Biomedical Odyssey

Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Postdoc Wins Grant to Study the Science Behind the Itch

October 12, 2015

Liang Han is undergoing a transition. As a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Xinzhong Dong, she is preparing for a major career move to become an independent investigator. That transition is aided by the fact that Han is the recipient of a National Institute of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award, known to many […]

dustingreen ⋅ Honor Roll Georgia Institute of Technology, National Institutes of Health ⋅

Legislative Bill Prompts Discussion of Cross-Talk in the Scientific Community

July 31, 2015

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill directly impacting the biomedical research community. If approved by the Senate, the 21st Century Cures Act promises to increase the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provide it with an additional $8.75 billion over the next five years. The Food and […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research 21st Century Cures Act, Bill, Biomedical Research, cfDNA, Cross-Talk, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, House of Representatives, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Noninvasive Prenatal Testing ⋅

Carolina Montano: From Political Asylum to Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D.

June 22, 2015

I remember the day I first met Carolina Montano, a fellow student in the Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D. program. It was toward the beginning of my first year in medical school. We were both at a dinner for M.D./Ph.D. interviewees, and, as with many conversations between medical students, we inevitably began to discuss our classes. Carolina […]

Alisa Mo ⋅ A Day in the Life Brain, Cells, Colombia, DNA, Human Genetics, Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D., Molecular Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Neuronal Epigenetics, Neuroscience, Political Asylum, Schizophrenia ⋅

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