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Illustration shows a cardboard mobile for a baby on a soft peach background

Safe slumber

Published Fall 2017

Baltimore mom Shantell Roberts was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Social Innovation Lab to develop a lightweight cardboard box that serves as a bassinet / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Computer-generated illustration depicts lightning in the brain

Scratch, scratch, ow!

Published Fall 2017

A team of Hopkins postdocs have found that some neurons carry signals for both itch and pain / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Clean needle zone

Published Fall 2017

Do supervised drug-injection centers make communities safer? Hopkins public health expert says yes / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration depicts people flying through a vortex while a smart phone, stethoscope, medical bag, and medical chart whiz past

Health care

The nurse will see you now

Published Fall 2017

Nurses' job descriptions have never been more diverse—and the U.S. needs a lot more of them / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Psychedelic-style illustration shows drippy bodies made of different colors in a barren landscape

Behavioral biology

Crash course in the nature of mind

Published Fall 2017

Roland Griffiths' psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Alum William McNulty, a former U.S. Marine intelligence officer, helped found the world's first aid organization to recruit, train, and deploy military veterans for disaster relief / Johns Hopkins Magazine