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Hopkins Hospital dome
Philanthropy
JHU receives $1B investment in graduate financial aid
Published July 8, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies gift will allow most medical students to attend Hopkins tuition-free; support for other graduate programs will ensure access for top talent from all backgrounds
Mandy Cohen
CDC director calls for data-based, preventative community care
Published July 2, 2024
At the latest Health Policy Forum, CDC Director Mandy Cohen discusses how data can help solve problems ranging from opioid overdoses to gun violence
Aerial view of modern water cleaning facility at urban wastewater treatment plant. Purification process of removing undesirable chemicals, suspended solids and gases from contaminated liquid.
Environmental health
Team targets safety of fertilizers made from wastewater sludge
Published June 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins researchers create new list of possibly toxic contaminants commonly found in biosolids nationwide
Lily DiGiacomo (left) and Katie Koval
Sisterhood of the Traveling Physicians
Published Summer 2024
During a one-year MPH program, Lily DiGiacomo and Katie Koval forged a lifelong friendship / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Ana Rita Gonzalez
Adventures in Public Health
Published Summer 2024
Ana Rita Gonzalez, BSPH '94 (ScD), has created a series of children's books, Athena's Adventures in Health Policy, that teach children how health policy shapes our world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Officials gather to celebrate the groundbreaking of the South Building at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Construction
A new era of public health
Published June 14, 2024
A new state-of-the-art building in East Baltimore is designed to create greater connectivity among faculty, staff, and students, strengthening partnerships and supporting the school's mission to protect health and save lives
Map of World in a trendy vintage style. Beautiful retro illustration with old textured paper and light rays in the background
Awards+Honors
26 from Johns Hopkins earn Fulbrights
Published June 4, 2024
A record-breaking number of JHU affiliates received awards this spring from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in support of their continuing study, research, and teaching in foreign countries
Prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on wooden table with USA flag in background
Opioid crisis
Nearly one-third of U.S. adults experience 'overdose loss'
Published May 31, 2024
Johns Hopkins researchers' survey also finds that familiarity with a fatal overdose death bolsters recognition of addiction as an important policy issue that spans party lines
Elizabeth Selvin
Interdisciplinary health
Elizabeth Selvin named director of the Welch Center
Published May 30, 2024
Selvin has devoted her career to leading translational research projects designed to evaluate and improve screening, diagnosis, and patient care for persons with diabetes
Jane Carlton
Malaria research
Geneticist Jane Carlton named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published May 28, 2024
Carlton uses tools of comparative genomics to study the biology and evolution of different species of parasites, with the goal of eradicating malaria