Felicia Hill-Briggs, professor of in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was invited to represent the U.S. National Academy of Medicine in London at the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences. The academies jointly sponsored the Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Symposium: Behaviour Change to Improve Health for All, featuring expert neuroscientists and behavioral scientists from the U.K. and U.S. presenting cutting edge neurobiology and translational(...)
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Alvanzo Named Distinguished Fellow
Posted by | CongratulationsAnika Alvanzo, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). This is a prestigious designation reserved for those who have invested their heart, time and energy contributing to the field of addiction medicine. Anika will be honored at the ASAM Annual Conference in(...)
Ndumele Receives Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Posted by | CongratulationsChiadi Ndumele, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, was selected as an outstanding faculty mentor with receipt of the 2019 Award for Excellence in Mentoring sponsored by the Scholarly Concentrations course. This award recognizes the faculty mentor who best embodies the goals of the Scholarly Concentrations Program in fostering the spirit of independent scholarship(...)
Donowitz Receives Research Mentor Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchMark Donowitz, professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, was selected to receive the 2019 Institute Council Cellular and Molecular (CMG) Section Research Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterological Association in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the mentoring and training of new investigators in the field and his scientific contributions to basic GI science. He will(...)
Weisfeldt Receives Distinguished Mentoring Award
Posted by | CongratulationsMike Weisfeldt, professor in the Division of Cardiology, was named the 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Mentoring Award. This award honors outstanding senior faculty in the School of Medicine who have mentored a range of individuals including faculty and trainees who have gone on to establish independent, distinguished careers in academic medicine. Mike will be(...)
Konstantinidis Receives AAP/ASCI Joint Meeting Travel Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchKlitos Konstantinidis, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was awarded the AAP/ASCI Joint Meeting Travel Award from the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He will present his abstract entitled "A dynamic redox pathway for CaMKII activation and cardioprotection" at the meeting in Chicago this April. More info on his research:(...)
Levine Receives AAIM Diversity Award
Posted by | CongratulationsRachel Levine, associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the recipient of the 2019 Diversity Award from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM). This award was created to promote ethnic, racial and gender diversity in departments of internal medicine. Rachel is being honored as an individual who has effectively improved(...)
Sateia Receives Early Career Physician Award
Posted by | CongratulationsHeather Sateia, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the 2019 recipient of the Early Career Physician Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians. This award is given to a member of the Maryland Chapter who is 16 years or less from medical school graduation, highly respected by his/her(...)
Hansel Named Director of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Posted by | CongratulationsNadia Hansel will become director of the Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine effective February 1. After months of serving as interim director, Dr. Hansel has accepted the position of director following Jonathan Orens’ transition to vice chair. Dr. Nadia Hansel is a professor of medicine and associate director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical(...)
Bumpus Receives Abel Award in Pharmacology
Posted by | CongratulationsNamandje Bumpus, associate professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, was recently awarded the John J. Abel award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). The Abel Award was established in 1946 to stimulate fundamental research in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics by young investigators. Namandje is not only one of the youngest investigators(...)