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“Parenting during a pandemic is unprecedented": Meet an inspiring mom and dad who are being honored by Working Mother
For the 35th year in a row, Johnson & Johnson has been named to Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies list—and these two employees were named Working Mother and Working Dad of the Year for their incredible strength in the face of adversity.
5 questions for a scientist who’s working to uncover new treatments for psoriatic arthritis
Early in his career Daniel Cua, Ph.D., made a discovery that would lead to a new medication for the debilitating autoimmune disease. We sat down with Dr. Cua, known as “the father” in his field of study, to learn what his work could mean for those with psoriatic arthritis.
“I was working on a potential COVID-19 vaccine—Then my wife got sick”: Meet a researcher whose personal experience is fueling his fight against the pandemic
Within a matter of weeks, Ramon Polo’s work and home life were completely changed by the novel coronavirus—and he’s a stronger scientist and husband for it.
“What COVID-19 has taught me": 7 Johnson & Johnson researchers reveal lessons they’ve learned from the pandemic
From scientists working on a potential vaccine to medically trained employees who mobilized to the front lines to help treat patients, these men and women share what most resonates for them about the unique and devastating virus, both professionally and personally.
Caring on the COVID-19 front lines: “I took a leave from my job to treat some of the sickest patients in an ICU”
If you could help those most critically ill with the novel coronavirus, would you? Employee and trained nurse Laura Gador jumped at the chance to volunteer at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany—and is sharing her hardships and triumphs, and what’s giving her strength.
4 things COVID-19 taught an ER doctor about the power of resilience and hope
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.
Caring on the COVID-19 front lines: “I led the charge to help get personal protective gear to hospitals in Wuhan”
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.
She’s a scientist with one of the world’s most important jobs: Creating a potential COVID-19 vaccine
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.
Caring on the COVID-19 front lines: “I rallied colleagues all over the world to help me make over 2,100 cloth masks”
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.
“I’m racing to screen thousands of molecules": These scientists are canvassing a vast library in search of a potential COVID-19 treatment
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.