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Dr. William Bishai, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. MERIT awards are granted for an initial five-year term, given to outstanding investigators based on superior competence and productivity. Nominees are selected from ROI applicants in the fund able range throughout […]
ARTICLE: Assessment of Changes in Visits and Antibiotic Prescribing During the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic AUTHORS: Sara C Keller, Tania M Caballero, Pranita D Tamma, Melissa A Miller, Prashila Dullabh, Roy Ahn, Savyasachi V Shah, Yue Gao, Kathleen Speck, Sara E Cosgrove, Jeffrey A Linder JOURNAL: JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220512. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20512. Abstract […]
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor (pictured) Armin Arbab-Zadeh, Cardiology Lisa Christopher-Stine, Rheumatology Michael Fingerhood, Addiction Medicine Ahmet Gurakar, Gastroenterology Shmuel Shoham, Infectious Diseases Harikrishna Tandri, Cardiology Associate Professor Antoine Azar, Allergy & Clinical Immunology Maria Valeria Fabre, ID Melinda Kantsiper, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC Kendall Moseley, Endocrinology, Diabetes & […]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 DOM Clinical & Education Retreat. This was the first time we've been able to celebrate these missions since their separate retreats in 2019, and it was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues in person. We'd like to thank our keynote speaker, Dr. Torian Easterling, First […]
ARTICLE: SARS-CoV-2 -specific immune responses in boosted vaccine recipients with breakthrough infections during the Omicron variant surge AUTHORS: Bezawit A Woldemeskel, Caroline C Garliss, Tihitina Y Aytenfisu, Trevor S Johnston, Evan J Beck, Arbor G Dykema, Nicole Frumento, Desiree A Wright, Andrew H Yang, Alexander I Damanakis, Oliver Laeyendecker, Andrea L Cox, Heba H Mostafa, Andrew H Karaba, Joel N Blankson JOURNAL: JCI Insight. 2022 Apr 7;e159474. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.159474. Online ahead […]
Dr. Lisa Maragakis, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently deemed one of Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2022 by The Daily Record. The popular news source began honoring outstanding women leaders who have not only made contributions through their professional careers, but through community service and mentoring in 1996. These high-achieving Maryland […]
Young Investigators’ Day was established in 1978 to recognize young investigators who are trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and to provide them with a forum for their work. The awards are intended to recognize research undertaken by applicants while registered as students or postdoctoral fellows at the School of Medicine. This year […]
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Bimal Ashar, GIM Peter Toth, adjunct professor, Cardiology (not pictured) Associate Professor Majd AlGhatrif, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC Cynthia James, Cardiology Emily Kendall, ID Ana-Maria Orbai, Rheumatology Assistant Professor Andrea Fava, Rheumatology Howard Graham, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC Mohamad Hanouneh, Nephrology We would also […]
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams from the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians. Clinicians and care teams were recognized by their peers for their commitment to the mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine and their consistent dedication to providing excellent patient care. The below clinicians and […]
ARTICLE: Randomized Clinical Trial of High Dose Rifampicin with or without Levofloxacin versus Standard of Care for Paediatric Tuberculous Meningitis: The TBM-KIDS Trial AUTHORS: Mandar S Paradkar, D Bella Devaleenal, Tisungane Mvalo, Ana Arenivas, Kiran T Thakur, Lisa Wolf, Smita Nimkar, Sadaf Inamdar, Prathiksha Giridharan, Elilarasi Selladurai, Aarti Kinikar, Chhaya Valvi, Saltanat Khwaja, Daphne Gadama, Sarath Balaji, Krishna Yadav Kattagoni, Mythily Venkatesan, Radojka Savic, Soumya Swaminathan, Amita Gupta, Nikhil Gupte, Vidya Mave, Kelly E Dooley, TBM-KIDS Study Team […]