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The NIH Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) charged a Working Group with analyzing the composition and size of the physician-scientist biomedical workforce (defined as… Read More »RFI Strategies to Enhance Diversity in the Physician-Scientist Workforce
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been named vice president for health care equity for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She will… Read More »Cooper Named Vice President for Health Equity for Johns Hopkins Medicine
In order to care for a more racially diverse U.S. population, it is critical to have a physician workforce that reflects that diversity. In the… Read More »AAMC Report Examines How to Increase the Pipeline of Black Men Entering Medical School
ARTICLE: Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir for HCV Genotype 2 and 3 Infection AUTHORS: Foster GR, Afdhal N, Roberts SK, Bräu N, Gane EJ, Pianko S, Lawitz E, Thompson A, Shiffman ML, Cooper C, Towner WJ, Conway B, Ruane… Read More »Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir for HCV Genotype 2 and 3 Infection
First year Hopkins medical students in the Scholarly Concentrations (SC) course are currently seeking faculty mentors for summer research projects. Students will have seven weeks… Read More »Scholarly Concentrations Mentoring Opportunity
The Pearl M. Stetler Research Fund for Women Physicians. Awards are $65,000 for a designated year of research in a postgraduate program. This is usually the third or fourth… Read More »Pearl M. Stetler Research Fund Request for Applications
To view the talks from this event, click here: http://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Play/c15c942522d44edcbf7004028f8a7d7c1d Date: Friday, December 11 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy… Read More »Allergy and Clinical Immunology Fall Symposium
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) is the only national, standardized survey assessing patients’ experience with US hospitals. It contains 32… Read More »Our Doctor Communication HCAHPS Scores and What We’re Doing about Them
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Breakfast & Poster Viewing 8:30 a.m.–8:40 a.m. David Hellmann, MD, MACP Aliki Perroti Professor of Medicine Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center… Read More »Bayview Research Symposium Schedule
ARTICLE: Determinants of Default from Tuberculosis Treatment among Patients with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: A Mixed Methods Study AUTHORS: Chida N, Ansari Z, Hussain H, Jaswal M, Symes… Read More »Determinants of Default from Tuberculosis Treatment among Patients with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: A Mixed Methods Study