2011 News Releases
December
12/23/11 Preventing Sexual Child Abuse
12/22/11 Science Names HIV Study "Breakthrough of the Year"
12/22/11 Scientists Engineer Mosquito Immune System to Block Malaria
12/22/11 Marsha Wills-Karp to Chair Department of Environmental Health Sciences
12/21/11 Barry Zirkin Elected as AAAS Fellow
12/19/11 Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth Charts Alcohol Industry’s Digital Marketing
12/15/11 Teens Choose Water When Calorie Count of Sugary Beverages is Easier to Understand
12/15/11 Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Receives Diabetes Grant
12/13/11 Online Public Health Informantics Course for Professionals Now Taking Applications
12/13/11 Opioid Abuse Linked to Mood and Anxiety Disorders
12/13/11 Nonprofits Add Jobs in Maryland Despite Economic Downturn
12/08/11 Bloomberg School to Join Evaluation of New Malaria Vaccine
12/08/11 Fifth Annual George W. Comstock Lecture in TB Research: “What TB Can Teach Us"
12/06/11 International Health Department to Track Child Health Interventions in Africa in Real Time
12/04/11 Bloomberg Faculty Honored for mHealth Innovation
November
11/18/11 The Forever War: Malaria versus The World
11/18/11 Thanksgiving Parade to Feature National Children’s Study Float and Donation
11/17/11 Web App Helps Visualize Farm Bill Spending
11/15/11 Contrasting Patterns of Malaria Drug Resistance Found Between Humans and Mosquitoes
11/14/11 Depressive Symptoms Linked to Mobility Limitations in Older African Americans
11/10/11 Johns Hopkins Global Center for Childhood Obesity Established
11/09/11 Online Game Aims to Improve Scientific Peer Review Accuracy
11/09/11 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Funding
11/09/11 Testing of Seafood Imported into the U.S. Is Inadequate
11/02/11 Berman Institute Faculty Member Len Rubenstein Honored with Peace Award (web article)
October
10/26/11 Researchers Develop Method to Better Estimate Vaccine Coverage
10/18/11 Fatal Crashes in the U.S.: Fewer Canadian Drivers Under The Influence
10/17/11 Researchers Discover Why Steroid Treatment for COPD Is Ineffective
10/12/11 Freya Sonenstein Wins Researcher of the Year Award
10/07/11 Action Guide for Reducing Alcohol Outlet Density
10/06/11 Place, Not Race, May Be a Larger Determinant of Health Disparities
10/05/11 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award Winner Announced
September
09/28/11 Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence
09/28/11 Bloomberg Faculty Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
09/27/11 Dr. Richard Besser Awarded Dean's Medal
09/26/11 Bill and Melinda Gates Receive Global Health Leadership Award
09/23/11 Reports of Mental Health Disability Increase in U.S.
09/21/11 Increased Responsibility Could Lead to Decreased Sexual Activity Among Women
09/19/11 Sommer to Receive Laureate Recognition Award (web article)
09/14/11 2011 Baltimore One-Day Homeless Youth Count Tops 640
09/13/11 Alcohol Ads Still Reaching Youth on the Radio
August
08/16/11 Largest Global Childhood Pneumonia Etiology Study Launched
08/11/11 Researchers Decode Workings of Mysterious, but Critical TB Drug
08/10/11 Blood Tests for Active TB Not Accurate or Cost-Effective
08/04/11 Prescriptions for Antidepressants Increasing among Individuals with no Psychiatric Diagnosis
July
07/26/11 National Children’s Study Underway in Montgomery County, and Across the U.S.
07/13/11 Quinn Receives Thomas Parran Award (web article)
07/08/11 JHSPH Students Named Fulbright Scholars (web article)
June
06/20/11 News Source May Steer Perceived Solution to Childhood Obesity
06/13/11 Barbara Starfield, Championed Importance of Primary Care
06/09/11 Vaccine Expansion in 72 of the World’s Poorest Countries Could Avert 6.4 Million Deaths
06/08/11 Brad Herring Appointed to MHIP Board of Directors (web article)
06/03/11 Study Links Empathy, Self-Esteem, and Autonomy with Increased Sexual Enjoyment
May
05/19/11 Wolbachia Bacteria Reduce Parasite Levels and Kill the Mosquito that Spreads Malaria
05/18/11 Mobile Grocery Truck Offers Healthy Foods
05/16/11 Graduation Contamination
05/12/11 Bacterium Found to Kill Malaria in Mosquitoes
05/12/11 Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy Greatly Reduces HIV Transmission
05/09/11 Risk Adjustment Software to Support Health Care Reform
05/03/11 Climate Change Analysis Predicts Increased Fatalities from Heat Waves
April
04/29/11 Kawi Mental Health Professorship and Scholarship Endowed
04/22/11 World Malaria Day 2011
04/20/11 Researchers to Study Aging Population to Improve Quality of Life among Elderly
04/13/11 Experimental Treatment for COPD in Development
04/13/11 Bloomberg School Awards Goodermote Humanitarian Award to Dikembe Mutombo
04/13/11 Stillbirth Data Analysis Added to Lives Saved Tool
04/12/11 A Century of Public Health Service
04/08/11 Indo-U.S. Center Established to Study Nonsmoking-Related Causes of COPD
04/07/11 Haiti: Lessons Being Learned
04/04/11 National Public Health Week Calls Attention to Injury Prevention
March
03/28/11 JHU Recognizes Outstanding Bloomberg School Alumni
03/23/11 Bloomberg School Deans Attend Leadership Workshop in China
03/23/11 Dr. Robert Black Receives Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
03/21/11 National Children’s Study to Celebrate Kickoff
03/18/11 For Smokers, Internet both Promotes and Undermines Smoking Cessation
03/18/11 Cheskin Receives Grant As Part of Mobilizing for Health Initiative
03/16/11 Q&A: Japan Nuclear Crisis
03/15/11 Bloomberg School of Public Health Ranked No. 1
03/15/11 Message from Dean Klag Regarding Japan Earthquake
03/10/11 Johns Hopkins and Uganda’s Makerere University Complete Unique Collaborative Learning Initiative
03/09/11 Gene Variant Influences Chronic Kidney Disease Risk
03/02/11 Deadline for Public Health Informatics Certificate Training Program Extended (web article)
February
02/24/11 Remembering Alison Geyh
02/21/11 Zirkin to receive the Distinguished Andrologist Award (web article)
02/17/11 Holtgrave Receives Positive Leadership Award
02/08/11 The Aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill
02/02/11 Teaching Excellence
January
01/31/11 Researchers Test Inhalable Measles Vaccine
01/28/11 Johns Hopkins Epidemiologist Named to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Committee
01/28/11 Living Near Busy Roadways Ups Chances of Allergic Asthma
01/18/11 Chris Beyrer Named to PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board
01/13/11 Race Plays Role in Weight-Related Counseling among Obese Patients
01/12/11 Five Johns Hopkins Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
01/04/11 Health Insurance Does Not Discourage Compliance with Diabetes Prevention
Public Affairs Media Contact for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or tmparson@jhsph.edu.