Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
What does black history mean for our university, our school and our department? The Johns Hopkins Hospital was founded in 1889 on a then unusual premise that care would be provided “without regard to sex, age or color.” This is a great part of our history, but, in fact, race played major and complex roles in our history to date. Desegregation […]
In the aftermath of gun violence, those left behind to mourn for their friends and loved ones often become the second victims. They experience mental and physical health as well as economic consequences from coping with the trauma of losing someone to gun violence. These issues were discussed with an expert panel in a DOM […]
To RSVP, click here. The event on April 17 will be recorded and available both during and after the event here: http://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Play/0aaee8b1d6c1430eb418cba650d9a27d1d
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 […]
In 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 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 […]
This 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" […]
We 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 […]
Both 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 […]
Social 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, […]