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Connecting the Dots: Johns Hopkins Visiting Professor of Infectious Diseases Dr. Bruno Andrade

Post Date: 
2019-05-21
Dr. Bruno Andrade
Andrade has built an impressive research enterprise in Brazil, and a creative way to sustain it

Venezuela: More Aid is Needed in Humanitarian Crisis

Post Date: 
2019-04-11
Summary: Dr. Kathleen Page & colleagues briefed the UN Security Council on critical health crisis in Venezuela

Page Urges UN Security Council to Declare Venezuela Humanitarian Crisis

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2019-04-10
Kathleen Page briefs UN Security Council on Venezuela humanitarian crisis, April 9, 2019
Calling for the declaration of a humanitarian crisis, Dr. Kathleen Page briefed the UN Security Council on Venezuela's Humanitarian Emergency, a recent report by Page and colleagues at Human Rights Watch

Celebration of the Dedicated Participants and Staff of the REPRIEVE Study in Pune, India

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2019-02-18
REPRIEVE Team Members of the BJGMC Clinical Research Site
Staff and nearly 140 participants in the REPRIEVE study gathered for a community event in Pune, India

World AIDS Week Is Local at BJGMC in Pune, India

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2018-12-20
Performers conduct a play to raise awareness about HIV and HPV
The BJGMC Clinical Research Site convened community awareness activities that focused on HIV and HPV

CCGHE at the Union 2018

Post Date: 
2018-09-26
Our Union dance card is full! Check out CCGHE's schedule of presentations at this year's conference.

Bollinger Installed as Raj & Kamla Gupta Professor of Infectious Diseases

Post Date: 
2018-09-17
Raj and Kamla Gupta and Dr. Robert C. Bollinger
On September 5, CCGHE Director Dr. Robert C. Bollinger was installed as the inaugural recipient of the Raj and Kamla Gupta Professorship in Infectious Diseases, funded by the Ujala Foundation.

BJGMC Clinical Research Team Exceeds 6,000 Participant Enrollments in 4 Years

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2018-08-03
Group Photo, BJGMC Clinical Research Site, 2016, Pune, India
The Indo-JHU Clinical Research partnership at BJGMC in Pune, India, is now one of the top enrollers among all ACTG research sites internationally.

We Are Weill Cornell Medicine: Dr. Jyoti Mathad

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2018-05-18
Dr. Jyoti Mathad
Video by Weill Cornell Medicine features Jyoti Mathad and her work with the Indo-JHU Clinical Research Partnership.

Shah Receives Dr. David Glasser Memorial Award for TB Control in Maryland

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2018-04-27
Award recognizes significant contributions to TB prevention & control in MD.

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day Recognized with Community Event at BJGMC

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2018-04-17
World Health Day group activities at BJGMC Clinical Research Site in Pune, India
This year's themes: Maintaining healthy nutrition, addressing mental health challenges, and the latest in TB research.

Tornheim Receives W. Leigh Thompson Excellence in Research Award

Post Date: 
2018-03-21
Photo of Dr. Jeffrey Tornheim
Jeff Tornheim's research on drug-resistant tuberculosis in India garners high honors from Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine.

CCGHE at CROI 2018

Post Date: 
2018-03-05
Check out where and when CCGHE presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. One Month of Rifapentine/Isoniazid to Prevent TB In People With HIV: Brief-TB/A5279 Swindells S, Ramchandani R, Gupta A, Benson CA, Leon-Cruz JT, Omoz-Oarhe A...

2017 Year in Review

Post Date: 
2018-02-19
What a year! Our 2017 Year In Review outlines the most ambitious 365 days we’ve had to date.

Uniting for a Healthier India

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2018-02-14
"The Indo-US clinical research & education partnership started with a single NIH grant to study maternal-infant HIV transmission." Now with 76 studies underway, this short film chronicles the history & impact of our work in India.

World AIDS Day: BJGMC Team Offers Community Counseling and Preventive Care

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2017-12-21
150 people participated in a non-communicable diseases awareness camp for people in Pune, India, living with HIV.

CCGHE Joins 12-Country UNITAID Effort to Control TB

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2017-11-08
Shorter course to prevent progression of latent TB to active disease is the aim of the effort.

CCGHE at the Union 2017

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2017-10-05
The 2017 Union Conference was in Guadalajaro, Mexico, October 11-14, and Indo-JHU research was well represented.

ID Clinical Minute is Back and Offering CME Credit!

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2017-10-03
Issues will be published bimonthly and CME will be available through ACCME

Tornheim Promoted to Assistant Professor

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2017-08-31
His research explores whether 2 MDR-TB drug susceptibility tests using WGS & MIC can yield options for individualized treament.

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Hispanic Americans Being Hit Hard By COVID-19

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2020-06-29
Source: 
US News and World Report
Dr. Kathleen Page
US News and World Report : "The data corroborate what we've been seeing in the wards," said co-researcher Dr. Kathleen Page, an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins.

World Renowned Infectious Disease Doctor Talks Latest COVID-19 News

Post Date: 
2020-06-26
Source: 
The Leslie Marshall Show
Robert Bollinger
Leslie Marshall Show: Bob Bollinger discusses COVID-19 and the state of the epidemic in the US.

The Coronavirus Isn't Gone. An Expert Answers Your Questions

Post Date: 
2020-06-25
Source: 
Spectrum News NY1
Robert Bollinger
NY1 News : Bob Bollinger discusses a wide range of issues related to COVID-19 testing, immunity and transmission in this broadcast.

New research confirms higher rates of new coronavirus in Latinx populations

Post Date: 
2020-06-23
Source: 
Medical Xpress
Kathleen Page
Medical XPress: Kathleen Page: "...we must engage with communities early & provide language & culturally appropriate information & services, removing as many barriers to care as possible."

Rising coronavirus cases among Latinos alarm public health experts

Post Date: 
2020-06-18
Source: 
Politico
Dr. Kathleen Page
Politico: Dr. Page was interviewed for this report on the disproportionate affects of COVID-19 on Latinos.

Dr. Robert Bollinger on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Post Date: 
2020-06-12
Source: 
C-SPAN
Robert Bollinger
C-SPAN, Washington Journal: Dr. Bob Bollinger fielded viewer questions on COVID-19 during this hour-long broadcast.

Should You Shave Your Beard For Coronavirus?

Post Date: 
2020-06-09
Source: 
themanual.com
We talk to Dr. Natasha Mubeen Chida, the assistant Director of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, to get some guidance on whether to shave or not to shave.

Is it safe to go to a nail salon now? What experts want you to know

Post Date: 
2020-06-09
Source: 
today.com
Natasha Chida
"Masks may help prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the person wearing a mask, but they aren't a fail-safe," says Dr. Natasha Chida.

Coronavirus: Is herd immunity possible and if so, what’s the threshold?

Post Date: 
2020-06-04
Source: 
FOX News (Via Yahoo! News)
Robert Bollinger
FOX News: Dr. Bob Bollinger discusses COVID-19 and the use of masks, infection, and antibody testing

Baltimore journalist Pedro Palomino provides urgent coronavirus information to Spanish speakers

Post Date: 
2020-05-31
Source: 
Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)
Dr. Kathleen Page is mentioned as part of a team helping to get information to Spanish speaking community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venezuela's official virus data is 'absurd': HRW and Johns Hopkins

Post Date: 
2020-05-29
Source: 
Yahoo! News Australia
Dr. Kathleen Page is quoted in this report: The true number could ultimately be closer to "at least 30,000" coronavirus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins associate medicine professor Kathleen Page, who interviewed several Venezuelan doctors and nurses for the report.

What is going on in Florida?

Post Date: 
2020-05-29
Source: 
Morning Brew
Dr. Larry Chang is quoted in this article.

Venezuela’s official virus data is ‘absurd’: HRW and Johns Hopkins

Post Date: 
2020-05-27
Source: 
AFP (via Macau Business)
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses her recent report of Venezuela's COVID-19 response capacity. “One of the surgeons told me they have to wash their hands from water that falls from the air conditioning,” she said.

Latin America has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

Post Date: 
2020-05-27
Source: 
The Telegraph (UK)
Dr. Kathleen Page was quoted in this article. “The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the breakdown of the health system have created dangerous conditions conducive to rapid community spread, unsafe working conditions for health personnel, and high mortality rate among patients in need of...

Venezuela health system 'grossly unprepared' for COVID-19 crisis

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
al Jazeera
Dr. Kathleen Page is featured in this article: "Venezuela's lack of capacity to confront the COVID-19 pandemic may drive people to try to leave the country, further straining the health systems of neighbouring countries and imperilling regional health more broadly"

Venezuela’s Covid-19 death toll claims ‘not credible’, human rights group says

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
The Guardian
Dr. Kathleen Page
The Guardian: Kathleen Page: "it is impossible to follow the basic guidelines to prevent hospital-acquired infections, which is hand-washing"

Johns Hopkins steps in to help shelters, communities ravaged by Covid-19

Post Date: 
2020-05-26
Source: 
Baltimore Business Journal
Dr. Kathleen Page discusses challenges posted by COVID-19 for Baltimore's Latino community. Dr. Kathleen Page, an infectious diseases professor at the Hopkins School of Medicine, has been working in the more heavily Hispanic area of Southeast Baltimore, which “has definitely been hit hard,” and...

Why Did Florida Avoid a Coronavirus Disaster?

Post Date: 
2020-05-21
Source: 
Slate
Dr. Larry Chang
Slate: Dr. Larry Chang was interviewed for this article.

Comparing COVID-19, Flu Death Tolls 'Extremely Dangerous'

Post Date: 
2020-05-14
Source: 
Medscape Medical News
Dr. Natasha Chida was interviewed for this article. However, Natasha Chida, MD, MSPH, an infectious disease physician and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, told Medscape Medical News that the actual number of deaths doesn't tell the...

Latinos disproportionately hurt by coronavirus in Maryland, Baltimore and among Johns Hopkins patients

Post Date: 
2020-05-12
Source: 
Baltimore Sun
Kathleen Page
Baltimore Sun: Dr. Kathleen Page discusses access to healthcare among Baltimore's undocumented Latinex population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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