Biomedical Odyssey

We Will Bloom Again: A Poem

by Izzy Wells
August 7, 2020August 13, 2020
A Day in the Life

Doctoral candidate Izzy Wells reflects on the nature of time in her poem, "We Will Bloom Again."

A photo of Barbara McClintock collaged next to a photo of Lisa Learman.

With the Corn, Against the Grain

by Lisa Learman
August 5, 2020August 5, 2020
Honor Roll, Perspectives in Research

Lisa Learman, a Ph.D. candidate in cellular and molecular medicine, is among the winners of The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 2020 essay contest. Read her award-winning essay about scientist Barbara McClintock, whose approach to science inspired Learman to “embrace complexity and diverse perspectives in science to arrive at a more complete truth.”

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How to Master a New Technique

Looking to level up your skill set? Ph.D. candidate Roshan Chikarmane shares a three-step process for rapidly acquiring competence in a new skill or technique: imitate, improvise and innovate.

An illustration of a group of people wearing protective medical masks.

Resuming Medical Training in the Era of COVID-19: A Medical Student’s Thoughts

A medical student shares her perspectives on returning to the hospital after a four-month COVID-19 hiatus.

A pediatric patient is being comforted by her doctor while hooked up to an IV.

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

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.

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Quarantine Activities: Virtual Escape Rooms

When she’s not busy with her graduate program in human genetics, Stephanie Yang likes to visit escape rooms. During the pandemic, Yang and friends have found a new way to connect online by teaming up to solve virtual escape rooms.

Side-by-side photos of Mark Lieber with and without PPE.

In the News: Johns Hopkins Resident Shares Experience During Pandemic with CNN

Mark Lieber, M.D., is a first-year internal medicine resident physician at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He wrote about his experience starting his medical residency during coronavirus in an article for CNN.

Mature Woman In Consultation With Female Doctor Sitting On Examination Couch In Office

There is More to Medicine: Lenox Hill on Netflix

Diagnosing patients is only one reality of medicine, and it would be foolish to think that the job is done when treatment or surgery is over. The Netflix docuseries Lenox Hill showcases the realities of patients, physicians and hospitals — and teaches viewers there’s more to medicine.