First woman named director of Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine

Nadia Hansel, M.D., has been named director of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is the first woman to lead the Department of Medicine in its 131-year history. A world-renowned expert in obstructive airway diseases, Hansel focuses her research on defining the effects of indoor air quality on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and in understanding how the environment and neighborhoods contribute to health disparities in lung disease.