Umar Farooq, MD, has accepted the role of Director for the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, after serving as interim director since 2025.

Martha Carvour, MD, PhD has earned the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, a national award given by Campus Compact in partnership with Brown University’s Swearer Center for Public Service.

Mohanraj Sadasivam, PhD, a researcher in the lab of Craig T Morita, MD, PhD was recently selected for the American Lung Association (ALA) Research Institute Team and earned a Catalyst Research Award.

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.

Kathleen Robinson, MD, PhD, was recently published in Obesity Science and Practice for her study to determine whether medical consultations affect treatment outcomes for patients undergoing incretin therapy.

Judy Streit, MD, has accepted the role of Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases, after serving as interim director since 2021.

Kayla Henry, a PhD candidate in the lab of Chad E. Grueter, PhD, is one of the AHA’s recent Predoctoral Fellowship recipients.

Melissa Swee, MD, MS, MME, clinical assistant professor in Nephrology, will be presented with the Early Career Physician Award from the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) at the 111th AMWA Annual Meeting in San Francisco in March.

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.