The Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness, funded by a NIMH P50, is pleased to announce Requests for Proposals for our 2020 Pilot Grant Program on topics related to improving physical health and addressing premature mortality for persons with serious mental illness. Johns Hopkins postdoctoral fellows and faculty at all […]
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Johns Hopkins 6th Annual Sleep and Circadian Research Day
Posted by | ResearchSAVE THE DATE: PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RESEARCH DAY REGISTER NOW AND READ BELOW FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Who: Basic & Clinical Researchers studying Sleep & Circadian Rhythms at Johns Hopkins and neighboring institutionsWhen: Monday, June 22, 2020, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Where: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Turner Concourse and Tilghman Auditorium Miller […]
Daumit Named Vice Chair for Research
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchGail Daumit is the new Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research effective February 1, 2020. Dr. Daumit is the Samsung Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Her research focuses on improving physical health and decreasing premature mortality in persons with serious mental illness, and she directs the NIMH P50 ALACRITY […]
Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant Awardees
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThe Fisher Center Discovery Program aims to develop excellence in clinical research regarding environmental infectious pathogens. The following are the recipients from the DOM of the 2020 Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant Award: Keira Cohen, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary: Early bactericidal activity of standard drugs used to treat Mycobacterium avium complex: a […]
2020 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting
Posted by | ResearchThe AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting will take place in Chicago from April 3-5, 2020. The meeting is the combined annual gathering of attendees from the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Physician Scientists Association. The meeting features presentations of high-level discoveries from distinguished researchers and provides an environment of inspiration, […]
Taylor Selected for Microsoft Investigator Fellowship
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchCasey Overby Taylor, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named a Microsoft Investigator Fellow. This new, two-year fellowship recognizes higher education faculty in North America whose exceptional talent identifies them as distinguished scientists and teachers, and is designed to empower researchers of all disciplines who plan to make an impact with […]
Director’s Reflections: Discovery Partnerships in Science
Posted by | Administration, ResearchThe role of science is interwoven in all things we do—from training to research to the development of new therapies. It is woven into our DNA as the nation’s first research university. Each year, we celebrate this tradition of discovery with a day dedicated specifically to the projects and passions of our scientists. It is […]
CFAR Scholar Grant
Posted by | ResearchThe Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research provides pilot grants to faculty in the Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing to enable and support HIV/AIDS research projects. Junior faculty in other JHU schools are eligible to apply if the proposal meets all other criteria. The primary purpose of these awards is to strengthen the […]
Checkley and Siddharthan Featured in Surgeon General Report on Smoking Cessation
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient Care, ResearchWilliam Checkley, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, and Trishul Siddharthan, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, co-authored a chapter of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report highlights the latest research on quitting smoking with proven ways to help patients quit for good. The report was presented at a […]
Mukherjee Receives Clinician Scientist Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchMonica Mukerjee, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, received the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Career Development Award for her project "Multimodality Detection of Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Emerging Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis." The award aims to protect the research time of qualified young faculty.