New in the neighborhood
Urban Health Institute adds first postdocs to its team in East Baltimore

Kisha Braithwaite and Sharon Smith
overlook East Baltimore.

Their feet may still be getting wet as they navigate the complexities of their next education path, but, more importantly, they're here.
   In November, the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute welcomed its first three postdoctoral fellows, kicking off a major academic phase for the three-year-old institute charged with marshaling the resources of the university and health system to improve the health outcomes of the residents of East Baltimore — an area of the city shackled with some of the most alarming health care indicators in the nation.
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