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Infectious disease
Epidemiologist Derek Cummings returns to JHU
Published July 17, 2025
As the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Cummings will investigate the transmission of diseases to develop interventions
Domenico Giannone
Economic forecasting expert Domenico Giannone joins Johns Hopkins
Published July 8, 2025
Giannone, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Economics and Statistics, searches for ways to improve how economic activity and risks are monitored in low-income countries
Photo of Gillian K. Hadfield, a while woman with light grey, shoulder-length hair and dark-framed glasses
Government+Policy
Technology, law, and institutional economics expert joins JHU
Published June 26, 2025
Gillian Hadfield, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance, leads research to reimagine how systems can evolve to meet the demands of a changing world and emerging technologies
David DeMille
Physics
Experimental physicist David DeMille joins JHU
Published March 3, 2025
DeMille is a pioneering physicist who has developed techniques to search for evidence of new particles and forces that could explain some of the universe's most enduring mysteries
Yuan He
Cell biology
Structural biology expert Yuan He named BDP
Published Jan 2, 2025
He explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer predisposition, accelerated aging
Research
BDP clusters to advance cross-disciplinary collaboration at DSAI
Published Dec 17, 2024
Additional investment adds 30 new positions to program, with 22 positions allocated to seven research clusters selected through rigorous, faculty-led process
Headshot of Ebony McGee
Expert in STEM education and resilience named BDP
Published Aug 19, 2024
After years of enduring what she describes as a toxic work environment as an engineering analyst, McGee has devoted her life to studying racism in STEM—and how to dismantle it
Julie Lundquist
Sustainability
Sustainable energy expert Julie Lundquist to join JHU
Published June 25, 2024
Lundquist, a national leader in research in sustainable energy generation from wind, named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy
Nick Wigginton
Research
New associate vice provost for research
Published June 3, 2024
Nick Wigginton will oversee the Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships program, lead other initiatives designed to support and elevate research
Jane Carlton
Malaria research
Geneticist Jane Carlton named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published May 28, 2024
Carlton uses tools of comparative genomics to study the biology and evolution of different species of parasites, with the goal of eradicating malaria