The Department of Medicine Development team, in partnership with exceptional faculty, staff and academic leaders, produced outstanding philanthropic results raising $28.8M in fiscal year 2019. Our collaboration resulted in numerous transformational donor stories. Here are a few highlights: An anonymous donor has committed to supporting four faculty members as Center for Innovative Medicine (CIM) Scholars.(...)
Infectious Diseases
Story-Roller Receives Stetler Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchElizabeth Story-Roller, fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Pearl M. Stetler Research Fellowship Award, which provides salary support for a post-fellowship year of research. While awaiting funding from a NIH K08, she will continue as a research fellow in the TB Center with Gyanu Lamichhane, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
Gupta to Serve as Protocol Chair for NIH Clinical Trial
Posted by | Patient Care, ResearchAmita Gupta, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, is a protocol chair for a large international Phase 3 clinical trial sponsored by the NIH. The trial will compare delamanid with isoniazid for tuberculosis prevention among household contacts of MDR-TB patients, and will include children, adolescents and adults. The Indo-JHU Clinical Research Partnership in Pune,(...)
Thomas Earns Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring
Posted by | CongratulationsDavid Thomas, professor and director in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently named one of two awardees of the 2019 Provost's Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring in recognition of commitment to teaching and creating opportunities that lead to success for his mentees. He will be celebrated at an event in the fall. For more(...)
Marr Receives Billy Cooper Award
Posted by | CongratulationsKieren Marr, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the 2019 Billy H. Cooper Award from the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas (MMSA) in recognition of her continuous outstanding achievement in clinical mycology. She will be honored at the MMSA dinner meeting in San Francisco in June.
2019 SOM Convocation Awards
Posted by | CongratulationsThe School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony took place on Wednesday, May 22 in the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Many of the awards for faculty were given to members of the Department of Medicine. The Professors' Awards for Excellence in Teaching The Professors' Awards for Excellence in Teaching were established in 1981 by the Advisory Board(...)
Page Urges UN Security Council to Declare Venezuela Humanitarian Crisis
Posted by | Patient CareLast month, Kathleen Page, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, gave testimony at the United Nations Security Council regarding the dire healthcare crisis in Venezuela that has lead to shortages in medications, supplies and services which threaten public health. In her remarks, she made recommendations based on findings published in her recent Lancet article.(...)
Rock Receives Top Poster Abstract Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchClare Rock, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Top Poster Abstract Award for the SHEA Spring 2019 Conference in Boston. She will present her abstract entitled "Evaluating the Accuracy of Sampling Strategies for Fluorescent Gel Monitoring of Patient Room Cleaning" at the conference later this(...)
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Joseph Cofrancesco (pictured), GIM Maureen Horton (pictured), Pulmonary Associate Professor: Oscar Cingolani, Cardiology Christine Durand, Infectious Diseases Maura McGuire, GIM Satish Shanbhag, Hematology Assistant Professor: Michael Albert, GIM Lee Haselhuhn, GIM Varsha Singh, GI Joshua Sloan, GI Instructor: Jenny Pena Dias, Endocrinology We would(...)
Chaisson Co-Authors Building a Tuberculosis-Free World: The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis
Posted by | Patient CareOver the past 18 months, Richard Chaisson, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has worked as part of the Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis to create a report focused on the major scientific, epidemiologic, health systems and financing challenges that must be overcome to control TB. The publication, entitled Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission(...)