Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Earlier this year, the Diabetes Prevention and Education Program (DPEP) secured a large, five-year grant in partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center, from the HSCRC to dramatically expand participation in the evidenced-based Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Self-Management Training in Baltimore and portions of Howard and Montgomery counties. As part of this effort, […]
The Center for AIDS Research just completed its fourth year of Generation Tomorrow: Summer Health Disparity Scholars. The program brings undergraduate scholars to Johns Hopkins to study HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) health disparities and their intersection with substance use, mental health, violence and the social determinants of health. The program is directed by […]
Additional August 4th Upgrade Resources and Communication Ambulatory: View In Basket enhancements in this 26 minute Ambulatory In Basket Overview Video Ambulatory: Hyperspace Stops Responding When Acting on a Refill Request In Basket Message with Duplicate Medications Ambulatory: Prescription Refills Are Signed After a Non-Authorizing Clinician Clicks Refuse All in a Specific Scenario AllProviders: If […]
Dr. Anna Shah, PGY-2 resident physician in the Primary Care Track of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Internal Medicine Residency and member of the Department of Medicine Medical Education Pathway, is the recipient of a highly-competitive national Back to Bedside grant from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for her project, “Optimizing Care for […]
ARTICLE: HIF-1 Interacts with TRIM28 and DNA-PK to release paused RNA polymerase II and activate target gene transcription in response to hypoxia AUTHORS: Yongkang Yang, Haiquan Lu, Chelsey Chen, Yajing Lyu, Robert N Cole, Gregg L Semenza JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 14;13(1):316. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27944-8. Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that acts as a regulator of oxygen (O2) homeostasis […]
The HIV Research Program has named Dr. Steven Clipman, instructor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, a recipient of the 2022 Avenir Award for HIV/AIDS Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This award supports innovative and transformative research from talented investigators who represent the future of addiction science. Dr. Clipman's project, "Molecular Networks […]
NIH has provided notification of NIH and AHRQ application due date adjustments to accommodate scheduled federal system downtime. Grants.gov has a planned production system outage from Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM ET to Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET (see Grants.gov calendar). Grants.gov will use this time to migrate their services to […]
Dr. Tinsay Woreta, assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, will be the next Associate Program Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Osler Medical Residency. Dr. Woreta has extensive experience in mentoring and advising in the DEI space, both at the residency and fellow level. In this role, Dr. Woreta will […]
Congratulations to Meyer 9, our first dedicated biocontainment unit to respond to COVID, whose staff were honored as the Daily Record Health Care Heroes 2022 for their work navigating the pandemic’s many unknowns with grace and professionalism. Click here to see the full issue from the Daily Record.
Friday September 16, 2022 at 8 a.m. Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Grand Rounds “The Six Degrees of Separation: Closing the Health Gap in the U.S.” James E. K. Hildreth, PhD, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Meharry Medical College Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Program Director, Research Centers […]
