Berman Institute Faculty Selected for Nexus Awards to Pursue Interdisciplinary Projects

Multiple projects involving faculty at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics are among the 38 convening, research, and teaching endeavors based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., have been selected to receive funding from the university’s Nexus Awards Program over the next year.

The projects span every academic division of the university and include nearly 150 scholars exploring a range of topics, including bird flu preparedness, improving primary care, AI-enhanced health care, and global humanitarian food assistance.

The selected projects involving Berman Institute faculty are:

• Johns Hopkins H5N1 Influenza Preparedness and Response Forum (with Anne Barnhill);
• Responsible AI for Health Symposium at HBC (with Kadija Ferryman);
• Closing the Global Health Research-to-Access Gap (with Nancy Kass);
• AI as a Participant in Democratic Deliberation: Exploring the Future of Convenings (with Graham Sack);

This is the third round of funding distributed via the Nexus Awards, a $15 million program designed to support research, teaching, and event programming at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, which opened in the fall of 2023. Funding for award recipients begins July 1.

“Since 2023, faculty from across our One University have harnessed Nexus Awards to bring our Hopkins Bloomberg Center to life as a hub of robust debate and dialogue,” said Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University. “We are grateful to sustain this tradition with a third cohort of Nexus Awards recipients, who will continue to mobilize ideas, expertise, and insights to help address society’s most challenging concerns.”

Over the past year, the Nexus Awards have supported a range of offerings at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, including five projects led by or involving Berman Institute faculty.