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A New and Improved Poster Design

January 11, 2021

A new poster format that debuted last year claims to improve communication efficacy at scientific conferences. Stephanie Yang weighs in on her experiences with the format.

Stephanie Yang ⋅ Perspectives in Research academic conference, Communication, conference, posters ⋅

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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Twitter Post

October 15, 2019

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s tweet about the El Paso shooting was more than insensitive — it was bad science.

Mary Soliman ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Communication, Social Media, twitter ⋅

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“Digame”: Communication Beyond Language Barriers

August 2, 2019

During my last outpatient pediatrics clinic in residency, a patient and his mother reminded me that the therapeutic relationship can transcend language. I had been taking care of a young boy, whom I’ll refer to as “A,” since the beginning of his life. He had developmental delays and several other medical problems. His mother was […]

Janine Bernardo ⋅ A Day in the Life Communication, language, patient experience ⋅

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Re-thinking Language as a Scientific Tool

April 3, 2019

Preclusion of efficacious scientific communication, nucleating from the cultivation of an elitist scientific culture, is a pervasive detriment to the impact of science. Wait, let me turn off scientist mode and start over. Ahem. Occam’s razor — often interpreted as: when there are various solutions to a problem, choose the simplest one — represents a […]

Talia Henkle ⋅ A Day in the Life Communication, language ⋅

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The Universal Lab Language

August 30, 2018

On the floor where I work in the preclinical teaching building at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, there are a variety of postdoctoral fellows, students, technicians and faculty from all over the world. We have postdoctoral fellows from China, Portugal and Israel, and graduate students from Germany, Canada and Taiwan. You can always […]

Joelle Dorskind ⋅ A Day in the Life collaboration, Communication, culture, in the lab, Lab ⋅

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Lights, Camera, Science!

March 13, 2018

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…the Science & Entertainment Exchange? Ann Merchant swooped into the February Telling Stories About Science seminar with an origin story in hand and prepared to engage. The goal of this seminar program is to invite professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise to give monthly seminars on […]

Kyla Britson ⋅ Events and Happenings Communication, film ⋅

Church Attendance Could Lower HIV Rates in High-Risk Women

June 15, 2015

A potential tool to combat the HIV epidemic in Baltimore is gaining attention, and it may involve an unlikely location — the church. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Memphis School of Public Health have identified church attendance as a possible way to encourage communication about sexual […]

Ryan Lang ⋅ Perspectives in Research Church, Church attendance, Communication, Congregations, HIV, HIV transmission, Research, Sexual Health ⋅

Effective Communication: How Do Johns Hopkins Scientists Learn to Speak?

March 27, 2015

Does anyone remember being asked if they were left-brained or right-brained? That’s how I recall my friends and I attempting to find our academic niche. We had two choices: We were either good at solving equations or writing essays. That may have seemed true when we were young, but as professionals we now know that […]

Shannen Cravens ⋅ A Day in the Life Communication, Lessons Learned in Graduate School, STEM ⋅

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