What’s on my mind this month is the unveiling of the School of Medicine’s donor “Wall of Honor,” which commemorates the generosity of individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations, all of whom share our vision and believe in our mission.
At the beginning of October, we celebrated the end of our most ambitious capital campaign, “Transforming Medicine Beyond Imagination,” the largest in the School’s 208-year history. The results of this campaign outpaced all previous fundraising efforts, nearly doubling what was raised during our Bicentennial Campaign. This is remarkable considering the economic climate of the country during this time period. Early in the campaign, we encountered The Great Recession. This worldwide economic downturn was, by far, the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. During this period, we faced state budget cuts, shrinking endowments, furloughs, a hiring freeze, and reductions in federal funding.
Despite these challenges, we remained undaunted. We have a long record of promoting excellence in education, in research and in clinical care. As America’s oldest public medical school, and one of the nation’s most dynamic medical institutions, we have a storied history and world-renowned reputation. Among our many accomplishments—too many to list all here—we were the first U.S. medical school to:
- Build its own teaching hospital
- Offer a residency training program
- Establish Chairs in the Diseases of Women and Children, and Diseases of the Eye and Ear
- Offer a course in Preventive Medicine
- Establish a Medical Alumni Association
- Integrate medical informatics into the curriculum
- Create an integrated trauma hospital (the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center) and have a dedicated, multidisciplinary Program in Trauma
- Use sophisticated video and computer technology to assess a stroke patient in real time during ambulance transport to the hospital
- Perform the most-extensive face transplant to date
- Construct a Proton Center in the Baltimore/Washington region, which will be one of the most-advanced cancer treatment centers in the nation
As a reminder, the bold, strategic vision for the University of Maryland School of Medicine and our clinical partner, the University of Maryland Medical System, is our Shared Vision 2020 for UM Medicine. Our goals for each of our four mission areas include:
Mission Area 1 ~ Clinical Care
- Becoming Maryland and the Region’s premier healthcare system
- Redoubling our acclaimed excellence in highest quality care
- Increasing the number of Destination Clinical Programs
Mission Area 2 ~ Education
- Launching a teaching philosophy focused on training innovators and discoverers
- Obtaining federal funding to train the next generation of medical and biomedical workforce
- Strengthening our internal mentorship program
- Supporting student-led research projects
- Promoting faculty responsiveness and accessibility to students across all academic units
Mission Area 3 ~ Global & Local Community Health
- Improving the health and well-being of all citizens by studying and combating diseases in local and global “hot spots”
Mission Area 4 ~ Research
- Accelerating pace and scope of discovery and innovation in biomedical research
- Increasing federal funding and faculty engaged in federally funded research
Vision 2020 is based on the philosophy that we have achieved top-tier status by adopting a goal-oriented, strategic and opportunistic approach to maximize our academic yield. We realized that we could not merely “rest on our laurels,” but needed to adapt, modify and allow room for strategic disruptive innovations to continue our trajectory of success.
That success is predicated in our School-wide efforts to excel, but also on the commitment of our donors who demonstrated their support of our endeavors and our desire to achieve even greater success. In addition to our donors’ generous contributions, we benefited from having a stellar Campaign Executive Committee, whose guidance, support and inspiration propelled us forward. We are also incredibly fortunate to have an outstanding Office of Development with an extraordinarily dedicated staff who works tirelessly to share the mission of our institution. These individuals gave of their time and talents to help the School of Medicine attain our goals, and we could not have accomplished so much without their leadership.
During the ceremony to unveil the “Wall of Honor,” one of our speakers called it the “Wall of Hope,” and, indeed, our School of Medicine is a beacon of light to all the lives we touch—whether it be through our exceptional biomedical research, our world-class education and training programs, or our brilliant healthcare professionals who save countless lives every day. The accomplishments of this campaign reinforce our national leadership in clinical and academic medicine, as well as biomedical research. Make no mistake—it is because of your work, your efforts and your achievements that the School of Medicine received such generous contributions from so many donors over these last seven years.
In the relentless pursuit of excellence, I am
Sincerely yours,
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA
Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland
John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and
Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
We welcome our new faculty!
Amed Ouattara, PhD, DPharm, joined the School of Medicine as a Research Associate in the Institute for Global Health on August 17.
Kudos to our colleagues who are experts in their fields and give their all to represent the School of Medicine!
Nuval Cherian, Michael Lu, and Priya Patel, all MS-II students, presented at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDKD) Medical Student Research Symposium, held at Vanderbilt University on August 5 & 6. The students had all been engaged in NIH-funded summer research. Cherian’s project was “The Role of Hepatic Kisspeptin and Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Metabolic and Reproductive Function.” Lu’s project was “Effects of Revascularization on Microvascular Perfusion and Physical Function in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.” Patel’s project was “Pdx1 Truncation Affects b/o Cell Plasticity.” Nanette Steinle, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, also attended the symposium as a visiting professor and delivered a symposium session describing her research and career path.
Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS, FAAP, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, presented two lectures at the 1st InterCAP Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Uppsala, Sweden in June—“Neglected Children: A Role for Health Professionals” and “Preventing Child Maltreatment: The Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) Model.” He also presented the lead paper at a meeting of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in June. His topic was “Improving Health Systems’ Response to Child Maltreatment in Low- and Middle-income Countries.”
Amal Mattu, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was the keynote speaker for the U.S. Army Emergency Medicine Leadership Conference, held in Tacoma, WA, on August 31. The title of his address was “Everyday Leadership: Secrets of Great Minds Through the Ages.” He also presented a lecture on “Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Elderly Patient.”
Yvette Rooks, MD, CAQ, FAAFP, Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, was part of a national webinar on Concussion Awareness, presented on July 19, July 29 and August 13, and sponsored by the NFL Foundation and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The topics of the three discussions were “Sports Concussions: The Current State of the Game,” “Sports Concussions: If You’ve Seen One Concussion, You’ve Seen One Concussion,” and “Sports Concussions: Debates and Controversies.” Dr. Rooks is also Head Team Physician for the University of Maryland, College Park.
The Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, part of the Department of Psychiatry, co-hosted, in conjunction with the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), the 29th National Conference on Problem Gambling, held at the Hilton Baltimore at Camden Yards from July 8–11. Christopher Welsh, MD, the Center’s Medical Director and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and Loreen (Lori) Rugle, PhD, the Center’s Program Director and an Assistant Professor in the department, both presented workshops/sessions at the conference. The Center also received two awards, both won in collaboration with MedSchool Maryland Productions, under the direction of Susan Hadary: Best Website award, for aboveallodds.org, a site aimed at young problem gamblers; and Best Public Awareness Campaign Award for baltimoregambler.org, a site aimed at helping problem gamblers in Baltimore City.
A job well done to all who have kept us in the media spotlight!
Kay Connors, MSW, LCSW-C, Program Director, and Kate Wasserman, MSW, LCSW-C, Senior Counselor, both from the Taghi Modarressi Center for Infant Study in the Department of Psychiatry, were featured in “Minding Your Child’s Mental Health” in Baltimore’s Child. The article discussed the importance of evaluating children for potential mental health issues and emphasized that most behavioral and cognitive conditions—such as ADHD and attachment issues—begin in childhood, making early identification key.
Chris D’Adamo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine in the Center for Integrative Medicine, was quoted in the August 30 USA Today article “Like It Hot? A Spicy Diet Might Mean Longer Life.” His research studies on the related topic of using spices and herbs to eat healthier diets were also mentioned.
Michelle Pearce, PhD, Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine in the Center for Integrative Medicine, was quoted in “On Faith and Fitness” in the September 2015 issue of Experience Life! magazine.
John Reed, MD, MDiv, Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine in the Center for Integrative Medicine, appeared on Direct Connection on Maryland Public Television on August 17, where he spoke about how integrative medicine is used and how it can help in the healing process.
Congratulations to our very productive faculty on their recent grants and contracts!
Bre-Onna DeLaine, BS, a graduate student in the Molecular Medicine program, received a two-year, $53,500 grant from UNCF/Merck Science Initiative for “2015 UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Fellowship.”
Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, Professor, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), Department of Psychiatry, received a four-year, $3,312,519 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as Principal Investigator on “Biomarker and Safety Study of Clozapine in Benign Ethnic Neutropenia.” Clozapine is underused and detrimentally often discontinued in the U.S., particularly in African-Americans, in part due to Benign Ethnic Neutropenia (BEN) and fluctuating low Absolute Neutrophil Counts (ANC) in this population. Dr. Kelly and her Co-Investigators will test the safety of clozapine in BEN patients and will establish the fluctuating patterns of ANC. This grant includes sub-awards with recruitment sites at Howard University in Washington, DC, and the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, YABA (FNPHY) in Nigeria.
Myron Levine, MD, DTPH, the Simon and Bessie Grollman Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Institute for Global Health, and Associate Dean for Global Health, Vaccinology, and Infectious Diseases, received a two-year $950,000 grant from JSI Washington & JSI Logistics Services for “Universal Immunization Project Extension (Ethiopia).”
Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Vaccine Development, and Deputy Director of the Institute for Global Health, received a 4.5 month, $24,100 grant from the World Health Organization “To Develop a Preferred Product Characteristics (PPC) Document.”
Raphael Simon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Institute for Global Health, received a three-year, $1,723,913 grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) for “Broad Spectrum Conjugate Vaccine to Prevent Klebsiella Pneumoniae (KP) and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (PA) Wound Infections.”
Samba Sow, MD, MS, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Institute for Global Health, received a two-year, $3,267,431 grant from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals for “Phase 2, Safety and Immunogenicity Study of GSK Biologicals Investigational Recombinant Chimpanzee Adenovirus Type 3 Vectored Ebola Zaire Vaccine (GSK3390107A) in Adults in Africa.”
Marcelo Sztein, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Institute for Global Health, received a three-year, $2,767,600 grant from the National Institutes of Health for “Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEU) Consultation and Testing of Cytokine Levels and Cell Activation in Clinical Samples.”
Ruixin Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine in the Center for Integrative Medicine, received a 20-month, $230,250 R21 grant for “Mechanisms of Social Support on Pain-Induced Affective Response” from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Congratulations to the following who have received honors!
Sergei Atamas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, received the “National Volunteer of the Year” award from the Scleroderma Foundation at the Scleroderma Foundation 2015 Patient Education Conference in Nashville, TN, on July 18. This award was given to him “in recognition of his many contributions of time, talent, treasure and resources to advance the work and mission of the organization” and, in particular, for his “unwavering support of the Foundation’s Peer Review Research Program and service to the Peer Review Committee as its Chairman.”
Jewel Greywoode, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, achieved Board certification from the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Jamal H.N. Hailey, MA, Director of Programs for the STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV Program in the Department of Pediatrics, was presented with the 2015 Health Achievement Award from GLMA (Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality - previously known as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association) at the GLMA Achievement Awards Gala on September 26. The award “honors exemplary individuals and/or organizations for their significant contributions to improving the health and well-being of LGBT individuals or people living with HIV/AIDS, improving the climate for the LGBT health workforce or contributing to gains made by the LGBT civil rights movement.”
Pedro Jose, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, was selected to receive the American Heart Association’s 2015 Excellence Award for Hypertension Research, sponsored by Novartis, at the American Heart Association’s 2015 Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Washington, DC, on September 18. This is their most prestigious award and “recognizes researchers who have had a major impact in the field of hypertension and whose research has contributed to improved treatment and greater understanding of high blood pressure.”
Nirav Shah, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society-Beta Chapter at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
We applaud our colleagues on their recent appointments!
Warren D’Souza, PhD, MBA, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, has been appointed Vice President, Enterprise Data and Analytics, for the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS). He will work in collaboration with UMMS Information Technology, Finance, Clinical Quality, Clinical Service lines, and other areas to establish common organizational performance metrics along with measurable and actionable initiatives. In this capacity, he will report to the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of UMMS. He will also continue to serve as head of the Division of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Ronald Gartenhaus, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, has been appointed as an Associate Editor on the PLoS Genetics Editorial Board.
Hats off to those who have been published!
Elham Afshar, MD, Instructor; Helene Hedian, MD, Clinical Instructor; and Christina Koch, MD, Instructor, all from the Department of Medicine, along with Daniel Morgan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “Unnecessary Hospitalization and Related Harm for Patients With Low-Risk Syncope” in JAMA Intern Medicine, 2015 Jun;175(6):1065-7.
Jennifer Albrecht, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was first author on “Depression Among Older Adults After Traumatic Brain Injury: A National Analysis” in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2015 Jun;23(6):607-14.
Shahed Badiyan, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the co-authors on “Long-Term Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Skull-Base Chondrosarcoma Patients Treated With Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute” in Neuro-Oncology, 2015 Aug 30 [Epub ahead of print].
Dayanand Bagdure, MBBS, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, was among the co-authors on “A Comparison of H1N1 Influenza Among Pediatric Inpatients in the Pandemic and Post Pandemic Era” in Journal of Clinical Virology, 2015 Oct;71:44-50.
Brian Berman, MD, Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine, was senior author on “Bioregulatory Systems Medicine: An Innovative Approach to Integrating the Science of Molecular Networks, Inflammation, and Systems Biology With the Patient’s Autoregulatory Capacity?” in Frontiers in Physiology, 2015 Aug 19;6:225.
Clayton Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was among the co-authors on “Risky Decision-Making and Ventral Striatal Dopamine Responses to Amphetamine: A Positron Emission Tomography [(11)C]raclopride Study in Healthy Adults” in Neuroimage, 2015 Jun;113:26-36.
Cristina Campassi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Olga Goloubeva, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Susan Kesmodel, MD, and Emily Bellevance, MD, both Assistant Professors, Department of Surgery; Steven Feigenberg, MD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Olga Ioffe, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery; and Katherine Tkaczuk, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors” in SpringerPlus, 2015 Aug 28;4:459.
Robert Christenson, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, and Christopher deFilippi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Traditional Risk Factors Versus Biomarkers for Prediction of Secondary Events in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease: From the Heart and Soul Study” in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015 Jul 6;4(7).
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Departments of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Medicine, along with Mark Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; John Gottdiener, MD, FACC, Professor, and Stephen Gottlieb, MD, Professor, both from the Department of Medicine, were among the co-authors on “High Concordance Between Mental Stress-Induced and Adenosine-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Assessed Using SPECT in Heart Failure Patients: Hemodynamic and Biomarker Correlates” in Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2015 Oct;56(10):1527-33. Dr. Dilsizian was also a co-author on three Case-Based Ethics Discussions, entitled “Collegial Pressure and Patient-Centered Shared Decision-Making: A,” “How to Approach an Inappropriately Ordered Myocardial Perfusion Stress Study,” and “Responsibility for Follow-up of Abnormal Findings in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging” in Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2015 Aug [Epub ahead of print], and was the author of “2015 SNMMI Highlights Lecture: Cardiovascular Nuclear and Molecular Imaging” in Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2015, Sep;56(9):13N-19N.
Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine was among the co-authors on “Changes in Follow-Up Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Associated With Outcomes in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Recipients” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015 Aug 4;66(5):524-31. Dr. Dickfeld was also among the co-authors on “Predictors of Mortality, LVAD Implant or Heart Transplant in Primary Prevention Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients: The HF-CRT Score” in Heart Rhythm, 2015 Jul 16 [Epub ahead of print].
Joanne Dorgan, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was last author on “Adolescent Endogenous Sex Hormones and Breast Density in Early Adulthood” in Breast Cancer Research, 2015 Jun 4;17(1):77.
Samer El-Kamary, MB, ChB, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Wilbur Chen, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; and Karen Kotloff, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, were among the co-authors on “Comparison of Lyophilized Versus Liquid Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) Formulations and Subcutaneous Versus Intradermal Routes of Administration in Healthy Vaccinia-Naïve Subjects” in Vaccine, 2015 Jul 1. pii: S0264-410X(15)00876-2.
Nancy Ellish, DrPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was among the co-authors on “Potential Limitations of E-mail and Text Messaging in Improving Adherence in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension,” in Journal of Glaucoma, 2015 Jun-Jul;24(5):e95-e102.
Douglas Fadrosh, Laboratory Manager; Pawel Gajer, PhD, Research Associate; and Jaques Ravel, PhD, Professor, all from the Department of Microbiology and & Immunology, and Rebecca Brotman Miller, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, and Clement Adebamowo, BM, ChB, ScD, Professor, both from the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “Prevalent High-Risk HPV Infection and Vaginal Microbiota in Nigerian Women” in Epidemiology & Infection, 2015 Jun 11:1-15.
Steven Fisher, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, along with Peixin Yang, PhD, Associate Professor, and Jianxiang Zhong, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, both from the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, were among the co-authors on “Superoxide Dismutase 1 in vivo Ameliorates Maternal Diabetes-Induced Apoptosis and Heart Defects through Restoration of Impaired Wnt Signaling” in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 2015 Jul 31 [Epub ahead of print]. Dr. Fisher was also among the co-authors on “Unique Gene Program of Rat Small Resistance Mesenteric Arteries as Revealed by Deep RNA Sequencing” in Physiological Reports, 2015 Jul;3(7).
John Gottdiener, MD, FACC, Professor, Department of Medicine was among the co-authors on “Ventricular Ectopy as a Predictor of Heart Failure and Death” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015 Jul 14;66(2):101-9. He was also among the co-authors on “Burden of Comorbidities and Functional and Cognitive Impairments in Elderly Patients at the Initial Diagnosis of Heart Failure and Their Impact on Total Mortality: The Cardiovascular Health Study” in JACC: Heart Failure, 2015 Jul;3(7):542-50.
Stephen Gottlieb, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, was among the co-authors on “Association of Persistent and Transient Worsening Renal Function With Mortality Risk, Readmissions Risk, Length of Stay, and Costs in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure” in Journal of ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2015 Jun 19;7:357-67. Dr. Gottlieb, along with co-authors Kristina Harris, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Robert Christenson, PhD, Professor, both from the Department of Pathology, were among the co-authors on “Prognostic Significance of Active and Modified Forms of Endothelin 1 in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction” in Clinical Biochemistry, 2015 Mar;48(4-5):292-6.
Ann Gruber-Baldini, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was last author on “Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Residents With Dementia” in Gerontologist, 2015 Jun;55 Suppl 1:S13-26.
Jack Guralnik, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was a co-author on “Trends in Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Chinese Older Adults, 1997–2006: The China Health and Nutrition Survey” in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2015 Jun;70(6):739-45, and on “Association of Transcobalamin II (TCN2) and Transcobalamin II-Receptor (TCblR) Genetic Variations With Cobalamin Deficiency Parameters in Elderly Women” in Biological Research for Nursing, 2015 Jul;17(4):444-54.
Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, Professor, and Kerri Thom, MD, MS, Associate Professor, both from the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, and J. Kristie Johnson, PhD, D(ABBM), Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, were among the co-authors on “Infrequent Air Contamination With Acinetobacter baumannii of Air Surrounding Known Colonized or Infected Patients” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jul;36(7):830-2.
Ulrich Langner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the co-authors on “3D Tumor Tissue Analogs and Their Orthotopic Implants for Understanding Tumor-Targeting of Microenvironment-Responsive Nanosized Chemotherapy and Radiation” in Nanomedicine, 2015 Aug 15;pii: S1549-9634(15)00156-2 [Epub ahead of print].
Miriam Laufer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Institute for Global Health, along with Lauren Cohee, MD, and Jenny Walldorf, MD, both Fellows in Pediatric Infectious Diseases within the Department of Pediatrics, were among the co-authors on “School-Age Children Are a Reservoir of Malaria Infection in Malawi” in PLoS One, 2015 Jul 24;10(7). Dr. Laufer was also senior author on “Moving Targets: The Challenges of Studying Infectious Diseases Among Pregnant Women in Resource-Limited Settings” in Vaccine, 2015 Aug 25 [Epub ahead of print].
Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was first author on “Association of National Healthcare Safety Network-Defined Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections With Alternate Sources of Fever” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jun 22:1-3, and was also among the co-authors on “Frequency and Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and Reasons for Refusal Among Patients at a Large Tertiary Referral Hospital” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jul;36(7):841-3.
Yanli Lin, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Dean Mann, MD, Professor; Sanford Stass, MD, Professor and Chair; and Feng Jiang, MD, PhD, Professor, all from the Department of Pathology, and Min Zhan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “Differential miRNA Expressions in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells for Diagnosis of Lung Cancer” in Laboratory Investigation, 2015 Oct;95(10):1197-206. Dr. Zhan was also a co-author on “Monitoring Medication Adherence in Multiple Sclerosis Using a Novel Web-Based Tool: A Pilot Study” in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2015 Aug 6;pii: 1357633X15597115 [Epub ahead of print].
Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was a co-author on “Low-Magnitude Mechanical Stimulation to Improve Bone Density in Persons of Advanced Age: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial” in Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 2015 Jul;30(7):1319-28.
Laurence Magder, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was a co-author on “BAFF (B cell activating factor) Transcript Level in Peripheral Blood of Patients With SLE is Associated With Same-Day Disease Activity As Well as Global Activity Over the Next Year” in Lupus Science & Medicine, 2015 Jun 18;2(1):e000063.
Javed Mahmood, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD, Professor, both from the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the co-authors on “Integrated Proteo-Genomic Approach For Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cancer” in Cancer Letters, 2015 Aug 11 [Epub ahead of print].
Istvan Merchenthaler, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was a co-author on “Juxtapositions Between the Somatostatinergic and Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GHRH) Neurons in the Human Hypothalamus” in Neuroscience, 2015 Jun 25;297:205-10.
Ayse Mindikoglu, MD, MPH, Associate Professor; Matthew Weir, MD, Professor; Stephen Seliger, MD, MS, Associate Professor; and William Hutson, MD, Professor, all of the Department of Medicine; Laurence Magder, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, and Robert Christenson, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, were among the co-authors on “Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Cirrhosis using New and Conventional Filtration Markers and Dimethylarginines” in Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2015 Jun 29;pii: S1542-3565(15)00845-9.
Daniel Morgan, MD, Associate Professor; Lindsay Croft, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Lisa Pineles, MA, Research Associate; and Anthony Harris, MD, MPH, Professor, all from the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “Lessons Learned From Hospital Ebola Preparation” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jun;36(6):627-3, and with Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “The Importance of Colonization with Clostridium difficile on Infection and Transmission” in Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2015 Sep;17(9):499. Drs. Morgan, Pineles, and Harris were also among the co-authors on “Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing and Other Infection Control Practices on the Benefits of Universal Glove and Gown (BUGG) Trial: A Subgroup Analysis” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jun;36(6):734-7. Dr. Morgan was first author on “Reconsidering Contact Precautions for Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus,” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2015 Jul 3:1-10, and was a co-author on “Touchless Technologies for Decontamination in the Hospital: A Review of Hydrogen Peroxide and UV Devices” in Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2015 Sep;17(9):498.
C. Daniel Mullins, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor from the School of Pharmacy; Young Kwok, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; and Arif Hussain, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, were among the authors on “Measurement of Skeletal Related Events in SEER-Medicare: A Comparison of Claims-Based Methods” in BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2015 Aug 19 [Epub ahead of print].
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enise Orwig, PhD, Associate Professor, and Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair, both from the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, and Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health, were among the co-authors on “Asymmetry in CT Scan Measures of Thigh Muscle 2 Months After Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies” in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2015 Jun;70(6):753-6.
Jerimy Polf, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the co-authors on “Imaging of Prompt Gamma Rays Emitted During Delivery of Clinical Proton Beams with a Compton Camera: Feasibility Studies for Range Verification” in Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2015 Aug 28;60:7085–7099.
Charlene Quinn, RN, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was last author on “Overcoming Clinical Inertia: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Telehealth Remote Monitoring Intervention Using Paired Glucose Testing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes” in Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015;17(7):e178. Dr. Quinn was also a co-author on “Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association” in Circulation, 2015 Aug 13 [Epub ahead of print].
Lynn Schriml, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, was a co-author on “The Human Phenotype Ontology: Semantic Unification of Common and Rare Disease” in American Journal of Human Genetics, 2015 Jul 2;97(1):111-24.
Nirav Shah, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor; Renee Dixon, MD, Assistant Professor; Ann Zimrin, MD, Associate Professor; Georgia Thomas, MD, Resident, all from the Department of Medicine; along with John Papadimitriou, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, were among the co-authors on “Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis With Systemic Features” in American Journal of Medicine, 2015 May 25 [Epub ahead of print].
Getachew Teshome, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor (first author); Janet Braun, RN, BSN, and Richard Lichenstein, MD, Professor, all from the Department of Pediatrics, were among the co-authors on “Ketamine Sedation After Administration of Oral Contrast: A Retrospective Cohort Study” in Hospital Pediatrics, 2015 Sep 5;(9):495-500.
Mark Travassos, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Matt Adams, BS, Research Specialist; Myaing Nyunt, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Amed Ouattara, PharmD, PhD, Research Associate; Kirsten Lyke, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine; Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Andrea Berry, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine; Miriam Laufer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, FASTMH, Professor of Medicine, all from the Institute for Global Health (IGH), were among the co-authors on “Differential Recognition of Terminal Extracellular Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA Domains by Sera From Multigravid, Malaria-Exposed Malian Women” in American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2015 92(6):1190-4. Drs. Travassos, Laurens, Berry, Takala-Harrison, Lyke, and Plowe, along with Biraj Shrestha, MS, Research Assistant, were among the co-authors on “Hemoglobin C Trait Provides Protection From Clinical falciparum Malaria in Malian Children” in Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015 May 27 [Epub ahead of print]. Dr. Travassos, along with James Campbell, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Mardi Reymann, BS, Laboratory Research Manager; William Blackwelder, PhD, Professor of Medicine; Marcela Pasetti, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics; Samba Sow, MD, MS, Adjunct Professor of Medicine; and Myron Levine, MD, DTPH, the Simon and Bessie Grollman Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Global Health, Vaccinology and Infectious Diseases, all also from IGH, were among the co-authors on “Strategies for Coordination of a Serosurvey in Parallel with an Immunization Coverage Survey” in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015 93(2):416-24.
Chris Ward, PhD, Associate Professor, and Jackie Kerr, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, both from the Department of Orthopaedics, were senior and first author, respectively, on “Detyrosinated Microtubules Modulate Mechanotransduction in Heart and Skeletal Muscle” in Nature Communications, 2015 Oct 8;6:8526.
Laura Yerges-Armstrong, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Elizabeth Streeten, MD, Associate Professor, both from the Department of Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Rare Coding Variants and X-Linked Loci Associated With Age at Menarche” in Nature Communications, 2015 Aug 4;6:7756.
Jixin Zhong, MD, Assistant Professor, and Sanjay Rajagopalan, MBBS, FACC, FAHA, the Melvin Sharoky Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, both from the Department of Medicine, were among the co-authors on “Glycemia Lowering and Risk for Heart Failure: Recent Evidence from Studies of Dipeptidyl Peptidase Inhibition” in Circulation: Heart Failure, 2015 Jul;8(4):819-25. Dr. Rajagopalan was also among the co-authors on “Non-Linear Heart Rate Variability Indices in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients” in Blood Purification, 2015 Jul 4;40(1):99-108 [Epub ahead of print].
The May 2015 issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America contained two review articles on infectious diseases, written by faculty members in the Department of Emergency Medicine. The first, on the topic of Ebola virus, was compiled by the team of Mercedes Torres, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor; David Jerrard, MD, Associate Professor; and Karen Hansen, MD, Assistant Professor, at the height of national attention on the emergency medical system’s readiness to receive and treat people suspected of carrying the virus. The second, by Feras Khan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, covered the enterovirus outbreak. These special-request publications were written on short notice, in response to the outbreaks that were occurring at the time, with the goal of preparing emergency medicine practitioners to respond to the infections effectively and safely.