About Johns Hopkins Medicine

In December, the diagnostic medical sonography students at The Johns Hopkins Hospital chose to package meals for Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland. The group assembled 2,000 meals over a four-hour shift.

Through compassionate patient care, advocacy, teaching and scholarship, Johns Hopkins urban health residents receive world class clinical training that integrates them in the Baltimore community. 

ViSION (Vision Screening in Our Neighborhoods), a volunteer Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine student group is providing Baltimore residents with poor vision or eye disease free screenings and follow-up care, regardless of their ability to pay.

Clinical laboratory scientist Carrie Holdren-Serrell brought her medical microbiology lab colleagues, family and Mt. Zion Church youth group together to assist the Helping Up Mission. Helping Up Mission’s goal is help get people get back on their feet.

The mobile vaccine team is trained not only to administer the vaccine, but also to combat myriad myths and misperceptions about the shot. Disinformation campaigns and changing messages have slowed the rate of vaccination across the United States, which has experienced a sharp uptick in serious cases of COVID-19 since the initial waves of vaccinations in the early months of 2021.

After streaming religious services online for a year, Baltimore faith leaders want to know what COVID-19 protocols to follow during in-person services. This inspired a collaboration among houses of worship, Baltimore City and Johns Hopkins to help advise religious leaders about how to safely return to on-site worship.

Social worker Jessica Contreras provides supportive services to many immigrant families at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s Children’s Medical Practice, but she finds they sometimes need resources that Johns Hopkins is unable to provide. Contreras often reaches out to the Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE), a nonprofit that provides asylum seekers and other forced migrants a variety of resources to help rebuild their lives in Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sibley Memorial Hospital have announced the 2021 grant winners of their Ward Infinity program. The program aims to improve community health in Washington, D.C.’s underinvested neighborhoods by inviting community members to propose solutions to ongoing challenges. Each year, Sibley Memorial Hospital considers dozens of applicants and selects five for further financial investment.

When Suburban Hospital received the go-ahead from Maryland and Montgomery County officials that it could serve as a vaccine clinic site for the community, the team sprang into action. In less than 48 hours, the hospital had set up a full clinic to vaccinate as many as 400 people per day, with room for physical distancing and all safety protocols.