Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
We are excited to invite you to join us and other leaders for the second annual conference titled “Making Patient-Centered Care a Reality” on June 23 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Turner Auditorium. As the health care system changes and patients are required to take a more active role in their care, we have a need(...)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and nine other major peer institutions (The University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Texas System, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Boston Children’s Hospital and The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its San Francisco campus) have entered(...)
Monday, May 8 marks the opening of the John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice honoring the former director of the Division of Infectious Diseases who spent more than 25 years leading efforts to improve and develop treatments for patients with infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS. The dedication event and ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Monday, May 1 with over(...)
Robert Silciano, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, is one of 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” The NAS was established in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln and provides policy advice to the U.S. government. For a full list of the(...)
The Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group will host the Women’s Health Research Symposium on Tuesday, May 9 to showcase research collaborations across Johns Hopkins’ schools of medicine, public health and nursing. This year’s symposium will mark the group’s official transition to becoming the Johns Hopkins Center for Women’s Health, Sex and Gender Research, whose(...)
A research group led by Linda Resar, professor in the Division of Hematology, recently discovered a gene protein called HMGA1 that is critically important for maintaining stem cells in the gut. Watch the video below or see the public release to find out more. For the full article published in Nature Communications, visit: http://rdcu.be/rFKh
Please join us on May 10 for the Hopkins Biotech Network’s Entrepreneurial Mentorship Program Showcase! Event highlights include a panel discussion with entrepreneurial mentors and industry leaders, success stories from current participants in the program and opportunities to connect with fellow entrepreneurs. Hear from peers who have successfully mapped their journey in entrepreneurship and discover new(...)
ARTICLE: Resident Duty Hours and Medical Education Policy — Raising the Evidence Bar AUTHORS: David A. Asch, Karl Y. Bilimoria and Sanjay V. Desai JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2017 Apr 5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1703690. [Epub ahead of print] On March 10, 2017, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) issued revised common program requirements for(...)
We are writing to share the sad news that R. Bradley Sack, MD, ScD ‘ 68, a pioneering epidemiologist and world leader in combatting infectious disease who had been on the Johns Hopkins University faculty for nearly 50 years, passed away on April 24, 2017, at age 81. His work helped avert millions of deaths(...)
Thomas Finucane, professor in the Division of Geriatrics, was recently named the recipient of the C. Lockard Conley Award from the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians, which honors members for their contributions to resident clinical care, education and research. The award is named in honor of a Hopkins hematologist and acclaimed teacher who proved to(...)