Category: Bloomberg School of Public Health
Gene protects African-Americans from coronary artery disease
January 31, 2011
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them from coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in Americans of all races. Researchers found that a single DNA variation—having at least one so-called guanine nucleotide in […]
Pediatric hospitalizations for ATV injuries more than double
November 8, 2010
All-terrain vehicles are associated with a significant and increasing number of hospitalizations for children in the United States, according to a new report by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Over a nine-year period (1997–2006), hospitalizations for ATV injuries increased 150 percent among youth younger […]
School of Public Health receives $2.4 mill high school safety grant
October 25, 2010
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will receive $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education over the next four years as part of the Safe and Supportive School Grants program. Under a $13.2 million grant awarded to the Maryland State Department of Education, researchers from the Bloomberg School and Sheppard Pratt Health […]
Bloomberg School of Public Health receives $38.6 mill for orthopedic trauma research
October 11, 2010
The Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded $38.6 million by the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program of the U.S. Department of Defense to expand its Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. METRC, which was established in September 2009 with a Defense Department award of […]
Mobile obstetrics project improves mothers’ health in Burma
September 27, 2010
A community-based maternal health delivery strategy known as the MOM Project—for “mobile obstetric medics”—dramatically increased access to maternal health care services for internally displaced women in eastern Burma, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Among the findings, the study showed a tenfold increase in the proportion […]
Cloud computing method improves gene analysis
September 13, 2010
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed software that greatly improves the speed at which scientists can analyze RNA sequencing data. Known as Myrna, the new software—which is available for free download at http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/myrna—uses “cloud computing,” an Internet-based method of sharing computer resources. RNA sequencing is used to compare differences […]
Public health: Trauma center care found to be cost-effective
September 13, 2010
Trauma center care not only saves lives, it is a cost-effective way of treating major trauma, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. Although treatment at a trauma center is more expensive, the authors say, the benefits of this approach in terms […]
Street outreach workers important for violence prevention
September 7, 2010
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, based at the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, describes how using street outreach workers is an effective strategy for reaching and engaging youth with the goal of violence prevention and intervention. Street outreach workers are typically members of the community […]
Overweight American children, adolescents becoming fatter
August 30, 2010
Overweight American children and adolescents have become fatter over the last decade, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Institute on Aging. Examining adiposity shifts across sociodemographic groups over time, they found that U.S. children and adolescents had significantly increased adiposity measures such as body mass index, […]
Researchers urge wider use of diarrheal disease control measures
August 16, 2010
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health urge wider use of oral rehydration solution, zinc supplementation and rotavirus vaccine to reduce the deaths from diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrheal disease kills approximately 1.5 million children under age 5 each year. The researchers’ findings and recommendations are published in the July 3 edition of […]