Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Jonathan Grima Hometown: I am a Maltese-American. I was born and raised in New York City with my three younger siblings. My parents and extended… Read More »Forbes 30 Under 30: Meet 3 School of Medicine Honorees
“[At Hopkins] we have the best medical students and the best graduate students in the world, and then we do everything in our power to… Read More »Partnering Toward Discovery: Behind the Scenes
In a 1909 manuscript titled “Ueber den jetzigen Stand der Chemotherapie” (“About the Current State of Chemotherapy”), Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich proclaimed, “We must learn… Read More »Engineering Magic Bullets for Pancreatic Cancer
The Metro ride from Foggy Bottom to Bethesda took just about an hour door to door. Each morning, on my way to my first science… Read More »The Mity Genome
Olu Akinirimisi (pictured above, right) is a student in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Master of Science in Health Care Management program. This one-year… Read More »How Business School Is Making Me a Better Doctor
I first became concerned about unaffordable drug prices when I did one of my first-year research rotations in a lab that studied the hepatitis C… Read More »A Life or Debt Decision: Tackling Unaffordable Drug Prices in Maryland
For fourth-year medical students across the country, the end of January means the culmination of months of struggling to keep suits unwrinkled, waiting at airport… Read More »Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
Where are my keys? What’s the name of that actor again? Did she say 3 or 4 o’clock? Forgetfulness is a part of life, albeit… Read More »Fuggetaboudit: Is Forgetfulness a Vice or a Virtue?
Working in science can sometimes be an arduous, solitary journey. While being a graduate student is challenging enough, the pressure is ratcheted up when one… Read More »Dealing with Mental Health in Academia
Many of us have likely experienced recent high blood pressure. Whether it’s from well-meaning but very inquisitive relatives, or the winding lines at the airport,… Read More »The Relationship Between Age and Blood Pressure: Another Way Your Lifestyle Can Impact Heart Health