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Seven Johns Hopkins Faculty elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, professor and emeritus chair, biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore. For enhancing the health and quality of life for older adults by developing innovative quantitative methods to improve measurements of complex disease states and to learn about patient trajectories and risks of major adverse events. Her methods have significantly advanced our understanding of functional capacity, disability, and frailty in aging. 

Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, professor of medicine (nephrology), epidemiology, and nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. For advancing equity and the social epidemiology of kidney disease. She has elucidated root causes of the disproportionate kidney disease burden among socially marginalized populations; used interventions to address social and behavioral risk factors for adverse outcomes; and informed guidelines for optimizing care for people with kidney failure.

Justin Hanes, PhD, Lewis J. Ort Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, and professor of biomedical engineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, neurosurgery, oncology, and pharmacology and molecular sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For pioneering discoveries and inventions of innovative drug delivery technologies, especially mucosal, ocular, and central nervous system drug delivery systems; and for international leadership in research and education at the interface of engineering, medicine, and entrepreneurship, leading to clinical translation of drug delivery technologies. 

Thomas V. Inglesby, MD, director, Center for Health Security, and professor, department of environmental health and engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and joint appointment in medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore. For helping to establish and shape the field of public health preparedness and response, and for being an internationally respected voice during COVID. He’s been a public health leader for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the White House and influenced national and international policy, creating valuable collaborations and networks around the world. 

Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH, Bloomberg Centennial Professor and Bloomberg Centennial Chair, department of health policy and management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For her national leadership and major contributions to research, practice, and education related to health in all policies, and development of methodologies that promote health and equity considerations in policy decisions across multiple sectors, including transportation, housing, and education. 

Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS, executive vice chair of surgery and director of clinical operations, and associate professor of surgery and nursing, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore. For being a nationally recognized trauma surgeon whose innovative work and exceptional leadership in firearm injury prevention has been most instrumental in establishing the urgency and intellectual foundation to drive research and evidence-based policy change at the local, state, and federal levels. 

Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For leading groundbreaking research that has shaped policies at all levels of government and the gun violence prevention field. Over 30 years, his research has clearly and unwaveringly identified policies that prevent gun violence and suicides and informed community violence intervention programs. 

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