Personal stories

At the height of the outbreak in New York City, Dr. Ed Kuffner took a leave of absence from his job to volunteer at a Brooklyn hospital hard hit by the pandemic. He shares what the experience taught him about his own strengths—and ideas for coping during this unprecedented time.

When Wang Donghua was tapped to hand-deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies to healthcare facilities at the outset of the outbreak in Wuhan, he didn’t think twice. His wife happened to be one of those nurses on the front lines.

Imagine being a researcher who is staring down not only a highly infectious virus, but one that’s caused the first global pandemic in more than 100 years. Meet Johnson & Johnson’s Hanneke Schuitemaker, Ph.D.

When Melissa Surdez received an urgent call from her physician sister who was battling the pandemic on the front lines in New Jersey and facing a mask shortage, she promised to help—and tapped Johnson & Johnson’s thousands of employees to join her cause.

Johnson & Johnson has an expansive archive of existing drug compounds—and two researchers are leading the charge in combing through this molecular storehouse in pursuit of a possible breakthrough.

The article explores what guided the decision, which is just the latest example of our Chairman and CEO’s people-first approach to leadership at our healthcare company.

Roland Zahn, Ph.D., a Janssen scientist and expert in viral vaccines, was at the front lines of research during the Ebola outbreak. Today he and his team are working at record speed to help deliver a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus.