Category: Divisions
Dean Yash Gupta of the Carey Business School
May 17, 2010
Yash P. Gupta laid out an audacious vision when he became the inaugural dean of the Carey Business School on Jan. 1, 2008. In short, he wanted Johns Hopkins to reinvent the model of business education. In doing so, he said, the new Carey Business School would become one of the most innovative and prominent […]
Johns Hopkins provost honored with international award
May 17, 2010
Lloyd Minor, an expert in balance and inner-ear disorders, and Johns Hopkins University’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, has been awarded the Prosper Ménière Society’s 2010 gold medal. The award is for Minor’s contributions to understanding the scientific basis of Ménière’s disease, named for the French scientist who pegged its hallmark symptoms […]
Response to vaccines could depend on your sex, SPH researchers find
May 17, 2010
Biological differences between the sexes could be a significant predictor of responses to vaccines, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Examining published data from numerous adult and child vaccine trials, they found that sex is a fundamental but often overlooked predictor of vaccine response that could help predict the […]
KSAS scores big with ACLS New Faculty Fellows program
May 10, 2010
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and four of its recent graduates are benefiting from a new initiative addressing the tough job market facing today’s young PhDs. The American Council of Learned Societies’ New Faculty Fellows program is providing two-year positions, with annual stipends of $50,000, to 50 recently minted doctors of the humanities […]
Craig, Yau of SoM elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 10, 2010
Nancy L. Craig, a professor of molecular biology and genetics, and King-Wai Yau, a professor of neuroscience and ophthalmology, both in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, are among 72 scientists nationwide newly elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, an honorary society that advises the government on scientific matters. “Johns Hopkins […]
Despite tests, high blood pressure hard to recognize in children
May 10, 2010
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of 2,500 patient records suggests that medical staff fail to check a child’s blood pressure a fifth of the time and, in those whose blood pressure they do check, they are not recognizing what constitutes an abnormal reading. Researchers say the consequences are that pediatricians and nurses may be missing […]
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences names new dean
May 3, 2010
Katherine Newman has had so many connections to Johns Hopkins for so long that actually taking a job here might seem almost anticlimactic. Anticlimactic, that is, if she wasn’t so excited about that job. “Good morning, colleagues,” the newly elected James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences said at her […]
JHU, N.Y. Stem Cell Foundation to collaborate
May 3, 2010
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the New York Stem Cell Foundation are establishing a collaborative program to advance the development and use of stem cells in therapies for a wide range of diseases, the organizations announced last week. The program will train researchers to use stem cells and foster joint research projects. […]
Grover Hutchins, renowned JHU pathologist, dies at 77
May 3, 2010
Grover M. Hutchins, a world-renowned pathologist who practiced at Johns Hopkins Medicine for more than 50 years, died April 28 while traveling in Africa, from head injuries sustained from a fall. Hutchins, 77, and his wife, Loretta, both of Baltimore, were on a cruise around the world. Known for his dedication and strong work ethic, […]
Cancer research award recognizes Johns Hopkins basic scientist
May 3, 2010
Joshua T. Mendell, an associate professor in the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist, is the recipient of the 30th annual American Association for Cancer Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research. The award is for his work […]