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Interdisciplinary research

Brain iceberg
Neuroscience
Deciphering the brain's mysteries
Published Sept 23, 2024
Johns Hopkins launches OneNeuro, a cross-disciplinary initiative to utilize emerging technologies and AI to finally crack the code on the enigmatic human brain
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Opioid crisis
Overdose deaths disproportionately claim Baltimore's poorest, least educated
Published Sept 17, 2024
Johns Hopkins report surveys details of the sprawling reach of drug addiction epidemic
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Research
Help for faculty pursuing large grants
Published July 17, 2024
Unique among universities, Johns Hopkins' research development team helps faculty win large-scale grants with its 'secret sauce' of tailored proposal development support and cultivation of collaboration across schools and disciplines
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
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21ST CENTURY CITIES
How people feel about living in Baltimore
Published Dec 5, 2023
Inaugural survey by Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative benchmarks sentiments and experiences across Baltimore
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Research funding
Discovery Awards received by 35 interdisciplinary research teams
Published May 8, 2023
Winning projects—chosen from 191 proposals—include 115 individuals from across the university
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Funding
Johns Hopkins grants 35 teams Discovery Awards
Published May 23, 2022
Winning interdisciplinary projects, chosen from a record 199 proposals, include 105 individuals from across the university
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SNF Agora Institute
SNF Agora Institute welcomes new cohort of Visiting Fellows
Published May 20, 2022
The new fellows, including the first Dissident in Residence, will explore social media algorithms, political corruption, campus discourse, Black voter mobilization, and other topics
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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
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Discovery Awards
32 research teams receive funding
Published June 14, 2019
Winning interdisciplinary project teams—chosen from a record 222 proposals—include 120 individuals from across the university