Category: Divisions
‘Milk drops’ under the tongue appear to treat milk allergies
March 1, 2010
Placing small amounts of milk protein under the tongues of children who are allergic to milk can help them overcome their allergies, according to the findings of a small study at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Duke University. The findings were presented Feb. 28 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, […]
Peabody at Homewood concert series returns for 10th season
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Museum announces the 10th anniversary of its Peabody at Homewood performance series, which showcases some of the most promising musicians from the university’s Peabody Conservatory of Music. The performances are presented amid the splendid architecture and furnishings of Homewood. The popular Friday evening concerts begin at 5:45 p.m. on March 5, April […]
Brooklyn Rider quartet at Evergreen Museum
March 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library continues its 2009–2010 Music at Evergreen concert series on Saturday, March 6, with a performance by the adventurous, genre-blending string quartet Brooklyn Rider. It takes place at 3 p.m. in the intimate, one-of-a-kind setting of the museum’s 80-seat Bakst Theatre. Described by critics as “hip in a geeky, […]
Heavy Lifting
March 1, 2010
People at Johns Hopkins often display power of the mind. Last month, a trio of JHU affiliates showed off some major brawn and came home champions. Rajiv Mallipudi, a master’s degree candidate at the School of Public Health; Roosevelt Offoha, a first-year student at the School of Medicine; and Floyd Hayes, a senior lecturer in […]
Dean Jessica P. Einhorn of SAIS
February 22, 2010
Jessica P. Einhorn made history the moment she assumed leadership of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 2002. Einhorn, who earned a master’s degree in international affairs from SAIS in 1970, became the first graduate to return as dean. Upon her appointment, Einhorn said she viewed the role as that of […]
Personalized blood tests for cancer developed
February 22, 2010
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have used data from the whole genome sequencing of cancer patients to develop individualized blood tests they believe can help physicians tailor patients’ treatments. The genome-based blood tests, believed to be the first of their kind, may be used to monitor tumor levels after therapy and determine […]
Former Kellogg dean to give Carey Business School lecture
February 22, 2010
Dipak C. Jain, former dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, will speak in the Carey Business School’s Dean’s Lecture Series on Thursday, Feb. 25. His talk will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Mason Hall on the Homewood campus. Jain is currently the Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor in […]
NIH grant funds study on stem cells from ALS patients
February 22, 2010
A two-year $3.7 million stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Johns Hopkins neurologist and lead researcher Jeffrey Rothstein to expand on his long-standing research into the nerve- and muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Using stem cells developed in a laboratory from skin cell samples taken from 20 ALS patients and […]
Interest grows in medical checklists, but they’re not magic wands
February 22, 2010
In the wake of Johns Hopkins’ success in virtually eliminating intensive-care unit bloodstream infections via a simple five-step checklist, the safety scientist who developed and popularized the tool warns medical colleagues that it is no panacea. “Checklists are useful, but they’re not Harry Potter’s wand,” said Peter Pronovost, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care […]
Obesity—mild or severe—raises kidney stone risk, study finds
February 22, 2010
Obesity nearly doubles the risk of developing kidney stones, but the degree of obesity doesn’t appear to increase or decrease the risk one way or the other, a new study from Johns Hopkins shows. “The common thinking was that as weight rises, kidney stone risk rises as well, but our study refutes that,” said study […]