Offered annually for over 60 years, the ‘Short Course’ is a two-week program consisting of an immersive set of lectures, workshops, tutorials and demonstrations to understand the breadth of modern human genetics. This year, The Jackson Laboratory is pleased to offer the complete course virtually so you can participate comfortably and safely from your own […]
J. Mario Molina and Lou and Nancy Grasmick Scholars
Posted by | Congratulations, Education, ResearchThe purpose of these awards is to recruit and train exceptional physician-scientists from the Osler Medical Residency and the Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program and to encourage them to remain at Johns Hopkins for fellowship training. The scholarships provide up to $50,000 of research support over two years for housestaff who remain at Johns Hopkins for fellowship training and are involved in laboratory-based […]
Thank You For All You Do: Administrators and Hospitalists
Posted by | Administration, Leadership, Patient CareNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
Alfaddagh Receives Fellow Teaching Award
Posted by | Congratulations, EducationAbdulhamied Alfaddagh, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, has been selected to receive the 2020 Fellow Teaching Award by the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was recognized by colleagues for being not only a great clinician, but an amazing teacher and mentor.
PKG1α Cysteine-42 Redox State Controls mTORC1 Activation in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: PKG1α Cysteine-42 Redox State Controls mTORC1 Activation in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy AUTHORS: Christian U Oeing, Taishi Nakamura, Shi Pan, Sumita Mishra, Brittany Dunkerly-Eyring, Kristen M Kokkonen-Simon, Brian Leei Lin, Anna Chen, Guangshuo Zhu, Djahida Bedja, Dong I Lee, David A Kass and Mark J Ranek JOURNAL: Circ Res. 2020 May 12. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315714. Online ahead of print. […]
Standing Together Against Racism
Posted by | Administration, LeadershipI am writing to note the intense pain caused by a string of horrific killings (George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor), which is first and foremost piled upon our minority communities, particularly African Americans. As a white man I do not fear police, nor do I need to navigate the myriad dangers and indignities foisted […]
Berkowitz Named Chief Population Health Officer and VP of Population Health for JHM
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipScott Berkowitz, associate professor in the Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatrics, is the new chief population health officer and vice president of population health for Johns Hopkins Medicine. From Kevin Sowers: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A., as chief population health officer and vice president of population health for […]
Thank You For All You Do: Addiction Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Posted by | Administration, Leadership, Patient Care, ResearchNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
A Role for Actin Flexibility in Thin Filament-Mediated Contractile Regulation and Myopathy
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: A Role for Actin Flexibility in Thin Filament-Mediated Contractile Regulation and Myopathy AUTHORS: Meera C Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Peter Franz, Michael J Rynkiewicz, Christopher S Newhard, Aditi Madan, William Lehman, Douglas M Swank, Matthias Preller, Anthony Cammarato JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2020 May 15;11(1):2417. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15922-5. Abstract Striated muscle contraction is regulated by the translocation of troponin-tropomyosin strands over the thin filament surface. Relaxation relies […]
Lee Receives Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award
Posted by | CongratulationsHans Lee, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was selected to be the 2020 recipient of the Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award for Advances in Interventional Pulmonology from the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. He was recognized as an asset to the IP community who has focused his career on mentorship and education.