Healthcare Faculty and Staff – Please take this brief anonymous research survey (IRB#: IRB00248237) to help us better understand the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more below, and click here to take the survey. Title: Moral Distress in the Midst of a Pandemic: A Survey PI: Adrian S. Dobs, MD MHS IRB#: IRB00248237 […]
COVID-19

Thank You, GI Providers
Posted by kbennett | Patient CareThis week, providers from the Division of Gastroenterology who were redeployed to work for the Johns Hopkins COVID Call Center are wrapping up their duties. For four months, the group learned and adapted to constantly-changing policies and expanded roles. Starting in May, the GI group was the sole source of providers for the center, which […]
Sep 1, 2020

Enhanced Caregiving Options at Johns Hopkins
Posted by kbennett | Leadership, Vice Chair ContributorsEnhanced Caregiving Options at Johns Hopkins – Report of the University Pandemic Academic Advisory Committee and Update from Human Resources The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our professional and personal lives tremendously. Members of the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers (TF) have met regularly throughout the pandemic to discuss particular challenges faced by women during […]
Aug 18, 2020

Fisher Scientific New Lab Start-Up Discounts
Posted by kbennett | Research, Vice Chair ContributorsFisher Scientific is offering discounted research supply costs normally reserved for new lab start-up programs to all research labs within JHU. This program is being offered on a limited basis to all labs through August 31, 2020, and is designed to provide relief due to the negative financial impacts of COVID-19. To learn more, visit […]
Aug 17, 2020

Blair, Liu and Siddharthan Receive DOD Grant
Posted by kbennett | Congratulations, ResearchPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) provides diagnostic and prognostic information for viral and bacterial pneumonia. Implementation of POCUS has relevance in both high- and low-income settings, where the COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges including infection control and longitudinal assessments of patients. Dr. Paul Blair, associate director of Austere Environments Consortium for Enhances Sepsis Outcomes, Dr. Gigi Liu, […]
Aug 4, 2020

New COVID-19 Grants in the DOM
Posted by kbennett | Congratulations, ResearchCOVID-19 Preclinical Discovery Awards Paul Auwaerter and Mark Sulkowski, both professors in the Division of Infectious Diseases, are the therapeutics team leaders for the university’s COVID-19 Research Response Program. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins University has funded the COVID-19 Pre-clinical Research Discovery Fund (C19PcRDF), which has awarded four grants of up to […]
Jul 7, 2020

Thank You for All You Do: Clinical Pharmacology, Geriatrics and Occupational Medicine
Posted by kbennett | Education, Leadership, Patient Care, ResearchNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
Jul 2, 2020

Thank You For All You Do: Gastroenterology and Nephrology
Posted by kbennett | Patient Care, ResearchNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
Jun 26, 2020

Donate Plasma to COVID-19 Study
Posted by kbennett | Patient Care, ResearchOn June 4, Evan Bloch presented a webinar for the Maryland Department of Health. The topic was the convalescent plasma donor study. Persons who have recovered from COVID-19 illness may want to donate their plasma for prevention or treatment in others. This study will determine if the person qualifies for donation. Adults interested in donating […]
Jun 16, 2020

Thank You For All You Do: Molecular Medicine and Rheumatology
Posted by kbennett | Patient Care, ResearchNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
Jun 15, 2020