Day: March 22, 2010
‘Keeping up with the neighbors’ speeds vaccine use
March 22, 2010
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted an analysis of worldwide use of Haemophilus influenza Type b vaccine, or Hib, to determine what factors influenced a nation’s adoption of the vaccine. The study found that a nation’s eligibility for support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization, also known as […]
Why symptoms of schizophrenia emerge in young adulthood
March 22, 2010
In reports of two new studies, a Johns Hopkins–led research team says it has identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may explain the onset of schizophrenia and the reason symptoms don’t develop until young adulthood. Both types of anatomical glitches are influenced by a gene known as DISC1, whose mutant form […]
Independent public health evaluations could save lives
March 22, 2010
New child survival programs must engage evaluation teams from the start to identify the major causes of child mortality in intervention areas and to ensure that appropriate resources are available to scale up coverage and treatment, according to a retrospective evaluation led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study—the […]
Safety checklist continues to keep hospital infections in check
March 22, 2010
The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals’ intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero, even three years after adopting the standardized procedures. A report on the work was […]
Hopkins History: The price tag of federal research support at SoM
March 22, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has been receiving federal support for research for many decades. Faculty and deans of the school, and university presidents and trustees, have been interested in this source of financial support just as long. On Dec. 9, 1936, President Isaiah Bowman informed the trustees about three federally supported projects […]
Cheers — March 2010
March 22, 2010
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Rachel Levine, assistant professor of general internal medicine, has received the Clinician-Educator Award from the Mid-Atlantic Society for General Internal Medicine. The award recognizes physicians who have displayed innovation and excellence in teaching and in the delivery of clinical care. Levine’s work focuses on undergraduate and graduate medical education, including residency training […]
Milestones — March 2010
March 22, 2010
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS Retiree Carter, William, Jr., 13 years of service, Bioethics Institute 30 years of service Kargaard, Lyn, Center for Talented Youth Leibtag, Susan, Bioethics Institute 25 years of service Brody, Linda, Center for Talented Youth Smith, Kendall, Jhpiego 20 years of service Barnett, Jacqueline, Center for Talented Youth 15 years of service […]
Notices — March 22, 2010
March 22, 2010
Vote for Favorite Films — JHU Summer and Intersession Programs is again sponsoring a series of free outdoor movies and entertainment on the Homewood campus. It’s scheduled for five Friday nights on the Keyser Quadrangle, and the Johns Hopkins community is invited to help choose the films. Fourteen choices ranging from old favorites (Princess Bride, […]
Calendar — March 22, 2010
March 22, 2010
COLLOQUIA Thurs., March 25, 3 p.m. “‘Butcher-like and Hatefull’: Domestic Medicine and Resistance to Surgery in Early-Modern England,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium with Seth Lejacq, SoM. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB Thurs., March 25, 3 p.m. “Kepler and Habitability of Exoplanets,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Dimitar Sasselov, […]
China’s Peiyang Chorus on U.S. college tour
March 22, 2010
China’s renowned Peiyang Chorus of Tianjin University will perform at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, in Johns Hopkins’ Shriver Hall Auditorium as part of an East Coast tour at the invitation of seven U.S. universities to promote cultural exchange between academic institutions in China and the United States. Other campuses on the tour are […]