Our School of Medicine Community
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine consistently ranks among the nation’s very best in education. These numbers are important, but we’re more than numbers – we’re a community of seekers and dreamers. Using the latest tools and teachings available to scientists and doctors, we become healers, caregivers, discoverers and inventors.
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Match Day 2023
Match Day is the rite of passage in the lives of graduating medical students, who will advance to a three- to seven-year residency program, getting hands-on experience in a specific discipline. This is a celebration shared among peers, families, and school of medicine faculty and friends.
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Shaking Up the Status Quo
Expanding the ophthalmology pipeline for those who are underrepresented in medicine is critical, say Wilmer faculty and trainees, who are focused on doing just that.
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Getting in Step
Dr. Katherine Chretien explores how a new pass/fail option will change the way medical students prepare for residency.
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Medical Student Receives 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award
Lisa Young, second-year medical student, serves the Johns Hopkins community by promoting educational accessibility, and by providing opportunities for young people with disabilities to participate in adaptive sports.
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Centro SOL’s Youth Program Creates Opportunities for Students
Latino teens explore health care careers and get involved in community outreach.
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School of Medicine Receives Barbara Ross-Lee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has received the Barbara Ross-Lee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The award recognizes efforts to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion in the graduate medical education (GME) community.
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School of Medicine Student Helps Food Pantry Run Smoothly
Huang ensures that food distribution and volunteering are efficient and easy.
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Pumpkin Spice and Sweater Weather: Fall Is Almost Here in Baltimore!
There are numerous fun activities for Johns Hopkins students to explore around the Greater Baltimore area — many of which are perfect for the fall season, with its shortening days, increasingly chilly weather and pre-holiday festive mood. M.D./Ph.D. student Akshaya Annapragada loves autumn and exploring. In this blog post, she recounts autumnal activities that she and her fellow students have enjoyed.
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2022 Community Service Award Winner Dedicated to Adaptive Sports, Health Education
School of Medicine student Andy Lancaster was recognized for character and commitment.
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Johns Hopkins Welcomes First Vivien Thomas Scholars Cohort
20 scholars join the university this fall to pursue PhDs as part of a new $150M initiative to address historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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Meet Interim Dean and CEO Theodore DeWeese
Theodore DeWeese, who grew up in public housing, has scaled the heights of academic medicine to become interim dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Reimagining Residency Grant Boosts Trainees’ Well-Being and Patient Care
From the beginning of her internal medicine residency, Eva Valilis (Longcope, 2018) expected to endure long — and sometimes intense — nights on call, caring for medically complex patients with comorbidities. What she didn’t expect was a concerted effort by leaders to reduce trainees’ stress.
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