Nadia Hansel, professor of medicine and associate dean of research for the school of medicine, has been named interim director of the Department of Medicine, effective September 16. Dr. Hansel’s appointment follows the departure of Mark Anderson, who will be joining the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago as executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Biological Sciences Division.

A world-renowned investigator and accomplished physician leader, Dr. Hansel has assumed key leadership positions throughout her 18-year tenure at Johns Hopkins.

In addition to serving as the school of medicine’s associate dean of research since 2014, she has most recently served as the director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for the school of medicine. During her tenure as division director, the division has generated its largest research grant portfolio while also playing key roles in the COVID pandemic and pursuing clinical expansion.

Dr. Hansel’s research focuses on environmental determinants of obstructive lung diseases. She is widely recognized as an expert in defining the effects of indoor air quality on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and understanding how the environment and neighborhood contribute to health disparities in lung disease. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency, and has led to more than 250 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Hansel is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Alpha Omega Alpha Society, serves on numerous editorial boards and professional organizations and is frequently an invited speaker nationally and internationally.

Since joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2004, Dr. Hansel has received national and international recognition for her work. Within the school of medicine, for her commitment to training future physician-scientists, she received the David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award and the Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine Sponsorship Award.

Dr. Hansel earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and her master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins.