Bates, the first Black student to graduate from the university's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, went on to a distinguished career as a neurosurgeon and entrepreneur
A member of the Hopkins Nursing faculty for more than two decades, she was known for her scholarly work involving health disparities, pain management, and palliative care
13 new faculty hires planned in three areas of interdisciplinary study, with support coming from the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence Program
She joins JHU from the University of Chicago, where she has spent nearly three decades and where she currently oversees digital scholarship services for students and faculty