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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
Illustration of musical therapy
Instruments of healing
Published Summer 2025 Video
At Johns Hopkins Hospital, music therapists use stirring rhythms and soothing melodies to support patients and their families during the hardest moments of their lives / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Maximilian Konig
Research matters
Breakthrough autoimmune treatments slowed
Published June 24, 2025
Federal budget cuts have created "a climate of anxiety" among medical researchers, says Maximilian F. Konig, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins. But those who live with autoimmune diseases could suffer the greatest consequences.
Courtney Kraus, left, with Maggie Cowell and Bernadette "Bernie" Cowell Murray
Research in action
A baby's 'mission critical' surgery
Published June 24, 2025 Video
Bernie was born with congenital glaucoma, a condition that requires urgent intervention. A team of pediatric ophthalmologists at Wilmer Eye Institute acted quickly to save her eyesight.
From left: [person 1], [person 2], Kim Mudd, and Robert Wood
Research Saves Lives
Food allergy management made easier
Published June 17, 2025
The Johns Hopkins-led OUtMATCH study, which enrolled clinical trial participants at 10 locations across the U.S., leads to the second-ever FDA-approved food allergy treatment
Nurse taking blood samples in hospital
Medicine
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Published June 4, 2025
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
A photo of a lung scan
Cancer research
Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy boosts lung cancer survival rate
Published June 3, 2025
Study examines treatment options for those with operable non-small cell lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide
John Ryan with his daughter, Erin, on her wedding day
Research in action
Immunotherapy helps Navy veteran beat stage 4 lung cancer
Published May 28, 2025
Thanks to federally funded cancer research and clinical trials at Johns Hopkins, John Ryan has been able to attend graduations and weddings, and witness the birth of his grandchildren
Two people sit on a stage and converse in front of a full auditorium audience
Hopkins in D.C.
38 proposals receive funding via Nexus Awards
Published May 16, 2025
Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center