Equal Access for Trainees in the Wake of COVID-19
During a recent panel, trainees shared their thoughts on how changes implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic can be used to improve access to careers in science and medicine going forward.
Tip of the Iceberg: Examining Who Gets Credit for Scientific Discoveries
Ph.D. candidate Emma Spikol sheds light on the broken narratives of scientific breakthroughs.
‘We’ve Always Been Here’: Student Groups Continue to Fight for Equity in Academia
This 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.
What Can Academia Do to Fight Racism?
Our higher education system must be radically changed at every level to ensure an equitable and safe future for Black scholars.
Representing Diversity on Portrait Walls Around Johns Hopkins: One Stride Taken, Many to Go
Last 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 […]
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: Diverse Perspectives
Equal treatment for all is one of the values on which this institution was founded. In an 1873 letter from Mr. Johns Hopkins to Johns Hopkins Hospital trustees, he wrote that the hospital must care for “the indigent sick of this city and its environs, without regard to sex, age, or color, who may require […]
Diversity at the Top of the Social Media Signaling Cascade
Caroline's essay received 3rd place in The Lasker Foundation Essay Contest. The Lasker Foundation’s Essay Contest engages young scientists and clinicians in a discussion about big questions in biology and medicine and the role of biomedical research in our society today. The Contest aims to build skills in communicating important medical and scientific issues to […]