In his op-ed with Dr. Marty Makary, “Let’s have ‘immunity nights’ to keep American businesses alive,” Dr. Dorry Segev shares his thoughts on the future of dining in a vaccinated atmosphere.
Click the link here to read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/25/lets-have-immunity-nights-keep-american-businesses-alive/
Two weeks ago, Dr. Andrew Cameron and his team launched the Donor App website (https://www.thedonorapp.com/). Through this initiative, patients on the transplant waitlist can tell their story, which will hopefully increase their chance of finding a live donor.
Follow them on Instagram: @donor.app / twitter: @TheDonorApp / facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDonorApp2/
In this radio interview, Dr. Tanjala Purnell discusses skepticism and medical mistrust among the Black community.
Listen to her interview here: https://www.weaa.org/post/vaccination-hesitation-conversation-series-dr-purnell#stream/0
Dr. Tanjala Purnell provides her thoughts on the obstacles that not only people of color, but also older people face in regards to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Read more here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/u-s-vaccination-push-pits-speed-in-giving-shots-against-equity?sref=ELFwUmTB
Congratulations to Dr. Dorry Segev for being elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019!
“NAM is an independent organization of eminent professionals from diverse fields including health, medicine and the natural, social and behavioral sciences. Membership in the NAM is considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine.” (Hopkins Medicine)
Read more about it here: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/johns-hopkins-faculty-members-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine
Congratulations to Dr. Garonzik-Wang on receiving the Alfred Blalock Research Award, a big accomplishment of recognition from Hopkins.
The Alfred Blalock Research Award recognizes a faculty member who by their effort has contributed to the research distinction and accomplishments of the department.
Congratulations to Dr. Garonzik-Wang for her appointment to the committee! This committee developed the Transplant Accreditation & Certification Council to assist with the development of the certification pathway and program accreditation.
The 2019 honorees—selected on the basis of their accomplishments to date, creativity and originality, and academic impact—will each receive a $75,000 grant to support their work over the next year. They also will have the opportunity to participate in mentoring sessions and events designed to connect these colleagues at similar stages in their careers.
Read more about it here: https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/06/06/33-receive-catalyst-awards/
Congratulations to Dr. Jamilah Perkins, who recently received a travel award to participate in the 2019 NMRI Annual Meeting in Bethesda, MD. The primary mission of the NMRI is to encourage minority health investigators to be researchers in fields of interest to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, including diabetes, endocrinology, nutrition, kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases.
