Year: 2010
U.S. doctors prescribing more psychiatric medications
January 25, 2010
Psychiatrists in the United States prescribed more psychotropic drugs to their patients in 2006 than they did a decade ago, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Columbia University. The researchers also found that individual patients were prescribed medications in greater combination to treat their mental […]
Got wheels?
January 25, 2010
When Johns Hopkins announced in 2007 that it was bringing a car-sharing program to Baltimore, Brenda Armour was ready. “I think I was the third or fourth to sign up,” says Armour, who lives in Charles Village and is assistant to the dean of student life on the Homewood campus. A former resident of New […]
Notices — Jan. 25, 2010
January 25, 2010
‘Crabbing for Cash’ Fund Raiser — Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is back with its second annual Crabbing for Cash online fund-raising campaign. Cash Crab volunteers are needed to support both Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the annual Mix 106.5 Radiothon, scheduled for Feb. 25–28. For details or to register, go to www .hopkinschildrens.org/crabbing-for-cash .aspx. […]
Calendar — Jan. 25, 2010
January 25, 2010
COLLOQUIA Thurs., Jan. 28, 3 p.m. “Spaceship Earth: A History of Ecological Designs,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium with Peder Anker, New York University. Room 102, 3505 N. Charles St. HW Fri., Jan. 29, 2 p.m. “U.S. Navy Task Force on Climate Change and Arctic Impact,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Rear […]
To Haiti and back
January 22, 2010
More than a week after a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, the tiny Caribbean nation remains caught in a major medical crisis that only promises to worsen unless international aid groups and health professionals can meet the growing need for supplies and medical assistance for the countless injured and suffering there.
Dean Michael Klag of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
January 19, 2010
Michael J. Klag, a physician and internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of heart and kidney disease, took the helm of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2005.
Education Dean Fessler to retire; Hardiman named to interim post
January 19, 2010
After postponing, at the request of President Daniels, the planned retirement that he had announced in September 2008, Dean Ralph Fessler of the School of Education will leave his post this month.
Wilmer Eye Institute to collaborate with Saudi Arabian hospital
January 19, 2010
The Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine announced last week that it will collaborate in research, education and patient care with the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Homewood Museum awarded Save America’s Treasures grant
January 19, 2010
Homewood Museum at The Johns Hopkins University has been awarded a Save America’s Treasures grant to support the conservation and preservation of its south portico.
Setting a course for adventure
January 19, 2010
Last May, P. Kyle McCarter led a 16-day tour across Turkey. The 15-person group started in Istanbul and then traveled the country’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. They hiked, bused and spent about half the trip cruising on gulet yachts.