ARTICLE: Rural Residence and Poverty are Independent Risk Factors for COPD in the United States AUTHORS: Sarath Raju, Corinne A Keet, Laura M Paulin, Elizabeth C Matsui, Roger D Peng, Nadia N Hansel and Meredith C McCormack JOURNAL: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov 2. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201807-1374OC. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract RATIONALE: In developing countries, poor and rural areas have a(...)
Eldred Receives MLK Jr. Community Service Award
Posted by | CongratulationsLois Eldred, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named one of eight recipients across Johns Hopkins Medicine to be awarded a 2018 Martin Luther King Jr Award for Community Service. To learn more about why she was selected, click here. Lois will be honored at Johns Hopkins’ 37th annual Martin Luther(...)
Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center Pilot Grant Program
Posted by | ResearchThe Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness, funded by a NIMH P50, is pleased to announce Requests for Proposals for our 2019 Pilot Grant Program on topics related to improving physical health and addressing premature mortality for persons with serious mental illness. Johns Hopkins postdoctoral fellows and faculty at all(...)
Shoham Named Governor-Elect of ACP DC Chapter
Posted by | CongratulationsShmuel Shoham, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was named governor-elect of the American College of Physicians' District of Columbia Chapter. His four-year term as governor will begin in the spring of 2020. For more information, visit: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/chapters-regions/united-states/district-of-columbia-chapter/meet-the-new-district-of-columbia-governor-elect
Seed Grants for Research on Sex/Gender Differences in Immunology
Posted by | ResearchDeadline: March 18, 2019 at midnight For more information, visit: https://ictrweb.johnshopkins.edu/ictr/connection/?step=1
Pharmacotherapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Is Salvation Just Around a Corner?
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Pharmacotherapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Is Salvation Just Around a Corner? AUTHORS: Thomaz Fleury Curado, Slava Berger and Vsevolod Y Polotsky JOURNAL: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201811-2135ED. [Epub ahead of print] Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is recurrent upper airway obstruction caused by a loss of upper airway muscle tone during sleep, which(...)
Mesubi Named JCI Resident-Fellow Scholar
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchRotimi Mesubi, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was named one of four 2019 Resident-Fellow Scholars by the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Rotimi will attend Editorial Board meetings, work with JCI associate editors and participate in the review process.
Mathews Named Keynote Speaker for Lausanne University Hospital Event
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient CareSimon Mathews, assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and head of clinical innovation at the Armstrong Institute, recently delivered the keynote address at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland as part of the academic medical center's first annual quality and safety day. His presentation entitled, "Driving High Reliability in Hospital Quality and Safety: The Johns Hopkins(...)