Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, MA
Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, MA is the recipient of the 2026 Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine that are focused on the Care of Older Adults. Dr. Cudjoe is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology with joint appointments at the John Hopkins University Schools of Public Health (Epidemiology) and Nursing.
Dr. Cudjoe completed his residency in internal medicine at Howard University Hospital and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins. His personal experiences as a caregiver, along with his clinical interactions, guided his research path where he is focused on understanding the influence of social connection on health and on developing and implementing interventions that address social isolation in older adults. His contributions on the epidemiology of social isolation are highly cited and leveraged by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in its toolkit on social isolation (https://www.nia.nih.gov/ctctoolkit) as well as in studies examining the influence of social isolation on key health outcomes, including dementia and homebound status.
The recipient of a National Institute on Aging (NIA) GEMSSTAR award and currently a K23 and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Amos award grantee, Dr. Cudjoe’s work has been published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), JAMA Internal Medicine, Nature Aging, and has been highlighted in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. He has received numerous awards, including the 125 Living the Hopkins Mission award and the Army Humanitarian Service Medal, and has contributed to multiple National Academies discussions on social isolation.
Dr. Cudjoe’s clinical practice is focused on providing home-based care to older adults. He has served in many leadership and mentoring roles, including in his current positions as the Director of Community Engagement, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging T32 Training program. He is a past chair of the AGS Junior Faculty Research Special Interest Group and currently serves on the JAGS editorial board.
Past Recipients of the Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine Who are Focused on the Care of Older Adults
2026 Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, MA
2025 Melisa Wong, MD, MAS, AGSF
2025 Brienne Miner, MD, MHS
2022 Anil N. Makam, MD, MAS
2021 Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD
2020 Kah Poh Loh, MD
2020 Rasheeda K. Hall, MD
2019 Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS