Category: Divisions
Blood pressure–lowering diet may also reduce risk of heart disease
September 27, 2010
A new study suggests yet another reason for Americans to abandon their current fatty diets in favor of one rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat. Choosing these healthier options appears to significantly reduce the long-term risk of heart disease in patients with mildly elevated blood pressure, particularly African-Americans. Long known to reduce […]
Scientists find genes related to body mass
September 27, 2010
Johns Hopkins scientists who specialize in unconventional hunts for genetic information outside nuclear DNA sequences have bagged a weighty quarry: 13 genes linked to human body mass. The experiments screened the so-called epigenome for key information that cells remember other than the DNA code itself, and that may have serious implications for preventing and treating […]
Mobile obstetrics project improves mothers’ health in Burma
September 27, 2010
A community-based maternal health delivery strategy known as the MOM Project—for “mobile obstetric medics”—dramatically increased access to maternal health care services for internally displaced women in eastern Burma, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Among the findings, the study showed a tenfold increase in the proportion […]
Mandelbaum book looks at America as ‘Frugal Superpower’
September 27, 2010
Michael Mandelbaum, the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and director of the American Foreign Policy Program at SAIS, is the author of a new book, The Frugal Superpower: America’s Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era, published in August by Public Affairs. In The Frugal Superpower, Mandelbaum sees a looming, fundamental shift in […]
KSAS: New structure at the top
September 20, 2010
In an effort to streamline operations, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences has reconfigured her office, moving to a structure that will better serve departments and permit more “interdisciplinary synergies” between departments and across divisions. “Department chairs need to be able to take concerns and questions about all […]
Building rededicated as Hackerman Hall
September 20, 2010
Students, faculty members and friends gathered last week on the Homewood campus to celebrate the renaming of a high-tech research building to recognize the philanthropic support of the university by alumnus Willard Hackerman. The Computational Science and Engineering Building, which opened on the Decker Quad in 2008 as a headquarters for advanced interdisciplinary research crossing […]
Peabody celebrates birthday of Arthur Friedheim Library
September 20, 2010
To celebrate the 20th “birthday” of Peabody’s Arthur Friedheim Library, the public is invited to an open house at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, during the Baltimore Book Festival on Mount Vernon Place. Remarks by Peabody Institute Director Jeffrey Sharkey and new head librarian Jennifer Ottervik will be followed by birthday cake. The state-of-the-art […]
Cloud computing method improves gene analysis
September 13, 2010
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed software that greatly improves the speed at which scientists can analyze RNA sequencing data. Known as Myrna, the new software—which is available for free download at http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/myrna—uses “cloud computing,” an Internet-based method of sharing computer resources. RNA sequencing is used to compare differences […]
BET founder Robert L. Johnson to give Leaders + Legends talk
September 13, 2010
Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of the RLJ Cos. and Black Entertainment Television, is the featured speaker at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders + Legends lecture series on Thursday, Sept. 16. The event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East. Johnson’s remarks are […]
WSE names Dexter G. Smith associate dean for EP programs
September 13, 2010
Dexter G. Smith has been appointed the Whiting School of Engineering’s associate dean for Engineering for Professionals, which offers part-time education for working engineers and scientists. The appointment is effective Oct. 1. Smith, who has been affiliated with Johns Hopkins since 1995, currently serves as a member of the principal professional staff of the university’s […]