Populations most likely to be impacted by asthma, diabetes and heart disease are least likely to be included in genetic studies, thereby limiting the effectiveness of today’s precision medicine solutions. Geneticist Rasika Mathias is dedicated to changing that state of inequity.

Postdoctoral fellows, the backbone of the research enterprise at academic medical centers, have long toiled in a state of benign neglect. That’s changing at Johns Hopkins.

Charles Yeo has dramatically advanced the field of pancreatic cancer surgery.

Kameron L. Matthews has had a transformative impact at the Veterans Administration.

Andrew Lees has worked his magic to make vaccines more effective.

Susan MacDonald led successful efforts for equity

G. Melville Williams was ‘a towering force’ in transplant surgery.

Jonas R. Rappeport evaluated thousands of criminal defendants.

Vincent Gott built one of the world’s premier programs at Johns Hopkins.

An hours-long compilation of carefully curated mostly classical music has proven a crucial tool in studies that use the mind-altering drug psilocybin to treat depression.

Bones: Inside and Out by Roy A. Meals