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Martin Makary
Surgeon Makary picked to lead FDA
Published Dec 1, 2024
Marty Makary, a Hopkins surgical oncologist and widely published researcher, has been a prominent voice on U.S. health care practices
John Bartlett, chief of Johns Hopkins’ division of infectious diseases from 1980 to 2006, examines a patient with AIDS.
World AIDS Day
40 years of HIV and AIDS leadership
Published Nov 27, 2024
A look back at how Johns Hopkins has led AIDS and HIV clinical care, research, and education locally and around the world
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Research
Hopkins scholars among world's most cited researchers
Published Nov 22, 2024
52 researchers affiliated with JHU are among the 6,636 individuals on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics
A dusty, hilly field in Colombia on a sunny day
Paleontology
Terror bird fossil offers new insight into life 12 million years ago
Published Nov 4, 2024
While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even bigger
A navy blue and green rendering of a human eye
Medicine
A visionary new tool for cataract surgery
Published Oct 31, 2024
Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new color-changing hydrogel that could reduce complications from cataract surgery, one of the world's most commonly performed procedures
From left, Gloria Kalnitskaya, Eric McAlexander, and Selena Shirkin at the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Entrepreneurship
Johns Hopkins team named runner-up in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Oct 25, 2024
Students take home $5,000 prize for fetal surgery innovation
Christopher Chute and Jeffrey Rothstein
Faculty honors
Two elected to National Academy of Medicine
Published Oct 21, 2024
Christopher G. Chute, Jeffrey D. Rothstein among 100 new members recognized for outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service
Menopause illustration clock
Women's Health
Let's please talk about menopause
Published Oct 15, 2024
Wen Shen, director of the Women's Wellness and Healthy Aging Program at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is on a mission to raise awareness about menopause, as a boom of women hit midlife in the U.S.
Two hands attach a blood pressure cuff to a patient's arm.
Blood Pressure
Arm position can cause overestimated blood pressure readings
Published Oct 9, 2024
Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support on a desk when measuring blood pressure
A researcher holds a tiny, brown monkey skull between his fingers. The skull is no bigger than the palm of his hand.
Natural history
Rare fossils of extinct Caribbean monkey discovered
Published Oct 9, 2024
Researchers say they uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ecology of an extinct primate once found on Hispaniola