Biomedical Odyssey

Advice from a Senior Resident to a New Intern

This month, I became a senior resident in internal medicine. With that title comes the opportunity to help train new interns at our hospital. And… Read More »Advice from a Senior Resident to a New Intern

Before I came to medical school, I had a very simple understanding of the components of patient care. In my mind, all patients had the… Read More »Research Addresses Different Needs for Critically, Terminally Ill

What comes to mind when you hear the word “contagious”? For most of us, it’s infectious agents, such as viruses and bacteria. However, recent evidence… Read More »Columbia Researchers Discover Contagious Cancer in Clams

The famed Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon once traveled to the New World in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth. Hundreds of years… Read More »Progeria Effects in Cells Improved with an Antioxidant Found in Broccoli

I remember the day I first met Carolina Montano, a fellow student in the Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D. program. It was toward the beginning of my… Read More »Carolina Montano: From Political Asylum to Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D.

At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting this past April, Donald Coffey, Ph.D., was honored with the ninth annual Margaret Foti Award… Read More »Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Donald Coffey Honored for Cancer Research, Mentoring

Talking with Chanel Matney, a neuroscience graduate student in the Brown Lab, can send your mind racing in many different directions as she discusses her… Read More »Neuroscience Graduate Student Driven by How the Brain ‘Sees’

A potential tool to combat the HIV epidemic in Baltimore is gaining attention, and it may involve an unlikely location — the church. Researchers at… Read More »Church Attendance Could Lower HIV Rates in High-Risk Women

Academia is a popular career choice for Ph.D. students. While our graduate studies at Johns Hopkins will prepare us to tackle the research side of… Read More »Summer Teaching Institute Helps Students Prepare for Academia

Dancing with the Hopkins Stars took to the stage on May 26 in a night of incredible energy, fun, glamour and success for United Way,… Read More »Dancing with the Hopkins Stars Raises $52,000 for United Way