The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, FACE, has accepted the role of Vice Chair for Faculty Advancement (VCFA), effective February 1.

Post-doctoral fellows Ivan Budnik, MD, PhD, and Abhishek B. Jha, PhD, have each received American Heart Association (AHA) Post-doctoral Fellowship Awards.

The American Society for Clinical Investigation has awarded Daniel Cook, MD, PhD with a Young Physician-Scientist Award (YPSA).

Amira Zaher, PhD, has received an American Diabetes Association (ADA) Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research training in beta cell redox biology

Andrea Weber, MD and Marcus Osman, MD, examined how clinical models that integrate addiction treatment into hepatology care could improve outcomes for patients with alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease.

Nicholas Arnold, MD, has been named the Emergency Response Team's next Medical Director.

Nicole Fleege, MD has received the Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program Career Development Award, along with a VISN23 Career Development Award from the Veterans Administration.

Desmond Barber, MD, MME, has been named the MICU’s next Medical Director.

The American Society of Human Genetics invited Colleen Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC, clinical associate professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, to serve as Vice Program Committee Chair in 2024 and Chair for 2025.