Winter 2025

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The Johns Hopkins Medicine Magazine

Race is Not Biology

Physician leaders at Johns Hopkins and across the country are correcting long-entrenched disparities by removing race as a factor in medical testing and health evaluations.

An intricate illustration of hexagons made up of medical illustrations and graphics. In the center is the face of an African American woman.

Articles in this Issue

  • Standing up to POTS

    Devastating in its impact, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is on the rise. A Johns Hopkins team is leading efforts — in the clinic and at the lab bench — to improve life for patients with this complex condition.

    Illustration of squiggly hands raising in the air.
  • Surgeon, Heal Thyself

    How improving ergonomics in the operating room can keep surgeons at the top of their game.

    An illustration of a medical surgeon. The image is in the style of a medical diagram.
  • Up to the Test

    Yuka Manabe and her team are dedicated to developing and reviewing rapid diagnostic tests that could be used worldwide for a wide range of infectious diseases.

    An illustration of characters holding larger-than-life nose swabs and droppers in front of large at-home tests.
  • Poppy's Magic

    Decades after the death of C. Gordon Zubrod, the father of chemotherapy, his granddaughter pens a lyrical essay of gratitude for his life-saving gift.

    C. Gordon Zubrod, right, served as scientific director of the National Cancer Institute from 1961–1974.

Forum

  • Letters

    Finding the answers patients desperately need.

    Sue DePasquale
  • Hot Topics

    For 24 years, Elizabeth Tracey has been the voice, producer and writer of Johns Hopkins’ Health Newsfeed.

    Elizabeth Tracey
  • Philanthropy

    Philanthropy has remained the throughline in the quest to end blindness.

    An interior shot of the Wilmer Eye Institute.
  • Post-Op

    Artificial intelligence's most transformative power lies ahead in health care.

    Illustration of DNA.