SAVE THE DATE | June 8-11, 2017
Issue No. 50 | July 2016
From Lab to Patients
Hopkins researchers develop early-stage ovarian, endometrial cancers test

Cells collected during a Pap test could potentially be used to screen for early-stage ovarian and endometrial cancers. The Johns Hopkins startup PapGene has been awarded a Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Cancer Institute to demonstrate the test's accuracy, clinical validity, and launch its regulatory approval process.

Researchers include Chetan Bettegowda, M.D., Ph.D. (Med'05), Luis Diaz, M.D. (PGF-Onc'04), Issac Kinde, M.D. (Med'15), Kenneth Kinzler, Ph.D. (Med'88) and  Bert Vogelstein, M.D. (Med '74) .  Read more
  School of Medicine students have proposed an Anatomy Memorial Garden to honor generations of people who donated their bodies to education.
Student Spotlight: 
Anatomy Memorial Garden
Medical student group plans to honor generations of donors 

Human Anatomy is the first class for our School of Medicine students, and for many, their first time working with a cadaver. Over the rigorous seven-week course,  students soon realize that these are not anonymous bodies, but individuals.
  
"We know the smile lines next to their eyes, the palms of their hands, the soles of their feet; we hold their hearts and peek into their brain," said Anna Goddu, Class of 2019.  Goddu is a member of Humanistic Anatomy, a student group with plans to turn a small green space west of the Armstrong Medical Education Building into an Anatomy Memorial Garden.  Read more
Ronald R. Peterson and Redonda G. Miller, M.B.A., M.D. (Med '92)
A Change of Attire
New Johns Hopkins H ospital  president adorns white coat and business savvy

As of Friday, July 1, the new president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital switched from a business suit to a white coat as  Redonda Miller, M.B.A., M.D. (Med '92) took the helm as the hospital's 11th president and first woman to fill the role. In the Chief Perspectives column,  Ronald R. Peterson, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, talks about his transition, including what it means for the hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine as a whole.  Read more
Save the Date:
Pacing 4 Parkinson's at the Baltimore Running Festival
 
Join the largest charity team at the Baltimore Running Festival, October 15, 2016! P4P is returning for its 8th year to fundraise for the Johns Hopkins Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center to support its mission of care, research and education. Consider running or walking the 5k, half- or full marathon with us. For more information and to register, click here.