Greg Kirk, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, will step down from his role as vice chair for clinical and translation research to become the vice dean for research and faculty of the Bloomberg School of Public Health effective January 1, 2020. Greg assumed the vice chair position in March of 2015, and along(...)
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Hindman Receives BAHI Spark Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchDaniel Hindman, fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was recently awarded the Bloomberg American Health Initiative (BAHI) Spark Award for his project “Promoting health equity in Baltimore's design for active transportation.” Daniel received the award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with support from mentor Craig Pollack.
Davison Receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Posted by | CongratulationsAshwini Davison, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and associate director for education in the Division of Health Sciences Informatics, received the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Award for the Population Health Management (PHM) degree program in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ashwini is an assistant director for the Masters of Applied Sciences degree program in(...)
Leading Transformation Value-Based Healthcare Executive Education Program
Posted by | CME, EducationChanges in the health system environment have made it very difficult for already busy clinicians and leaders to take time out of their demanding schedules to invest in their own professional development to succeed in this new world. The Leading Transformation Value-Based Healthcare Executive Education Program addresses this concern with its new hybrid in-person and online(...)
Maryland Department of Health Readiness Program
Posted by | Patient CareOver the summer, the BCU team and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) developed a statewide training and education program aimed at supporting and providing resources to frontline and assessment hospitals throughout the state. As a part of this program, the BCU team will travel to each of the five Special Pathogen Assessment Hospitals (SPAH) in(...)
Orens Named Vice Chair for Clinical Business Development
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipIn many ways, the largest existential challenge for JHM is to evolve into a more integrated and efficient health system. This will be necessary for our department and school to secure a stable portfolio of resources into the future. To this end, the dean and CEO have called upon all departments to develop a set(...)
Coresh and Grams Present Research on Kidney Disease
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchJosef Coresh, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Morgan Grams, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, presented data to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) in Barcelona, and their research findings resulted in two papers which are now published in the concurrent issues of Kidney International and Kidney International Reports. This was the first time KDIGO commissioned(...)
Garibaldi and Sauer Receive Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant
Posted by | CongratulationsBrian Garibaldi, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and medical director of the Biocontainment Unit (BCU), and Lauren Sauer, assistant professor in Emergency Medicine and director of research for the BCU, received a 2018 Fisher Center Discovery Program (FCDP) grant for their project "Environmental transmission and traceability of aerosolized bio-simulants in a clinical biocontainment(...)
Sendon and Sulmonte Named Administrative Residents
Posted by | AdministrationIn support of Johns Hopkins' education mission, the DOM typically hosts an administrative resident from the Bloomberg School of Public Health for one year during his/her second year of the Health Administration Program. The resident year is marked with many learning opportunities and project management. The goal is to provide exposure to as much of(...)
Summer Course on Health Equity Research Methods
Posted by | CMEApplications of Innovative Methods in Health Equity Research is a new, two-day course that Lisa Cooper and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities have worked to develop. This course, co-led by Dr. Tanjala Purnell and Lisa Cooper, will be held on June 12-13, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., as part of the Johns(...)
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