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Biomedical research

Johns Hopkins Hospital dome lit in red
Research funding
Looming federal budget cuts jeopardize U.S. innovation, health
Published Feb 12, 2025
Hopkins faculty members discuss how proposed NIH funding cuts would stall vital research projects across academia
Gelbots in the palm of a purple-gloved hand
Engineering
Watch this robot do 'the Worm' when temperature changes
Published Dec 14, 2022
A gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever design, brings 'a kind of intelligence' to the field of soft robotics
coral
Research
Under pressure
Published June 3, 2020
Inspired by colorful coral reefs, Hopkins researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in response to applied force
A man works in a laboratory
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
Pipettes
University outlines plan to support biomedical workforce
Published Sept 13, 2018
Report offers recommendations related to training and professional development, transparency, access to funding and resources
JHU President Ronald J. Daniels
National report urges stronger support for biomedical workforce
Published April 12, 2018
Committee chaired by JHU's Daniels authors report addressing core challenges, recommending reforms
Researcher puts drops into test tubes of various colors
Lost opportunities for life sciences firms
Published Jan 19, 2018
JHU's Phillip Phan, Dean Wong advocate for open-innovation network in 'Nature Index' commentary
CLose-up image of a line of test tubes with blue liquid, with one test tube of red liquid leaning out of the row
Perspective
New philosophy for biomedical education
Published Jan 3, 2018
Current programs teach students to conduct deep research but leave them ill-prepared for job market, Bloomberg School researchers write
Hopkins aims to strengthen support for biomedical workforce
Published Dec 14, 2017
Faculty-led committee offers 24 recommendations in response to stresses on current system
Illustration shows a pyramid of scientists dropping fluid into a beaker; the scientist at the top of the pyramid is dropping something red in
The scientific process
Could you repeat that?
Published Nov 7, 2017
As retractions of published papers grow worldwide, a new effort at Johns Hopkins aims to improve standards and protocols to make science reproducible