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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) is partnering with the Department of Surgery and the Department of Medicine for a “speed dating” event on Thursday, September 7 from 3–5 p.m. in the Welch Library. This interactive session will allow multiple short introductions between surgeons and engineers. This year's focus will be in the following areas: wearables(...)
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, Carey Business School and IncMed are excited to offer the 2017 JHU Bootcamp for Biomedical Entrepreneurs. The bootcamp will be held on three days–September 9, September 16 and October 14, 2017 and will provide basic knowledge and skills needed to turn ideas and disclosures into validated business proposals. These proposals will be in the form(...)
Look around Hopkins and you see a culture that has been shaped by the giants in medicine and science. Portraits decorate our walls, and clinical teams, buildings and events are named after famous physicians and scientists. Perhaps less visible is the impact of the teams and processes that enable discoveries to become implementable improvements- drugs,(...)
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Imagine: one day you’re well, going about activities as always, and then something happens to change your life forever. We see it everyday. In this case, it’s crushing chest pain, shortness of breath: a heart attack. Now ask yourself: How will this change the way you live tomorrow? Are you prepared to make those changes?(...)
Is there an ICD-10 code for technological phobias? I may have it. My diagnosis dates back to 1993, when I first encountered email. As a Duke intern, I was consumed by admissions and blood draws and distracted by my fellow intern who sat banging on a keyboard. He introduced me to “this new amazing technology,”(...)
The word “bootcamp” conjures up images of drill sergeants training military recruits or similarly inspired fitness training programs. The idea is to improve fitness, strength and stamina by pushing someone to their physical and mental limits. For some of us, it sounds a bit like internship- a time in life that we remember fondly but(...)
My morning started like most school days. Kid commotion: cries over the hairbrush, breakfast dish banging and a 15-minute music play-off featuring the 5th grade oboe vs. 2nd grade piano. I mused that the earplug inventor had at least two kids, maybe more. For a curtain call, my 11-year old battled her backpack. I observed(...)
