News

The April edition of GKII’s News Digest features key updates on Panelists and the Agenda for the Hopkins India Conference.

The April edition of Community Voices features spotlights on JHU Shakti, Rama Chellappa, and Medha Majety. It also features news articles with Shoumitro Chatterjee, Kunchok Dorjee, Gigi Gronvall, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Sridevi Sarma, Anita Shet, and more!

Rama Chellappa originally aspired to be a teacher, like his father, but that changed when he was 15 years old, while living in Chennai, and listened to a radio broadcast of the Apollo moon landing. Impressed by this incredible feat of engineering and science, he decided he wanted to be an engineer.

Dr. Sunil Solomon was recently named Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicineat the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he holds the position of professor. A GKII faculty steering committee member and Co-chair of the Center of Infectious Diseases in India, Dr. Solomon is jointly appointed in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He earned his medical degree from the Sri Ramachandra Medical University in India before completing his MPH and PhD from the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Sri Sarma is among four Johns Hopkins faculty members named as fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). They are among 171 engineers and researchers in this year’s class who were inducted at this year’s ceremony held in Arlington, Virginia. Membership in AIMBE’s College of Fellows is reserved for the top 2% of medical and biological engineers who have made outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and innovation in their fields.

In an interview with The Dome, Dr. Kunchok Dorjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine and International Health, discusses his work, background as a Tibetan refugee born in northern India, and his Zero TB in Kids campaign. “I’ve always imagined helping to create TB-free schools where children can study without worrying about disease. So it’s like a dream coming true, although we still have a lot of work to do,” he said.