About us

Dr. Diana Bouhassira is a Research & Clinical Fellow in the division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is particularly interested in investigating hospital care quality, with a specific focus on centering the experiences of critically ill patients and their families within the hospital setting. Dr. Bouhassira aims to facilitate greater understanding of the recovery expectations of critically ill patients and their caretakers through her clinical research efforts.

Victor Dinglas is a Faculty Research Associate in Medicine that has worked at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for more than twenty years. He currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Outcomes After Critical Illness (OACIS) Group at Johns Hopkins, specializing in project management, database development, and the administrative support of outcomes research and clinical trials.

Dr. Megan Hosey is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology. She is also a rehabilitation psychologist specializing in adjustment to chronic illness, acute and chronic pain management, neurophysical assessment and rehabilitation, fatigue management, and health psychology intervention, in addition to providing consultation on the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). Her research interests include critical illness survivorship, adaptation to inpatient hospitalization, and anxiety management in hospitalized patients.

Dr. Dale Needham is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, holds an appointment in physical medicine and rehabilitation, has clinical expertise in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and serves as the medical director of the Critical Care Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program and the director of the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include the advancement of ICU medical care to improve patients’ long-term outcomes (LTO), the improvement of methods of physical rehabilitation to reduce muscle weakness and functional impairment, the prevention and treatment of ICU delirium, patient safety, quality of care, and “knowledge” translation of evidence-based therapies into clinical practice.

Dr. Ann Marie Parker is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a clinical focus in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Her primary research focus is on the long-term effects of acute respiratory failure (ARF) and critical illness. She is also especially interested in the investigation of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and both mental health and physical function impairments experienced by ARF survivors.

Deanna Rahman is a Research Assistant in the division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. As an undergraduate student, she studied Medicine, Science and the Humanities with minors in Anthropology and Medical Spanish at Johns Hopkins University. She is a Qualified Bilingual Staff Interpreter certified to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients.

Mingyuan Song is an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University and a Research Assistant in the division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is majoring in Neuroscience and Medicine, Science, and the Humanities, with a concentration in Writing Seminars. In addition to his research interests in critical care medicine, Mingyuan is interested in developmental neuroscience and the intersection between health and incarceration.

Dr. Alison E. Turnbull is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in addition to holding a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on interactions between the families and clinicians of critically ill patients.

Dr. Wenzel holds faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Nursing and Medicine and an appointment in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also directs the Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, chairs the Health Disparities Committee for NRG Oncology, and serves as the Health Disparities Special Expert on the NCI Symptom Management & Health-related Quality of Life Steering Committee. Her research interests—which are supported by her expansive expertise in qualitative and mixed methods designs, improving care processes for older African American population, and minority recruitment & decision-making related to clinical trials—include the development and implementation of interventions addressing cancer care and health services issues for patients and caregivers in order to eliminate cancer disparities.