ARTICLE: Evaluation and Management of Patients With Stable Angina: Beyond the Ischemia Paradigm AUTHORS: Richard Ferraro, Jacqueline M. Latina, Abdulhamied Alfaddagh, Erin D. Michos, Michael J. Blaha, Steven R. Jones, Garima Sharma, Jeffrey C. Trost, William E. Boden, William S. Weintraub, João A.C. Lima, Roger S. Blumenthal, Valentin Fuster, Armin Arbab-Zadeh JOURNAL: J Am Coll […]
Myocardial Gene Expression Signatures in Human Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Myocardial Gene Expression Signatures in Human Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction AUTHORS: Virginia S. Hahn, Hildur Knutsdottir, Xin Luo, Kenneth Bedi, Kenneth B. Margulies, Saptarsi M. Haldar, Maria Stolina, Jun Yin, Aarif Y. Khakoo, Joban Vaishnav, Joel S. Bader, David A. Kass, and Kavita Sharma JOURNAL: Circulation. 2020 Oct 29. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050498. Online ahead of print. Abstract Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) constitutes […]
Montemayor and Siddharthan Receive CHEST Foundation Awards
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchEach year, the CHEST Foundation offers grants to worthy research candidates, generous community service volunteers, and distinguished scholars. In 2020, the foundation awarded just over one million dollars in clinical research and community service grants. Dr. Kristina Montemayor, instructor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, received a CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic […]
Advanced Methods for Mental Health Services Research
Posted by | ResearchThe Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness has created a training series titled “Advanced Methods for Mental Health Services Research.” This series is now available on the ALACRITY Center Website. This series includes four lectures (linked below) from JHU ALACRITY Center Faculty: “Using Marginal Structural Models in Mental Health Services […]
Top Doctors in the DOM
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient CareBaltimore magazine recognized close to 200 Johns Hopkins physicians as “Top Doctors” of 2020. This acknowledgement comes from an annual peer survey in which the metro area’s roughly 14,000 physicians vote on which doctor they would send a member of their family or friend to. The survey includes 135 specialties, and only approximately 6 percent of […]
Parenting and Caregiving During COVID Discussion Series
Posted by | Administration, LeadershipThe Office of Well-Being is hosting a Discussion Series on Parenting and Caregiving during COVID-19 for School of Medicine faculty and staff members. This series, which follows the symposium on the same topic from earlier this month, will focus on the challenges of parenting, caregiving and virtual learning during the pandemic. We invite you to […]
Epic Tip of the Week: October 30, 2020
Posted by | Patient CareInpatient & Ambulatory: Information Blocking Rule => Result Release and Notes Delayed until 3/25/2021 The federal enforcement of the 21st Century Cures Act information blocking rule is being delayed six months. Immediate sharing of most results and notes will be delayed until March 25, 2021. On Monday, Nov 2, 2020, Johns Hopkins will proceed with […]
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program Receives HRSA Grant
Posted by | Congratulations, EducationThe Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the JHH Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics program a five-year, $1.8M primary care enhancement grant. Program leadership will use the funds to enhance the urban health curriculum, add mental health resources to East Baltimore Medical Center (EBMC), support GIMboree on both campuses, teach residents about adverse childhood […]
The choline transporter Slc44a2 controls platelet activation and thrombosis by regulating mitochondrial function
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: The choline transporter Slc44a2 controls platelet activation and thrombosis by regulating mitochondrial function AUTHORS: J Allen Bennett, Michael A Mastrangelo, Sara K Ture, Charles O Smith, Shannon G Loelius, Rachel A Berg, Xu Shi, Ryan M Burke, Sherry L Spinelli, Scott J Cameron, Thomas E Carey, Paul S Brookes, Robert E Gerszten, Maria Sabater-Lleal, Paul S de Vries, Jennifer E Huffman, Nicholas L Smith, Craig N Morrell, Charles J Lowenstein JOURNAL: Nat […]
Gastrointestinal-resident, shape-changing microdevices extend drug release in vivo
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Gastrointestinal-resident, shape-changing microdevices extend drug release in vivo AUTHORS: Arijit Ghosh, Ling Li, Liyi Xu, Ranjeet P Dash, Neha Gupta, Jenny Lam, Qianru Jin, Venkata Akshintala, Gayatri Pahapale, Wangqu Liu, Anjishnu Sarkar, Rana Rais, David H Gracias, Florin M Selaru JOURNAL: Sci Adv. 2020 Oct 28;6(44):eabb4133. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb4133. Print 2020 Oct. Abstract Extended-release gastrointestinal (GI) luminal delivery substantially increases the ease of administration of drugs and consequently the adherence […]