Day: June 8, 2009
JHU, partners launch Research Means Hope campaign
June 8, 2009
With medical science on the verge of numerous breakthroughs to cures and treatments for a host of human diseases, a coalition of research organizations led by The Johns Hopkins University and four other founding partners is striving to make sure that ample federal funds to fuel such discoveries are there now and into the foreseeable future.
INBT hosts series of professional development seminars for students
June 8, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology will host four seminars for future scientists and engineers this summer, to expand students’ knowledge of issues and ideas outside of the laboratory and classroom experience.
Obituary: Economist Horst Siebert, 71, of SAIS’ Bologna Center
June 8, 2009
Horst Siebert, who held the Heinz Nixdorf Chair in European Integration and Economic Policy at SAIS’ Bologna Center, died June 2 in the Kantonsspital Munsterlingen in Switzerland. He was 71.
Cost-effective measures could stop child pneumonia deaths
June 8, 2009
Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
When adults have an anxiety disorder, their kids need help too
June 8, 2009
In what is believed to be the first U.S. study designed to prevent anxiety disorders in the children of anxious parents, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center have found that a family-based program reduced symptoms and the risk of developing an anxiety disorder among these children.
Study finds parents’ influence on children’s eating habits is small
June 8, 2009
The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home, and that parents’ dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors, may need rethinking, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Mock CPR drills in kids show many residents fail in key skills
June 8, 2009
Research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in “first response” emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, while at the same time offering a potent recipe for fixing the problem.
Survey suggests higher risk of falls due to dizziness in aged
June 8, 2009
A full third of American adults–69 million men and women over age 40–are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance and makes them dizzy, according to Johns Hopkins experts.
JHU and BD Diagnostics partner for master’s fellowship
June 8, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University and BD Diagnostics have partnered to offer a unique master’s fellowship in the field of bioscience regulatory affairs. The program, which begins in the fall semester, is now accepting applications.
Fund-raiser nets more than $70,000 for transplant research
June 8, 2009
An evening of opera music featuring Metropolitan Opera star Denyce Graves was held recently to raise funds to benefit organ transplant surgery research and care at Johns Hopkins. The event, titled “Let the Music Move You,” was attended by 70 guests at the singer’s home in Bethesda, Md.