Category: Divisions
W.P. Andrew Lee to head new Department of Plastic Surgery
December 6, 2010
W.P. Andrew Lee, a Pennsylvania hand surgeon heralded for his successful hand transplants and breakthrough research on overcoming rejection in composite tissue grafting, has been named chair of the newly formed Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Creation of the new department will facilitate its access to […]
Delayed treatment for HIV patients a costly decision
December 6, 2010
HIV-infected patients whose treatment is delayed not only become sicker than those treated earlier but also require tens of thousands of dollars more in care over the first several years of their treatment. “We know that it’s important clinically to get people into care early because they will stay healthier and do better over the […]
Set of specific interventions can improve hospital safety ‘culture’
December 6, 2010
A prescribed set of hospitalwide patient-safety programs can lead to rapid improvements in the “culture of safety” even in a large, complex academic medical center, according to a new study by safety experts at Johns Hopkins. “It doesn’t take decades or tons of money to get from a culture that says ‘mistakes are inevitable’ to […]
Mysterious cells may play role in ALS, Johns Hopkins researchers find
December 6, 2010
By tracking the fate of a group of immature cells that persist in the adult brain and spinal cord, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered in mice that these cells undergo dramatic changes in ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. A study reported Nov. 17 online in Neuron shows that these cells, called NG2+, grow and […]
Applied Physics Lab creates two new senior posts
November 29, 2010
The Applied Physics Laboratory, which throughout its history has encouraged and fostered innovation, has recently put a new leadership structure in place to ensure that the Lab operates efficiently, effectively and strategically well into the 21st century. Director Ralph Semmel has created two senior administration positions to make sure that the Lab is “well-positioned to […]
Money awarded to researchers turning science into business
November 29, 2010
A Johns Hopkins researcher who designed a programmable vibrating wristband to treat neurological motor disorders has been awarded $50,000 to help in her quest to develop the product for market. Cynthia F. Salorio, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a pediatric neuropsychologist at the Kennedy […]
Q&A with School of Medicine’s Ed Miller
November 15, 2010
This is part of a yearlong series of talks with the leaders of Johns Hopkins’ nine academic divisions and the Applied Physics Laboratory. Edward D. Miller, the 13th dean of the School of Medicine and inaugural CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, has symmetrically entered the 13th year of his tenure. The university’s currently longest-serving dean […]
QVC head Michael George is next ‘Leaders + Legends’ speaker
November 15, 2010
Michael “Mike” George, president of QVC Inc., is the featured speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders + Legends lecture series on Friday, Nov. 19. The event will take place from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. His talk is titled “Strategies for Winning in the Digital […]
Season begins with tragic love story (what else?)
November 15, 2010
Peabody Opera Theatre will present a new, fully staged production of Jules Massenet’s Manon, named for the fictional young woman whose tragic love story inspired no fewer than three operas (the others by Auber and Puccini), as the first part of its French Season of Opera. Sung in French with English supertitles, Manon will be […]
Women take note: High cholesterol in middle age not a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, other dementias
November 15, 2010
High cholesterol levels in middle age do not appear to increase women’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia later in life, new Johns Hopkins–led research finds, despite a body of scientific evidence long suggesting a link between the two. What the study, published online Nov. 10 in the journal Neurology, does […]