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Jean Fan
Research matters
University labs help power America's biotech innovation ecosystem
Published July 30, 2025
Hopkins researcher Jean Fan and her team create open-source tools that help bridge the gap between academic discoveries and lifesaving treatments. Cuts to federal funding threaten to break this critical research and development pipeline.
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Hospital rankings
'U.S. News' ranks Johns Hopkins among best hospitals for 2025-26
Published July 29, 2025
12 of Johns Hopkins' medical specialties were ranked among the top 10 of their respective fields, with rheumatology ranked No. 1 for the 21st consecutive year
Annie Kathuria and her research team have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism.
Biomedical engineering
Hopkins scientists grow novel 'whole-brain' organoid
Published July 25, 2025
Advance could usher in new era of research for schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and other neurological diseases
Photography of a toddler, slightly out of focus, eating from a plate of blueberries and peach slices
Q+A
Can texts about healthier eating help prevent childhood obesity?
Published July 25, 2025
Study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher shows that personalized, digital guidance helps parents teach healthier eating habits to their young children
Liz Jaffee talks to Ted Koppel in this screenshot from a CBS News video clip
Hopkins in the news
ICYMI: National media explores effects of federal research cuts
Published July 22, 2025
Hopkins cancer expert Liz Jaffee discusses what federal budget cuts might mean for patient care and future cures; NIH grant terminations affect some of the nation's most promising young scientists, including two Hopkins doctoral students
artistic rendition of a tumor microenvironment
Breast cancer
Environment near tumors may hold key information
Published July 16, 2025
By using AI to analyze tissue patterns, researchers gain new insights into why some patients respond better to specific treatments
Jaishri Blakeley at podium
Research in action
Pipeline of experts advances discovery in neurofibromatosis
Published July 15, 2025
JHU's Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Francis S. Collins Scholars Program, an initiative that has led to research and treatment breakthroughs for the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1
Faculty, researchers, and students attend the Green Labs Vendor Fair
Sustainability
Support for sustainable research at Johns Hopkins
Published July 10, 2025
Office of Climate and Sustainability hosts inaugural Green Labs Vendor Fair to connect researchers to sustainable lab products and services
Kris Chesky
Hopkins in D.C.
Occupational Health in Music Global Summit
Published July 1, 2025
Organized by Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Kris Chesky, the July 9 conference aims to show that training for careers in music should prioritize physical and mental health
A researcher holds a tiny, brown monkey skull between his fingers. The skull is no bigger than the palm of his hand.
Rewriting the fossil record
Published Summer 2025
Associate Professor Siobhán Cooke uses fossilized teeth to better understand the history of the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine