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With a background in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins and a DPhil in Biochemistry from Oxford, Jayati Jain Aggarwal, an alumna of Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Executive Director of Fluid AI, offers insights into navigating the complexities of STEM careers, demonstrating how to channel passion into impactful innovation in healthcare and beyond.

This June Edition of our newsletter showcases GKII being selected for a Nexus award, Ajit Isaac on campus for collaboration talks, Amita Gupta presenting TB Free Schools at Frontier Talks, and more!

New Delhi, April 6, 2024 – Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with national and state-level partners, is leading a multi-stakeholder initiative to address paediatric TB among Indian children.

Indians have come to make up the third-largest group of undocumented immigrants in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2021 estimates, which put the number of such Indians at 725,000. India is the only country in the top five outside Latin America, and since 2011, the number of undocumented Indians in the United States has grown by 70 percent, the fastest growth of all nationalities. Figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that the number of undocumented Indian immigrants increased the fastest between 2020 and 2023. Devesh Kapur is quoted.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), who have strong track records in bipartisan technology legislation, discussed AI policy during a wide-ranging conversation at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Two leading AI experts from Johns Hopkins University—Rama Chellappa and K.T. Ramesh, interim co-directors of the university’s new Data Science and AI Institute and professors in the Whiting School of Engineering—shared their thoughts, advocating for legislative oversight that strikes the right balance by protecting citizens and our democracy without stymying AI growth and innovation.

Dr. Kunchok Dorjee (he/him) is a physician and epidemiologist specializing in tuberculosis (TB). He serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine and International Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Dorjee sat down with RC Sadoff to discuss his personal and professional experiences with infectious diseases and refugee populations.