Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group will host the Women’s Health Research Symposium on Tuesday, May 9 to showcase research collaborations across Johns Hopkins’ schools of medicine, public health and nursing. This year’s symposium will mark the group’s official transition to becoming the Johns Hopkins Center for Women’s Health, Sex and Gender Research, whose(...)
A research group led by Linda Resar, professor in the Division of Hematology, recently discovered a gene protein called HMGA1 that is critically important for maintaining stem cells in the gut. Watch the video below or see the public release to find out more. For the full article published in Nature Communications, visit: http://rdcu.be/rFKh
Centro SOL and the Urban Health Institute invite you to the 3rd Annual Latino Health Conference entitled "The Values of Latino Health Research during Changing Times" for a discussion of the relevance of an inclusive research agenda at this moment in U.S. political history. Featuring Joshua Sharfstein, associate dean public health practice, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg(...)
Gordon Tomaselli, professor and chief of the Division of Cardiology, was named the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Investigation at the ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting in Chicago last week. Gordon will serve a five-year term with an editorial board of peer scientists based here at Hopkins. Stay tuned to the blog for information about Gordon's vision(...)
Jay Pasricha, professor in Gastroenterology, and Subhash Kulkarni, assistant professor in GI, led a research team that discovered the birth-and-death cycle of the neurons that form the network of millions of nerve cells throughout the digestive tract. For the full press release, visit: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hopkins_researchers_discover_birth_and_death_life_cycle_of_neurons_in_the_adult_mouse_gut
The Behavioral, Social and Systems Science Translational Research Community of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is hosting a half-day symposium, “Learning Health Systems: Working at the Intersection of Research, Operations & Big Data,” Friday, May 5 from 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. in Mountcastle Auditorium, Pre-Clinical Teaching Building. All faculty, staff and(...)
WHEN: May 19, 2017 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Sommer and Feinstone Audutoriums ABSTRACT DEADLINE: May 1 at midnight TO REGISTER OR SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT, VISIT: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heart_vascular_institute/research/research_retreat/ The top four scored abstracts will present and compete for prizes in an oral session. Additional prizes will be awarded to the top posters(...)
The application deadline for the latest round of Grand Challenges Explorations is May 3, 2017, 11:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Day Light Time. Grand Challenges Explorations fosters early-stage discovery research to expand the pipeline of ideas for solving our greatest global health and development challenges. Launched in 2008 with an initial $100 million commitment from the(...)
Meet Face-to-Face & Talk with Experts from NIH & HHS in 2017 Can you relate to this? When I started working with NIH grants, I was told it would take at least two years to feel confident with my knowledge of the NIH process and policies, but I still wouldn’t know everything. I kept a(...)
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is debuting a new lecture series, “Third Thursdays with the ICTR.” Each month, speakers will share research-related news and showcase a resource and/or service that can aid clinical research study team members. The next lecture is Thursday, April 20 from 1– 2 p.m. in the Wood Basic(...)