Dr. Damani Piggott, Assistant Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education and Graduate Student Diversity, will become the inaugural director of the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative and Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Diversity and Partnerships effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Piggott graduated from Morehouse College summa cum laude as the class valedictorian. He received his M.D. and […]
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Boyd Named Interim Director of the Division of Geriatrics
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipDr. Cynthia Boyd was named interim director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology effective July 1. She has graciously agreed to serve as interim director following Dr. Chris Durso’s move to director of the Department of Medicine at JHBMC. Dr. Boyd is a professor of medicine with a joint appointment in health policy […]
Daumit Named Vice Chair for Research
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchGail Daumit is the new Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research effective February 1, 2020. Dr. Daumit is the Samsung Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Her research focuses on improving physical health and decreasing premature mortality in persons with serious mental illness, and she directs the NIMH P50 ALACRITY […]
Kirk to Step Down as Vice Chair
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipGreg 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 […]
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 […]
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