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Annual Report

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. The Web-based resource Managing Cancer at Work helps Johns Hopkins Medicine employees to navigate the challenges involved with working during cancer treatment.
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Through Project REACH, employee Melissa Abdelkarem worked as an anesthesia technician while training to become a registered nurse. More than 2,200 employees have turned to the program for skills training and advancement.
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As associate dean for diversity and cultural competence, Chiquita Collins is working to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities who are hired to fill faculty and senior leadership positions.
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With the Deaf Health Initiative, student leaders are pushing to remove barriers and help medical providers better communicate with and provide quality care to the deaf patient population.
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The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), based at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, offers a day center, medical care, counseling, occupational therapy and other important services for older adults.
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Addressing the Health Needs of Latino Families
The Center of Excellence for Latino Health, at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, emphasizes a family-centered, multidisciplinary approach to health, bringing together medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and more.
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At the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, researchers are pushing for ways to improve control of hypertension among African-Americans, who are disproportionately affected by this silent killer.
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Toward Greater EQUALITY for LGBT Patients
The EQUALITY Study is seeking the best way to collect health information about the sexual orientation and gender identity of all patients who come to the emergency department at Johns Hopkins. The ultimate goal: to eliminate unequal treatment.
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Promoting collaboration between urban farmers and neighborhood corner “chips and soda” stores can substantially increase the amount of fresh produce residents buy, a Johns Hopkins study shows.
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Getting the Dosing Right with HIV
“Because African-Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV infection, it is doubly important that we get the dosing right,” says Namandje Bumpus, whose research shows that many African-Americans may not be getting effective doses of maraviroc.
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Creating Community Health Leaders
Through the MERIT program, local teens like Kahlid Fowlkes devote summers and school-year Saturdays to activities at Johns Hopkins that prepare them for health careers. They shadow professionals, work in research labs and learn leadership skills.
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Testimonios, a support group for Spanish-speaking immigrants, encourages participants to share stories, connect and discuss coping strategies, notes discussion leader Flor Giusti, a social worker at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
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The Neighborhood Fund gives Johns Hopkins employees a way to designate donations to small nonprofit organizations delivering services within three-quarters of a mile of any of the Johns Hopkins campuses within Baltimore City.
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Jeffrey Hargrave, founder and president of Baltimore City-based, minority-owned company Mahogany Inc. is thrilled by the working relationship he’s forged with the facilities design and construction group at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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In September, Johns Hopkins leaders announced the launch of HopkinsLocal—a new initiative to build a stronger Baltimore by harnessing Johns Hopkins’ economic activity to promote growth and employment in the city.
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Last spring, Johns Hopkins committed to expanding its annual institutionwide Summer Jobs Program, which gives Baltimore City youth between the ages of 15 and 21 a chance to experience various careers while getting a taste of workplace culture.
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A SEARCH That Ends in Employment
Project SEARCH, a national program that recently partnered with All Children’s Hospital, trains young people with disabilities who are unable to go to college for hospital jobs that traditionally have high turnover rates.
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