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Bloomberg distinguished professorships

Mikala Egeblad
Interdisciplinary scholar
Putting the brakes on cancer progression
Published June 27, 2023
Mikala Egeblad, who studies how tumor microenvironments influence the growth and metastasis of cancer cells, joins the School of Medicine as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Jack Iwashyna
Jack Iwashyna joins JHU as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published April 5, 2023
Iwashyna blends acute care expertise with health services research to better understand how an array of factors affect a patient's life course
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Q+A
Can we trust AI?
Published March 6, 2023
From Alexa to a robot running amok in the movie 'M3GAN', artificial intelligence is part of everyday life and is capturing our imagination. Johns Hopkins AI expert Rama Chellappa helps us sort out fact from fiction, and whether we should embrace the 'AI spring'.
Nicole Baumgarth
Faculty spotlight
Lyme disease expert named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published Dec 19, 2022
Nicole Baumgarth, whose background blends immunology, veterinary medicine, and infectious disease, serves as inaugural director of the Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute
Chi Van Dang
Faculty spotlight
Celebrated cancer researcher Chi Van Dang returns to Johns Hopkins
Published Nov 14, 2022
The alumnus and former faculty member of the School of Medicine has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of cancer medicine
Coronavirus cell
Voices
Commentary: It's time to stop creating 'superbugs' in the lab
Published Nov 1, 2022
Johns Hopkins computational biologist Steven Salzberg says Boston University study that created a new form of the omicron coronavirus variant should never have happened
Michael Schatz
Biology
Michael Schatz among 'TIME 100'
Published May 23, 2022
Computational biologist recognized for his contributions to the first complete sequencing of the human genome
JHU seal with fall leaves in the background
Interdisciplinary research
Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships program to double in size
Published Dec 14, 2021
Additional 50 scholars will join the university, primarily in crucial fields such as artificial intelligence, the health effects of climate change, racial equity, neuroscience, and pandemic preparedness and response
James Bellingham
Profile
James Bellingham's life aquatic
Published Nov 19, 2021
The expert in autonomous underwater vehicles joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of exploration robotics
Eliana Perrin
Pediatrics
Pediatric medicine expert Eliana Perrin joins JHU
Published May 25, 2021
She is a leader in the field of pediatric primary care and childhood obesity; she comes to JHU from Duke University