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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations grant program funds early-stage discovery, awarding initial grants of $100,000 and potential follow-on grants of up… Read More »Grand Challenges Explorations Grant Program
Please join the Translational Research Communities (TRC) and the Research Participant & Community (RCPC) Core on Wednesday, June 24, from 11 a.m. to noon in… Read More »Engaging Community Partners
Observed annually on June 19, World Sickle Cell Day has been designated by the United Nations as a day to raise global awareness about the significant public… Read More »World Sickle Cell Day
The first annual Johns Hopkins Sleep & Circadian Research Day will take place on Monday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the… Read More »Johns Hopkins Sleep & Circadian Research Day
The JHU Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) is seeking proposals from faculty researchers for studies related to frailty and late-life decline. Successful… Read More »Older Americans Independence Center Request for Proposals
ARTICLE: Introduction to a compendium on sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, mechanisms and management AUTHOR: Gordon F. Tomaselli JOURNAL: Circulation Research. June 5, 2015; Vol. 116,… Read More »Introduction to a compendium on sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, mechanisms and management
Dr. Sherita Golden, professor and executive vice-chair of the Department of Medicine, was recently awarded an R34 grant for the study entitled “Implementation and Evaluation… Read More »Golden awarded R34 grant
Q: Should cardiac monitoring be routinely ordered for non-ICU in-patients with concern for clinical deterioration to provide early indication of worsening status? The Bottom Line:… Read More »One Minute Guide to: Telemetry Inpatient Cardiac Monitoring
Drs. Pankaj Jay Pasricha and Kieren Marr were named the Vice Chair and Associate Vice Chair for Innovation and Commercialization, respectively, beginning June 15, 2015.… Read More »Vice Chair and Associate Vice Chair for Innovation and Commercialization Announced
ARTICLE: Atypical HUS may become a diagnosis of inclusion AUTHORS: J. Evan Sadler JOURNAL: Blood. 2015 Jun 4;125(23):3525-6. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-04-640656 Patients with aHUS usually have… Read More »Atypical HUS may become a diagnosis of inclusion