Congratulations to Namandjé Bumpus on being elected to National Academy of Medicine.

Johns Hopkins University partners with NIH, Howard University to launch medtech accelerator bit.ly/3MAahzX via Baltimore Business

New research underscores the importance of #covid -19 #boosters for all, especially older adults. bit.ly/3ggjqlb

Can Smartphones Help Predict Suicide? bit.ly/3VufZan

A new study led by Dr Erika Pearce of Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg Distinguished Professors shows how important the shape and function of mitochondria is related to autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, like #multiplesclerosis . bit.ly/3rXvsT6

Kudos to Johns Hopkins Medicine @HopkinsSurgery Gina Adrales & Lilah Morris-Wiseman, MD for their induction as associate members of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Academy members “advance the science & practice of surgical education.” bit.ly/3eBw1yC

#EmergingAdult #Blackwomen are exposed to racial discrimination daily and might engage in maladaptive eating to cope. Our study used ecological momentary assessment to explore this link! Checkout International Journal of Eating Disorders for the full paper #LOCeating #Overeating #racialdiscrimination

In a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found DNA fragments could signal early signs of #dementia and #frailty from a simple blood draw. bit.ly/3fXLrgZ

Investigators Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center may soon be able to identify Group 4 medulloblastomas—the most common malignant brain tumor in children--from more aggressive Group 3 tumors using research of RNA that could lead to better-targeted treatments. bit.ly/3SZZTUi

Congrats to Kostas Lyketsos, who was honored in his homeland of Greece by the president of the Hellenic Republic w the 2022 Argo Award in Science for his career in #AlzheimersDisease research and clinical care. HopkinsPsych Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Memory & Aging. #BrainMatters Chat. bit.ly/3rQX4Js

“I think it’s impossible to truly serve your community without knowing who is in that community,” says Lancaster, who is starting his third year of medical school this fall. bit.ly/3RTQLPK

Higher levels of cell-free DNA circulating in the blood may signal an increased risk of chronic inflammation associated with early signs of frailty and dementia, researchers report: futurity.org/dna-blood-deme…

#Dementia #Frailty Johns Hopkins University Hopkins Med News Johns Hopkins Medicine

Applications for the Paul T. Englund Emerging Scholars Awards are now open! The awards invite postdocs and assistant professors outside of Hopkins to share their work with JHUSOM students and faculty. Awardees will be recognized, invited to give a seminar & receive an honorarium.

A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins Medicine, Emory University, and Colorado State University examine a potential link between household air pollution from biomass stoves and low birthweight in newborns. bit.ly/3SWFqjr NEJM

In a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers analyzed physician attitudes toward cancer screening in older adults. The study suggests that reframing guidelines may be necessary, and benefit both doctors and patients. bit.ly/3Mqg2QA

We care about depression and anxiety. Where's the empathy when it comes to manic episodes? bit.ly/3EDnKFi via USA TODAY

People w/ #HIV “must be included” in #TB vaccine trials, says intl panel in The Lancet HIV (bit.ly/3EClBK0). Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Amita Gupta is co-sr author, w/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center #JamesKublin & The Aurum Institute #GavinChurchyard . HVTN ACTG Network IMPAACT Network

Join us for the next virtual Informatics Grand Rounds, Thursday 10/13 from 12-1pm and hear Asieh Golozar discuss challenges and opportunities of large-scale observational cancer research. Register now bit.ly/3yzLbeO ! #healthIT #cancerresearch #clinicaldata #patients

This week in Biomedical Odyssey, M.D.-Ph.D. student J.J. Kim writes about the thoughts that run through his mind during morning runs. bit.ly/3MoMYZN