Division News

As we recognize Women’s History Month, I would like to share some personal reflections on the gender evolution in academic departments of internal medicine over the past 20 years.  As one of the most senior women in our department, I have lived through these changes and am excited to see the progress we have made in establishing gender balance.

See our faculty that received new funding in February 2023

Toyosi Onwuemene, MD, MS, associate professor in the division of Hematology, will host and mentor Ferreira, a resident at Faculdade de Medicina de São Jose do Rio Preto in São Paulo.

See our faculty that received new funding in January 2023

Ammon Fager, MD, PhD,  Assistant Professor in the division of Hematology, is among one of the four recipients

Faculty New to the Department of Medicine - October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2022

See recently awarded research funding.

Three faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been awarded distinguished professorships, the highest honor the university can bestow upon a member of the faculty. The appointments are effective on July 1, 2022.

David D'Alessio, MD: James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the winning Chair’s Research Awards proposals for 2022.  

“We have been very delighted with the work and outcomes of the prior recipients of this award and anticipate an equally successful and productive course for this year’s winners,” said Kathleen Cooney, MD, MCAP, chair, Department of Medicine. “Congratulations to each award recipient!”

By Liz Switzer

As the Department of Medicine (DOM) Fellow Research Academy (FRA) wraps up its inaugural year, participants say they are coming away better positioned as competitive candidates for research awards and with a sense of camaraderie that is fostered by a departmental culture of career development.