By Susana Rodriguez, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology On December 4th, Turner concourse was bustling with eager, young, and talented research trainees arriving with posters in hand, ready to discuss their scientific findings with faculty judges and meeting participants; the 3rd Annual Excellence in Diversity (EiD) Symposium was officially underway at the Johns Hopkins […]
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Careers in Consulting, Business and Finance: What Are They Like and How Can You Launch into Them?
Posted by Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez | Events and HappeningsRecently professionals from all over the country who work in various sectors have been invited every month to the Investigating Careers and Networking (iCAN) Speaker Series at Johns Hopkins. Launched earlier this year by the Professional Development and Career Office (PDCO), the speaker series offers an opportunity for panelists and students to interact in an […]
Dec 20, 2018

Navigating The Megaconference
Posted by Benjamin Bell | Events and HappeningsNo one can deny that the lion’s share of scientific discourse is carried out within the pages of academic journals, buoyed by jargon and supported by multicolored, miniscule figures. But the more casual, freewheeling banter about still-preliminary data points, and how they may suggest some interesting direction, belongs in the realm of the scientific conferences. […]
Dec 18, 2018

The Life and Times of a Principled Scientist
Posted by Roshan Chikarmane | Events and HappeningsIn a world that amounts to a maelstrom of stimuli and a cacophony of interacting processes, it is of great importance that one develops systems for recognizing specific types of scenarios and reacting appropriately to them. These systems, or principles, inform our future decision-making and spare us the tedium of having to deal with all […]
Nov 29, 2018

When Doing Science Isn’t Enough: Critical Issues in Science Policy
Posted by Lisa Learman | Events and HappeningsI used to feel like doing science was my way of putting good into the world. I would work on problems related to human health and make discoveries that could be implemented to help people. Recently, however, I have come to realize that research cannot possibly help people unless it is adequately reflected in policy. […]
Nov 14, 2018

The State of Johns Hopkins Medicine Address: What Is It?
Posted by Kyla Britson | Events and HappeningsI have been part of the Johns Hopkins community for the last five years — first as a laboratory technician and now as a graduate student — and every fall I have gotten an email from Dean Paul Rothman inviting me to attend the State of Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) address. After years of good […]
Oct 19, 2018

Advancing the Manufacturing of Human Cell and Gene Therapies
Posted by Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez | Events and HappeningsCellular and gene therapy-related research in the United States is growing at a fast pace, with many products moving forward in clinical development. Applications of these cellular and gene therapies range from using a person’s own cells and genetically altering them to fight cancer, to replacing a gene in the eye to restore vision in […]
Sep 11, 2018

Happy 30th Birthday to the Nathans Lab!
Posted by Kyla Britson | Events and HappeningsThe big 30 — it’s a birthday the average person approaches with considerable trepidation, but the laboratory of Jeremy Nathans is far from average. On July 27, the Nathans Lab held a seminar to celebrate its 30 years of research at Johns Hopkins and to pay homage to the people who have made that research […]
Aug 8, 2018

A Johns Hopkins Celebration of Women in Science and Medicine
Posted by Rachel Evans | Events and HappeningsIn a time when women everywhere are fighting for equal pay, equal opportunities and an end to sexual harassment, it is important to celebrate women who have nevertheless persisted and succeeded in their chosen field. The school of medicine’s Office of Women in Science and Medicine (OWISM) aims to do this, and has given women […]
Jul 17, 2018

Hopkins Medical Students Shape National Health Policy Through the AMA
Posted by Benjamin Ostrander | Events and HappeningsThe American Medical Association, or AMA, is the largest association of physicians and medical trainees in the United States. This organization has also established itself as one of the most powerful political lobbying groups in the country, ranking third in dollars spent for this purpose over the last 20 years. Additionally, the AMA has a […]
Jul 11, 2018