Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Dr. Justin Bailey, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Ashwin Balagopal, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Dr. William Checkley, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, were recently named to the newest cohort of members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. The ASCI, […]
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Lisa Maragakis, Infectious Diseases Associate Professor Ariel Green, Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology Carrie Herzke, General Internal Medicine Kavita Sharma, Cardiology Assistant Professor Aparna Balasubramanian, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Sonal Gandhi, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC (CIMS) Thang Nguyen, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC (CIMS) Instructor […]
Dr. Stuart C. Ray will be the next assistant dean for research with a focus on data integrity for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine beginning February 1. Dr. Ray is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He has served as vice chair for data integrity and analytics […]
Dr. Cynthia Sears, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was named the next Editor in Chief of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the pre-eminent research journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) beginning July 2022. She was selected by the search committee based on her qualifications, vision for the future and commitment […]
Dr. Amita Gupta will be our next director of the Division of Infectious Diseases effective immediately. Dr. Gupta is a Professor of Medicine with a joint appointment in International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is deputy director of the JHU Center for Clinical Global Health Education and a faculty […]
Thirteen members of the DOM were named to the Clarivate's list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers. The list represents the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. Approximately 6,600 researchers are named Highly Cited Researchers in 2021 with the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in […]
Dr. Francesco Simonetti, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Director's Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. Part of the NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award provides an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists who have recently received their doctoral degree or completed their medical residency to skip traditional […]
ARTICLE: HOPE in action: A prospective multicenter pilot study of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV AUTHORS: Christine M Durand, Sander Florman, Jennifer D Motter, Diane Brown, Darin Ostrander, Sile Yu, Tao Liang, William A Werbel, Andrew Cameron, Shane Ottmann, James P Hamilton, Andrew D Redd, Mary G Bowring, Yolanda Eby, Reinaldo E Fernandez, Brianna Doby, Nazzarena Labo, Denise Whitby, Wendell Miley, Rachel Friedman-Moraco, Nicole Turgeon, Jennifer C Price, Peter Chin-Hong, Peter Stock, Valentina Stosor, Varvara […]
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Derek Fine, Nephrology Vikesh Singh, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associate Professor Gail Berkenblit, General Internal Medicine Shruti Chaturvedi, Hematology Justin Echuouffo Tcheugui, Endocrinology and Metabolism Risha Irvin, Infectious Diseases Sara Keller, Infectious Diseases Casey Overby Taylor, General Internal Medicine David Wu, General Internal Medicine Mihail […]
Dr. Kieren Marr will step down from her role as vice chair for innovation in healthcare implementation and retire as faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases on December 31, 2021. She will become cofounder and chief medical officer of Sfunga Therapeutics, a new Deerfield-backed antifungal company and continue her work with the Johns Hopkins […]