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This private research university in Baltimore is one of the world ' s best known . Founded in 1876 , it is named after its first benefactor , entrepreneur and philanthropist Johns Hopkins . One of the first research universities in the United States , it has gained further credentials throughout the pandemic for providing accurate details of transmission rates around the world as well as vital research in the fight against COVID-19 . A number of Johns Hopkins laureates have won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine . healthcareglobal . com 147