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‘We’ve Always Been Here’: Student Groups Continue to Fight for Equity in Academia
Posted by Grace Steward | A Day in the Life, Events and HappeningsThis summer’s reflection on systemic racial injustice needs to be more than just a moment if we’re going to create lasting change in Johns Hopkins institutions. Student groups like the Biomedical Engineering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and the Biomedical Scholars Association are committed to seeing that change.
Oct 19, 2020

Johns Hopkins Physicians Stand With You
Posted by biomedicalodyssey | Events and HappeningsFor The Johns Hopkins House Staff Diversity Council united the Hopkins community to stand in solidarity with the Black community against systemic inequity and police brutality. The video features many of our School of Medicine learners. "In light of the recent murder of George Floyd and the countless Black lives before him, compounded by the backdrop of the racial […]
Jul 7, 2020

What Can Academia Do to Fight Racism?
Posted by biomedicalodyssey | A Day in the Life, Events and HappeningsOur higher education system must be radically changed at every level to ensure an equitable and safe future for Black scholars.
Jun 22, 2020

Queer Visibility in Medical Education
Posted by Caitlin McFarland | A Day in the LifeA medical trainee shares their perspective on promoting acceptance and inclusion in the clinical workplace and classroom.
May 7, 2020

Regulating Genomic Information: How Algorithms Perpetuate Prejudice
Posted by Bernat Navarro-Serer | Perspectives in ResearchLast November, I was able to attend the National Science Policy Network Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin. The goal of this two-day symposium was to understand how many scientific issues (such as climate change and genome-based medicine) disproportionately affect minority and vulnerable populations. One of the workshops I attended discussed how “big genomic data” is handled, […]
Feb 25, 2020

7 Pieces of Advice for Promoting Gender Equity at Johns Hopkins
Posted by Emily Han | Events and HappeningsFor early career female scientists, the environment is rapidly becoming more inclusive. However, later career female scientists face a harsher reality.
Jan 17, 2020

Representing Diversity on Portrait Walls Around Johns Hopkins: One Stride Taken, Many to Go
Posted by Talia Henkle | A Day in the LifeLast week, NPR published “Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White ‘Dude Walls’ of Honor” on its website. This article addresses the message that walls of honor that mostly feature white men may send to nonwhite and nonmale trainees. Several academic institutions are dismantling or relocating their “dude walls” to send a more inclusive message, and this has […]
Sep 11, 2019

Reflections on Pride Month As a Gay Scientist
Posted by David Ottenheimer | A Day in the LifeMost days, I just think of myself as a scientist. But in honor of Pride Month, I am embracing my identity as not just any scientist but specifically a gay scientist by reflecting on the struggles I’ve faced as a gay student and the challenges LGBTQ+ scientists face today. It’s easy to minimize the difficulties […]
Jun 17, 2019

Underrepresented minority biomedical researchers: numbers, challenges and initiatives for change
Posted by Erika Dunn-Weiss | Perspectives in ResearchIn 2012, the Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on Diversity (ACDWGD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) produced its first report. The committee stated plainly that diversity increases core scientific principles — creativity, innovation and rigor — and that the NIH had a responsibility as a publicly funded body to maintain the […]
Mar 14, 2019