Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
In one of my courses in the neuroscience Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins, we recently discussed the 2016 National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate requiring… Read More »Discussing the NIH Mandate to Study Sex as a Biological Variable in Basic Biomedical Research
By Susana Rodriguez, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology On December 4th, Turner concourse was bustling with eager, young, and talented research trainees arriving with… Read More »Celebrating Diversity at Hopkins
Recently professionals from all over the country who work in various sectors have been invited every month to the Investigating Careers and Networking (iCAN) Speaker… Read More »Careers in Consulting, Business and Finance: What Are They Like and How Can You Launch into Them?
No one can deny that the lion’s share of scientific discourse is carried out within the pages of academic journals, buoyed by jargon and supported… Read More »Navigating The Megaconference
Equal treatment for all is one of the values on which this institution was founded. In an 1873 letter from Mr. Johns Hopkins to Johns… Read More »Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: Diverse Perspectives
By Cara Plott, a second-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. I am sick of needing to text my friends… Read More »Cara Plott: ‘Are you OK?’ A med student’s plea for action to stop gun violence
If it sounds like it’s too good to be true, then it probably is. This proverb may come across as pessimistic; however, it seems to… Read More »Never a Dull Moment in Cardiology
Influenza kills up to 646,000 people worldwide each year. While we have all heard about the importance of receiving the annual flu vaccine, it reduces… Read More »Are llamas the Key to Curing the Flu?
In a world that amounts to a maelstrom of stimuli and a cacophony of interacting processes, it is of great importance that one develops systems… Read More »The Life and Times of a Principled Scientist
In the wake of midterm elections, nine new STEM professionals will take seats in the U.S. Congress, eight in the House and one in the… Read More »Science Has New Advocates on Capitol Hill in Wake of Midterm Elections