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Risk/Reward
Finding solutions to 'What-if'
Published Fall 2025
A Q&A with Mark Marino, the vice president of VentureWell / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A detailed city plaza or sidewalk bustles with a crowd of 80+ unique, fictional people walking, running, cycling, standing, and seated. Contemporary men and women use smart phones and tablets on a sunny, comfortable late afternoon. Some wear work uniforms and carry on with their jobs, while others gather in groups to meet casually. A range of ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds are represented in the population, illustrated in isometric view and in bold color.
Economics
New tool weighs tradeoffs in pandemic response
Published Oct 20, 2025
Johns Hopkins-led effort offers powerful new tool to aid health policy by integrating personal decision-making into disease prediction model
A child's hand fills up a cup of water in the sink.
Community
Community outreach pushes Baltimore toward safer drinking water
Published Aug 8, 2025 Video
As Baltimore faces a federal deadline to identify and replace lead service lines, local researchers and community groups are stepping in to reach residents the city has struggled to engage
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Public health
Costs to global health
Published July 7, 2025
Cuts to U.S. aid funding will have ramifications abroad—and at home
A young Diné (Navajo) girl assists her aunt in collecting water for their livestock
The water access gap
Published Summer 2025
A new survey led by the Center for Indigenous Health seeks to gauge water access on Navajo Nation / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A hiking boot steps into a snowy landscape. Where the foot touches the snow is the outline of a large footprint.
A mighty footprint
Published Spring 2025
Daniel Taylor spent decades solving the mystery of the yeti, the hairy, Himalayan cryptid. Following its giant footsteps also led him to become a conservationist and to found a university focused on human development. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Health security
Are we ready for the next one?
Published Spring 2025
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can help us prepare for the next one / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Public health
The sound of science
Published Spring 2025
Launched during the pandemic, the Bloomberg School's Public Health on Call podcast has become a powerful tool to translate fact-based health news to the masses / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Health security
Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Published March 19, 2025
Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can help us prepare for the next one
Jennifer Schrack
Research Matters
Long-running surveys help track trends in aging
Published Feb 25, 2025 Video
The Center on Aging and Health, one of JHU's largest recipients of NIH funds, conducts critical work that provides real-time insights into the condition and care of older Americans