Category: Divisions
Seniors stymied unnecessarily in wait for kidney transplants
February 22, 2010
One-third of people over the age of 65 wait longer than necessary for lifesaving new kidneys because their doctors fail to put them in a queue for organs unsuitable to transplant in younger patients but well-suited to seniors, research from Johns Hopkins suggests. Results of a study reported online in the American Journal of Transplantation […]
Study: Small amounts of lead may damage children’s kidneys
February 22, 2010
Small amounts of lead in the bodies of healthy children and teens—amounts well below the levels defined as “concerning” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—may worsen kidney function, according to a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study published in the Jan. 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In 1991, the CDC reduced the […]
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing kicks off a three-day celebration of diversity on Monday, Feb. 22.
February 15, 2010
The annual celebration, honoring Diversity Week, is co-sponsored by the JHU SoN Cultural Competency and Diversity Committee, the school’s Returned Peace Corps Fellows, the Johns Hopkins Nursing Alumni Association and JHU Nursing Students United for Advocacy and Action. The special events and exhibits scheduled for the week focus on ethnic, cultural and spiritual diversity. Monday, […]
Mosbacher to give Carey School’s Ginder Lecture
February 8, 2010
Rob Mosbacher Jr., former president and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corp., is this year’s speaker at the Carey Business School’s Ginder Lecture, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the school’s Downtown Center. His talk is titled “Fighting Poverty With Entrepreneurial Capitalism—A New Strategy.” An independent agency of the U.S. government that […]
Former SBA executive to give Washington, D.C., lecture
February 8, 2010
Former deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza will speak on “The Innovator’s Challenge in an Age of Accountability” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, at Johns Hopkins’ Bernstein-Offit Building in Washington, D.C. The lecture is jointly sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Society of Minority Business […]
English Department launches poetry series
February 8, 2010
The English Department at Johns Hopkins will launch a new series of poetry readings on the Homewood campus with a reading by Lisa Robertson at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, in Shriver Hall’s Clipper Room. The Poetry at Hopkins English series was created by Christopher Nealon, an associate professor and director of Graduate Studies, […]
Assessing cardio care for HIV/AIDS patients
February 8, 2010
In a three-year study of 700 Baltimore patients with HIV/AIDS, Jason Farley, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, will explore the effectiveness of health care clinicians in preventing cardiovascular disease in HIV/AIDS patients. “In an HIV/AIDS clinic population, we’re very focused on treating HIV, but we’re also involved in providing primary […]
Discussion: Reasoning through the rationing of end-of-life care
February 8, 2010
Acknowledging that the idea of rationing health care, particularly at the end of life, may incite too much vitriol to get much rational consideration, a Johns Hopkins emeritus professor of neurology called for the start of a discussion anyway, with an opinion piece featured in January’s issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics. In the […]
Human growth hormone: Not a life extender after all?
February 8, 2010
People profoundly deficient in human growth hormone due to a genetic mutation appear to live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone, a new study shows. The findings suggest that HGH may not be the “fountain of youth” that some researchers have suggested. “Without HGH, these people still live long, […]
Johns Hopkins disaster team’s first group deploys to Haiti
February 1, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response has deployed its first group of Johns Hopkins physicians, nurses and other experts to Haiti to help that nation’s injured and suffering. A second group will leave on Thursday. The medical experts serve on the Johns Hopkins Go Team, which has approximately 185 members who […]