The Institute for Excellence in Education Outstanding Educator Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate outstanding educators and acknowledge great achievements in education. Congratulations to the following award recipients from the DOM: L. Randol Barker, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received the Martin D. Abeloff Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical and […]
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9th Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference
Posted by | CMEThe 9th Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference sponsored by the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will be held virtually for 2020. All conference presentations will be pre-recorded and available for viewing, at your leisure, from late October until November 30, 2020. The conference […]
Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant Awardees
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThe Fisher Center Discovery Program aims to develop excellence in clinical research regarding environmental infectious pathogens. The following are the recipients from the DOM of the 2020 Fisher Center Discovery Program Grant Award: Keira Cohen, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary: Early bactericidal activity of standard drugs used to treat Mycobacterium avium complex: a […]
Checkley and Siddharthan Featured in Surgeon General Report on Smoking Cessation
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient Care, ResearchWilliam Checkley, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, and Trishul Siddharthan, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, co-authored a chapter of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report highlights the latest research on quitting smoking with proven ways to help patients quit for good. The report was presented at a […]
2020 DOM/WSE Research Retreat
Posted by | ResearchThe 2020 Department of Medicine & Whiting School of Engineering Research Retreat will take place on Friday, February 28. The theme is Nanomedicine: Treating Diseases at the Molecular Level and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Steven Chu of Stanford University, Nobel Laureate in Physics and the 12th United States Secretary of Energy. The keynote address […]
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Jonathan Golub, Infectious Diseases Associate Professor Mark Lazarev, Gastroenterology We would also like to welcome our new faculty members who joined the department last quarter. James Clyne, instructor, GIM Paul Coen, adjunct associate professor, Endocrinology James DeLany, adjunct professor, Endocrinology Bupesh Dogra, instructor, GIM Stephen Gardell, […]
Checkley Awarded Two NIH Grants for Chronic Disease Research
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchChronic diseases are currently responsible for over 70 percent of deaths worldwide, with over 80 percent occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training at Johns Hopkins University led by William Checkley, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was awarded two five-year training grants starting September 2019 […]
Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient CareThe fifth annual ceremony for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams on Tuesday, December 3 marked another stellar year for members of the DOM. The Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians received almost 400 nominations for awards in six categories across six hospitals. The below clinicians and care teams from the […]
Ten From the DOM Named Highly Cited Researchers
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchTen members of the DOM were named to the Web of Science Group's list of 2019 Highly Cited Researchers. The list represents the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2019, fewer than 6,300, or 0.1 percent, of the world's researchers, across 21 research fields, have […]
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Awards
Posted by | CongratulationsThe DOM was well represented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions earlier this month in Philadelphia. Virginia Hahn, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, won the Basic Cardiovascular Abstract Travel Grant which provides a travel grant to attend the AHA’s Scientific Sessions. .@VirginiaSHahn says her findings give insights into the mechanisms behind each kind of […]