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Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics

Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics

April 23, 2019

Finding new treatments for infectious diseases is often the focus of clinical research, but recent research has demonstrated the importance of both developing and improving diagnostic tools in the fight against malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, and mosquitoes spread it. In 2017, there were over 219 million cases of […]

Rachel Evans ⋅ Perspectives in Research Bloomberg School of Public Health, diagnostics, malaria, mosquito ⋅

Medical Education Around the World

Medical Education Around the World

June 19, 2018

A few weeks ago, I completed my master’s degree in public health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through the help of two projects I worked on during my master’s degree, I rediscovered a niche in the field of global health that I find particularly unique and exciting. This niche is the field of […]

Rebecca DiBiase ⋅ A Day in the Life Bloomberg School of Public Health, Global Health ⋅

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Finding the Missing Piece — the Limits of the Current Malaria Vaccine and How We Can Improve Future Vaccine Design

June 18, 2018

With hundreds of millions of infections worldwide, malaria continues to be a global health threat and burden to vulnerable populations. For decades, researchers have dedicated work to stamping out this illness, which is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, and a vaccine was recently licensed for prevention of the disease. The vaccine, called RTS,S/AS01, has […]

Rachel Evans ⋅ Perspectives in Research Bloomberg School of Public Health, malaria, vaccines ⋅

Student Group Hopkins Honey Creates Buzz Around Campus

November 20, 2015

It was a sunny autumn day and the medical campus was buzzing with activity. Literally. The student group Hopkins Honey was holding tours of their beehive and our group could hear the low hum of activity as we approached. The hive is located in an enclosed fence between the Armstrong Building and the Caroline Garage […]

richardsima ⋅ Perspectives in Research Beehive, Bees, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hopkins Garden, Hopkins Honey, johns hopkins ⋅

Four Tips for Writing a Personal Statement

November 17, 2015

It’s the season of graduate school application deadlines, and, for many applicants, writing a compelling personal statement can be unexpectedly challenging. How can you make your application stand out among hundreds of qualified candidates? Two first-year graduate students at Johns Hopkins were happy to share their top tips for a successful personal statement: 1.      Don’t […]

melissabowman ⋅ A Day in the Life Application, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Graduate School, johns hopkins, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ⋅

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