Category: School of Medicine
JHM appoints VP for health care transformation, strategic planning
February 7, 2011
John Michael Colmers, former secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, has been named Johns Hopkins Medicine vice president for health care transformation and strategic planning. In this role, Colmers will support the executive leadership of Johns Hopkins Medicine in strategically positioning the expanding Johns Hopkins system to respond to health care […]
Breast cancer patients with diabetes more likely to die, study finds
January 31, 2011
Breast cancer patients are nearly 50 percent more likely to die of any cause if they also have diabetes, according to a comprehensive review of research conducted by Johns Hopkins physicians. The findings, published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest that future research could focus on whether high levels of […]
Statin use linked to rare autoimmune disease
January 31, 2011
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how statins, the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the United States, appear to trigger a rare but serious autoimmune muscle disease in a small portion of the 30 million Americans who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs. Taking statins, they found, can sometimes cause the body to produce antibodies against […]
Fewer pediatricians, higher risk for kids’ appendix ruptures
January 31, 2011
Children who live in areas with fewer pediatricians are more likely to suffer life-threatening ruptures of the appendix than those in areas with more pediatricians, even when accounting for other factors such as the number of hospitals, imaging technology, insurance coverage and the number of surgeons in an area, according to a study from the […]
Johns Hopkins Medicine cores have new online hub
January 10, 2011
The cores have a hub. Johns Hopkins Medicine’s ever-evolving assortment of “core” research facilities and services—one of the most comprehensive and advanced core sets in the country—can now be accessed through a single online portal. The new Web tool, dubbed the Hopkins Core Conduit, is designed to help researchers navigate and identify Johns Hopkins core […]
Study: Gene-environment interactions influence psychiatric disorders
December 13, 2010
Male mice born with a genetic mutation that is believed to make humans more susceptible to schizophrenia develop behaviors that mimic other major psychiatric illnesses when their mothers are exposed to an assault to the immune system while pregnant, according to new Johns Hopkins research. What was most surprising to researchers was that the mental […]
Duke Cameron is named next director of Cardiac Surgery
December 13, 2010
Duke Cameron, a longtime Johns Hopkins surgeon who is internationally renowned for his work in surgical repair of the heart’s main blood vessel, the aorta, has been named director of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and cardiac surgeon in charge at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition […]
Researchers uncover potential inroad to diabetes treatment
December 13, 2010
Amyriad inputs that report on a body’s health bombard pancreatic beta cells continuously, and these cells must consider all signals and “decide” when and how much insulin to release to maintain balance in blood sugar, for example. Reporting in Nature Chemical Biology in November, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have teased […]
W.P. Andrew Lee to head new Department of Plastic Surgery
December 6, 2010
W.P. Andrew Lee, a Pennsylvania hand surgeon heralded for his successful hand transplants and breakthrough research on overcoming rejection in composite tissue grafting, has been named chair of the newly formed Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Creation of the new department will facilitate its access to […]
Delayed treatment for HIV patients a costly decision
December 6, 2010
HIV-infected patients whose treatment is delayed not only become sicker than those treated earlier but also require tens of thousands of dollars more in care over the first several years of their treatment. “We know that it’s important clinically to get people into care early because they will stay healthier and do better over the […]