Issue No. 48 | April 2016
Ending Cancer As A Terminal Illness   
Johns Hopkins Launches $125M Immunotherapy Center

A new institute studying immunology with the potential to eventually end cancer as the terminal disease we know was announced March 29 at Johns Hopkins by Vice President Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg and additional supporters. Embracing Biden's "moonshot" initiative to cure cancer, the new Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy was founded with gifts from philanthropist, entrepreneur and three-term New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Jones Apparel Group founder Sidney Kimmel, who each contributed $50 million. An additional $25 million for the center is thanks to more than a dozen additional supporters. The initiative will allow a "quantum leap" in immunology research, says Drew Pardoll, the institute's inaugural director. 

Bram Lambrus received the 
Alicia Showalter Reynolds Award 
Celebrating Research
Young Investigators Day Honors Medical Trainees & Their Mentors

From uncovering the retina's own circadian rhythm to revealing the human-like pitch perception in ancient monkeys, discoveries by School of Medicine trainees have helped propel research endeavors at Johns Hopkins Medicine.The annual Young Investigators' Day ceremony celebrates the unique contributions of 20 junior researchers, and the mentors who helped them get there. This year's event was held Thursday, April 14, at 4 p.m. in Mountcastle Auditorium on the East Baltimore campus. 

Mary and Olivia Antonucci, John and Martha Burkholder with Sydur Rahman, Burkholder Scholar
Changing Lives 
Alumni & Students Celebrate Scholarships At Annual Event 

On April 13, 2016, the School of Medicine hosted the 2016 Scholarship Recognition Event in the Armstrong Medical Education Building, where we highlighted the Alden H. & Mary K. Burkholder Scholarship in Medical Education. 

"I would not be able to study medicine without the scholarship support I have received," said Sydur Rahman, Class of 2017.

This endowed scholarship was established in 1996 by John A. Burkholder (Med '66) and his wife, Martha, in honor of his parents. 

Connecting Alumni Across The Globe: GoHopOnline
Secure, Web-Based Platform Syncs with Facebook and LinkedIn

The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association has a new way to connect alumni across continents and time zones: GoHopOnline.com. This secure, web-based networking platform replaces JHU Connect  and will help alumni link to former classmates and like-minded graduates, mentor and coach current students and recent graduates, and expand career connections. GoHopOnline.com syncs directly with Facebook and LinkedIn.


SAVE the DATES
for these upcoming events

Fiesta 5K: Run for ALS Research

The 10th Annual Fiesta 5K: Run for ALS Research,  benefiting the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins, takes place next Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Power Plant Live! in downtown Baltimore. Can't make it but would like to participate? Donations are always welcome, and please spread word of this wonderful event to family and friends via email/Facebook/Twitter or any way you'd like. www.fiesta5k.org   


The Johns Hopkins Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service Below the Belt - Stride and Thrive 5K and 1-Mile Run/Walk will kick off Sunday, May 15, 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Goucher College. The goal of the Below the Belt Stride and Thrive 5K race is to bring together cancer survivors, their family members and friends, women's health specialists, and the local community to encourage fitness, raise gynecologic cancer awareness, and educate women to seek out early expert care. All race proceeds will go towards funding innovative gynecologic cancer research and for local women's cancer survivorship programming at Johns Hopkins. 

Biennial Meeting and Reunion Weekend 2017

The dates are set, and we hope to see you in Baltimore on June 8-1 1, 2017 . Held in conjunction with The Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical  Association Biennial Meeting, the  next School of Medicine reunion will recognize graduating classes that end in 1, 2, 6 and 7. Save the date, and stay tuned.