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Stem cell
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine announces new partnership to advance precision medicine
Published Oct 22, 2019
Collaboration between the School of Medicine, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute will provide unmatched scope of resources and expertise
Kathryn McDonald
Nursing+Medicine
Patient safety expert Kathryn McDonald named BDP
Published Oct 22, 2019
McDonald, a leading expert in health care quality improvement and health systems organization, will hold primary appointments in the schools of Nursing and Medicine
Composite photo of Colleen Barry, Sharon Gerecht, Elizabeth Jaffee, Dorry Segev
Four from Hopkins elected to National Academy of Medicine
Published Oct 21, 2019
Colleen Barry, Sharon Gerecht, Elizabeth Jaffee, and Dorry Segev recognized for their contributions to the fields of medicine and public health
Roland Griffiths and Matthew Johnson
Hopkins in the news
'60 Minutes' explores Hopkins' psychedelics research
Published Oct 14, 2019
Scientists Roland Griffiths and Matthew Johnson sit down with journalist Anderson Cooper to discuss the promise of psychedelics / 60 Minutes
A group photo of students and volunteers
World sight day
Setting sights higher
Published Oct 10, 2019 Video
University and city leaders join students and families for a Vision for Baltimore health fair at Henderson-Hopkins school in East Baltimore
DNA double helix
Cell biology
Buttoned-up biology finding
Published Oct 10, 2019
Hopkins researchers find that some DNA strands button up to condense in size and bring chromosome pairs together
Jennifer Elisseeff
Biomedical engineering
Jennifer Elisseeff wins NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Published Oct 8, 2019 Video
Award will support her work exploring ways to use the body's own immune cells to repair damaged or diseased tissue
Brain cells
In study, transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs
Published Oct 2, 2019
By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers potentially open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain
2020 Siebel Scholars
Scholarships
Five Hopkins PhD students named Siebel Scholars
Published Oct 1, 2019
They are among 93 of the world's top graduate students in business, bioengineering, computer science, and energy science fields
Illustration of aesthetically pleasing rooms
Beauty and the Brain
Published Fall 2019 Video
The Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab is working to advance the emerging field of neuroaesthetics, our biological response to art, dance, music, and architecture / Johns Hopkins Magazine