Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Khalil Ghanem, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received two awards at the School of Medicine Commencement/Convocation on Monday, May 16. He was selected by the medical students to receive the the George J. Stuart Award for the second year in a row, as well as the W. Barry Wood Jr. Award for Excellence(...)
Nadia Hansel, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was recently named the leader of one of five new research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve health in communities overwhelmed by pollution and other environmental factors that contribute to health disparities. The JHU project, funded by a $1.5 million(...)
Lawrence Appel, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was recently named the sole recipient of the 2016 Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award recognizing his dedication to the treatment and care of hypertensive patients. He was presented with the award, which includes a $5,000 honorarium, at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of(...)
Anne Rompalo, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently named the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Career Award by the American STD Association for her long and distinguished contributions in the field of STD research and prevention. Anne will be recognized at the annual awards luncheon at the 2016 STD Prevention Conference in Atlanta(...)
Richard Gross, associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was recently named the School of Medicine's seventh recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Professors' Award for Excellence in Teaching for Part-Time Faculty for his investment and devotion for sharing his expertise to assist the next generation of graduates. The formal announcement will be made at(...)
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) and the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award of the Department of Defense has funded Neil Aggarwal, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, and partnering PI Nicola Heller with $1.5 million over 3 years to conduct research relating to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). ARDS(...)
Congratulations to Katie Dietz and Grazyna Purwin who were selected to receive this quarter's Staff Recognition Awards based on their glowing nominations. Katie, a research program manager in the Division of General Internal Medicine, the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, began as a(...)
The Department of Medicine took home all but three of the Institute for Excellence in Education's (IEE) Awards for Outstanding Achievement at their ceremony last Friday. This is a testament to our department's incredible educators in all stages of their careers. Congratulations to all of the following faculty members: David Kern, professor in the Division of(...)
April Holmes, medication technician for Hopkins ElderPlus, received a Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award at Hopkins’ 34th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Friday, January 8. April was honored due to her work with both the Bea Gaddy Family Center and the O’Donnell Heights Tenants Council as well as for her commitment to(...)
Sunil Solomon, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received the Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Avenir Award, using the French word for future, looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. Dr. Soloman’s study focuses(...)