JHU marks 100,000 asymptomatic COVID-19 tests since August
The milestone reflects mass participation in the university s testing program as well as significant clinical and logistical coordination
Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published March 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins surpassed 100,000 asymptomatic COVID-19 tests this week, a milestone that represents not only mass participation in testing operations among on-campus university affiliates, but also a clinical and logistical feat requiring coordination across Hopkins divisions, departments, and offices. When we and our colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medicine implemented mass asymptomatic testing for the spring semester, we knew it was an important additional public health control measure that allowed us to expand on-campus activities, says Jon Links, vice provost and chief risk and compliance officer for Johns Hopkins University. He is also a profess
JHU Center for Gun Policy and Research celebrates 25 years, announces plans for future
In virtual symposium, the center announces commitment to racial equity and diversity in its mission and practices, a new endowed professorship, and a name change By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published March 8, 2021
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Gun Policy and Research celebrated 25 years of conducting research and contributing evidence-based solutions to gun violence in the United States during a webcast Wednesday. Featuring a lineup of prominent local, state, and national political leaders as well as faculty from the Bloomberg School of Public Health and policy advocates, the virtual symposium served as a launchpad for the center s plans for the next 25 years and explored the challenges that lay ahead.
Symposium explores the role of nurses in vaccine rollout
In virtual event, nurses celebrate moments of triumph in the fight against COVID-19 and discuss the challenges ahead
Credit: Getty Images March 2, 2021
For decades, nursing has been one of America s most-trusted professions a role that has never been more vital to public health than it is now, in the midst of a pandemic marked by the politicization of science and the rise of misinformation. The ability to communicate science begins with trust, said Patricia Davidson, dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, during a webcast Wednesday. As the most trusted profession, [nurses] have really got a strong profile and platform through which we can make progress in furthering public health.
Field geologist Emmy Smith awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
The fellowship recognizes her for her scientific research, which takes place at ancient geological sites around the world
Image caption: Emmy Smith Feb 22, 2021
Emmy Smith likens her work to being a detective. The mysteries she unravels? Roughly 500 million years of Earth s history.
Smith, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, is a field geologist and sedimentologist who specializes in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian periods roughly one billion years ago to 500 million years ago. In this vast, ancient expanse of time, the Earth underwent a series of profound transformations: geochemical and climate changes including at least one period of rising atmospheric oxygen and two complete glacial periods (so-called snowball Earths); tectonic shifts that broke up the prehistoric supercontinent, Rodinia; and the evolution and divers
Internship pipeline helps close the equity gap during pandemic
The DEI Collective pairs Johns Hopkins students from backgrounds underrepresented in higher education and the broader professional workforce with paid internships with participating employers By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published Feb 17, 2021
Lubna Azmi sees herself as a laidback person, but even she isn t immune to the pressures and anxieties that come with planning for the future. I ve seen how fast people s professional lives can fall apart, especially during the pandemic, says Azmi, who is a second-year international studies and sociology major at Johns Hopkins. During quarantine, I was asking myself, have I been too selfish thinking about doing what I want to do? Should I be thinking about how to better support my family, including the family I create in the future?