Meet Our Mentors
HOPKINS GIM FELLOWSHIP '02Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Core Faculty, Center for Health Equity
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research interest: Patient-physician communication; Respect; Sickle Cell Disease; HIV/AIDS; Health Equity
Opportunities for fellows: Analysis of existing data on communication in primary care and ambulatory HIV care using multiple analytic methods (shared decision-making, emotional responsiveness, motivational interviewing); Analysis of stigmatizing and biased language in patient medical records
My mentoring philosophy: When mentoring trainees on research projects, I strive to develop relationships that are true partnerships, where mentees can take ownership of the projects with as much guidance as they need from me. I also hope to provide professional support and advocate for those I mentor.
Hopkins GIM Fellowship ‘09Wendy Bennett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
With joint appointments in The Bloomberg School of Public Health – Epidemiology and Population, Family, Reproductive Health
Research Director, General Internal Medicine
Research Director, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
Co-Director, Center for Women’s Health, Sex and Gender Research
Research interest: Designing and testing community- and clinic-based strategies to reduce obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular risk in women to address health disparities.
Opportunities for fellows: Patient-reported and clinical data for secondary analyses from 2 randomized controlled trials testing a behavioral coaching program in pregnancy and postpartum; applying implementation science approaches (frameworks, qualitative methods, etc.); epidemiologic data analyses assessing the role of sex hormones in people with diabetes enrolled in a weight loss study.
My mentoring philosophy: I enjoy mentoring GIM Fellows as well as mentees in other disciplines and at various stages of training! My goal is to provide the supports to enable the mentee to shine!
HOPKINS GIM FELLOWSHIP '18Anthony Todd Fojo, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Program for HIV Outcomes Research
Research interest: My primary interest is in applying innovative statistical and computational techniques to questions around HIV control, at both the individual- and population-level, with a particular focus on the intersection of HIV, substance use, and mental health.
Opportunities for fellows:
1) Longitudinal analyses of HIV outcomes from large cohorts of patients in care. These cohorts include clinical data, medication records, and measures of substance use and mental health
2) Using mathematical, dynamic transmission models to project the population-level impact of interventions for HIV and other infectious diseases
My mentoring philosophy: I am profoundly grateful to the mentors I had as a GIM fellow. They were instrumental to helping me find my career path. I try to take a holistic approach that helps mentees to find their interests, grow their analytic and writing skills, and build a solid work-life balance.
Hopkins GIM Fellowship 2000Jodi B. Segal, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness
Co-Director, Center for Learning Health Systems
Associate Director, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research
Research interest: Learning health systems; High-value health care; Pharmacoepidemiology
Opportunities for fellows: We appoint one fellow annually as a learning health system fellow who will work closely with the leadership of the Promoting Embedded Research in a Learning Health System project; applying best epidemiological methods to studying drug safety and effectiveness; understanding processes and interventions to reduce low value care delivery to older adults
My mentoring philosophy: I encourage trainees to be intellectually curious and strive to expand their knowledge and skills in service to a problem that needs to be solved. As I learned from my mentor, projects need to be pursued to completion.
