Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Go to any laboratory, talk to any scientist, ask any graduate student about a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and just about everyone will… Read More »The CRISPR Craze: 3 Ways Genome Editing Is Changing Gene Therapy
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the last 30… Read More »Locally Combating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
This past week, the first ever “JHU Forum on Race in America” took place with speaker Ta-Nehisi Coates at the forefront. Ta-Nehisi, a prominent writer… Read More »Speaker Ta-Nehisi Coates Sheds Light on the Issue of Racism at the Inaugural JHU Forum on Race in America
Here on campus, Project Bridge is a student organization that aims to bridge the gap between biomedical science and the general public. On April 16th,… Read More »A Project Bridge Event on Multiple Sclerosis and the Role of Patient Empowerment
When attempting to elucidate the function of biological macromolecules, visual representations can be extremely useful tools. Often, these tools can help pinpoint the structural origin… Read More »Snapshot of a DNA Photocopier in ‘Hibernate’ Mode Reveals Potential Origin for Dwarfism
How many times have you tried to explain your research to a friend, only to get a blank stare back? Such was the case with… Read More »Project Bridge: Simplifying Science for the Community
On April 28, Johns Hopkins Medicine will put on its inaugural Dancing with the Hopkins Stars, the most recent — and perhaps the most glamorous… Read More »Dancing with the Hopkins Stars: A Dancer’s Perspective
As our appointment came to an end, I took a few minutes to give final instructions to my patient. Though she had many medical issues,… Read More »The Elephant in the Clinic Room: Health Literacy
Graduate school is a lot of work. While the type of work varied throughout my first three years here, expectations remained high. These expectations are… Read More »Creating Scientific Interest Through Video Games
For me, it was Bob Dylan. I was a high school junior, and my sights were set, quite limitedly, on romance, sports and the fretboard… Read More »The Illness Narratives of Kendrick Lamar