Category: Divisions
New home for Carey Business School
November 30, 2009
The leadership of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has set out to redefine the nature and workings of a 21st-century business education in order to address today’s global social, economic, health and environmental challenges. Dean Yash Gupta has said that he wants students to learn to think critically, act ethically, comprehend issues in a global context and understand that business is all about “people.”
After inpatient drug rehab programs, what support works best?
November 30, 2009
One of the greatest challenges in helping substance abusers recover is ensuring that they have access to—and participate in—follow-up care, counseling and support after their release from inpatient rehabilitation programs.
Technology brings at-home nursing care to inner-city Baltimore
November 30, 2009
Congestive heart failure patients in Baltimore City will be using a new FDA-approved electronic health monitoring device to help manage their heart disease at home as part of a new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
Kenneth L. Baughman, 63, former director of Cardiology
November 30, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Medicine community is mourning the sudden death of cardiologist Kenneth L. Baughman, who was killed in an accident Nov. 16 while running in Orlando, Fla. He was attending the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association and was attempting to cross a street when a car struck him.
Burned-out surgeons more likely to commit errors
November 30, 2009
Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout.
Exercise-linked heart irregularity no risk to healthy older adults
November 30, 2009
Healthy older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a report by heart experts at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging.
Mom’s depression a risk factor in childhood asthma symptoms
November 30, 2009
Mothers’ depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Found: Protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps
November 30, 2009
A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The finding gives scientists a new target for developing novel therapies to treat this form of the disease, which typically resists all current treatments.
Opening for business opens doors
November 16, 2009
Johns Hopkins considers itself a world leader in knowledge creation. In the past two years, the university has done a good deal of business creation, too.
CEO of Life Technologies to give ‘Leaders & Legends’ talk
November 16, 2009
Gregory T. Lucier, chief executive officer of Life Technologies and chairman of the company’s board of directors, will speak on the topic of “Building a 21st-Century Company” at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School’s Leaders & Legends lecture series at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Legg Mason Tower in Harbor East.