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ARTICLE: A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 Diabetes Patients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen AUTHORS: Rizwan Ahmed, Zahra Omidian, Adebola Giwa, Benjamin… Read More »A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 DiabetesPatients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen
Kimberly Peairs, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and associate vice chair for ambulatory operations, was recently selected as a Center for… Read More »Peairs Selected as Center for Innovative Medicine Scholar
Craig Hendrix, professor and director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, was named the recipient of the William B. Abrams Award Lecture form the American Society for… Read More »Hendrix Receives ASCPT and FDA Award Lecture
Sanjay Desai, vice chair for education, and Brian Garibaldi recently received a five-year $1.8 million grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) as part of… Read More »Desai and Garibaldi Receive American Medical Association Grant
Inpatient - Antiemetic Order Warning A warning appears for PRN med orders, with a reason of “nausea” or “vomiting,” when there is more than one… Read More »Epic Tip of the Week: June 14, 2019
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, attended and gave testimony at the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce… Read More »Cooper Gives Testimony at Hearing Held by House Committee on Energy & Commerce
ARTICLE: Global Elimination of Chronic Hepatitis AUTHOR: David L. Thomas JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2019 May 23;380(21):2041-2050. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1810477. Major advances have been made in the… Read More »Global Elimination of Chronic Hepatitis
Erin Michos, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, will lead a task force established to provide guidance on best practices, resources, position statements and… Read More »Michos Named Chair of American Society of Echocardiography Task Force
This year, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) established the Mid-Career Awards Program to recognize mid-career clinicians, educators, health professionals and researchers who have made outstanding… Read More »Three from the DOM Receive American Society of Nephrology Awards
Michael Boyle, adjunct professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was named the next president and CEO of the of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Formerly the foundation's… Read More »Boyle Named President of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation