A team of thirteen MPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students spent January 14 to 22 in Nicaragua as part of a public health service trip sponsored by the JB Grant International Health Society.

Robert Lawrence, MD, associate dean and the Edyth Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, chaired an Institute of Medicine committee in 2003 to examine the impact of dioxins in the food supply.

Adnan A. Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD, an internationally-respected road traffic injury expert, will receive a 2006 Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) & Prince Michael International Road Safety award for his contributions towards global road safety.

Older adults who received mental training showed long-lasting improvements in memory, reasoning and speed of processing five years after the intervention, according to the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly study.

Q&A: Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention

UNICEF’s 2007 State of the World’s Children Report focuses on the interrelated issues of gender equity for women and the well-being of their children.

Scientists Explore New Approaches to Fight Malaria

Studies Show Adult Male Circumcision Reduces Acquisition of HIV

Easing Legal Hurdles Could Aid Volunteer Health Personnel Responding to Emergencies

The study of health behavior is really a way to determine how to design interventions that change or reinforce beliefs, explained Martin Fishbein, PhD, distinguished professor in Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kenrad Nelson, MD, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been elected a Fellow in the Section on Medical Sciences by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Derek Cummings, PhD, MHS, a visiting assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, has received a Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI) from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Commentary: ATOMS FOR PEACE IN SOUTH KOREA

Susan P. Baker, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received the Champions Award from the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR).

Bahrami Receives Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award

Richard Morrow, MD, a professor in the JHSPH's Department of International Health, received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association.

Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?

New research from the JHSPH and other institutions has shed light on the relationship between genetic susceptibility to inflammation in the blood and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in dialysis patients.

Elderly persons who were diagnosed with diabetes during middle age (40-64 years) and those diagnosed later in life (over 65 years) comprise two distinct groups.

States that easily permit parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for nonmedical reasons are at increased risk of pertussis (whooping cough), according to a new study from researchers with the JHSPH, the University of Florida and the CDC.

Three Johns Hopkins University researchers have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine. Robert Blum, MD, MPH, PhD, Scott Zeger, PhD, and Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, are among 65 new members nationwide.

HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer

Rx for Survival nominated for Emmy Award

Q & A: What Can We Do About Global Environmental Change?

Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues today published an article in JAMA introducing a prediction tool, called MMRpro, which identifies families with genetic defects that cause an increased risk of colorectal cancer.

Blood lead levels currently thought to be safe by the U.S. government, the World Health Organization and many other authorities are associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

National Commission to Study Health, Environmental Impact of Industrial Farm Animal Production

George Karageorgiou, a graduate student in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management, has been name president-elect of the Public Health Student Caucus.

Wendy Klag

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today released a study revealing important information about teens, sex and the Internet. University of New Hampshire researchers conducted the study. Dina Borzekowski comments.

Ciprian Crainiceanu, PhD, assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, received the 2006 American Statistical Association’s Noether Young Scholar Award.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report on the prevalence of medication errors in the United States. The report is the fifth of the IOM’s Quality Chasm Series examining the consequences of medical mistakes.

Center for Refugee and Disaster Response Provides Assistance to Middle East Region

Samet Honored for Work on Surgeon General’s Report. Received Surgeon General's Medallion

Q&A: The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke. Jonathan Samet discusses findings of Surgeon General's 2006 report on secondhand smoke.

Francesca Dominici, PhD, associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Biostatistics, has been named the 2006 Mortimer Spiegleman Award recipient by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Statistics Section.

Diane E. Griffin, MD, PhD, the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been elected president of the American Society for Microbiology.

Holly Janes, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, received a Young Investigator Award from the American Statistical Association’s Statistics in Epidemiology Section.

Social capital—the trust, reciprocity and cooperation among members of a community who aim to achieve common goals—may help explain differences in teen pregnancy rates between states.

David Duncan 1916-2006

Center for a Livable Future Names Predoctoral Fellows for 2006-2007

HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer

Baltimore-area residents will be better equipped to weather the first three days following an emergency if they prepare a home emergency supply kit containing a portable radio, a flashlight with extra batteries, and water.

Fourteen Baltimore researchers are part of a new national engineering research center that is expected to revolutionize sensor technology.

In a study of Ghanaian teens and their Internet usage, researchers learned that approximately 53 percent of teens from Ghana’s capital city of Accra used the Internet to find health information.

Ruth Karron Named Chair of FDA Advisory Committee

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, dean emeritus and professor of epidemiology and international health at the JHSPH, was awarded the Spirit of Helen Keller Award by Helen Keller International (HKI) for his pioneering research on vitamin A.

Mary Robinson, first woman president of Ireland, was the keynote speaker of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2006 Annual Dr. Leroy E. Burney Lecture on April 11, 2006.

David Sintasath, MSc, a PhD-student in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

David Sintasath, MSc, a PhD-student in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, was appointed to a two-year term with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections.

Remembering Cecile Pickart

Remembering Cecile Pickart

Few Child Safety Seat Models Available for Obese Young Children

Images from the Malaria Research Conference

Video interview with Fotis Kafatos on malaria research

Kenrad Nelson, MD, a professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Epidemiology, recently received two honors for his dedication to the field.

Childhood Obesity Projected to Increase Dramatically by 2010

Cheryl Alexander

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today published a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association relating hospital admissions with fine particulate matter levels.

Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, received grants to develop and evaluate a set of quality and safety indicators to be applied within an electronic medical record framework.

Susan Baker, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was selected for induction into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.

Two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty members were individually recognized at last week’s American Association for Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) meeting in St. Louis, Mo.

Historic Television Program Offers Unique Perspective of 1957 Asian Flu Pandemic

Secondhand Smoke Costs Marylanders $597 Million in Lost Lives and Medical Costs in 2005

David Celentano, ScD, MHS, received an honorary doctorate from Chiang Mai University on January 25, 2006.

Lawrence (Larry) Grossman, PhD, a pioneer in the field of DNA repair and a World War II combat veteran, passed away January 13, 2006, at the age of 81.

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, received the first annual Minority Health Knowledge Award from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health.

Andrea Carlson Gielen, ScD, ScM, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was recently elected an American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) Fellow.

Environmental Justice Partnership holds First Annual Art Exhibit