Illustration of five learners arranged on a red cross on a computer screen, including one with a mask, one holding a beaker and three in scrubs.

At the School of Medicine, COVID-19 Creates an Academic Year Like No Other

Students and trainees are starting an academic year for the history books, one with challenges galore but opportunities as well.

Community Health

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.

Bringing Their Whole Selves to the Job

Hispanic Hopkins employees use their backgrounds to improve communication with patients, community.

Support for Patients with Sickle Cell

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

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

A Safe Place to Go and a Soft Place to Land

HIV Support Group at Johns Hopkins Connects Patients with One Another

Helping Caregivers to Feel Empowered and Encouraged

Johns Hopkins Bayview’s Called to Care program provides community, resources

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.

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

COVID-19 Update

At the School of Medicine, COVID-19 Creates an Academic Year Like No Other