Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Despite the nation’s advancements in health and medicine, care is still not equally available and accessible across communities, populations, socioeconomic groups and ethnicities. The National Quality… Read More »NQF Issues Quality Roadmap for Reducing Healthcare Disparities
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award provides grants to junior physician scientists to facilitate their transition to independent clinical research careers. Pre-proposal applications… Read More »Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
Andrew Byrd was named the division administrator for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in late September. His start at Johns Hopkins University… Read More »Byrd Named Division Administrator
Many may recall this past spring when the media led a full-court press focusing on work published by Case and Deaton in PNAS in 2015 on… Read More »Higher Death Rates In White Americans—Is There an Epidemic of Despair?
ARTICLE: Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy AUTHORS: Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Karuna Agarwal, Jian Gao,… Read More »Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy
This event is hosted by Medicine for the Greater Good, an initiative and formal curriculum that seeks to train and educate medical residents in bridging… Read More »Medicine for the Greater Good Symposium
After a search process that considered many outstanding candidates, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Levine, associate professor in the Division of… Read More »Levine Named Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development
The Occupational Health Services team is administering free flu vaccinations through Friday, October 27. Please see below for the schedule. You do not need an… Read More »It’s Time to Get Your Flu Shot
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor: Assistant Professor: Ann Marie Parker, Pulmonary Jennifer Townsend, Infectious Diseases… Read More »Faculty Promotions and Additions
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, named the recipient of the Helen Rodriguez-Trìas Social Justice Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA)… Read More »Cooper Receives Rodriguez-Trìas Social Justice Award