Baltimore Friendships Through Baltimore Sports
If you listen closely, you’ll hear the buzz begin sometime in August. With your eyes, you’ll start to see the signs in early September. As… Read More »Baltimore Friendships Through Baltimore Sports
Was ‘Meaningful Use’ Meaningless?
When I started medical school in 2009, one of my responsibilities was to write progress notes and help write out the details of patients’ conditions… Read More »Was ‘Meaningful Use’ Meaningless?
From Opera to Burlesque, Johns Hopkins Shows Off Talent at Spring Tonic
When you think of graduate students, they are often in a white coat, behind the lab bench, diligently punching numbers into a calculator or carefully… Read More »From Opera to Burlesque, Johns Hopkins Shows Off Talent at Spring Tonic
Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education
During his time at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Liwei Jiang, a graduating fourth year, found himself interacting with classmates and faculty members… Read More »Social Strategies for Innovations in Radiology Education
Building Brain-Machine Interfaces That Are Here to Stay
In 2012, Jan Scheuermann made headlines when she took a bite of chocolate. While that sounds like a simple feat, in her case, it was… Read More »Building Brain-Machine Interfaces That Are Here to Stay
The Malthusian Dilemma: Biomedical Research in the Post-NIH Budget Doubling Era
Shirley Tilghman, professor of molecular biology and former Princeton University president, delivered the 16th annual Daniel Nathans Lecture in Molecular Genetics about a dilemma unfolding… Read More »The Malthusian Dilemma: Biomedical Research in the Post-NIH Budget Doubling Era
Curbing the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic
Every 19 minutes, someone dies from an opioid overdose in the United States. Yet the number of opioids prescribed annually is so high that each… Read More »Curbing the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic
Scientifically Defining Life
You may expect that defining something as living or dead would be relatively straightforward, yet nearly every scientist you ask for a definition of what… Read More »Scientifically Defining Life
The Best Bites in Baltimore
Guys, it’s finally happening. I am going to graduate with my Ph.D. This is 99 percent excellent news, and I am 99 percent thrilled. But… Read More »The Best Bites in Baltimore
The Life Lottery
One in 292.2 million — those were the odds of winning the recent $1.5 billion Powerball, the largest lottery jackpot ever. As it happens, a… Read More »The Life Lottery