Hopkins researchers determine new method of determining immunotherapy eligibility

Hopkins study looks at preventing back pain in space travelers

Since Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first space traveler in 1961, space travel has become more and more popular. As more private companies, such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, plan on delivering commercial space flights in the future, the health effects of space travel on astronauts and others has become a concern. 

School of Public Health spotlights generational trauma in Indigenous communities

Melissa Walls is an associate professor of American Health at the School of Public Health and director of the Great Lakes Hub for the Center for American Indian Health. Being a direct descendant of Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe fueled Walls’ interest in bettering the health of Indigenous communities across North America. 

Wilmer Eye Institute establishes Sanford and Susan Greenberg Center to End Blindness

According to a Research!America poll conducted in 2016, 88% of respondents perceived healthy vision as crucial to their life and 47% responded that losing their vision would have a serious impact on their day-to-day lives. 

It’s okay not to be okay: athlete perspectives on mental health

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students, and 33% of all college students experience significant symptoms of mental illness. Among that group, 30% seek help. Of college athletes with mental health conditions, however, only 10% seek help. Among professional athletes, studies have shown that around 35% of athletes experience a mental health crisis ranging from stress to eating disorders, burnout, depression and anxiety.

First-year seminar explores the relationship between physics and poetry

It was a consideration of the intersection between the humanities and sciences as Nobel Laureate and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess from the Department of Physics and Astronomy took the stage with former U.K. Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, a professor in The Writing Seminars department. 

Henrietta Lacks' family sues Thermo Fisher

On the 70th anniversary of her death, the family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific for the commercialization of her now-famous cell line. Lacks’ descendants argue that the company profited from the cell line long after its unethical origins were publicly known.

The science behind the appeal of pumpkin spice

Fall bears a distinct signature flavor: pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice is a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and sometimes allspice, ingredients traditionally used to flavor pumpkin pie. Come autumn, its scent permeates coffee shops, cafés and bakeries. The comfort felt by many people while drinking or eating pumpkin-spice-flavored things derives from a complicated network of senses, emotion and memory that make up our perception. 

Five Hopkins students named Siebel Scholars

Five Hopkins doctoral students — four Biomedical Engineering students and one Electrical and Computer Engineering student — were named Siebel Scholars in 2022.

Hopkins scientists appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board

Ashani Weeraratna and Dr. Nilofer Azad, both professors and cancer researchers at Hopkins, were appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Board along with five other clinicians and researchers by President Joe Biden on Sept. 15. 

Hopkins Center for American Indian Health launches sex education program for Native teens

Native American teens have the highest birth rate across all races and ethnicities in the U.S. at 29.2 teen births per 1,000 girls. After a Native American tribe in Arizona approached the Hopkins Center for American Indian Health (CAIH) seeking an intervention program for Native youth, researchers developed a comprehensive sex education program tailored to Native communities. 

Hopkins scientist uses risk modeling to study Hurricane Ida

Hurricane relief has been a pressing topic ever since Hurricane Katrina blew through the city of New Orleans toward the end of August 2005. Since then, the extent of hurricane damage has grown milder, but the effects of Hurricane Ida this past August devastated the country again. 

Undergraduate team named finalists of Collegiate Inventors Competition

A team of four Whiting School of Engineering students was named as a finalist in the 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition for its device, the Innerva Conduit. The invention facilitates nerve regeneration and decreases pain in amputee patients.

NIH director offers advice amid COVID-19 crisis

As part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ efforts concerning public health awareness and the fight against the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Kelly Henning, the current head of Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health,  interviewed Dr. Francis Collins, the current director of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. and a global leader on gene discourse and discovery.

Hopkins funds undergraduate-led team to improve online lab courses

Quest2Learn is the only undergraduate-led group to win the Hopkins Digital Education and Learning Technology (DELTA) Award, an acceleration grant program for teams who are creatively implementing technologies that enhance the University’s teaching and learning enterprise. 

Hopkins researchers discover protein clusters on biomolecular condensates

Geraldine Seydoux, the Huntington Sheldon professor in medical discovery at the School of Medicine, and her lab discovered protein clusters that adsorb to the biomolecular condensates in the gelatinous interior of a cell. These protein clusters, MEG-3 and MEG-4, mimic the function of lipid-bilayer membranes that encapsulate organelles. 

Legionella bacteria detected in Homewood Apartments

On Wednesday afternoon, residents of on-campus housing facility Homewood Apartments received an email from Hopkins concerning the detection of elevated levels of Legionella bacteria in the facility’s water supply. 

Hopkins husband-and-wife team work together on COVID-19 drug

While work and family typically remain separate, in times of emergency this can be an impossible boundary to hold. A husband and wife duo of Hopkins professors know this all too well – personal tragedy pushed them to work on developing a drug together. 

Food insecurity touches college students nationwide. Hopkins is no exception.

The trope of the broke, hungry college student is so prominent it borders on cliche. Sure, most Hopkins students suffer through a few nights of ramen noodles and have a weak spot for free cookies. Some middle-class students supplement their diet with care packages from Mom and Dad or regular trips to honeygrow.