Category: Divisions
Jhpiego helps reopen, restock maternity ward in Haiti
February 1, 2010
A health care team from Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins affiliate focused globally on maternal and child health, is on the ground in Haiti, working to restore safe and quality health care services for pregnant women, new mothers and their babies. Since three health care workers from the organization’s Baltimore office joined their Haitian colleagues in Port-au-Prince […]
Celentano named Dr. Charles Armstrong Chair of Epidemiology
February 1, 2010
David Celentano will be installed on Wednesday, Feb. 3, as the inaugural Dr. Charles Armstrong Chair and Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Celentano, who had served as interim chair of the department since September 2008, was selected to lead it following an international search. The named professorship was […]
Cardiologist tracks biomarkers for an elusive killer: IPH
February 1, 2010
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center cardiologist Allen Everett recently won more than $460,000 in stimulus grant funding to identify the biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, or IPH, a progressive and highly lethal condition in children and adults marked by persistently elevated pressure in the artery that carries blood from the heart to the lungs. Biomarkers—biological “byproducts” […]
Stressed nanomaterials display unexpected movement
February 1, 2010
Researchers have discovered that, under the right conditions, newly developed nanocrystalline materials exhibit surprising activity in the tiny spaces between the geometric clusters of atoms called nanocrystals, from which they are made. This finding, detailed recently in the journal Science, is important because these nanomaterials are becoming more ubiquitous in the fabrication of microdevices and […]
Old antidepressant offers promise in treating heart failure
February 1, 2010
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed more than 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and weakened pumping function associated with heart failure. In a report published in the Jan. 8 edition of Circulation Research, U.S. and Italian heart experts […]
DID U TK UR MEDS? Texting can improve care of patients
February 1, 2010
From a lethal distraction for drivers to dehumanizing personal interactions, text messaging has gotten a bum rap lately. But for doctors treating patients with chronic diseases, text messaging can be an invaluable tool, according to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center pediatrician Delphine Robotham. “For better or worse, this technology is here,” she said, “and sending a […]
Guided Care participants rate quality of health care higher
February 1, 2010
Chronically ill older adults who are closely supported by a nurse-physician primary care team are twice as likely to rate their health care as high-quality than those who receive usual care, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The research, published online in the latest edition of […]
Kids with suspected development problems may not get referrals
February 1, 2010
Many pediatricians score high on screening their patients for developmental delays but barely make a passing grade in referring children with suspected delays for further testing or treatment, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions to appear in the February issue of Pediatrics. Because screening is effective only if followed […]
Transmission dynamics of H1N1 similar to previous flu strains
February 1, 2010
The April 2009 H1N1 outbreak at a Queens, New York, high school was widespread but did not cause severe disease, according to an analysis conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their findings suggest that the transmission and spread […]
Kidney donor study: How do African-Americans access health info online?
February 1, 2010
Laura Taylor, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing’s Department of Health Systems and Outcomes, is studying how living-kidney donors and caregivers gain support in the organ donation process. The $450,000 two-year grant she received from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research will expand Taylor’s Living Donor Information Network for […]