Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
A month full of Pride events will culminate this weekend during Baltimore’s Pride Parade and 47th annual block party—the largest LGBTQ event in Maryland. Whether you plan to take to the streets in one of our city’s most inclusive events or not, I hope you all take a moment of gratitude for the civil liberties […]
On Monday, March 28, the Task Force on Women's Academic Careers and the Diversity Council of the Department of Medicine hosted a Celebration of Women in Academic Medicine: Research, Clinical Care, Teaching, Leadership and Intersectionality. The event featured a panel moderated by Dr. Chidinma Ibe, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, with […]
This year’s Black History Month theme is “Black Health and Wellness.” This seems particularly relevant as we cross the two-year mark in a global pandemic that has disproportionally impacted Black Americans. We have officially celebrated Black History Month since 1976, when President Gerald Ford recognized it to honor the often-neglected accomplishments of Black Americans throughout […]
February 3, 2022 marked the fifth annual Women Physicians Day and 201st birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, a pioneer of medical and feminist history who became the first woman to earn a medical degree (M.D.) from an American medical school in 1849. It is the day we celebrate the accomplishments of women physicians everywhere and honor […]
Dr. Deidra Crews, professor in the Division of Nephrology, was recently named deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity. The center aims to make healthcare institutions more equitable, communities more engaged and health policies and practices more effective to eliminate disparities in health and healthcare in Baltimore, the United States, and the […]
Applications are now open for the Johns Hopkins Virtual Visiting Elective in Equitable Healthcare. This two-week, virtual elective is free for U.S. medical students (MD or DO). Learn more on the Office of the Registrar Visiting Medical Students website.
Dr. Garima Sharma will be the next Associate Vice Chair for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine and Chair of the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers in Medicine. Dr. Sharma’s interest in diversity, gender and health equity stems from her experiences as a first-generation immigrant and woman navigating Cardiology—a sub-specialty of medicine where women are underrepresented. She […]
For an article on the American Heart Association website, Dr. Mary Branch polled a group of African American physicians and dentists to ask which medicine training programs were inclusive. Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine was ranked second overall, and was the only internal medicine program ranked. This is a relatively novel approach to receiving feedback regarding […]
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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 […]