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COVID-19
Hopkins team launches temperature-tracking study and app
Published April 30, 2020
The app, now available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play, will help reveal health trends and potential disease outbreaks
Robert Siliciano
Robert Siliciano named to American Academy
Published April 23, 2020
His research focuses on the viral reservoirs that sustain HIV infection and prevent the disease from being cured
Automated handicap door opener
Q+A
COVID-19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities
Published April 23, 2020
Americans with disabilities are largely left out of the U.S. coronavirus response, despite being uniquely affected by the disease, says epidemiologist and ophthalmologist Bonnielin Swenor
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COVID-19
Hopkins researchers meet 'the urgency of this moment'
Published April 21, 2020
The university has launched an ambitious, wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research effort to tackle the many challenges presented by COVID-19
Lisa Cooper
Lisa Cooper to direct Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
Published April 21, 2020
Cooper, who has devoted her career to addressing health disparities through her research and practice, shapes new vision for institute with focus on health equity for Baltimore's most vulnerable groups
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Treating COVID-19
Hopkins gets FDA approval to test blood plasma therapy
Published April 3, 2020
The treatment uses the blood sera from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat those who are critically ill or to boost immunity for those at high risk of contracting the disease
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Thinking fast in a time of crisis
Published April 3, 2020
A virtual hackathon hosted by the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design brings together hundreds of teams to solve challenges related to COVID-19
Rama Chellapa
Interdisciplinary scholar
AI pioneer named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published April 3, 2020
Rama Chellapa's work in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning has a range of applications—including medicine
Volunteers assemble face shields in a warehouse
Protective equipment
Some assembly required
Published March 30, 2020
An around-the-clock army of volunteers is creating 5,000 plastic face shields a day for use by clinicians at Johns Hopkins
meditation
Wellness
Letting go of stress
Published March 27, 2020 Video
Neda Gould, director of the Mindfulness Program at Johns Hopkins, hosts online guided meditation practices three time each weekday to help participants deal with anxiety