Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, staff, etc.) can recognize other team members who are doing great things. We are pleased to recognize their contributions! Nominate someone today! Shinya Hasegawa, Fellow Infectious Diseases Anonymous nomination Despite a busy two […]
When Martha Carvour, MD, PhD, thinks about improving health care systems, she does not begin by designing something new. She starts by asking the right questions. In her recent Grand Rounds presentation, Carvour referenced a Nature study that found that when people confront structural problems, they tend to add layers of complexity rather than remove barriers. Even when removing […]
Article: PRMT5 Inhibition Hits a Nerve (Sheath Tumor): A Targeted Strategy for MPNSTs Authors: Alexa P Sheehan, Akshaya Warrier, Rebecca D Dodd Journal: Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Nov 14;31(22):4620-4622 Abstract: Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitors represent a promising therapeutic approach for multiple cancers, but their clinical development is hindered by toxicity to normal cells. Synthetic […]
Today’s the day before Valentine’s Day. How can I not say a few things about love? At last weekend’s Super Bowl we saw the message displayed: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” I don’t think that anyone devoting their career to health care could find this a debatable concept, but I’d like […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to introduce some of the newest members, most of whom joined us between October and December 2025 (start dates in parentheses). We are happy to welcome them to the department. Ishtiaq Ahmad, MBBS – Clinical Assistant Professor – Hospital Medicine (10/29/25) Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad earned his MBBS from […]
Protected time and project funding play a critical role in supporting early-career investigators as they pursue innovative research. Mohanraj Sadasivam, PhD, a researcher in the lab of Craig T Morita, MD, PhD recently secured this support after being selected for the American Lung Association (ALA) Research Institute Team and earning a Catalyst Research Award to […]
The past four months, the Internal Medicine Residency Program conducted hundreds of interviews with trainee applicants. Although some second-look visits from applicants are yet to come and there are some weeks to go before rank lists are due in anticipation of Match Day on March 20th, the busiest phase of the recruitment cycle has concluded. […]
Article: A Phase 1 Double-Blinded Trial to Evaluate Safety, Immunogenicity, and Dosing of Measles-Vectored Chikungunya Virus Vaccine (MV-CHIK) in Healthy Adults Authors: Patricia Winokur, Theresa E Hegmann, Hana M El Sahly, Evan J Anderson; DMID 15-0038 Study Group Journal: J Infect Dis. 2025 Nov 28:jiaf571. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf571. Online ahead of print Abstract: This study of […]
Earlier this week, the Divisions of Hospital Medicine and of General Internal Medicine, and the Internal Medicine Residency Program hosted an event in the Medical Alumni Auditorium to celebrate the career of the retiring Mark C. Wilson, MD, MPH. A lineup of speakers highlighted the many contributions and achievements in his decades-long career at UI […]
For Alejandro Pezzulo, MD, associate professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, one of the most rewarding moments in his career transpired during a phone call with a parent whose child was enrolled in one of his recent research studies. “I got to tell this parent that because of her kid’s sample results, […]