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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
Framed kratom leaves sit beneath a container of kratom
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
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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
Sri Sarma
Research matters
Epilepsy relief relies on research
Published March 27, 2025
With NIH support, biomedical engineer Sri Sarma develops neurotechnologies to improve understanding and treatment of epilepsy
Martin Makary
University news
Marty Makary confirmed as FDA commissioner
Published March 26, 2025
Makary, a prominent voice on U.S. health care practices throughout his career, spent 22 years at Hopkins Medicine
Mounya Elhilali
Research matters
A smarter stethoscope for a noisy world
Published March 24, 2025
Electrical engineer Mounya Elhilali relies on federal funding to push the boundaries of how technology can enhance human perception
Vicky Nguyen
Research matters
Sight-saving treatments for glaucoma
Published March 21, 2025
Hopkins engineer Vicky Nguyen has spent 15 years studying how glaucoma progresses to figure out how to preserve patients' vision
Jeff Coller
Voices
America's support for research is a smart investment
Published March 19, 2025
Federal funding for biomedical research pays off by enabling basic discoveries that lead to lifesaving treatments, writes Hopkins biologist Jeff Coller
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Q+A
Understanding the current measles outbreak
Published March 19, 2025
Epidemiology expert Bill Moss sheds light on the current outbreak and says vaccination continues to be the safest, most effective way to prevent the spread of measles