Established in 2015, the Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards provide grant awards to cross-divisional teams, comprising faculty and/or non-faculty members from at least two schools or affiliates of the university, who are poised to arrive at important discoveries or creative works. The expectation is that these awards will spark new, synergistic interactions between investigators across the institution and lead to work of the highest quality and impact.
Congratulations to the following awardees from the DOM (listed in bold):
“A Novel Regulatory Axis in Humans That Controls Inflammation in the Respiratory Tract” – Nicole Baumgarth (Public Health) & Jeffrey Thiboutot (Medicine – assistant professor, PCCM)
“AI-Enabled Ultrasound Biomarkers for Severe Malaria” – Matthew Ippolito (Medicine – associate professor, ID) & Muyinatu Bell (Engineering)
“Building Skills in Patient-Centered Communication Through AI-Generated Feedback” – Christina Yuan (Public Health), Casey Taylor (Medicine – associate professor, GIM), Gail Daumit (Medicine – professor, GIM), Bernadette Cullen (Medicine), Peter Zandi (Medicine) & Stacy Goldsholl (Medicine – research associate, GIM)
“Hidden Epitopes: An AI-Guided Vaccine Platform for HPV-Driven Cancers” – Rachel Karchin (Engineering), Andrea Cox (Medicine – professor, ID) & Scott Wilson (Medicine)
“Integrating Health Economics and Partner Engagement to Understand Medicare Home Health Use in Assisted Living” – Anna Beeber (Nursing), Alicia Arbaje (Medicine – associate professor, Geriatrics), Karen Shen (Public Health), Katherine Ornstein (Nursing), Kali Thomas (Nursing) & Martha Abshire Saylor (Nursing)
“Pilot Evaluation of TB-RIF-RLDT – A Novel Diagnostic Assay for Tuberculosis” – Subhra Chakraborty (Public Health) & Amita Gupta (Medicine – professor & director, ID)
“Real-Time Cardiac Digital Twins: Electroanatomic-Based Intraprocedural Decision Support for Tachyarrhythmia Therapy” – Shane Loeffler (Engineering), Natalia Trayanova (Engineering), Konstantinos Aronis (Medicine – assistant professor, Cardiology), Yazan Mohsen (Engineering) & Mauro Maggioni (Engineering)
“Selective Elimination of Antigen-Specific T Cell Clones” – Joel Blankson (Medicine – professor, ID) & Kawsar Talaat (Public Health)
