Year: 2010
Materials scientist seeks dwarfism clues in cell’s membrane
August 16, 2010
This is part of an occasional series on Johns Hopkins research funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. If you have a study you would like to be considered for inclusion, contact Lisa De Nike at lde@jhu .edu. Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism, is caused by a genetic mutation: A single […]
Grand Reopening set for renovated Gilman Hall
August 16, 2010
After three years of top-to-bottom renovations, the Homewood campus’s flagship building will celebrate a new beginning with a Grand Reopening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30. Visitors will be welcomed by President Ronald J. Daniels and Katherine S. Newman, the James B. Knapp Dean-Designate of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and […]
Ellicott Dredges joins Jhpiego malaria program in Nigeria
August 16, 2010
Baltimore manufacturer Ellicott Dredges has begun a partnership with Jhpiego in support of its Malaria in Pregnancy Program in Nigeria. The 125-year-old company, which operates in 80 countries, has made a $100,000-plus multiyear commitment to buy anti-malaria medicines, insecticide-treated bed nets and other supplies to protect women and children in Akwa Ibom state in the […]
Homewood campus responds to peak electricity demand
August 16, 2010
On one sweltering day this summer, employees in nonresearch buildings at Homewood were without air conditioning and were asked to turn off as many lights and electronics as possible—all for a good cause. The campus is participating in the Demand Load Response Program that allows PJM, whose electric grid serves 13 states and Washington, D.C., […]
Riordan Roett of SAIS publishes book on ‘The New Brazil’
August 16, 2010
Riordan Roett, director of the Western Hemisphere Studies and Latin American Studies programs at SAIS, has released The New Brazil, recently published by Brookings Institution Press. In the book, Roett tells the story of South America’s largest country as it has evolved from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected representative for […]
Scientists identify DNA that may contribute to uniqueness
August 16, 2010
Building on a tool that they developed in yeast four years ago, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine scanned the human genome and discovered what they believe is the reason people have such a variety of physical traits and disease risks. In a report published in the June 25 issue of Cell, […]
Youth exposure to alcohol ads in magazines is declining
August 16, 2010
Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines declined by 48 percent between 2001 and 2008, according to a new study by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Although 325 alcohol brands advertised in magazines in 2008, just 16 accounted for half the advertising placed in […]
Researchers urge wider use of diarrheal disease control measures
August 16, 2010
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health urge wider use of oral rehydration solution, zinc supplementation and rotavirus vaccine to reduce the deaths from diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrheal disease kills approximately 1.5 million children under age 5 each year. The researchers’ findings and recommendations are published in the July 3 edition of […]
Cheers — August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010
BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Daniel L. Buccino, clinical supervisor in the Community Psychiatry Program, has been appointed to a two-year term as chairman of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, a state agency that regulates the practice of the 12,000 licensed social workers in Maryland to best protect and serve the public. Satish Shanbhag has […]
Milestones — August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010
ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS 10 years of service Barish, Steven, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Newhouse, Chelsea, Institute for Policy Studies BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 25 years of service Sherrod, Clarice, Population, Family and Reproductive Health 20 years of service Prusakowski, Nancy, Epidemiology 15 years of service Barnes-Hilderbrand, C., Health, Behavior and […]