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Susanna Naggie, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has received an NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) to investigate the role of ART-induced lipoprote

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, announced today that Ralph Corey, MD, professor of medicine and global health in the Division of Infectious Diseases, will become vice chair for education and global health, effective May 1. "This is an expanded role for our education mission that capitaliz

Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), is featured in the March 1, 2011 issue of The Scientist. The article, Resistant to Failure, explains what Fowler did to preserve his research when his collaborator and mentor, David Schwartz, was forced to resign as head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Fowler has since made good progress in determining the genetic roots of S.

Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has been selected as the 2011 winner of the American Federation for Medical Research Outstanding Investigator Award. Dr. Fowler will present his work at the Henry Christian Awards Reception and Dinner on April 26 and at the 2011 Clinical and Translational Research and Education meeting on April 28 in Washington D.C.

The Department of Medicine is relaunching the Research Conference, an important event for promoting collaboration within our research community and providing our junior faculty an opportunity for cross-discipline feedback and mentoring. Starting October 29th, the Medicine Research Conference will take place at noon on the final Friday of each month (with a few exceptions; see schedule below). It is expected that all faculty participating in basic and clinical research in the Department of Medicine will make every effort to attend.