Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Talented high school students across Baltimore dream of becoming health care professionals. You can help make their dreams a reality. Volunteer this summer with MERIT, a non-profit education program that partners with Johns Hopkins to transform under-represented students into health care leaders. Clinicians: Allow a MERIT Scholar to shadow you for three hour blocks(...)
Panagis Galiatsatos, fellow in the Division of Pulmonary, was named one of eight employees to receive a Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award at the 35th annual commemoration on Friday, Jan. 13. Panagis is being recognized due to his involvement with Medicine for the Greater Good, a program he co-founded with colleagues from Bayview that aims(...)
WHEN: Current school year 2016-2017 WHERE: PTECH at Dunbar, 1400 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD MORE INFO: Email Dr. Craig Spilman, consultant, Johns Hopkins University (cspilman@jhu.edu) for more information. What began in 2011 as an IBM-led school transformation initiative has now spread to over 60 schools in the US and Australia. One of the first Pathways in Technology Early(...)
Last Friday, members of the DOM administration along with division administrators stepped out of their offices and into the kitchen of Moveable Feast, an organization whose mission is to preserve the quality of life for people with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening conditions by providing food and services. The group of 20 donned their hairnets and aprons(...)
On behalf of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, we are soliciting your support for the Maryland College Application Campaign (MCAC). The campaign will involve each senior completing at least one college application and their FAFSA. The MCAC will be held October 10–19 at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, located adjacent to the East Baltimore Campus(...)
To register, visit: http://web.jhu.edu/administration/provost/initiatives/forums-on-race-series/
Linda Lee, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology was recently featured as part of #TimeForBaltimore, a video series highlighting work that members of Hopkins do in the community. Linda was featured for her work founding the Baltimore Kids Chess League, where children from kindergarten to high school have competed in an annual chess tournament(...)
On May 11, Michelle Eakin, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was honored at an awards dinner with President Daniels to celebrate her winning the 2016 President's Recognition Award for Research that Improves the Health and Well-Being of Baltimore for junior faculty. She received $5,000 to continue her collaborative work with Baltimore City Head Start,(...)
Leana S. Wen will speak on Tuesday, May 24 at noon in the Grossi Auditorium. Congressman Elijah Cummings will speak on Tuesday, May 31 at noon in the Grossi Auditorium. For more information, visit: medicineforthegreatergood.com or email questions to mgg@jhmi.edu.
