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  • On the Road with JHU - Terroir: A Sense of Place for Food and Drinks

    Derived from the French word terre, meaning “earth”, terroir refers to the environmental factors that affect crops in specific reasons. During this event, you’ll uncover the terroir of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States through three lenses while exploring some wine from the region...

  • Indigenous Storytelling

    The traditions, strengths, and resilience of communities have carried Indigenous peoples for generations. Drs. O’Keefe and Haroz will discuss the development and dissemination of “Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19,” a children’s book aimed at providing indigenous ...

  • Session 1: Manipulating Life: The Ethics of Emerging Biotechnologies

    Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH - the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy - provides an introduction to the ethics of gene editing. In this first session, Dr. Kahn uses the first case in the world of the c...

  • Session 2: Manipulating Life: The Ethics of Emerging Biotechnologies

    Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH - the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy - provides an introduction to the ethics of gene editing. This session examines some of the implications of a range of potential us...

  • Session 2: Living With Pain: The Puzzle of Addiction

    In Session 2, Hanna Pickard - a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics cross-appointed to the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy and the Berman Institute of Bioethics - defines the puzzle of addiction along with the choice in addiction moving beyond the debate b...

  • Session 1: Living With Pain: America’s Opioid Dilemma

    In Session 1, Travis N. Rieder - a philosopher and bioethicist at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he directs the Master of Bioethics degree program - covers the simultaneous under treatment and overtreatment of pain; the history of pain medicine and opioid misuse in America...

  • Session 3: Living With Pain: A Conversation About Drugs and Addiction

    In Session 3, recorded as a live webcast, Hanna Pickard - a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics cross-appointed to the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy and the Berman Institute of Bioethics - and Travis N. Rieder - a philosopher and bioethicist at the Johns...

  • Session 4: Nine Greats Who Helped Create Hopkins Medicine

    The founding of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine fundamentally changed medicine in America. In the blink of an eye, medicine was transformed from a trade practiced by poorly educated craftsmen, to a science practiced by highly educated physicians. While this transformation may seem...

  • Session 2: Nine Greats Who Helped Create Hopkins Medicine

    The founding of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine fundamentally changed medicine in America. In the blink of an eye, medicine was transformed from a trade practiced by poorly educated craftsmen, to a science practiced by highly educated physicians. While this transformation may seem...

  • Session 3: Nine Greats Who Helped Create Hopkins Medicine

    The founding of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine fundamentally changed medicine in America. In the blink of an eye, medicine was transformed from a trade practiced by poorly educated craftsmen, to a science practiced by highly educated physicians. While this transformation may seem...

  • Session 1: Nine Greats Who Helped Create Hopkins Medicine

    The founding of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine fundamentally changed medicine in America. In the blink of an eye, medicine was transformed from a trade practiced by poorly educated craftsmen, to a science practiced by highly educated physicians. While this transformation may seem...

  • A Conversation with Johns Hopkins Medical and Public Health Researchers in India

    Join the Johns Hopkins India Institute for a look at Hopkins research projects in India involving access to care for at-risk populations, tuberculosis studies, maternal-child health, and leveraging innovative technological solutions.

    Sunil Solomon, MBBS, MPH '04, PhD '09 is an Assistant Professo...

  • India’s National Digital Health Mission and the Patient Data Revolution

    Co-Hosted by the Johns Hopkins India Institute

    For decades, global health systems have been transitioning from paper to electronic health records to improve patient data accessibility, particularly to facilitate epidemiological study and preventive care. At the same time, they have wrestled with...

  • Meatless Monday

    Meatless Monday with its simple message, “One day a week, cut the meat,” started in 2003 in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF). Since then it has grown in recognition and practice to over 40 countries globally, anchoring action for health, climate and other env...

  • Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan

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    Throughout their lifetime, women will experience changes in their moods as a consequence of aging. From puberty to post-menopause, these physical, emotional, and physical changes can be confusing and concerning. Join faculty – Liisa Hantsoo, Lauren M. Osborne, and Lindsay R. Standeven – from the ...

  • Why We Need Precision Medicine Now

    The current pandemic has challenged many assumptions on the health of populations. Join Robert Davis Stevens, Director of Precision Medicine for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, to discuss Precision Medicine as a disruptive framework which focuses on the specific characteristics and nee...

  • When Your Head Is Splitting: Headaches and Migraines

    Headaches and migraines can stop us in our tracks, and chronic headaches and migraines can completely derail our lives. How do you tell the differences between headaches and migraines? Neurologist Anne Yacoub examines the many different types of headaches and their causes, defines the similaritie...

  • When Your Head Is Splitting: Headaches and Migraines

    Headaches and migraines can stop us in our tracks, and chronic headaches and migraines can completely derail our lives. How do you tell the differences between headaches and migraines? Neurologist Anne Yacoub examines the many different types of headaches and their causes, defines the similaritie...

  • What Is the Role of Business in Health?

    The Hopkins Business of Health Initiative creates a collaborative space across Johns Hopkins University to incubate, accelerate, and disseminate impactful, world-class research on the business of health. It is supported by the Johns Hopkins’ Carey School of Business, the Bloomberg School of Publi...

  • Vaccine Access in the Era of COVID-19 with the Johns Hopkins India Institute

    According to the World Health Organization, immunization currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year and is one of the greatest successful and cost-effective public health interventions. With the continued spread of COVID-19, there is heightened attention on the need for an effective vaccine as ...

  • Understanding Stroke and the Heart-Brain Connection

    It is estimated that someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, and every 4 minutes, someone will die from stroke. Are you prepared if this were to happen to you? How can you lower your risk for stroke? In recognition of May as National Stroke Awareness Month, Dr. Johansen will...

  • Trauma: The Wounds You Cannot See

    How can we process traumatic events like the COVID-19 pandemic? What will be the lasting impact and how do we identify it? Join this lecture with School of Nursing Assistant Professor Tamar Rodney to explore how the ongoing presence of the COVID-19 pandemic could manifest as post-traumatic stress...

  • The Moore Center, Help Wanted: Helping People Stay Safe

    Recognizing that April marks National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Hopkins at Home present a series of conversations featuring faculty from the Bloomberg School of Public Health discussing this impor...

  • The COVID-19 Crisis in India

    In the past weeks, India’s COVID-19 crisis has taken a dramatic turn. India has reported more than 17.6 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 350,000 new cases early this week. Deaths are on the rise and, experts fear that the numbers might underrepresent the real number...