Casey Overby Taylor, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received a 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the NIH. She is one of 12 early career investigators to receive a total of up to $27 million over five years. With this, she will study […]
Awards Received
Shah Receives Early Career Investigator Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchAmi Shah, associate professor in the Division of Rheumatology, was named a 2020 recipient of the Henry Kunkel Early Career Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). This award honors an early career physician scientist, who is 12 years post rheumatology certifying examination eligibility, who has made outstanding and promising independent contributions to […]
Tampakakis Receives Outstanding Investigator Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchEmmanouil Tampakakis, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, was named the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. This award recognizes individuals based on the originality, quality and impact of the work presented in their abstract. He will present an oral abstract at the virtual Basic Cardiovascular […]
Spragg Named Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology
Posted by | CongratulationsDr. David Spragg, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, was named the inaugural Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology. Dr. Spragg earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard College, attended medical school at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed his residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital before arriving at Johns Hopkins for […]
Blair, Liu and Siddharthan Receive DOD Grant
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) provides diagnostic and prognostic information for viral and bacterial pneumonia. Implementation of POCUS has relevance in both high- and low-income settings, where the COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges including infection control and longitudinal assessments of patients. Dr. Paul Blair, associate director of Austere Environments Consortium for Enhances Sepsis Outcomes, Dr. Gigi Liu, […]
Fine and Sperati Recognized by the American Society of Nephrology
Posted by | CongratulationsDrs. Derek Fine and John Sperati, associate professors in the Division of Nephrology, were honored by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) with 2020 Midcareer Awards. Dr. Derek Fine received the ASN Distinguished Clinical Service Award. This award recognizes individuals who combine the art of medicine with the skills demanded by the scientific body of […]
Echouffo Tcheugui Receives Clinical Scientist Development Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThe Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced that four Johns Hopkins physician-scientists, including Dr. Justin Echouffo Tcheugui, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, have been honored with the 2020 Clinical Scientist Development Award. Dr. Echouffo Tcheugui was among 17 awardees selected from a pool of 208 applicants through a rigorous review process. […]
Kass Receives Lucian Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchDr. David Kass, professor in the Division of Cardiology, was selected to receive the 2020 the Louis and Artur Lucian Award from McGill University in Canada. The award is designed to honor outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases by a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contribution to knowledge in this field […]
New COVID-19 Grants in the DOM
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchCOVID-19 Preclinical Discovery Awards Paul Auwaerter and Mark Sulkowski, both professors in the Division of Infectious Diseases, are the therapeutics team leaders for the university’s COVID-19 Research Response Program. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins University has funded the COVID-19 Pre-clinical Research Discovery Fund (C19PcRDF), which has awarded four grants of up to […]
Bigos and Naik Receive Catalyst Awards
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchKristin Bigos, assistant professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, and Rakhi Naik, assistant professor in the Division of Hematology, were selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, representing some of the most creative thinkers from across Johns Hopkins University. The awards, accompanied by a $75,000 grant and mentoring opportunities, aim to help launch early career […]