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August 19, 2024
What you will learn in this week's edition of the Bulletin:
- 2024 Research Day abstracts due tomorrow!
- Celebrating the career of Monica Farley, MD
- Meet the 2024 DOM faculty award nominees
- Dheepa Sekar, MD, named JGIM Associate Editor
- NFID Podcast with Igho Ofotokun, MD, MSc
- Save the Date: Hospital Medicine's Annual Research Day
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DOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024 Research Day abstracts are due tomorrow!
We are accepting abstracts for this year's DOM Research Day! All DOM faculty, staff, and trainees are invited to submit an abstract. Trainees outside of our department whose primary mentor is a member of the DOM faculty are also invited. There is a limit of two abstracts per presenting author.
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations must be submitted by tomorrow, August 20, at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Celebrating the career of Monica Farley, MD
At the end of this month, Monica M. Farley, MD, Director of the Division of Infectious Disease, Jonas A. Shulman Professor of Medicine, and previously a Staff Physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, will be retiring. We thank her for her time and dedication after an impressive 40-year career at Emory University, the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and Emory Healthcare. After retiring, Dr. Farley plans to travel, catch up on reading, do volunteer work, spend less time at a computer, and spend a lot more time with her family, including her four young grandsons.
To celebrate her remarkable career and many invaluable contributions to ID, the Division of Infectious Diseases hosted a retirement ceremony to honor Dr. Farley's leadership and legacy at Emory. This reception was held last Thursday, August 15, at HSRB II. It was a special evening, and we wish Dr. Farley a fantastic and relaxing retirement!
Join us in congratulating our 2024 DOM faculty award nominees!
The Department of Medicine faculty awards recognize and celebrate those who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to patient care, research, education, mentorship, inclusion, and innovation. Nominees range from those at the beginning of their extremely promising careers to those whose distinguished work has spanned decades and personifies the excellence and impact we all strive to achieve. This year we received 93 nominations for eleven award categories.
Save the Date: Hospital Medicine's Annual Research Day
5th Annual Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Research Day
Thursday, August 29 | 6–8 p.m.
Miller-Ward Alumni House
To rsvp, please email Jasmah Hanna.
You're invited to attend the Division of Hospital Medicine's Annual Research Day. This conference celebrates the division's groundbreaking achievements in quality improvement, research, medical education, and advocacy. Esteemed hospitalists from the largest academic Hospital Medicine division in the country will showcase their extraordinary work across Emory Healthcare, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. This event offers a blend of networking with hospitalists and institutional leaders along with knowledge-sharing, focusing on cutting-edge projects that can enhance patient care.
Dheepa Sekar, MD, named Associate Editor of the
Journal of General Internal Medicine
We're excited to share that Dheepa Sekar, MD, (General Internal Medicine) has been appointed as an associate editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Sekar!
About:
The Journal of General Internal Medicine is a comprehensive journal that matches the broad scope of general internal medicine. It aims to promote advancements in clinical and health services research, medical education, and clinical practice in primary care, general internal medicine, and hospital medicine.
"Medicine as a Tool for Good" with Igho Ofotokun, MD, MSc
In case you missed it! Igho Ofotokun, MD, MSc, (Infectious Diseases) was featured on the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' (NFID) podcast, "Infectious IDeas." In this episode, Dr. Ofotokun shares his journey from growing up in Nigeria to becoming a leading HIV researcher, discussing the influences that shaped his career, the challenges he faced, and his significant achievements in combating the long-term impacts of HIV and promoting women’s health.
Emory University and WABE launch public health
radio show with host, Laurel Bristow
Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health is partnering with WABE — Atlanta’s original, independent, non-profit source for news and the market’s home for NPR and PBS content — to present a fun, fresh, and myth-busting alternative to the critical health discussions impacting communities across the state, nation, and globe.
At 1 p.m. every Friday, host Laurel Bristow, former DTRAC Associate Program Director for the Emory Hope Vaccine Center, will deliver the week’s essential public health headlines and demystify the science behind trending topics during the new hour-long radio show and podcast, “Health Wanted.”
STAFF NEWS
Check out the latest list of open staff jobs within the DOM. See a job you are interested in or know someone who would be a good fit? Click the job title below to read the full description and apply. Be sure to follow the DOM LinkedIn page to stay up-to-date on the latest job openings!
IN THE NEWS
Recent Department of Medicine News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Noah Lyles’ Olympics lesson: Exercising with COVID-19 a challenge for all (Nicholas Church quoted)
Associated Press: Mpox outbreaks in Africa declared a global health emergency. What is mpox and what’s the WHO doing? (Boghuma Titanji quoted) | ABC News | NPR | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | CBC | The Guardian
GPB-FM | WHO declares 2024 mpox surge a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ (Boghuma Titanji quoted)
Healio: Study: Many US dialysis providers may have limited knowledge about dementia care (Emory research featured, Alexis Bender quoted)
EVENTS
18th Annual Emory Women and Heart Disease Conference
Wednesday, August 24 | 7 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | Hyatt Regency Villa Christina
5th Annual Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Research Day *New*
Thursday, August 29 | 6–8 p.m. | Miller-Ward Alumni House
Emory@Grady Women's Sexual Health Summit
Thursday, September 5 | 8 a.m.–5 p.m. | Steiner Auditorium on Grady Campus
Department of Emergency Medicine's Center for Advanced Emergency Care’s Frontiers in Advanced Emergency Care Conference
Thursday, September 12–Friday, September 13 | 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. | Courtyard by Marriott in Decatur
Emory SCORE Women's Health Research Lecture Series *New*
Wednesday, September 18 | noon–1 p.m. | Emory Conference Center Hotel
2024 Southeastern Critical Care Summit
Friday, September 20 | Emory Conference Center Hotel
Winship 5K
Saturday, September 28 | 8:30 a.m. | Emory University McDonough Field
2024 State of Woodruff Health Sciences Center *New*
Monday, September 30 | 4 p.m. | WHSCAB Auditorium (Zoom link to follow)
A Celebration of Leadership Honoring Dr. David Stephens, Chair of the Department of Medicine
Monday, September 30 | 5:30–8 p.m. | HSRB I (speeches) & HSRB II (reception)
17th Annual Department of Medicine Research Day
Thursday, November 7 | 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. | Emory Student Center
27th Annual Cardiology Update for the Non-Cardiologist
Friday, November 8–Saturday, November 9 | Grand Hyatt Atlanta
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