HappeningsThe atmosphere in the Albert H. Owens Jr. Auditorium in the David H. Koch Cancer Research Building was buzzing with conversation and an intellectual energy. More tha 100 people, ranging from nurses and physicians to administrators and patients who came as far as Brazil and as close as the hospital next door, were gathered for(...)
Jun 30, 2016
How Genetics Can Inform Future Missions to Mars
Posted by Seun Ajiboye | Events and Happenings, Perspectives in ResearchOn May 3, I and four other Johns Hopkins students volunteered with the Personalized Genetics Education Project, or pgEd, at a congressional briefing titled “Enduring the Extremes: Space Travel, Genetics and Astronaut Health.” This briefing, co-hosted by Rep. Louise Slaughter and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, was motivated by NASA’s goal to conduct landing missions to a(...)
May 17, 2016
From Opera to Burlesque, Johns Hopkins Shows Off Talent at Spring Tonic
Posted by Sarah Robbins | Events and HappeningsWhen 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(...)
May 4, 2016
Hopkins Outreach at the B’More Healthy Expo
Posted by Diana Cholakian | Events and HappeningsDoctors 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(...)
Apr 11, 2016
Becoming a Science Storyteller: Tips on Communication
Posted by Xuan Pham | Events and Happenings“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(...)
Dec 14, 2015