Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Robert Brodsky, professor and director of the Division of Hematology, spoke at a roundtable discussion hosted by Senator Cory Booker to discuss a bill that would give money to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to give out grants to track sickle cell disease patients and assess how far they are from treatment centers. Sickle(...)
Katherine Barlow began her position as Assistant Administrator for Sponsored Projects Administration for the Department of Medicine on Monday, March 19. Partnering with the existing Assistant Administrator for Sponsored Projects Administration, Megan Martin, Katherine will focus on pre-award administration for the department. Katherine brings with her twelve years of experience in sponsored projects administration at(...)
This year's Research Retreat marked the first-ever collaboration with the Whiting School of Engineering. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the event a huge success celebrating the scientific innovations of both the Department of Medicine and the School of Engineering. David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Awards: Dale Needham, professor in the Division of Pulmonary(...)
Mohammed Al-Sofiani, fellow in the Division of Endocrinology, was selected to receive the Clinical Fellow Abstract Award in Diabetes from the Endocrine Society. He will be presented the award for his abstract entitled "Diabetes and Platelet Response to Low-dose Aspirin Therapy: The GeneSTAR Study" at the annual meeting in Chicago this month.
The 2018 National Conference of the High Value Practice Academic Alliance, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be held on Sept. 21-23 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Abstracts describing high-value quality improvement initiatives and educational curricula are now being accepted. The abstract submission deadline is April 1, 2018. More information is available on the HVPAA website: hvpaa.org/national-conference The mission of the HVPAA annual conference(...)
As you may know, all of our medical students conduct research with a faculty mentor during their time here at Johns Hopkins. We have designed a new website that allows students to find faculty mentors with related interests. First-year medical students are enrolled in a course, Scholarly Concentrations, which guides them through the process of(...)
The 9th Annual Cardiovascular Research Retreat will take place on Friday, April 20 in the Owen Auditorium of the Cancer Research Building. The event starts at 8 a.m. The poster presentations start at 1 p.m. Speakers include: William Pu – Harvard University/Boston Children’s on cardiac development/regeneration Svati Shah – Duke University on molecular epidemiology of metabolic(...)
The Johns Hopkins University Catalyst Awards are for early-career faculty across the university who are undertaking exceptional research or creative endeavors. The awards of up to $75,000 will help these individuals launch their promising careers during the crucial years when startup funds are depleted and external funding or other support may be elusive. They are(...)
Rita Kalyani, associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was named the recipient of the American Diabetes Association's Vivian Fonesca Scholar Award, which recognizes diabetes research focused on the South Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations and/or research by a scientist from these areas of the world. The award, given in honor of(...)
BACKGROUND The Hopkins Conte Digestive Diseases Basic and Translational Research Core Center was established in June of 2011 to advance fundamental and translational gastrointestinal research at Hopkins. The Core mission is to bring together GI investigators and encourage others in the community to enter this area of research. This is accomplished by: Providing cutting-edge resources that(...)