Boyoung “Bo” Ahn is a third year internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Originally from South Korea, she earned her medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Bo is passionate about pursuing a career in primary care and geriatrics. In her free time, Bo enjoys working out at the gym, exploring local parks and going on road trips with her partner.
Leigh Alon came to Hopkins as an undecided medical student. Through the scholarly concentrations program she found the history of medicine department, and… the rest was history! She is now in her 5th year as a Ph.D. student studying the history of biological definitions of Jewishness among American Jewish doctors.
Devina Chatterjee is an internal medicine resident interested in cardiology and the intersection of medicine, artificial intelligence and clinical research. She enjoys exploring how technology can help physicians recognize patterns, make better decisions and spend more time connecting with patients.
Oishika Das (Editor) is a first year Johns Hopkins medical student who studied biochemistry and government at the University of Texas at Austin. Moving nine times during her childhood, she loves exploring new places. In her free time, you can find her reading, playing piano or watching random YouTube videos.
José F. Delgado is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Radiology with a passion for developing nanotheranostics for disease treatment. He lives in Silver Spring with his wife and their wonderful autistic son. Their home is like a small zoo, shared with a dog, a cat, parrots, a turtle and fishes.
Efe Dogruoz - I am from Turkey (grew up there until college) and one thing I really miss from there is the taste of the tomatoes. The tomatoes in the supermarkets in the US feel tasteless to me in comparison to what I grew up with. I’ve been going to the farmer’s market on Sundays solely to buy tomatoes. I’m always open to hearing recommendations as to where to get good tomatoes.
Newlon Gillihan- Attending a small liberal arts college in Mississippi, I developed a love of learning while simultaneously playing basketball for our college team. I am an avid reader and booklover, creating a personal home library with my wife. I also enjoy outdoor activities such as birdwatching, whitewater rafting, snorkeling and hiking.
Autumn Hughes-Morris- I’ve studied four languages, and my childhood dream was to live in another country and to learn to speak the local language. After undergrad, I went on a Fulbright to Stuttgart, Germany… so I was lucky enough to live out my dream at only 22 years old!
Ayman Ibrahim writes because he needs to, photographs because he wants to, and works because he has to!
Heejin Jo is a postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins’ Institute of Cell Engineering studying neurodegenerative disease, with roots in Korean medicine and clinical practice. Originally from Seoul, she enjoys discovering Baltimore’s charms on foot, meditative cooking, reflective writing and perfect moments when coffee and conversation flow into unexpected insights.
Shamila Ladak- I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, where I first fell in love with the ocean. I went scuba diving for the first time at 12, and before pursuing medicine, I was certain I wanted to become a marine biologist. I am still endlessly fascinated by marine life, especially cephalopods.
David Lee is a Johns Hopkins medical student who studied chemistry and philosophy at Stanford University. Outside of school, he enjoys working out and talking philosophy. Lately, he has been reading Camus. He has become a big fan.
Marta Valle Leon- I'm a fairly unremarkable person trying to collect enough stories to tell my future grandkids. In the meantime, I'm a Spaniard living in the United States. I've been an occasional magazine writer, a squatter, a waitress, a Ph.D. survivor and a full-time expert at making gazpacho.
Sahithi Madireddy is a medical student at Johns Hopkins who studied biology at MIT. She is originally from San Jose, California. She loves coffee, her apartment and trivia (in that order). She is passionate about environmental advocacy, writing, internal medicine and yapping with her friends.
Marissa McGilvrey has a Ph.D. in biomedical science and is a postdoc at Johns Hopkins All Children’s in St. Petersburg under Dr. Martin Trapecar. When not in the lab, she is outside exploring nature and collecting bits of nature to include in her artwork.
Shri Ramanujam- The way I see it, the world is like a Klein bottle – no inside that isn’t also the outside, nowhere to go that won’t lead anywhere else. Everything is connected, and I love that my job is to learn, discover, and leverage the semantics of that to help people.
Shreya Ramesh- I love chai, hate coffee and I'm a fan of science and the Atlanta Hawks. When I’m not in the lab, you can find me reading, listening to music, failing miserably at rock climbing and trying to learn how to play soccer.
Sydney Sun (Editor) is a medical student at Johns Hopkins and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, she developed a love for the outdoors through hiking, canoeing and ziplining. Sydney is passionate about piano and painting, as well as serving people experiencing homelessness.
Mira Swartzlander is a second-year neuroscience Ph.D. student at The Johns Hopkins University. Their research interests include investigating the mechanisms regulating neuronal plasticity. Outside of the lab, Swartzlander likes dancing, cooking and attempting to garden.
Ethan Thio is a first year Johns Hopkins medical student who hails from Orange County, California. Apart from trying to stay afloat in medical school, he spends time making PowerPoint presentations, reading, having long conversations with friends and lying on his couch.
Daniela Trejo-Zambrano- I am a Ph.D. candidate in Immunology at Johns Hopkins Institute of Cell Engineering. I moved from Mexico to pursue a biomedical research career in the US. My work focuses on engineering nanomaterials to activate immune cells for cancer immunotherapy. Outside the lab, I enjoy trying Creative Alliance workshops, and hosting movie marathons, book clubs and gatherings with friends.
Eva Yezerets- is a biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate developing computational tools for understanding brain-wide dynamics. She was inspired to pursue neuroscience research by her family's experiences with neurodegenerative disease. Outside of her research, she enjoys science outreach, figure skating, birding and reading.
Minsik Yun- Minsik Yun is a postdoctoral fellow and neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins who uses fruit flies to study behavior and neural circuits. His previous research examined sexual behavior in fruit flies and mosquitoes. He now investigates the neural mechanisms and circuits that regulate sleep states and sleep-related microbehaviors in fruit flies.
Jingyao Kate Zhu- is an Immunology Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins working at the intersection of immunology, engineering and biotechnology. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, she builds RNA delivery platforms in the lab and connections across the biomedical community through science communication, entrepreneurship and initiatives bridging research and real-world impact.