Four Department of Medicine faculty had articles included in the New England Journal of Medicine “Notable Articles of 2015” publication. 

• Jeanne Marrazzo, MD (Infectious Diseases) for her article Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women
• Mike Saag, MD (Infectious Diseases) for his editorial Preventing HIV in Women — Still Trying to Find Their VOICE 
• Suzanne Oparil, MD (Cardiovascular Disease) and Beth Lewis, MD, MSPH (Preventive Medicine) for their article A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control

Did you know how fun nephrology rounds can be? See Rehan Nassemudin, Sean Dunn, Denise Thornley-Brown, Tasnia Matin, and Keandrea Titer sharing a sweet time here.

Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MS, MPH (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology) has been approved for a $2.5 million funding research award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study comparative effectiveness and safety of biologic and newer therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis and vasculitis. 

Garima Arora, MD (Cardiovascular Disease) first-authored a paper in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging where the group reported normative right ventricle data using cardiac MRI in nearly 2,000 individuals.

Ynhi Thomas (MS3) was awarded an Alliance to the Medical Association of the State of Alabama Scholarship to cover the costs of residency application. 

Here is a trivia tidbit you may not know about Alabama. Fort Payne was once the “Sock Capital of the World.” According to a recent New York Times feature article, a Birmingham woman is working hard to restore it’s former glory with a trendy, colorful line of organic cotton socks. #bitsaboutbama #lovewhereyoulive

Nominations are now open for the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Awards. Two awards—one to a junior faculty member and the other to a senior faculty member—will be given in each of five areas: service, teaching, research, diversity enhancement and mentorship. The deadline is April 1. For more information, click here. 

Coming Next Week to Medical Grand Rounds: Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Medicine, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, and Director of the MD/PhD Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will present “Alcoholic Liver Disease in 2016.” 


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