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2020
How to make New Year's resolutions that stick
Published Jan 2, 2020
Johns Hopkins Medicine experts share advice for making and keeping common New Year's resolutions
Lisa Dunkle, left, wants to help med students like Anna Marie Young, Class of 2020, pursue their dreams without worrying about money.
Giving
Helping future doctors pay their way
Published Winter 2019
Lisa Dunkle, Med '72, is helping to lift the burden of medical school debt for current and future Johns Hopkins students. Her hope is that her support, including the endowment of the Lisa Dunkle Scheffler, MD, Scholarship Fund, will allow Hopkins students to focus on making the world a better place, rather than "following the money" to pay back loans / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of packages
Idea
Tiny disease trackers could allow doctors to diagnose and treat diseases more effectively
Published Winter 2019
Extracellular vesicles, clumps of cellular material that break away from cells, contain valuable biological information that could help researchers diagnose disease and target treatments / Johns Hopkins Magazine
conceptual illustration of an older woman remembering a traumatic event
Another reason to meditate
Published Winter 2019
A School of Medicine study links stressful events with memory loss among aging Americans / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Semenza accepts Nobel Prize
Nobel Week
Gregg Semenza accepts Nobel Prize
Published Dec 11, 2019 Video
It was the moment of a lifetime for the Johns Hopkins physician-scientist, who was among 14 laureates to be honored at a formal ceremony attended by friends, family, and members of Sweden's royal family
Hospital corridor
Study: Housing vouchers linked to reduced hospitalization for children
Published Dec 10, 2019
Using data from an experimental housing voucher program, researchers discover rental subsidies and moving to areas with less poverty is linked with fewer hospitalizations for children
Holiday decor at the jülmärket
'Tis the season in Stockholm
Published Dec 10, 2019 Video
The spirit of Christmastime is fused with Nobel Week in Stockholm, with the Nobel Prize Museum in the city's heart the epicenter of much of the spectacle
Kathleen Sutcliffe
Patient safety
Critical history of a failed push for patient safety
Published Dec 3, 2019
In her new book, Kathleen Sutcliffe explores the patient safety movement and why it has failed to deliver the gains promised over two decades of research, funding, and policymaking
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AAAS fellows
Four faculty members recognized for contributions to science
Published Dec 3, 2019
Mary Armanios, David Gracias, Colin Norman, and Elizabeth Platz receive lifetime distinction from American Association for the Advancement of Science
Natalia Trayanova
Natalia Trayanova elected to National Academy of Inventors
Published Dec 3, 2019
Biomedical engineer recognized for her work developing 3D virtual heart models for patients with irregular heartbeats