Anatomy: A Poem
Like many medical schools across the nation, mine taught its first-year anatomy course through dissection of human bodies. Donors of cadavers donate their bodies for… Read More »Anatomy: A Poem
An Evolving Situation: Measles and the 21st Century Vaccination Crisis
On the Johns Hopkins “Measles: What You Should Know” page, the last Q&A states: Q: What should I do to protect myself and my family?… Read More »An Evolving Situation: Measles and the 21st Century Vaccination Crisis
Johns Hopkins Police Bill Signed into Law, Despite Student and Community Objections
For years, a fence stood between the Johns Hopkins medical campus and the East Baltimore community. While the physical barrier has been torn down, Johns… Read More »Johns Hopkins Police Bill Signed into Law, Despite Student and Community Objections
The Beautiful Epiphyte
“We often use illness to disparage a way of being, and identity to validate that same way of being. This is a false dichotomy …… Read More »The Beautiful Epiphyte
Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics
Finding new treatments for infectious diseases is often the focus of clinical research, but recent research has demonstrated the importance of both developing and improving… Read More »Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics
It is Our Job to Defend the Future of Medicine
Guest post by medical students Megan Hunt and Katharine Clark. As eager, idealistic Johns Hopkins medical students, much of our education has focused on the… Read More »It is Our Job to Defend the Future of Medicine
Plan S: How Open Access Publishing Could Be Changing Academia
I started working in academia as an undergraduate laboratory technician in 2009. After a decade of experience and four years as a graduate student, I… Read More »Plan S: How Open Access Publishing Could Be Changing Academia
When the Consequences of Sweeteners Are Not Sweet
Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, Sunny D, Brisk, Fanta, Kuat, Capri Sun and others — what do these drinks have in common?… Read More »When the Consequences of Sweeteners Are Not Sweet
Are Vaccines the Next Step in Controlling the Opioid Epidemic?
Flu season is still going strong, meaning that almost every primary care visit concludes by ensuring that the patient has gotten their flu shot. There… Read More »Are Vaccines the Next Step in Controlling the Opioid Epidemic?
Why Do Students Pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience?
As a fourth-year neuroscience Ph.D. student, I appreciate the variety of topics that lie within the umbrella of the nervous system. Nowhere is this more… Read More »Why Do Students Pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience?