Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Many may recall this past spring when the media led a full-court press focusing on work published by Case and Deaton in PNAS in 2015 on… Read More »Higher Death Rates In White Americans—Is There an Epidemic of Despair?
ARTICLE: Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy AUTHORS: Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Karuna Agarwal, Jian Gao,… Read More »Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy
This event is hosted by Medicine for the Greater Good, an initiative and formal curriculum that seeks to train and educate medical residents in bridging… Read More »Medicine for the Greater Good Symposium
After a search process that considered many outstanding candidates, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Levine, associate professor in the Division of… Read More »Levine Named Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development
The Occupational Health Services team is administering free flu vaccinations through Friday, October 27. Please see below for the schedule. You do not need an… Read More »It’s Time to Get Your Flu Shot
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor: Assistant Professor: Ann Marie Parker, Pulmonary Jennifer Townsend, Infectious Diseases… Read More »Faculty Promotions and Additions
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, named the recipient of the Helen Rodriguez-Trìas Social Justice Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA)… Read More »Cooper Receives Rodriguez-Trìas Social Justice Award
ARTICLE: The Association of Sleep Duration and Quality with CKD Progression AUTHORS: Ana C. Ricardo, Kristen Knutson, Jinsong Chen, Lawrence J. Appel, Lydia Bazzano, Eunice Carmona-Powell, Janet Cohan,Manjula Kurella Tamura, Susan… Read More »The Association of Sleep Duration and Quality with CKD Progression
Jeremy Walston, (pictured) professor in Geriatrics, Karen Bandeen-Roche, professor in biostatistics and Geriatrics, and Ravi Varadhan, associate professor in Oncology, were recently awarded a U2U3 grant mechanism sponsored by… Read More »Walston, Bandeen-Roche and Varadhan Awarded Major NIA Grant
Jerry Spivak, professor in the Division of Hematology, was recently elevated to master in the American College of Physicians. Jerry joins only two other Masters in the entire… Read More »Spivak Named Master in the American College of Physicians