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A Year of COVID-19: Loss, Learning and New Strength

Johns Hopkins responded to a global health crisis by treating patients, protecting staff members, marshaling its vast research apparatus and supporting its communities.

 
Community Health
Baby breastfeeding

Helping Moms and Babies Connect

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Awards $125,000 to East Baltimore Nonprofits

The school of medicine gives 12 neighborhood-based groups a total of $125,000 for community improvements.
Manuela Plazas

Bringing Their Whole Selves to the Job

Hispanic Hopkins employees use their backgrounds to improve communication with patients, community.
Sickle Cell Support Group

Support for Patients with Sickle Cell

Local support group helps patients with sickle cell champion each other.
Woman with a therapist

On World Mental Health Day, doctors remind Baltimore that mental illness is just like any other illness

Johns Hopkins offers easily accessible mental health help
Project LINK

A Safe Place to Go and a Soft Place to Land

HIV Support Group at Johns Hopkins Connects Patients with One Another
Janice and David Felzenberg

Helping Caregivers to Feel Empowered and Encouraged

Johns Hopkins Bayview’s Called to Care program provides community, resources
Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia

Johns Hopkins Hospital Walk-in Program a Lifesaver for Hepatitis C Patients

A photo shows a recreation therapist dancing with a Hopkins ElderPlus client.

Recreation Department Is the Heart of Hopkins ElderPlus

Hopkins ElderPlus Recreation Department brightens community members' days.
Johns Hopkins doctors mentor students from underrepresented backgrounds to become health professionals and community leaders. The students go on to advance health equity both inside and outside Baltimore’s hospitals and clinics.

Johns Hopkins Doctors Among the Mentors Who Inspire Baltimore City Students

MERIT Program Empowers Students to Become Health Professionals, Community Leaders
Birth companions, also called doulas, help women before birth, during labor and after the birth with their continuous presence — which has now gone virtual.

Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Birth Companions from Helping to Navigate Childbirth

Being a birth companion has changed since the onset of COVID-19.

Johns Hopkins selects Vines Architecture to lead planning stages of Henrietta Lacks building

Johns Hopkins University officials recently announced their selection of Vines Architecture to lead the planning stages for a multidisciplinary building that will honor the legacy of Henrietta Lacks at the 10th annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture.
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Johns Hopkins Peer Recovery Specialist Helps Opioid Overdose Survivors

Patrice Brown, part of the inpatient substance abuse team at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, advises recovering patients and connects them to treatment services.
Gudzune treats patients holistically. She designs weight management plans that blend diet, exercise and medications with other strategies including therapy and stress management. And she uses her research findings in her treatment — findings on how physical and social environmental factors influence body weight.

Internist to launch the Department of Medicine’s Healthful Eating, Activity and Weight Program

Dedicated and determined, Kimberly Gudzune is making a difference
Golden Ring Middle School students replicate the respiratory system using balloons, straws and tape.

Johns Hopkins Medical Professionals Teach Students About Lung Health, Perils of Vaping

More than 1 in 4 high school students in the United States use e-cigarettes. Johns Hopkins Lung Health Ambassadors program aims to change that.
Due to the pandemic, CAP is currently providing 15 therapy groups via Zoom. Patients can still come in to see their providers or they can have visits over the phone.

Johns Hopkins Bayview’s Center for Addiction and Pregnancy Supports New Mothers and Their Babies in the Fight Against Substance Use Disorders

Center offers judgment-free care, helping moms and newborns
Dr. Annie Umbricht is an advocate for patient care and believes economic circumstances shouldn’t determine the level of health care you receive.

Johns Hopkins Doctor Volunteers Time to Treat Baltimore’s Uninsured

Annie Umbricht has been donating her services to the Shepherd’s Clinic since 2002
Donnise Nole-Fuller, a 2019 Caroline Center graduate who now works at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as a pharmacy technician.

Caroline Center Prepares Women to Work at Local Hospitals, Rehabilitation and Nursing Facilities

Baltimore organization empowers women in their professional and personal lives.
Baltimore CONNECT’s acting executive director Lindsay Hebert accepts face masks from Shawn Durning, Operations Manager for JHHS Consolidated Service Center.

Baltimore CONNECT Helps Build Stronger Bonds Between Community, Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations

Nonprofit helps organize food and mask distribution in ZIP codes surrounding the medical campus
Supportive housing is an important part of a patient’s recovery.

Wilson House Provides Safe Haven for People with Substance Use Disorders

Rehabilitation facility offers structure, compassion and the support of expert counselors.
AIM has fostered many partnerships in Baltimore, including one with the Maryland Food Bank. As the pandemic has raged on, AIM is there to assist with food distribution.

Action in Maturity Enables Baltimore City Seniors to Remain Active in Their Communities

Nonprofit acts as a “senior center without walls.”
The annual symposium is an opportunity for people to have a better understanding of Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells.

Henrietta Lacks Symposium Goes Virtual

Video features the Lacks family, researchers and community members, who discussed the impact of Henrietta Lacks and her immortal HeLa cells.
“Granny Sherry” Holifield taught the group to cook shrimp stir-fry.

Youth-led Granny Project Addresses Food Insecurity Through YouTube Live Gatherings

Young people unite to deliver food to low-income community members, coach health
South Baltimore Partnership volunteers prepare to distribute fresh meat and produce to neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic using a Baltimore Community ToolBank cart.

Baltimore Community ToolBank Helps Organizations Save Money by Renting Resources

Nonprofit assists other organizations so they can elevate the scale of their projects.
The Johns Hopkins Understanding Birth e-class is a traditional childbirth 101 course gone virtual.

Childbirth E-Class Aims to Alleviate Anxieties

Eight-chapter online birth class helps moms and their support systems feel better prepared.
Through corporate internships, Cristo Rey students earn a large percentage of their education cost while exploring career interests. They also develop necessary skills and gain confidence in professional spaces.

Johns Hopkins Partners with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School to Prepare Students for Careers in Health Care

Corporate Internship Program helps students develop skills, gain confidence.
The Community Conversation panel included Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S., vice president and chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine; Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S., pulmonary and critical care medicine physician; and Michael Preston, director of East Baltimore community affairs for The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Community Conversation Emphasizes Education and Trust

Panel talks about health equity, COVID-19 response
A woman is tested for COVID-19 thanks to the Baltimore Area COVID-19 Public-Private Taskforce

Johns Hopkins Health System Recognized by Faith Organizations for Partnering to Manage the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sowers accepts award given by the Baptist Ministers’ Night Conference of Baltimore & Vicinity
Illustration of environmental care supervisor preparing to clean an area of the hospital.

Johns Hopkins Environmental Care Supervisors Earn While They Learn

Leaders participate in a registered apprenticeship program sponsored by Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare.
Dr. Joann Hunsberger is a mother of four with three school-age children who attend Patterson Park Public Charter School. Hunsberger used her expertise to advise the school’s Health and Safety Committee.

Johns Hopkins Doctor Provides Expertise to Advise School’s Health and Safety Committee

Patterson Park Public Charter School forms committee of parents and staff to ensure students, staff and families’ health and safety.

 

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