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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is taking its health surveillance expertise to the 2019 South by Southwest Interactive Festival, set for March 8–17 in Austin, Texas.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory will host “Girl Power,” a free opportunity for elementary and middle school girls to learn about careers in STEM on Sunday, March 10.

Three members of the executive leadership team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — Christine Fox, Dave Van Wie and Christopher Watkins — have been named to the Defense Science Board’s 2019 Summer Study on the Future of U.S. Military Superiority.

A leading regional construction association has recognized the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, for the Lab’s work to upgrade a critical computer networking center.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has successfully established communications with two CubeSats, part of a flight demonstration mission led by APL called the CubeSat Assessment and Test, or CAT, which were launched from the International Space Station.

Joan Hoffmann, a physicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been appointed to the Defense Science Board Task Force on Applications of Quantum Technologies.

Kirk Shawhan will combine his detailed knowledge of air and missile defense systems and operational experience in electronic warfare to build on the mission area’s recognized accomplishments in the precision strike domain.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will host “Bridging the Health Divide: From Research to Operations,” an inaugural National Health Symposium, held in partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) on March 5–6, 2019

Katherine L. Morse, a computer scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been awarded the NATO Science and Technology Organization’s Scientific Achievement Award, the highest honor presented in NATO to science and technology working groups.

Leading digital health companies have not yet demonstrated substantial impact on disease burden or cost in the U.S. health care system, according to a new study published in the January issue of Health Affairs.