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Research matters

Sharper, safer, more inclusive medical imaging

Published April 10, 2025

Backed by NIH funding, Muyinatu 'Bisi' Bell's innovative work is enhancing diagnostic accuracy, improving surgical precision, and ensuring equitable health care for all patients

Research matters

Biological targets could halt breast cancer metastasis

Published April 9, 2025

Thanks to the NIH, researchers like Andrew Ewald have advanced our understanding of what allows a cancer cell from one part of the body to successfully grow in another part

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Voices

Why universities and federal funding fuel the future

Published April 8, 2025

By combining private and public resources at universities, we create the engine that makes curiosity possible—for our health, our economy, our humanity

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Research Matters

Artificial intelligence speeds cancer diagnoses

Published April 7, 2025

For some leukemia patients, each hour of delayed care can be the difference between life and death. JHU's Eugene Shenderov is developing an AI algorithm to help doctors reach faster diagnoses.

Research Matters

Finding the best recipe for health

Published April 1, 2025

For the past 25 years, Professor Lawrence Appel's DASH diet has helped patients lower their blood pressure and avoid heart disease

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Health security

Are we ready for the next one?

Published Spring 2025

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can help us prepare for the next one / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Unknown substance

Published Spring 2025

Johns Hopkins assistant professor Kirsten Smith has become a leading voice on the contentious herbal supplement kratom / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Public health

The sound of science

Published Spring 2025

Launched during the pandemic, the Bloomberg School's Public Health on Call podcast has become a powerful tool to translate fact-based health news to the masses / Johns Hopkins Magazine