Was ‘Meaningful Use’ Meaningless?
When I started medical school in 2009, one of my responsibilities was to write progress notes and help write out the details of patients’ conditions… Read More »Was ‘Meaningful Use’ Meaningless?
Perspectives in Research
Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education
During his time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Liwei Jiang, a graduating fourth year, found himself interacting with classmates and faculty members… Read More »Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education
Building Brain-Machine Interfaces That Are Here to Stay
In 2012, Jan Scheuermann made headlines when she took a bite of chocolate. While that sounds like a simple feat, in her case, it was… Read More »Building Brain-Machine Interfaces That Are Here to Stay
The Malthusian Dilemma: Biomedical Research in the Post-NIH Budget Doubling Era
Shirley Tilghman, professor of molecular biology and former Princeton University president, delivered the 16th annual Daniel Nathans Lecture in Molecular Genetics about a dilemma unfolding… Read More »The Malthusian Dilemma: Biomedical Research in the Post-NIH Budget Doubling Era
Curbing the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic
Every 19 minutes, someone dies from an opioid overdose in the United States. Yet the number of opioids prescribed annually is so high that each… Read More »Curbing the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic
Scientifically Defining Life
You may expect that defining something as living or dead would be relatively straightforward, yet nearly every scientist you ask for a definition of what… Read More »Scientifically Defining Life
The Life Lottery
One in 292.2 million — those were the odds of winning the recent $1.5 billion Powerball, the largest lottery jackpot ever. As it happens, a… Read More »The Life Lottery
Blocking Signals Between Brain Cells May Boost Brain Repair in MS
Multiple sclerosis afflicts millions but defies most clinical treatments. For reasons we do not clearly understand, the immune system of an individual with MS attacks… Read More »Blocking Signals Between Brain Cells May Boost Brain Repair in MS
Destiny in an Envelope: An Inside Look at Match Day at Johns Hopkins
Match Day on Social MediaThe buzzing crowd in the Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building atrium counted down in anxious unison as the seconds… Read More »Destiny in an Envelope: An Inside Look at Match Day at Johns Hopkins
Red Meat: The Evolutionary Benefit and the Modern Dilemma
Cooking meat provided a huge evolutionary benefit on the plains of Africa for Homo erectus 1.9 million years ago, allowing humans to become the dominant… Read More »Red Meat: The Evolutionary Benefit and the Modern Dilemma