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Dr. Erin Michos, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, was named a 2021 winner of the Scholarly Concentrations Award for Excellence in Mentoring. The award was created in 2015 as a way to recognize faculty mentors who best embody the goals of the Scholarly Concentrations Program in fostering the spirit of independent scholarship among Johns Hopkins […]
ARTICLE: Relationship of Preeclampsia With Maternal Place of Birth and Duration of Residence Among Non-Hispanic Black Women in the United States AUTHORS: Ellen Boakye, Garima Sharma, S. Michelle Ogunwole, Sammy Zakaria, Arthur J. Vaught, Yaa Adoma Kwapong, Xiumei Hong, Yuelong Ji, Laxmi Mehta, Andreea A. Creanga, Michael J. Blaha, Roger S. Blumenthal, Khurram Nasir, Xiaobin Wang JOURNAL: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Feb;14(2):e007546. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007546. Epub 2021 Feb […]
Dr. Marlene Williams, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, was elected to the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC). Founded in 1961, the AUC is an organization that is limited to an active membership of 135 academic cardiologists from the United States, elected by their peers. Dr. Williams was recognized as a cardiologist who is […]
ARTICLE: MCU Overexpression Rescues Inotropy and Reverses Heart Failure by Reducing SR Ca2+ Leak AUTHORS: Ting Liu, Ni Yang, Agnieszka Sidor and Brian O'Rourke JOURNAL: Circ Res. 2021 Feb 1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318562. Online ahead of print. Abstract Rationale: In heart failure (HF), impaired sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release and cytosolic Na+ overload depress mitochondrial Ca2+ (mCa2+) signaling, resulting in a diminished ability to maintain matrix NAD(P)H […]
ARTICLE: Oxidized CaMKII and O-GlcNAcylation cause increased atrial fibrillation in diabetic mice by distinct mechanisms AUTHORS: Olurotimi O Mesubi, Adam G Rokita, Neha Abrol, Yuejin Wu, Biyi Chen, Qinchuan Wang, Jonathan M Granger, Anthony Tucker-Bartley, Elizabeth D Luczak, Kevin R Murphy, Priya Umapathi, Partha S Banerjee, Tatiana N Boronina, Robert N Cole, Lars S Maier, Xander H Wehrens, Joel L Pomerantz, Long-Sheng Song, Rexford S Ahima, Gerald W Hart, Natasha E Zachara, Mark E Anderson JOURNAL: […]
ARTICLE: MTORC1-Regulated Metabolism Controlled by TSC2 Limits Cardiac Reperfusion Injury AUTHORS: Christian U Oeing, Seungho Jun, Sumita Mishra, Brittany Dunkerly-Eyring, Anna Chen, Maria I Grajeda, Usman Tahir, Robert E Gerszten, Nazareno Paolocci, Mark J Ranek, David A Kass JOURNAL: Circ Res. 2021 Jan 6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.317710. Online ahead of print. Abstract Rationale: The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1) controls metabolism and protein homeostasis, and is […]
ARTICLE: Myocardial Injury in Severe COVID-19 Compared to Non-COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome AUTHORS: Thomas S Metkus, Lori J Sokoll, Andreas S Barth, Matthew J Czarny, Allison G Hays, Charles J Lowenstein, Erin D Michos, Eric P Nolley, Wendy S Post, Jon R Resar, David R Thiemann, Jeffrey C Trost, Rani K Hasan JOURNAL: Circulation. 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050543. Online ahead of print. Abstract Background: Knowledge gaps remain […]
Dr. Elizabeth Ratchford, associate professor in the divisions of Cardiology and General Internal Medicine, has been selected for an Ansell Fellowship Award from the Anticoagulation Forum. The award provides $120K in funding to support a one-year vascular medicine fellowship program. Dr. Ratchford has selected Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH to serve as the inaugural vascular medicine […]
Thirteen members of the DOM were named to the Clarivate's list of 2020 Highly Cited Researchers. The list represents the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2020, fewer than 6,200, or 0.1 percent, of the world's researchers, across 21 research fields, have earned this exclusive […]
ARTICLE: Reduced Right Ventricular Sarcomere Contractility in HFpEF with Severe Obesity AUTHORS: M. Imran Aslam, Virginia S. Hahn, Vivek Jani, Steven Hsu, Kavita Sharma, and David A. Kass JOURNAL: Circulation. 2020 Dec 2. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052414 Half of heart failure patients have a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a highly morbid syndrome with very few effective treatments. HFpEF is historically associated with hypertension […]