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Faculty and Staff News and Recent Events
Rachel Thornton, MD, PhD appointed in new role for Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians (OJHP). Please join us in congratulating Rachel on her new role as Associate Medical Director at OJHP. An expert in social determinants of health, health disparities, and health equity research, Rachel’s work focuses on childhood obesity and long-term cardiovascular disease risk with a focus on the conditions affecting health trajectories for disadvantaged children and families. You can read more about Rachel’s work at http://bit.ly/2V35zz8. Congratulations, Rachel!
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Rachel Thornton, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Deidra Crews, MD, ScM receives top score on K24 application submission to NHLBI. Congratulations to Deidra Crews, MD, ScM for receiving the highest recognition possible on her recent K24 application submission to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)! Impact scores are awarded on a reverse scale from 10 to 90, where 10 is considered the greatest quality possible and where scores of 10 to 30 are most likely to be funded. Keep up the great work, Deidra!
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Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Associate Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion
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Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH selected as Editorial Fellow at the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Congratulations to Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH for selection in the JASN Editorial Fellowship program. This program provides early career scientists opportunities to participate in the journal’s peer review process and assist in policy development. Each Editorial Fellow will work closely with a JASN’s Associate Editor. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2UiTjNX. Congratulations on this valuable opportunity, Tanjala!
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Tanjala Purnell, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Surgery and the Center for Health Equity’s Associate Director for Education and Training
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Community Partner News and Recent Events
Why Women Cry XIV – Annual Conference hosted by Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR). The theme for this year’s event is “We’re Changing: It’s Our Time!” and will focus on attendee empowerment through powerful speakers, a wellness village with personal health and wellbeing sessions, HIV/STI testing center, counseling resources, linkages to support, fitness activities, and educational exhibits. The conference will enable the estimated 2500 participants to identify specialized resources and transfer new knowledge gained to their social circles.
Monday, April 22, 2019, from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Details and registration available at http://bit.ly/2V3ydQq. For additional questions, please contact Asia Johnson via phone at 410-276-8969 or email ajohnson@sisterstogetherandreaching.org.
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Why Women Cry XIV – Upcoming Annual Conference hosted by Sisters Together and Reaching
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Trainee News and Opportunities
Olusola Orimoloye successfully matches at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Former CHE Trainee, Sola Orimoloye successfully matched at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for her Internal Medicine Residency training. As an MPH student, at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sola worked with us on the Rich Life Project and did a fabulous job creating training materials on home BP monitoring for our patient participants. He then went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship here at Hopkins in the Division of Cardiology. We are so honored to have been a part of his professional journey and we wish him much success during the next phase of his professional journey. Congratulations, Sola!
Applications of Innovative Methods in Health Equity Research Course. We are very excited to announce that registration is now open for our Center's Summer Institute course, Applications of Innovative Methods in Health Equity Research. The course is part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Society. It will introduce students to innovative methods, practical tools, and skills required to conduct rigorous health equity research and to translate evidence-based strategies into practice and policy. Topics covered range from stakeholder engagement and behavioral intervention development to research methods in social epidemiology. Format incorporates a mix of lectures, panel discussions, case-based examples, opportunities for group discussions, and obtaining feedback on research ideas from experienced medical, nursing, and public health investigators.
17 – 18 June, 2019 at 9.00 AM – 4.50 PM. For questions, or to register for the course, please visit http://bit.ly/2JCSACS.
American Heart Association (AHA) Obesity Center Fellow Opportunity.
The Johns Hopkins AHA Obesity Strategically Funded Research Network (SFRN) team is currently recruiting a fellow to work on the Time-Restricted Intake of Meals (TRIM) Study. TRIM is a feeding study evaluating the impact of eating earlier vs. late in the day. The team seeks a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in obesity, metabolism, diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The fellow is expected to attend a monthly center meeting, collaborate with faculty and trainees, and present a poster at the annual AHA meeting. To apply for this position, please include submit a summary of your scientific interests, research experience, CV, and the names and contact information for 3 references, one of which should be your thesis advisor or equivalent. Please email applications to Dr. Nisa Maruthur at maruthur@jhmi.edu and Julie Kurtz at jkurtz10@jhmi.edu.
Employment Opportunity. Assistant Professor, Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, is seeking a research assistant for the School of Medicine that has qualitative methodologic skills and demonstrated experience. The research assistant would assist with in-depth interviews of 20 stakeholders to characterize efforts to support the social connections of older adults living in low-income housing. These activities are the first phase of a longer effort to develop an intervention to improve the social connections of older adults. This position will involve original data collection, data analysis, and will require a commitment of approximately 20 hours/week on average.
Interviews will start in April 2019, extending into the late spring and early summer. If interested, please contact Thomas at tcudjoe2@jhmi.edu.
2019-2020 Mid-Atlantic NORC Pilot & Feasibility Program. The Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) is now accepting applications for the Pilot & Feasibility (P/F) Program offering grants up to $50,000. The P/F project aims to generate convincing data for future proposals to the NIH or other national agencies. Investigators are encouraged to undertake high-risk/high-gain projects; these should have no preliminary data/feasibility currently available but also have potential for development. Please review investigator eligibility criteria to establish if you meet the specific experience requirements.
Letters of Intent were due Monday, March 4, 2019. Proposals are due Monday, May 13, 2019. To apply and read the full list of guidelines, visit http://bit.ly/2HMmoKJ.
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A Warm Welcome to Sheridan Jones, MICD, MPS to lead communications at the Center. Join us in welcoming Sheridan Jones who brings an integrative lens to the team via interdisciplinary training and professional experience in communications, health, and community development. Originally from Australia, Sheridan has lived in and worked with communities and NGOs in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Qatar, Tanzania, USA, and Zambia; focused on and fascinated by the interactions between human health, livelihoods, and the environment. She has a Master of Public Relations & Corporate Communications from Georgetown University where she served as a research fellow on storytelling best practices for the Center for Social Impact Communications. She also holds a Master of International & Community Development from Deakin University in Australia which incorporated a focus on international health from Curtin University.
Sheridan thrives on synthesizing, translating and sharing new research and stories about inspiring individuals or issues. Her key priorities at the Center will include the strategic use of photography, video, digital platforms and writing to portray context, culture and universal human experiences. Welcome to the team!
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Sheridan Jones, MICD, MPS, Communications Associate, Center for Health Equity
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6th Annual Renée Royak-Schaler Lecture in Health Disparities. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health is hosting the 6th Annual Renée Royak-Schaler Lecture in Health Disparities. Ichiro Kawachi, MBChB, PhD, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard University will share his expertise on “Social Capital and Disaster Resilience.”
Thursday, April 11, 2019, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Taylor Lecture Hall, Bressler Building, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2U2PA6H.
Special Edition Health Equity Jam Session: Achieving Health Equity Together: Local Lessons and Global Applications. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity will continue its popular series Health Equity Jam Sessions, with a special event in April “Achieving Health Equity Together: Local Lessons and Global Applications.”
Academic and community expert panelists will share their expertise during a moderated interview-style panel. Panelists include Abdirahman Abdi, AA, Theresa Betancourt, ScD, MA, Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, Reverend Debra Hickman, M.Div, Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, along with moderator, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, RN, PhD. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet and greet speakers at the reception following. The event is co-sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthier World and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (615 N Wolfe St), Sheldon Hall. Further details on this event will soon be available at http://bit.ly/2V4RktE.
Social Determinants of Health Symposium: “Thriving! What Communities and People need to Succeed.” Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, the 8th Annual Social Determinants of Health Symposium will allow community leaders and health experts to examine and discuss what success looks like for Baltimore neighborhoods across the life course. This event will explore current community efforts and also brainstorm solutions that can help communities and people go beyond surviving and focus on thriving.
Monday, May 13, 2019, from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM at the Turner Auditorium, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205. To register and learn more, visit http://bit.ly/2TpWE99.
Pathways to Prevention (P2P) workshop: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the P2P Workshop on Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services will assess the scientific evidence on achieving health equity using clinical preventive services within healthcare settings. This workshop will focus on the three leading causes of death in the United States: heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
June 19-20, 2019 in the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45), at the NIH Main Campus, in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2Cy2zUh.
Addressing Urban Health Disparities through Participatory Health Research Conference. Organized by Morgan State University, the Addressing Urban Health Disparities through Participatory Health Research Conference is an international forum for professionals and community activists including academicians, students, practitioners, community stakeholders, policy advocates, and others interested in addressing urban health disparities through participatory methods. This two-day conference will provide a venue for sharing methods, theories, ideas and innovations, through continuing education workshops, plenary and keynote presentations, panel discussions, poster presentations, and performances and displays by community artists engaged in social justice.
June 21-22, 2019. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2uoz4ji.
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Seed Grants for Research on Sex/Gender Differences in Immunology. The Johns Hopkins Specialized Center for Research Excellence (SCORE) and Sex and Age Differences in Immunity to Influenza (SADII) plans to fund 2-3 seed grants of $50,000 each to enable junior faculty to collect pilot data, conduct feasibility studies, conduct health sciences research and/or demonstrate interdisciplinary collaborations. Areas of research must broadly involve the immune system and could include, but are not limited to, aging, allergy, asthma, cancer, inflammatory diseases of diverse tissues and health conditions, autoimmunity, intersectionality, infectious diseases, pregnancy, and vaccinology.
Applications are due on Monday, April 1, 2019. To apply and read the full list of guidelines, visit http://bit.ly/2OllTbL.
2019-20 KL2 Mentored Career Development Awards. The Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program is now seeking applications for the 2019-20 KL2 Mentored Career Development Awards. The Clinical Research Scholars Program is a component of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), funded by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science. They provide scholars with rigorous and innovative training, help them to develop and execute a clinical research project, offer mentorship in a multidisciplinary collaborative research environment, and activities to promote career development. Application deadline is Friday, April 5, 2019. To apply and read the full list of guidelines, visit http://bit.ly/2HQyGll.
Limited PCORI Funding Announcement. In this limited PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) for Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) and Health Plan Research Networks (HPRNs), PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) seeks applications for high-quality clinical studies to answer important patient- and stakeholder-prioritized clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) questions that remain unanswered due to insufficient or inconclusive evidence. The maximum project budget is $2 million with a requirement for additional funding of the same amount from another funding source.
All applicants must submit a noncompetitive Letter of Intent by Monday, April 15, 2019. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2HBBnbo.
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