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Bloomberg distinguished professorships

Philosophy

Hanna Pickard, an expert in moral psychology, named 45th BDP

Published July 10, 2019

Her research centers on the nature of mental disorders and how society ought to respond to maladaptive behaviors like crime and addiction

New BDP explores intersection of philosophy, brain science

Published July 8, 2019

Ian Phillips, the university's 44th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, examines questions of the nature of perception, as well as the scientific study of consciousness and temporal experience

Urban economist Matthew Kahn named BDP

Published June 25, 2019

He'll teach economics courses at Krieger and Carey and will lead the 21st Century Cities Initiative

Feinberg and Rizzardi aboard the Vomit Comet

Study looks at how astronaut's body changed in space

Published April 11, 2019

JHU's Andrew Feinberg finds that after year-long NASA mission to the International Space Station, astronaut Scott Kelly had no lingering, major epigenetic differences from his earthbound twin, Mark

Interdisciplinary scholar

Neuroscientist Daeyeol Lee named BDP

Published March 19, 2019

Yale expert known for his research on the neural basis for decision-making will head lab at the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute

Interdisciplinary scholar

Leading health economist Daniel Polsky named 40th BDP

Published March 12, 2019

Polsky, who has dedicated his career to exploring how health care is organized, managed, financed, and delivered, will hold joint appointments in the Bloomberg School and Carey School

Interdisciplinary scholar

Cancer screening, prevention expert Otis Brawley joins faculty

Published Jan 23, 2019

JHU's 39th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor will lead research of cancer health disparities at the School of Public Health, Kimmel Cancer Center

Pioneering immunologist joins Hopkins faculty

Published Dec 12, 2018

Nilabh Shastri becomes university's 38th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor after spending past 30 years pursuing immune surveillance research at UC Berkeley