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Vanessa
Research in action
A miracle in her own backyard
Published March 10, 2025 Video
NIH clinical trials are a lifeline for cancer patients like Baltimore native Vanessa, who received a groundbreaking immunotherapy treatment at the Kimmel Cancer Center
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Voices
Science is worth standing up for
Published March 6, 2025
America's biomedical research engine has produced lifesaving treatments for cancer and other diseases. Cuts to funding harm the lives and futures of Americans.
Sarah Szanton
Research Matters
Nursing program helps seniors age at home
Published March 4, 2025 Video
The CAPABLE program, launched in 2012 by Sarah Szanton, demonstrates how a single NIH seed grant can blossom years later
Emily Boss
Voices
NIH cuts could complicate difficult surgical decisions
Published March 3, 2025
Backed by federal funding, Emily Boss, director of pediatric otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, studies how communication between doctors, patients, and families shapes medical decisions and affects health outcomes
Framed kratom leaves sit beneath a container of kratom
Addiction
Unknown substance
Published Feb 28, 2025
Johns Hopkins assistant professor Kirsten Smith has become a leading voice on the contentious herbal supplement kratom
Jeff Wang
Research matters
These portable diagnostics go where labs can't
Published Feb 27, 2025 Video
Federal funding supports engineer Jeff Wang's work to create affordable devices that expand access to health care, leading to faster diagnosis and better health outcomes
Michele Decker
Voices
'Women's lives depend on our work'
Published Feb 26, 2025
Backed by federal funding, Michele Decker works to understand the scope and impact of gender-based violence and to determine how to prevent it
Photomicrograph of sickle cell anemia
Medicine
Novel bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease
Published Feb 25, 2025
Trial at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and other centers finds reduced-intensity haploidentical bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease
Jennifer Schrack
Research Matters
Long-running surveys help track trends in aging
Published Feb 25, 2025 Video
The Center on Aging and Health, one of JHU's largest recipients of NIH funds, conducts critical work that provides real-time insights into the condition and care of older Americans
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In the news
Hopkins experts weigh in on NIH cuts, bird flu, COVID tests, vaccines
Published Feb 21, 2025
Faculty members share insights, expertise on the ramifications of a decline in federal support for science and research