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International Visiting Scholar

Mo Yi, a PhD candidate at the Peking University School of Nursing, will be at JHSON through March 1, 2026, working with Associate Deans/mentors Nancy Reynolds and Anna Beeber on mental health research among older nursing home residents.

SON Faculty Earn 2025 Discovery Awards

Discovery Awards were given to interdisciplinary faculty teams across 12 units of Johns Hopkins, including three projects involving SON faculty members:

Transforming Hypertension Care Through Artificial Intelligence: A Multi-Divisional Initiative Enabling Clinicians to Drive Precision Population Health Improvements: Yvonne Commodore-Mensah (Nursing), Harold Lehmann (Medicine), Alhassan Yasin (Engineering), Oluwabunmi Ogungbe (Nursing), Lisa Cooper (Nursing/Medicine/Public Health), Serwaa Karikari (Business) & Judy Greengold (Medicine)

CORRECT-O2–Counteracting Obscured Racialized Risks by Examining Corporate Tactics in the Pulse Oximetry Market: Theodore Iwashyna (Medicine), Cecília Tomori (Nursing), Ashraf Fawzy (Medicine), Katrina Hauschildt (Medicine), Kadija Ferryman (Berman), Emmanuel Drabo (Public Health) & Deidra Crews (Medicine)

Development of a Scalable Behavioral-psychosocial Intervention to Address the Syndemic of Maternal Obesity and Postpartum Depression: Kelly Bower (Nursing), Rheanna Platt (Medicine), August Summers (Public Health), Wendy Bennett (Medicine) & Lindsay Martin (Medicine)

Congratulations!

Welcome, Mojisola Olusola-Bello!

Mojisola Olusola-Bello has joined JHSON as a senior research program coordinator. Welcome!

Follow IPS on Instagram

The Institute for Policy Solutions and Executive Director Vincent Guilamo-Ramos are now on Instagram: @ipsnowjhson. “Stay engaged with IPS and our mission to fix our broken U.S. health system.”

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Keynote Speaker

Assistant Professor Melissa Hladek will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Hispanic Nurses’ 50^th-Annual Conference July 16-18 in Dallas. Her talk is titled “The Wounded Healer: How Hope Becomes Power for the Latine Nurse.”

“In this season of uncertainty and unrest, I hope to offer a path forward—one where we thrive not in spite of our wounds, but because of the wisdom they leave behind,” is how Dr. Hladek describes her talk on Facebook.

Attend Third Thursdays with the ICTR

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical & Translational Research invites you to attend our next Third Thursdays with the ICTR lecture 1-2 pm Thursday, July 17 to discuss our Research Navigator Service. ICTR Research Navigators help direct investigators to the ICTR and Johns Hopkins services they need, and advises them on “next steps in the clinical and translational research enterprise at Johns Hopkins. ICTR Research Navigators offer:

• Comprehensive navigation and referrals
• Guidance on research compliance and training
• Support with electronic research systems (Qualtrics, OnCore, eIRB, etc)

Register via Zoom. For questions, contact Crystal Williams at [email protected]. Audience: Faculty, Staff

Podcast: Leading on LGBTQ+

Evan LaChance and Emma McWaid, students in the MSN (Entry Into Nursing) program, are the president and vice president of the LGBTQ+ Health Curriculum Initiative student group at the School of Nursing. In this episode, they share the origins of the group, the importance of LGBTQ+ education in health care, and what they hope to achieve as leaders of this initiative.

MSN (Entry into Nursing) – Let’s Prepare Together Admission Workshop

Join us 3-4 pm Monday, September 15 for an informative and interactive workshop designed to help you confidently navigate the application process. This session will discuss the application process and provide valuable tips on how to submit a strong, competitive application. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect directly with members of the admissions team to ask questions and receive guidance before the application deadline. Whether you’re just getting started or putting the finishing touches on your materials, this workshop offers the support you need to feel prepared and empowered. Let’s prepare together — we’re here to help you succeed! Audience: Public