Media Coverage
For interviews and general media inquiries, contact Lauren Rohrs Salah at lrohrs1@jh.edu.
2024

10 Ways an ACA Repeal Could Impact Our Health
Black Health Matters, October 31, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

FDAâs Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias
KFF News, October 7, 2024
Theodore Iwashyna quoted

Medical Disparities: Why Solving Racial Inequalities in Health Care Requires a More Diverse Workforce
Milwaukee Independent, Oct 5, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

Civil Rights Icon Launches Challenge For Black Menâs Prostate Cancer Awareness
Black Enterprise, September 5, 2024
Lisa Cooper mentioned

Navigating Health Literacy and Its Impact on Patient Experience
Medical Economics, August 20, 2024
Center for Health Equity mentioned

BMA to open LaToya Ruby Frazier's acclaimed More Than Conquerors installation in November
Art Daily, August 16, 2024
Lisa Cooper mentioned

BMA to present âMore Than Conquerors,â celebrating the cityâs community health workers
Baltimore Fishbowl, August 14, 2024
Lisa Cooper mentioned

Implicit Bias Trainings Are Increasingly Common. But Do They Work?
MedPage Today, August 14, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

Black People, Women in General Less Likely to Survive After CPR for Cardiac Arrest
USA Today, August 9, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

The important gap community health workers and care managers can fill in high blood pressure care
American Heart Association News, August 5, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

The Important Gap Community Health Workers and Care Managers Can Fill in High Blood Pressure Care
Chron, August 5, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

Health Care Needs to Diversify Its Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities, A New Report Says
Associated Press, June 26, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

Johns Hopkins community celebrates transformative financial aid gift for medical and graduate students
Johns Hopkins University Hub, July 8, 2024
Lisa Cooper, Deidra Crews, and quoted

In Military Medicine, Study Shows Rank and Race Affect Care
STAT News, May 16, 2024
Lisa Cooper quoted

My Patient is Dying
Closler, May 7, 2024
author

American Society of Nephrology Celebrates Transformational Transplant FundingÂ
NewsWise, March 24, 2024
Deidra Crews quoted

American Society of Nephrology and Home Dialysis University Expand Collaboration to Enhance Home Therapies Education for Nephrology Fellows
NewsWise, March 18, 2024
Deidra Crews quoted

8-hour Intermittent Fasting Tied to 90% Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Death, Early Data HintÂ
LifeScience, March 18, 2024
Wendy Bennett quoted

Approaches for Managing Patients With Heart FailureÂ
Consultant 360, March 9, 2024
Seth Martin interviewed (panel)

The Future of the U.S. Nephrology Workforce Following the End of Affirmative ActionÂ
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, March 7, 2024
Deidra Crews author

American Society of Nephrology Applauds the Ways and Means Committee for Advancing the Kidney Patient Act (Hr 5074)Â
NewsWise, March 7, 2024
Deidra Crews quoted

THE INVISIBLE SHIELD Premieres Tuesday, March 26, 2024 on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS AppÂ
Bloomberg Philanthropies, February 7, 2024
Lisa Cooper mentioned

After Toby Keithâs Death, Doctors Warn that Stomach Cancer Signs are Easy to MissÂ
NBC News, February 6, 2024
Fabian Johnston quoted

More than Half of U.S. Adults Donât Know Heart Disease is Leading Cause of Death, Despite 100-year ReignÂ
American Heart Association, January 24, 2024
Seth Martin quoted

Heart Disease Still the Leading Cause of Death in the United StatesÂ
Health Day, January 24, 2024
Seth Martin quoted


Four ECU Health Physicians Clinics Nationally Recognized for Efforts to Improve Blood Pressure ControlÂ
ACU Health, January 16, 2024
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah quoted

In-Person Appointments are Coming Back â So Should Good Bedside MannerÂ
Plus, January 12, 2024
Mary Catherine Beach quoted
2023

Obesity Medicine Certificates Increase 40% from 2022 to 2023, says ABOM
Patient Care, December 18, 2023
Kimberly Gudzune quoted

A Conversation on Equity in Hypertension CareÂ
Healio, November 26, 2023
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah interviewed

We Need to Shift Social Determinants of Health into Our Clinical Workflow, says Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHSÂ
Patient Care, November 20, 2023
Chiadi Ndumele interviewed

Struggling With Weight Loss? This Is When Doctors Say to Consider a Weight Loss Drug Like OzempicÂ
Everyday Health, November 17, 2023
Kimberly Gudzune quoted

"CKM Syndrome" Defines a Very Wide Target and Medicine is Ready, Says Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHSÂ
Patient Care, November 14, 2023
Chiadi Ndumele interviewed

Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, to Become Next President of the American Society of NephrologyÂ
NewsWise, November 2, 2023
Deidra Crews quoted

Helping People With Serious Mental Illness Quit SmokingÂ
National Institute of Mental Health, October 23, 2023
Gail Daumit mentioned

Three Johns Hopkins Medicine Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of MedicineÂ
EurekAlert, October 13, 2023
Deidra Crews quoted

Journal Club: Voices, Images, And Experiences Of Community Health Workers: Advancing Antiracist Policy and PracticeÂ
HealthAffair, October 12, 2023
Chidinma Ibe interviewed

Heart Disease Risk, Prevention and Management RedefinedÂ
Newsroom, October 9, 2023
Chiadi Ndumele quoted

Community Health Workers Can Experience the Same Challenges as Those They Serve, Baltimore Study ShowsÂ
Baltimore Sun, October 6, 2023
Chidinma Ibe quoted

Health Affairs Briefing: Tackling Structural Racism In HealthÂ
HealthAffairs, October 3, 2023
Chidinma Ibe interviewed


Addressing the Childhood Obesity Public Health Crisis with a Holistic and Family-Focused ApproachÂ
AFRO Media, October 1, 2023
Nakiya Showell quoted

Scenic Bluffs is Nationally Recognized for Efforts to Improve Blood Pressure ControlÂ
Vernon County Times, September 29, 2023
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah quoted


A COVID Uptick is Here. Good Luck Finding a Free TestÂ
The Washington Post, August 17, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

What's Behind the Recent Spike in COVID-19 Cases in the U.S.Â
NPR, August 13, 2023
Lisa Cooper interviewed

Optimizing GDMT for HFrEF: Current Challenges & Opportunities for Digital Health Innovation
Consultant 360, August 13, 2023
Seth Martin interviewed

MH Experts Urge Congress to Act on Maternal MortalityÂ
Psychiatric News, July 31, 2023
Denis Antoine quoted

Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another Foe: SmokingÂ
HealthDay, July 5, 2023
Gail Daumit quoted

Addressing Healthcare Inequities Through Patient RelationshipsÂ
MedPage Today, July 5, 2023
Lisa Cooper interviewed

A Powerful Tribute to Unsung Heroes: LaToya Ruby Frazier Monument Honoring Community Health Workers Acquired By Baltimore Museum of ArtÂ
ARTCENTRON, June 28, 2023
Lisa Cooper mentioned

Private Sector Companies Must Partner With Communities To Advance Health EquityÂ
HealthAffairs, June 27, 2023
Lisa Cooper, author

Martin/Hopkins Method to Calculate LDL or âBadâ Cholesterol Outperforms Other Equations, Study ShowsÂ
Johns Hopkins Medicine, June 27, 2023
Seth Martin quoted

Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires LaToya Ruby Frazier Installation Honouring Community Healthcare WorkersÂ
The Art Newspaper, June 26, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

Advantages of Bempedoic Acid in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment LandscapeÂ
Managed Healthcare Executive, June 21, 2023
Seth Martin interviewed

Hottest Topics Covered at Surgery SymposiumÂ
OR Management News, June 19, 2023
Fabian Johnston quoted


Examining CLEAR Outcomes Trial StructureÂ
Managed Healthcare Executive, June 7, 2023
Seth Martin interviewed

Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after FallingÂ
Scientific American, June 6, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

Reducing Racial Disparities in Cardiometabolic Health
Todayâs Geriatric Medicine, June 1, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

Mechanism of Action: Bempedoic Acid vs StatinsÂ
Managed Healthcare Executive, May 31, 2023
Seth Martin interviewed

Words, Do No Harm: Stigmatizing language in Medical Records Follows Patients, Potentially Exacerbating Racial Inequities, Says Mary Catherine Beach, Who is on a Mission to Raise Awareness Among PhysiciansÂ
Johns Hopkins Medicine, May 25, 2023
Mary Catherine Beach quoted

Data Shows Disparity in Excess Deaths Among Black AmericansÂ
MPT, May 17, 2023
Lisa Cooper interviewed

âWeâre Failing to Make Progressâ: Studies Show Ongoing Toll of Premature Black DeathsÂ
STAT News, May 16, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

CLEAR Outocmes Trial Overview: Non-Statin Therapies for Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)Â
Managed Healthcare Executive, May 13, 2023
Seth Martin interviewed

Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Explains the Dangers of Loneliness
WMAR, May 2, 2023
Thomas Cudjoe interviewed

America Has a Loneliness Epidemic. Here are 6 Steps to Address ItÂ
NPR, May 2, 2023
Thomas Cudjoe interviewed

Diabetes Expert Rexford Ahima Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Johns Hopkins University Hub, April 27, 2023
Rexford Ahima quoted

In Counties with More Black Doctors, Black People Live Longer, âAstonishingâ Study Finds
STAT News, April 14, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted

Unmet Healthcare Needs: What Employers Can Do to Tackle Health Equity
Fair360, April 6, 2023
Lisa Cooper quoted


Reducing Calories May Result in Greater Weight Loss than Intermittent Fasting
Medical Dialogues, January 20, 2023
Wendy Bennett quoted

Reducing Total Calories May Be More Effective for Weight Loss than Intermittent Fasting
Hindustan Times, January 18, 2023
Wendy Bennett quoted


Employers Can Do More to Advance Health Equity
Harvard Business Review, January 1, 2023
Lisa Cooper, author