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Faculty honors

Two named to National Academy of Inventors

Published Dec 20, 2023

Materials scientist Hai-Quan Mao, cancer researcher Victor Velculescu among 162 fellows recognized for contributions to science and society

Biomedical engineering

A brain imaging advance

Published Dec 14, 2023

Hopkins team develops new algorithm that can create 'super-scans' of the brain

A new landscape for medical tests

Published Winter 2023

30% to 50% of consumers are now comfortable using at-home diagnostics, creating a market demand for tests that allow patients to collect a sample from the comfort of their home / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A depiction of sickle cells going through a vein

Medicine

More sickle cell patients could benefit from transplant

Published Dec 12, 2023

"Half-matched" bone marrow transplants can cure sickle cell disease in 88% of patients

University leadership

Ted DeWeese named next dean, CEO of Medicine

Published Dec 8, 2023

In 18 months as interim dean and CEO, he has set JHM on the path to financial transformation and launched a reimagination of the life and basic sciences at Hopkins

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Environmental health

Order up for cleaner kitchen air

Published Dec 7, 2023

A research team that included a JHU air-quality expert has developed a new method for better estimating potential exposure to cooking-related emissions during stir-frying

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Environmental Health

Turning waste into watts

Published Dec 7, 2023

Study led by Hopkins environmental engineers suggests that anaerobic digestion could be used to clean cattle manure and produce fuel

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Brain science

Brain scans of ex-NFL players show impact of collision sports

Published Nov 29, 2023

Hopkins Medicine adds to growing stack of evidence that collision sports involving repeated blows to the head may lead to dementia and other forms of cognitive disorders