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Pathologist Timothy Amukele, left, is teaming with Robert Chalmers and other Applied Physics Laboratory engineers to create a courier system that will use unmanned aerial vehicles to transport blood to diagnostic laboratories in Africa.
Taking Collaboration to New Heights
At two speed-dating for research events, School of Medicine faculty members met potential collaborators from other Johns Hopkins schools in a choreographed dance of one-on-one conversations. The resulting partnerships bring fresh approaches to challenges such as improving access to blood tests and reducing HIV risk.
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FAQs About the Maryland Medicare Waiver
What does the Medicaid waiver mean for Johns Hopkins hospitals and their patients?
Meet The Johns Hopkins Hospital’s New Surgeon-in-Chief
Robert Higgins has joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as surgeon-in-chief, William Stewart Halsted Professor of Surgery and director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Johns Hopkins Medicine expects a smooth transition to the more detailed medical billing code system as organizations nationwide prepare for the scheduled Oct. 1 switch.
Women with advanced breast cancer write to their children in cards designed by students at the Bryn Mawr School.
Developing a Deeper Patient Understanding
A new program within the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership trains health care professionals to read spoken and unspoken patient cues indicating readiness to confront health issues.
Caring for Transgender Patients
Nurse educator, Gulf War veteran and lawyer Paula Neira tells of transitioning from a man to a woman and offers advice to health care providers. “First of all, be respectful,” she says.
With her new job as senior director for population health and community relations at Howard County General Hospital, Elizabeth Edsall Kromm continues an enduring connection with Johns Hopkins.
Robert Kasdin is joining Johns Hopkins Medicine on July 1 in the newly created role of senior vice president and chief operating officer. Kasdin has been senior executive vice president at Columbia University since 2002.
Chief Perspectives
At Johns Hopkins, our research has produced many world-changing discoveries, ranging from identification of the three strains of polio virus to detection of the first restriction enzyme which allowed scientists to manipulate DNA, essentially forming the basis of the entire biotech industry.
In Brief
Sibley Memorial Hospital construction on schedule for spring 2016 opening; seasonal farmers markets open on the campuses of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bayview Medical Center, and Howard County General Hospital; medical students share news and musings in new Biomedical Odyssey blog.
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Cultivating Land — and Relationships
Alyssa Walker, a pathobiology grad student and president of the Johns Hopkins University Graduate Student Association, recently joined grad students from the schools of medicine, nursing and public health to help out at Civic Works’ Real Food Farm at Perlman Place, just north of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Real Food Farm promotes green space and trains youth and adults in agricultural and horticultural jobs in some of Baltimore’s most blighted neighborhoods. Above, Walker and her companions dig trenches and raised beds for planting vegetables to be sold at farmers markets, to local restaurants, and through a community-supported agriculture program. This day of service was organized through SOURCE (Student Outreach Resource Center), The Johns Hopkins University’s community service and service-learning center for the schools of public health, medicine and nursing. In the wake of the recent unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, additional efforts are underway throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine to build trust and improve the quality of life for its neighboring community. Learn what Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and trainees are already doing to help Baltimore City thrive: bit.ly/communityengagementlist. To find out about SOURCE, visit bit.ly/jhuSOURCE.
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