Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
This summer, I took a road trip that ran through South Carolina and decided to stop by Sumter, a little town where I had lived… Read More »Culture Shock: My Experience with Classism in Higher Education
I went to Cape Town, South Africa, to perform predissertation research on water management. I returned home with a transformed attitude toward personal water conservation.… Read More »Water Conservation, Research and Life in Cape Town, South Africa
One of the hottest topics debated in the 2020 presidential race so far has been immigration reform. There has been widespread outrage centered on the… Read More »Their DNA Will Remember: The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Detention
The explosion of digital health interventions has prompted significant investment. As the industry has begun to mature, substantial effort has been made to create an… Read More »Insights from the Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series
Dengue, a virus endemic to Latin America and Southeast Asia, infects about 400 million people and causes about 25,000 deaths each year by dengue hemorrhagic… Read More »The Dengue Vaccine Controversy Explained
Within the past few years, a growing number of biomedical Ph.D. programs across the country have been ditching the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as an… Read More »The ‘GRExit’: Cause and Effect
From planning the date to structuring your presentation, these tips from current and former Ph.D. students can guide you through the process and help you… Read More »Do’s and Don’ts for Preparing for Your Thesis Committee Meeting: Part 2
Nothing spells summer in Baltimore like the smell of hot asphalt, the sulfurous haze of backyard fireworks and the sweet siren’s call of a faraway… Read More »The Great Baltimore Ice Cream Crawl: Living in the Golden Age of Frozen Dairy
Most days, I just think of myself as a scientist. But in honor of Pride Month, I am embracing my identity as not just any… Read More »Reflections on Pride Month As a Gay Scientist
Every year, after passing the dreaded preliminary oral exam, Ph.D. students are required to meet with their thesis advisory committee (TAC) to assess their progress… Read More »Do’s and Don’ts for Preparing for Your Thesis Committee Meeting