Family, friends, faculty and fellows of the Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases gathered at Gunther & Co. in Baltimore’s historic Brewers Hill neighborhood on Saturday, June 13, to celebrate the latest cohort of graduates from the Division’s subspecialty training program in infectious diseases.

The guests of honor were three exceptional fellows who are poised to impact the field of infectious diseases through patient care, research and pathways of advanced training.

Emily Hoff, a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, came to Johns Hopkins after completing medical school at Yale School of Medicine and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern. Her clinical and research interests converge at the intersection of infectious diseases and substance use, particularly in women, people living with HIV and justice-involved populations. She received the Fellow in Training Award at the 2026 American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference for her poster presentation, “PrEP Eligibility Among People Who Use Drugs Accessing Opioid Treatment Programs.” Dr. Hoff will pursue additional training in substance use clinical care and scholarship through the Johns Hopkins University Addiction Medicine Fellowship program.

Jillian Peters learned to love the outdoors as a child growing up in New Hampshire. During medical school at Brown University and residency at Johns Hopkins she developed a passion for bioethics, global health and emerging and zoonotic pathogens, especially Ebola virus disease. She was invited to showcase her work during IDWeek 2025’s Fellowship Day Workshop, where she gave a case presentation and poster presentation on diagnostics for acute febrile illness in Uganda. Dr. Peters will continue her training at Johns Hopkins in the Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship program.

Sima Sharara grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, where she received her M.D. from the American University of Beirut. Since then, she has been at Johns Hopkins, first in a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in antibiotic stewardship and hospital epidemiology and infection control, followed by residency in internal medicine. Highlights of Dr. Sharara’s time in the ID fellowship include a prestigious invitation to present in Clinical Grand Rounds at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) global conference in 2025 and two presenting author engagements during IDWeek 2025. Dr. Sharara will join the Johns Hopkins faculty as an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

It has been a privilege to witness these fellows deepen their understanding of infectious diseases over the past three years, and the ID Division is thrilled they have chosen to continue their work and training at Johns Hopkins.