A Reflection on Returning to Baltimore
Sara Wallam, a second-year medical student, reflects on her upcoming journey back to Baltimore and the resumption of in-person activities after five months of strict quarantine.
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Resuming Medical Training in the Era of COVID-19: A Medical Student’s Thoughts
A medical student shares her perspectives on returning to the hospital after a four-month COVID-19 hiatus.
Chasing Cancer: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Cancer Outcomes
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee along with former executive vice president of the American Cancer Society and Hopkins oncologist Otis Brawley spoke with the Washington Post about how COVID-19 affects cancer outcomes.
Quarantine Activities: Virtual Escape Rooms
When she’s not busy with her graduate program in human genetics, Stephanie Yang likes to visit escape rooms. During the pandemic, Yang and friends have found a new way to connect online by teaming up to solve virtual escape rooms.
In the News: Johns Hopkins Resident Shares Experience During Pandemic with CNN
Mark Lieber, M.D., is a first-year internal medicine resident physician at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He wrote about his experience starting his medical residency during coronavirus in an article for CNN.
Working from Home: Tips for the Long Haul
With labs opening at limited capacity, some researchers are still mainly working from home. Here are some tips to stay on track.
Winning the Fulbright During COVID-19
In the middle of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, history of medicine Ph.D. candidate Anna Weerasinghe won a Fulbright award for 2020–21. Her story highlights the privileged yet precarious nature of receiving a grant in a pandemic world.
Psychiatric Perspectives in an Era of COVID-19
In a virtual speaker series, the Hopkins Psychiatry Student Interest Group explores what distinguished psychiatrists at Johns Hopkins have to say about psychiatric care and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Student Scientists Behind the (Future) Coronavirus Cure
The news often reports the research, but what about the researchers? Student scientists working during the pandemic discuss their new normal.
Traveling (Virtually) During Quarantine
Are you tired of being home? Are you ready for a vacation? Well, look no further. Virtual tours and recordings of zoos, museums, parks and an active volcano are at your disposal, thanks to the internet.