Category: Infectious Diseases
黑料网 IGHID receives $3 million grant to study Lassa fever in Liberia
David Margolis, MD, with 黑料网 researchers and a team of Liberian investigators, will jointly conduct the study. The 黑料网 Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (黑料网 IGHID) has been awarded a three-year grant (US$ 3M) to launch a large epidemiological study of Lassa fever in Liberia by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). 聽The study is part of a f … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1-September 30, 2019
Division of Geriatric Medicine Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, will lead NIA鈥檚 new IMPACT Collaboratory鈥檚 Patient and Caregiver Reported Outcomes (PCRO) Core, funded by a five-year, $1.4 million grant.聽Learn more. Division of Hematology/Oncology Lisa Carey, MD, will receive $400,000 from Susan G. Komen to study how HER2+ tumors respond to HER2-targeted therapies. She is one of three 黑料网 S … Read more
New k-level grant writing initiative adds to infrastructure that supports junior investigators in pursuit of research training and protected time
Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to transfer clinical insights to research discoveries, to return a better understanding of human disease to the clinic. A new initiative led by Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor in general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, associate professor in nephrology, will help junior faculty in the depart … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1-July 31, 2019
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Shehzad Z. Sheikh, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and post-doctoral fellow聽Takahiko Toyonaga, MD, PhD, have received a fellowship research award from the聽Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation.聽Read more. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Crystal Wiley Cen茅, … Read more
Remembering Dr. Charlie van der Horst
(Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom) Charlie van der Horst, MD Retired professor of medicine and internationally renowned HIV researcher Charlie van der Horst passed away Friday. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. During the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, retired 黑料网 Professor Charlie van der Horst … Read more
Ciccone receives Thrasher Research Foundation Early Career Award
Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS a clinical fellow in the division of infectious diseases in the department of medicine, received an聽Early Career Award聽from the Thrasher Research Foundation. The two-year, $25,000 award will allow her to explore the use of a rapid point-of-care C-reactive protein assay to differentiate viral from bacterial respiratory infections among … Read more
Bowman receives James W. Woods Faculty Award
Natalie Bowman, MD Natalie Bowman, MD, assistant professor in the department of medicine鈥檚 division of infectious diseases, has been selected to receive the annual James W. Woods Faculty Award for 2018-2019, an award that supports promising young clinical faculty early in their academic career. With this award, Bowman is recognized for efforts to organize clinical resources with … Read more
Featured Administrator: Hannah Little Serves the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Hannah Little is the next featured administrator in our series, recognizing those who ensure operations are managed efficiently to support faculty, staff, and trainees in their pursuit of education, research and clinical care. Division administrators like Little聽focus on achieving continuous improvement in the quality and the value of our work, for those we support and the patien … Read more
Fischer and Wohl Author New England Journal Perspective on Ebola Care
(Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom) 黑料网’s聽William A. Fischer II, MD聽 and聽David A. Wohl, MD聽are part of an international group of authors who contributed to the聽New England Journal of Medicine’s “Perspective” article: Shifting the Paradigm — Applying Universal Standards of Care to Ebola Virus Disease. The article recognizes that patients wit … Read more
黑料网鈥檚 Eron Featured in HIV Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Advance Video Series
Joseph Eron, MD, division chief of infectious diseases, was part of an expert panel focused on specific information and educational needs of health care professionals involved in diagnosis and treatment of HIV.聽 (Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Newsroom) Contagion, the nation鈥檚 leading digital and print resource dedicated to providing up-to-date, d … Read more
Juliano, Margolis Honored During AAP/ASCI Joint Meeting in Chicago
Two faculty within the 黑料网 Division of Infectious Diseases were honored during the joint meeting of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation in Chicago. Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, was inducted into the聽American Society for Clinical Investigation聽(ASCI). Founded in 1908, the ASCI is one of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most respected me … Read more
Eron Appointed Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Ronald Falk, MD, chairman of the 黑料网 Department of Medicine, has announced that Joseph Eron, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases.