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School of Medicine

Cancer research

Machine learning can help predict patient response to cancer immunotherapy

Published Nov 17, 2022

Algorithm gives insights into the biology behind an effective immune response

Faculty spotlight

Celebrated cancer researcher Chi Van Dang returns to Johns Hopkins

Published Nov 14, 2022

The alumnus and former faculty member of the School of Medicine has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of cancer medicine

The northeast perspective rendering of the building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks.

Construction

Initial design unveiled for building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks

Published Nov 13, 2022

The building will support the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the School of Medicine, and additional departments, as well as collaborative space for education, research, and meetings

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Community health

Hopkins-based partnership helps refugees find safety in Maryland

Published Nov 7, 2022

The Johns Hopkins, Esperanza and Loyola Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative provides refugees with trauma-informed care and helps prepare affidavits to include in asylum applications

To a T-cell: Researchers link immune-cell activity to psychiatric symptoms in women with HIV

Published Nov 4, 2022

Study finds that activation of CD4+ T-cells correlates to better memory and attention, while exhausted or aging CD4+ T-cells correlate to psychiatric symptoms

Voices

Commentary: It's time to stop creating 'superbugs' in the lab

Published Nov 1, 2022

Johns Hopkins computational biologist Steven Salzberg says Boston University study that created a new form of the omicron coronavirus variant should never have happened

A toddler receives treatment in the hospital for RSV, wearing a mask to help them breathe.

Q+A

Expert warns of a 'tripledemic'

Published Oct 31, 2022

Now is the time to get your flu shots and bivalent boosters as hospitals and healthcare systems reach capacity with surging cases of flu, RSV, and COVID-19, says Brian Garibaldi of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Biocontainment Unit

Lyme disease

Neuroimaging study reveals brain abnormalities in people with post-treatment Lyme disease

Published Oct 27, 2022

Study shows long-haul and chronic symptoms of Lyme such as cognitive difficulties could be caused by functional and structural changes in the brain's gray matter