Sherita Hill Golden
Golden in 2021
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Maryland, College Park
Scientific career
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University

Sherita Hill Golden is an American physician who is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University. She is vice president and chief diversity officer. Her research considers biological and systems influences on diabetes and its outcomes. She was elected Fellow of National Academy of Medicine in 2021.

Early life and education

Golden is from Maryland.[1] She was an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, College Park, which she graduated summa cum laude.[2] She moved to the University of Virginia School of Medicine for her medical degree, and graduated a member Alpha Omega Alpha.[3] She was the first African-American to be awarded the C. Richard Bowman Scholarship for clinical excellence.[4] Whilst she had originally intended to become a paediatrician, she was inspired by a diabetes expert at Virginia to change her speciality. At the time, diabetes was a growing public health epidemic, and Golden became concerned by the physical and mental impacts. She trained in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, where she simultaneously completed a Master of Health Science. She was elected to the Delta Omega society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[5]

Research and career

Golden's research considers glucose management in diabetes patients.[6] She was appointed Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Inpatient Glucose Management Program in 2003.[5] In particular, Golden investigates the structural inequalities that impact the treatment of minority ethnic populations.[1] In the United States, minority ethnic populations often live in less well-resourced communities than their white counterparts.[1] She has called for more farmers markets, opportunities to order healthy foods at libraries and more traditional grocery stores in deprived communities.[1] Golden has also called for healthcare providers to mandate anti-racism and unconscious bias training. These courses can help to avoid misdiagnosis and treatment of conditions in Black patients, and has been successfully delivered at Johns Hopkins.[1] She was the first to demonstrate the connection between depression and diabetes, i.e. suffering from depression made a person more likely to suffer from diabetes, and having diabetes predicted risk of developing depression.[4]

As vice chair for the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, Golden established evidence-based practises for diabetes care and the Journeys in Medicine speaker series, which became a major civic engagement initiative.[7] She worked with her local community to handle the unrest that followed the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. She was elected to the board of the American Diabetes Association in 2018.[8]

On January 11, 2024, Golden, in her position as vice president and chief diversity officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine[9], released a 'Diversity Digest' newsletter stating that "White people, able bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgendered people, males, Christians, middle or owning class people, middle aged people, and English-speakers" in the United States are “privileged”.[10] Following widespread backlash precipitated by an employee sharing the message publicly, Golden apologized the next morning for sending an overly simplistic message, and she publicly retracted and disavowed her summary of social privilege. A Johns Hopkins Medicine spokesperson stated: "The January edition of the monthly newsletter from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity used language that contradicts the values of Johns Hopkins as an institution."[11]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

  • Elizabeth Selvin; Spyridon Marinopoulos; Gail Berkenblit; Tejal Rami; Frederick L Brancati; Neil R Powe; Sherita Hill Golden (September 1, 2004). "Meta-analysis: glycosylated hemoglobin and cardiovascular disease in diabetes mellitus". Annals of Internal Medicine. 141 (6): 421–431. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-6-200409210-00007. ISSN 0003-4819. PMID 15381515. Wikidata Q35894298.
  • Ann Marie McNeill; Wayne D Rosamond; Cynthia J Girman; Sherita Hill Golden; Maria I Schmidt; Honey E East; Christie M Ballantyne; Gerardo Heiss (February 1, 2005). "The metabolic syndrome and 11-year risk of incident cardiovascular disease in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study". Diabetes Care. 28 (2): 385–390. doi:10.2337/DIACARE.28.2.385. ISSN 0149-5992. PMID 15677797. Wikidata Q42646355.
  • Sherita Hill Golden; Mariana Lazo; Mercedes Carnethon; Alain G Bertoni; Pamela J Schreiner; Ana V Diez Roux; Hochang Benjamin Lee; Constantine Lyketsos (June 1, 2008). "Examining a bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and diabetes". JAMA. 299 (23): 2751–2759. doi:10.1001/JAMA.299.23.2751. ISSN 0098-7484. PMC 2648841. PMID 18560002. Wikidata Q37111643.

Personal life

Golden is married to Christopher Golden, Director of the Newborn Nursery and Professor of Paediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Together they have one son.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cavanaugh, Ray (November 1, 2021). "Sherita Hill Golden: tackling the source of health disparities". The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 9 (11): 732. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00215-1. ISSN 2213-8587. PMID 34364408. S2CID 236960850.
  2. ↑ Cavanaugh, Ray (August 5, 2021). "Sherita Hill Golden: tackling the source of health disparities". The Lancet. 9 (11): 732. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00215-1. PMID 34364408. S2CID 236960850. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ Sherita Hill Golden. OCLC 5567337476.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "2019 Distinguished Alumna: Sherita Hill Golden, MD". UVA Medical Alumni Association. February 25, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., M.H.S., Professor of Medicine". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Lannon, Jennifer. "Clinical Award Winners – 2015 | Johns Hopkins Medicine". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Kelsey (June 1, 2015). "Journeys in Medicine". Medicine Matters. Johns Hopkins. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sherita Hill Golden named to board of American Diabetes Association". The Hub. January 22, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., M.H.S., Professor of Medicine". Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  10. ↑ Archive, View Author; feed, Get author RSS (January 12, 2024). "Johns Hopkins Hospital's DEI chief labels whites, males and Christians 'privileged' in letter to staff". Retrieved January 12, 2024. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  11. ↑ "A Johns Hopkins newsletter said English-speaking, middle-class Christians enjoy unearned privilege. The definition was quickly retracted". Yahoo News. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients". UVA Medical Alumni Association. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ Bennett, K (June 21, 2018). "Golden Named Woman Worth Watching | Medicine Matters". Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  14. ↑ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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