On behalf of the DOM Civic Engagement Committee, we wanted to send out a heartfelt thanks to all of you for your participation in the holiday gift and food drives. Because of your generosity, we were able to provide gifts for 19 families including 56 children. We also collected several boxes of food items from(...)
Journeys in Medicine
A Journey in Medicine: Nadia Morgan, MBBS
Posted by | AdministrationIn late December, we all lost a colleague and friend-Nadia Morgan. When I heard this news, I was hurt in a way that I am still navigating. I, and many others, am still mourning her loss. I am sure all those who knew Nadia have stories about her pleasant personality and passion for her work.(...)
MERIT Scholars’ Inspiring Stories and Call for Civic Engagement Committee Members
Posted by | AdministrationMERIT Symposium Our 2nd Annual MERIT Symposium was featured during Medical Grand Rounds on Friday, October 12. MERIT Scholars Zion Smith, a high school junior, and Taylor Rooks, a senior spoke about their experiences with the program. Zion performed her summer research project in the laboratory of Larissa Shimoda, professor of in the Division of(...)
Advancing Our Community through Civic Engagement and Culture Change
Posted by | AdministrationThis month, members of the DOM Civic Engagement Committee published an article in Academic Medicine, the journal of the American Association of Medical College, entitled "A Perspective on the Baltimore Freddie Gray Riots: Turning Tragedy into Civic Engagement and Culture Change in an Academic Department of Medicine." The article talks about the "Journeys in Medicine"(...)
Civic Engagement Update Spring 2018: DOM Busy in the Community
Posted by | Civic EngagementWe want to thank all of our Department of Medicine staff who participated in our spring community outreach projects--they were a huge success! In collaboration with Charlene Neal, residence service coordinator for Douglass Homes, we helped to support the Douglass Homes Health Fair on May 24, 2018. Staff from the Brancati Center for the Advancement(...)
#MeToo—Considering All of the Implications and the Call for Action
Posted by | Administration, Vice Chair ContributorsBoth the March 27 and April 2 issues of JAMA included important opinion pieces related to the #MeToo Movement. Dr. Freischlag and Ms. Faria highlight the importance of this movement, which was evidenced by TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2017 being shared by “silence breakers,” 61 women and men from various industries who spoke(...)
Should We Include Social Determinants in Electronic Health Records?
Posted by | AdministrationSocial factors account for a significant percent of deaths in the United States; however, research and the inclusion of standard ways to define and capture these determinants into patient health records are arguably in their nascent stage. As talk of social determinants of health permeate the halls of academic medical centers and schools of public health,(...)
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Persist in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation
Posted by | AdministrationThe January 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association features the article “Association of Race and Ethnicity with Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States From 1995 to 2014” authored by Tanjala S. Purnell and colleagues including Lisa Cooper, Deidra Crews and Ebony Boulware from the DOM. The study aims to(...)
Empowering Care Providers to Address Patient Discrimination in the Clinical Setting
Posted by | AdministrationThe Journeys in Medicine event on Oct. 17 focused on the topic of “Empowering Care Providers to Address Patient Discrimination in the Clinical Setting." While this is not a new issue at Johns Hopkins, it has become a more frequent problem in the last 6-8 months given the national political climate. Sherita Golden, professor and executive vice(...)
Higher Death Rates In White Americans—Is There an Epidemic of Despair?
Posted by | AdministrationMany may recall this past spring when the media led a full-court press focusing on work published by Case and Deaton in PNAS in 2015 on the rising morbidity and mortality among white Americans. In short, Case and Deaton’s work highlighted what they characterize as “deaths of despair.” These deaths from suicide, poisoning and liver disease(...)