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CLF Statement on The Confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General of the United States

Episcopal Life Online - MISSION FOCUS

CLF Issues Statement on Congressional Antibiotic Resistance Actions

EarthSky Communications Interviews CLF Director on Dangers of Antibiotics

CLF Director Testifies at House Hearing on ‘No Child Left Inside Act’

New Online: View CLF Director's keynote address at Iowa State University  

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Nov 19, 2009:
Climate Change, Air Quality and Human Health

Nov 20, 2009:
Dickson Despommier's Seminar on Vertical Farming

Dec 2, 2009:
CLF’s Congressional Briefing

         

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CLF’s Director Robert Lawrence Receives APHA’s Highest Honor

Robert S. Lawrence, MD, director of theRobert S. Lawrence Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future (CLF), has been presented with the Sedgwick Award Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) oldest and most prestigious award. The award was established to recognize distinguished service to public health. Lawrence was presented with the award at the Public Health Awards Reception & Ceremony on November 11 in Philadelphia, Pa., at the close of APHA’s 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition.

“Dr. Lawrence has worked to expand access to health care to the poor and racial minorities in the United States, investigated and promoted human rights internationally, taught and established programs in human rights and public health and provided cutting-edge leadership on the intersection of agricultural policy and environmental protection,” said APHA executive director Georges Benjamin MD, FACP, FACEP.

“APHA could not have selected a better recipient for this award. Throughout his career, Bob Lawrence has been an inspiration to thousands of students and worked tirelessly to promote policies that protect health, the global environment and sustain life for future generations,” said Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“I am deeply honored by this award and especially humbled to be sharing this recognition with previous Hopkins recipients Wade Hampton Frost, Abel Wolman, and Fred Soper,” Lawrence said.....Read More.....

  
Volunteering at the Farmmike
Community Supported Agriculture members from Johns Hopkins recently volunteered their farming skills at Real Food Farm, located in Baltimore’s Clifton Park neighborhood....Read More....
 

CLF Publishes Review of Food Security Literaturebrochure
With the support of the Center for a Livable Future, Stephen Haering, MD, MPH, and Syed Shamsuzzoha, MD, MPH, DPH, have completed a comprehensive review of the existing literature on community food security....Read More....
   

CLF Honors Baltimore Public Schools for Visionary Leadership

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The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has presented Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) with the Center’s 2009 Award for Visionary Leadership in Local Food Procurement and Food Education....Read More...
  

Meatless Monday Project
Learn about Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's role in the national campaign to moderate meat consumption and encourage healthy alternatives.

meatless monday"Where the Health Can You Eat Around Here?" East Baltimore Campus Booklet

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