Jacobs-Lorena Named “Scientific American 50” for Transgenic Mosquito Research

A long legacy of displacement...From the land grabs perpetrated against Native Americans, to the slave trade, to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, to the bulldozing of entire low-income neighborhoods in the name of urban renewal...

The first recipients of the Johns Hopkins Global Health Scholarships approach international public health from different vantage points.

Money can’t buy happiness. Life satisfaction levels have held steady, despite an ever-increasing rise in gross domestic product (GDP). A better measure of human well-being, argues ecologist Robert Costanza, PhD, is the genuine progress indicator, or GPI.

Dr. Edward Dodge's presentation, “Africa through the Years: Angola to Zimbabwe,” perspectives on his Angolan childhood home, on Ethiopia, and on Zimbabwe.

Celebrating two decades of research on HIV infection among injection drug users, the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) study has become the longest-running investigation of its kind and has made myriad contributions to the study of HIV.

In a November 12 presentation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in honor of Native American Heritage Month, Jeffrey Sachs, director of the UN Millennium Project, spoke about the global health challenges of indigenous communities.

Thomas Burke, PhD, MPH was awarded the inaugural 2007 Faculty Award for Excellence in Academic Public Health Practice from the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) and Pfizer Inc.’s Public Health and Government Group.

Ambassador Mark Dybul speaks about the success and reauthorization of PEPFAR, November 2007.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is among two organizations to receive the inaugural Injury Prevention and Control Health Impact Award.

Keep it short. Be kind. These instructions are just a few of the important lessons taken to heart by students, colleagues, friends and family of George Wills Comstock, whose life was celebrated at the Bloomberg School on September 28, 2007.

Homestead farmer and environmental activist Dan Imhoff discusses the Farm Bill and its effects on nutrition, public health, conservation and the environment.

Bertrand Receives Marjorie C. Horn Operations Research Award

Burney Lecturer: The Future of Urban Health

Bloomberg School Recognized for Malaria Education

The U.S. Cochrane Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has launched a new online course on evidence-based health care.

Nanotechnology and Public Health: Interview with Jonathan Links

Bloomberg School Receives Seven Year Accreditation

New Associate Dean for Research Administration

New Associate Dean for Development and External Relations

In a new analysis of the American physician workforce Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, reports that increasing the number of medical students is not the answer to the projected shortage of doctors.

Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute scientists have taken one step closer to a universal malaria transmission-blocking vaccine by creating a new technique for preventing the development of malaria parasites in multiple mosquito species.

Training Institute to Address Health Disparities Among Indigenous Peoples

George Comstock 1915-2007

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has named the 2007–2008 De Beers African Health Scholars. The program aims to strengthen Africa’s public health infrastructure by training African leaders to improve the health system.

UC Berkeley-Johns Hopkins report aults Burma’s military junta for proliferation of infectious diseases

Interview: Lead in Toys Poses Health Risk

Grassroots Efforts Reduce Newborn Deaths in Northern India

Wen-Chih Yu, a master of public health/master of business administration student in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of International Health, was named a 2007–2008 Luce Scholar.

Michele R. Cooley, PhD, MEd, an associate professor in the JHSPH Department of Mental Health, has been appointed to a four-year term as a member of the Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.

Samet Honored by PAHO for Contributions to Smoke-Free Environments

The excess rate of extreme preterm birth among black infants in the United States accounts for more than half of the infant mortality gap between blacks and whites, according to researchers from the JHSPH.

Universities and colleges across the country are making headway in their efforts to address the career obstacles faced by female faculty, staff and students. To learn more about this issue at Johns Hopkins, we spoke to Francesca Dominici.

What exactly is health informatics? A Q& A with Scott Zeger, chair of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Committee on Health Informatics.

DiPietro Named Associate Dean of Research

Unraveling the Genes of the Yellow Fever Mosquito Genome

2007 JHSPH Golden Apple Award Winners

Q&A: Gun Violence in the United States

2007 JHSPH Golden Apple Award Winners

Pharmacy data can be used as a simple, low-cost tool for monitoring a patient’s adherence to HIV therapy in resource-limited areas, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other organizations.

A history of drinking alcohol may contribute to fatal injuries in the elderly, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.

The Office of Communications and Public Affair spoke with Adnan A. Hyder, MD, PhD, MPH, is an international road safety expert, about Global Road Safety Week and the state of road safety worldwide.

Nine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students traveled to Nicaragua January 1-15, 2007, to establish the Nicaraguan Community Partnership (NCP).

Thomas Kensler, PhD, a renowned cancer researcher at the JHSPH, will receive the 16th annual American Association for Cancer Research-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention.

Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes Thrive in Lab Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute

According to USDA guidelines, Americans should consume at least two servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables each day as part of a healthy diet. JHSPH researchers report that Americans are not meeting these minimum levels.

Elizabeth Dzeng, a master of public health student at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, received a 2007 Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

Kumar to Receive Ranbaxy Award for Malaria Research

Ten Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students spent their winter break doing demolition work and applying some of their classroom knowledge to real world problems.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Baltimore City Fire Department will receive the Nicholas Rosecrans Award, a national injury prevention award, later this month.

Astronaut Provides Lessons in Leadership

Challenges to Successful Global Health Policy

Approximately 1 in 150 children—representing various communities in the United States—have an autism spectrum disorder, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working group.

More than three years after New York City prohibited smoking in its bars and restaurants, city health officials say that the ban is partly responsible for improving city air quality and reducing smoking prevalence among residents

Allison Barlow, MA, MPH, research associate in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of International Health, received a 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. award for community service from Johns Hopkins University.

Miriam H. Alexander, MD, MPH, will receive the 2007 Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) on Feb. 24 in Miami, Fla.

George G. Graham 1923-2007

Sommer Scholars Tour South Africa

James Yager Named Edyth Schoenrich Professor in Preventive Medicine

Muppets, Pharmacists and Journalists All Part of Avian Flu Prevention Campaign

Vaccines for the vulnerable around the world