Hopkins GIM: Housestaff Research Awards
The Johns Hopkins University Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) announces its third annual national competition for Housestaff GIM Research Awards. Our goals in establishing the Awards are: 1) to stimulate interest in academic GIM; and 2) to recognize outstanding house officers who have the potential to become leaders in GIM research.
What makes GIM research special? A focus on overall health, not just physiology. The courage to take on complex problems, including their social, psychological, and moral dimensions. A commitment to collaboration across traditional boundaries set by specialty boards. An orientation towards big problems in the real world, not special cases that are more convenient to study. A passion to protect the vulnerable, the frail, and the disenfranchised. And the determination to make an impact on practice and public health today.
We offer five awards, each named for an outstanding mentor and training program director at Johns Hopkins who has earned an international reputation in an exemplary field of GIM research. Each award carries a $500 cash prize and an invitation, expenses paid, to travel to Baltimore, Maryland, to present to the faculty of Hopkins GIM. The deadline is September 15, 2008.
The Neil R. Powe Award recognizes achievement in clinical epidemiology and outcomes research. Dr. Powe is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management; Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research; Director of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology; Director of the NIH-funded Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars (K12) Program; and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the Institute of Medicine. He is renown for his research on the epidemiology and prevention of chronic kidney disease. In 2005, he won the John Eisenberg Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine for his lifetime achievement in research.
The David M. Levine Award recognizes achievement in behavioral medicine and health disparities research. Dr. Levine is the Samsung Professor of Medicine and Health Behavior & Society; Director of Fellowship Programs in the Department of Medicine; and former Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Levine conducted pioneering studies on behavioral strategies to manage hypertension in ethnic minorities. He directs a multi-disciplinary NIH-funded training program (T32) which has been continuously funded for over 30 years, and has been called “perhaps the best of its kind in the history of the NHLBI.” In recognition of his unsurpassed reputation as a research mentor, the Department of Medicine at Hopkins has institutionalized his legacy with annual “Levine Awards” for outstanding faculty mentors.
The Daniel E. Ford Award recognizes research achievement in health services research and prevention. Dr. Ford is the David M. Levine Professor of Medicine, with joint appointments in Psychiatry Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management; former Director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Preventive Medicine Residency and the University Health Service; and currently Vice Dean for Clinical Research, Principal Investigator of the NIH grant which supports the General Clinical Research Centers at Johns Hopkins, and Principal Investigator on the institution’s proposal to build a new Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). He directs the multi-disciplinary HRSA-funded training program (T32) on primary care research within the Division of General Internal Medicine. He is renown for his research on epidemiology and treatment of depression in primary care.
The L. Randol Barker Award recognizes achievement in innovations or research in medical education. Dr. Barker is Professor of Medicine and former Co-Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He co-directs the Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Program in Teaching Skills and is one of the founding editors of the textbook Principles of Ambulatory Medicine, now in its 7th edition. Dr. Barker's core interests are in how learning occurs in clinical medicine, and in the professionalism of the educator-learner relationship. He developed the precepting model used in the Medical House Staff Practice and the continuity practice he founded and continues to direct. His recent innovative work introduces reflective practice as a method for personal learning and growth in both residents and faculty. In 2001, he was awarded SGIM’s Award for Career Achievement in Medical Education.
The Jeremy Sugarman Award recognizes achievement in bioethics research. Dr. Sugarman is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy and Management; and Deputy Director for Medicine of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Sugarman is currently Chair for the Ethics Working Group of the HIV Prevention Trials Network, the Ethics Officer for the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, and Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee. Dr. Sugarman conducts both theoretical and empirical research in medical ethics. He is renowned for his work on informed consent, research ethics and the ethical issues associated with emerging technologies.
If you’re a house officer who has conducted research in any of these GIM-related areas and you are strongly considering a career in academic GIM, we invite you to compete. Please review additional details below. And while you’re visiting us on the web, we welcome you to check out our NIH-funded GIM Fellowship Program which over the past three decades has prepared over 125 general internists for exciting careers in academic medicine.
Deadline: September 29, 2008 --- Extended
