Press ReleasePress Release Archives CLF Awards Carl Taylor Grants
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has awarded Carl Taylor Grants for 2011 to six Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students. The Carl Taylor Grant program provides resources in support of innovative Johns Hopkins University graduate student and postdoctoral fellow-led research projects on topics relevant to the complex interrelationships among food production, diet, environment and public health. CLF Announces 2010-2011 Predoctoral Fellowships
A record 17 predoctoral fellowship have been awarded to students from four JHSPH departments for 2010-2011. Urban agriculture; the impact of social marketing on health and diet; the use of satellites to map factory farms; and exploring Country of Origin Labels for fish and seafood are among the topics being researched by this year’s predoctoral fellows. Business Affiliation Could Increase Potential Risk of Farm-to-Farm Transmission of Avian Influenza
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the potential influence that the business connections between broiler chicken growers may have on the transmission of avian influenza, H5N1. According to the study, the risk of between-farm transmission is significantly greater among farms within the same company group than it is between farms with different company affiliation. The Center for a Livable Future announces 2009-2010 Innovation Grant Recipients
Five research projects will be funded through the Center for a Livable Future's Innovation Grants program. Each year, the program provides support for innovative interdisciplinary study by Johns Hopkins University faculty, fellows or graduate students. The purpose of the grants is to promote research that addresses some of the complex interactions among diet, human health, food production, food security, equity, and the environment. CLF Fellows Announced
Health and economic vulnerabilities of zoonotic diseases from the porcine industry, human health impacts of poultry waste disposal methods and the source of pathogens found in Chesapeake Bay oysters are among the topics being researched by this year's CLF predoctoral fellows. Flies May Spread Drug-Resistant Bacteria from Poultry Operations
The findings demonstrate another potential link between industrial food animal production and exposures to antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Poultry Workers at Increased Risk of Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant E. coli
Poultry workers in the United States are 32 times more likely to carry E. coli bacteria resistant to the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, than others outside the poultry industry. | 
