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aving launched the Leon Fleisher Scholars Fund with a gift of $250,000, Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker have now contributed an additional $750,000 to the endowed scholarship fund at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Conservatory, where Fleisher has Payout of taught since 1959. The agreement was the gift signed by the wellknown Baltimore will be philanthropists on matched in Feb. 27. “This wonderful act of generosity by Bob perpetuity and Rheda will make the Fleisher Scholars Fund an essential part of our efforts to attract the most promising undergraduate piano students to Baltimore,” said Jeffrey Sharkey, director of the Peabody Institute. Asked about the impact the donation will have on future students, Fleisher said, “When strewing her seeds of talent among the young, Mother Nature is quite deaf and blind to socioeconomic levels—which renders this gift of such epic generosity all the more meaningful, pertinent and powerful.” “We hope this gift will raise the profile of Peabody and help the school compete with other top conservatories for the very best piano students worldwide,” Meyerhoff said. Added Becker, a member of the Peabody National Advisory Council, “We feel so strongly about this because of our respect for Peabody’s tradition of excellence and our admiration for and longstanding friendship with Leon Fleisher, who truly embodies that tradition.” Fleisher, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chair in Piano, made a legendary series of recordings with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra before losing the use of his right hand due to focal dystonia. His recent book, My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music, written with Washington Post critic Anne Midgette, recounts his rise to fame, his emotional and physical struggles (he eventually was able to perform

Recipients of this year’s $5,000 grants in the Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, part of a Homewood intersession course called Leading Social Change, are Liza Brecher, Homewood Educational Advocacy Resource; Anna Wherry, Baltimore MicroFarming Project; and Julia Zhang, Charm City Science League.

Student-run projects aim at social change in Baltimore City By Greg Rienzi

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tudents who have special education needs face varying degrees of challenges on the path to academic success. And that’s why Liza Brecher, a junior at Johns Hopkins majoring in the history of science, wondered: Why give these students and their families needless red tape and hurdles to contend with on top of life’s daily struggles?

Brecher points to complex IEP (individualized educational program) forms, school system and municipal bureaucracy, and the burden on parents of fitting IEP meetings into a busy work schedule. Then there’s the cost. Advocates—professionals trained to help Continued on page 8

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Hearing loss linked to threefold risk of falling By Stephanie Desmon

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earing loss has been linked to a variety of medical, social and cognitive ills, including dementia. Now, in addition, a study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that hearing loss may be a risk factor for another huge public health problem: falls. The finding could help researchers

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develop new ways to prevent falls, especially in the elderly, and the resulting injuries that generate billions in health care costs in the United States each year, by some estimates. To determine whether hearing loss and falling are connected, Frank Lin, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, and his colleague Luigi Ferrucci, of the National Institute on Aging, used data from the 2001 to 2004 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition

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Hopkins-Nanjing Center team advances to moot court final

team of five Hopkins-Nanjing Center students has made it to the final round of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition that will take place from March 25 to 31 in Washington, D.C. The team of master’s degree student Shirlene Yee and certificate students Sun Chuan, Wang Jingling, Stephen Levandoski and He Shen placed third overall out of 39 teams in the China National Rounds of the competition, which were held Feb. 22 to 26 at Beijing’s Renmin University. Professors Feng Chuan, Roda Mushkat and Thomas Simon coached the winning team. In addition, Yee placed first and Levandoski sixth in the individual Best Oralist portion of the competition. The HNC team will be one of four representing China in the international finals. This is only the second year that an HNC team has participated in the competition; that team placed sixth overall in last year’s China National Rounds. Now in its 53rd year, the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition, with participants from more than 500 institutions, primarily law schools, in more than 80 countries. The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. Teams prepare oral and written pleadings, arguing both the applicant and respondent positions of the case.

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It’s how banks behave, not how they’re built, that affects economy B y A m y L u n d ay

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Fleisher Continued from page 1 again with both hands) and the rechanneling of his musical genius into teaching and conducting. On Feb. 28, Fleisher conducted the Peabody Symphony Orchestra’s all-Brahms concert, which celebrated Meyerhoff and Becker’s gift to the Leon Fleisher Scholars Fund, in Peabody’s Miriam A. Friedberg Hall. Performing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major was one of his students, graduate performance diploma candidate Yuri Shadrin, winner of the 2011 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition.

Thanks to an undergraduate matching gift program at Johns Hopkins, the payout of the $1 million gift will be matched in perpetuity. When fully funded, the Meyerhoff-Becker contribution will generate enough income to cover at least two full-tuition scholarships. In addition to this extraordinary donation, 85 other donors have been inspired by Fleisher’s mastery and artistic leadership to contribute a total of $233,918 to the fund, bringing the endowment up to $1,233,918. With more than 140 undergraduate and graduate students, the Conservatory’s Piano Department, chaired by Boris Slutsky, is Peabody’s largest. It is also among the most prestigious, having turned out such talents as Andre Watts, Alon Goldstein, Awadagin Pratt and Brian Ganz, who is now one of the nine faculty artists. G

Five mutations linked to platelet counts in African-Americans Researchers’ findings could lead to better drugs for coronary artery diseases By Stephanie Desmon

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esearchers led by scientists from Johns Hopkins have found five previously unknown gene mutations believed to be associated with elevated blood platelet counts in African-Americans, findings they say could someday lead to the development of new drugs to help prevent coronary artery disease. The study is believed to be the first of its size to focus on platelet genetics in AfricanAmericans, who have a higher risk of stroke than other racial groups. They also have relatively higher platelet counts and average platelet volume, and worse outcomes than whites after a heart attack. “Improving our understanding of the biology and genetics of platelets and how they function will aid us in developing better and more individualized treatments to reduce risk of heart disease associated with platelets,” said study leader Rehan Qayyum, an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Qayyum cautions that there are believed to be many more genes involved in platelet function that remain unknown. Platelets are cells, smaller than red or white blood cells, that are produced in bone marrow and foster blood clotting. While clotting is critical to stop bleeding after injuries, it also can cause harm by allowing clumps of blood cells to clog blood vessels leading to the heart, brain and other organs, cutting off blood flow. Studies have shown that the greater the platelet volume or count in the blood, and the larger the platelets, the greater the risk of dangerous clot formation. Qayyum notes

that the number of platelets in a given amount of blood (platelet count) and the size of these platelets (measured as average platelet count) vary from person to person in much the way that height, weight and eye color traits differ. Thus, he said, the search for genes that control this variation is a potentially fruitful line of scientific inquiry. Qayyum and his colleagues, publishing in the online journal PLoS Genetics, report that they conducted a meta-analysis and genomewide association study, looking at genetic data from 16,000 African-American participants in seven studies. Comparing information from each study, they tracked 2.5 million single possible changes in the human genetic code to see which genes stood out across the entire group as significantly associated with increased or decreased platelet counts. Across the studied genomes, the researchers found five such alterations—involving the addition or deletion of a single piece of genetic code—that had not been identified in other populations. When they checked their findings against data from Caucasian and Hispanic groups, they found three of the novel gene mutations in those populations, too. Four of the previously unknown gene mutations were later found in the genetic code of platelet cells, but one was not; that one, however, was found close to a gene that is known to be essential in the formation of normal platelets. The exact role played by each of these mutations still needs to be determined, Qayyum says. Qayyum says that one goal of the research is to identify new targets for drugs that decrease platelet aggregation in the arteries and prevent clot formation. Blood thinners—including aspirin, clopidogrel and warfarin—are widely used anti-platelet medications, but some people can’t tolerate the side effects, which include bleeding, bruising and gastrointestinal upset. The study was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In addition to Qayyum, Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Lisa Yanek, Diane M. Becker and Lewis C. Becker.

he idea that there could be a single blueprint for rows and rows of failsafe banks is particularly attractive in the midst of a global recession caused in part by the collapse of several major financial institutions. But such a map is not that easy to achieve, according to one Johns Hopkins University economist. In Mobilizing Money: How the World’s Richest Nations Financed Industrial Growth (Cambridge University Press, January 2012), Caroline Fohlin suggests that it’s not how banks were built but how they behave—and how that behavior is regulated—that affects our economy. In her research for Mobilizing Money, Fohlin studied the growth Caroline of modern corporate finance systems during the period of rapid industrialization during the buildup to World War I. She found that there is no “one size fits all” model when it comes to designing financial systems. Going forward, she said, it’s more important from a policy standpoint to concentrate on developing strong, stable and legally protected systems with a diversity of institutions that will be better equipped to weather future financial storms. Fohlin’s manuscript for Mobilizing Money was completed before the current economic crisis began in 2008, so it does not directly address today’s volatile economic climate. But she says that we can extrapolate from the historical events covered in her book and apply the lessons to today’s fiscal woes. “In the heat of the moment, you don’t want to react to short-term phenomena,”

Fohlin says. “We need to look back over decades, and even centuries, and take into account the long-term trends in financial development over time. Do we need to completely rip up our current financial system? Probably not, when you look at the big picture. We don’t have to be so concerned.” Fohlin, who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as a research professor of economics in 2005, investigates how financial markets, institutions and systems have developed around the world over the long run, and how the organization of financial intermediaries influences their performance and potentially impinges on economic growth. Her research demonstrates the idiosyncratic nature of financial development across countries and the feedback relationship between financial Fohlin development and economic growth, and also reveals a wide range of financial systems that can successfully support economic development. Currently, Fohlin is studying the transformation of U.S. securities markets over the 20th century. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she is creating the first comprehensive, high-frequency microstructure database for the New York Stock Exchange and the Consolidated Stock Exchange for the period 1890–1925. With the assistance of a team of undergraduate researchers to help gather the numbers from old newspaper records, Fohlin wants to examine the years leading up to the Great Depression and before the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine whether we really need a regulatory body such as the SEC.

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eart transplant patients who receive new organs before the age of 55 and get them at hospitals that perform at least nine heart transplants a year are significantly more likely than other people to survive at least 10 years after their operations, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Examining data from the more than 22,000 American adults who got new hearts between 1987 and 1999, researchers found that roughly half were still alive a decade after transplant, and further analysis identified factors that appear to predict at least 10 years of life after the operations. “There are 2,000 to 2,500 heart transplants a year in the U.S., and many people die waiting,” said Arman Kilic, a surgical resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and leader of the study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. “We have to be very smart about how to allocate scarce organs, and our research suggests we can predict which patients will live longer with a new heart.” Kilic and his colleagues used information collected by the United Network of Organ Sharing and compared the 9,404 heart transplant recipients who survived for 10 or more years with the 10,373 who did not. (Some 3,000 of the 22,000-plus total recipients were lost to follow-up.) The researchers found that patients 55 and younger had a 24 percent greater chance of 10-year survival than older patients, those treated at hospitals performing nine or more heart transplants a year had a 31 percent greater chance of 10-year survival than those at lower volume centers, and white patients were 35 percent more likely to survive a decade than were minority patients.

Kilic says that nearly half of the heart transplant recipients in the study were over 55, and that there is debate over what age is too old for undergoing the surgery. “After the age of 55, we see the biggest difference in long-term survival,” he says. “The chance of surviving for 10 years drops precipitously.” Patients at high-volume centers do better not only because their surgeons likely have more experience with heart transplants but also because the staff and facilities are likely better equipped to manage the complex postoperative care of these patients and promote good outcomes, Kilic says. The researchers noted that patients who were on ventilators before their transplants were 47 percent more likely to die within 10 years of surgery. People who require breathing machines before surgery are much sicker than those who do not, so it makes sense that those patients would do poorly, Kilic says. In addition, diabetics were one-third more likely to die within 10 years of transplant. The study results also show the impact on long-term survival of ischemic time, or how long the heart is out of the body as it travels from donor to recipient. For every hour that ischemic time was reduced, the researchers found an 11 percent increase in the chance that the recipient would survive for a decade or more. The age of the donor was also significant.

For every decade younger the donor was, the recipient was 10 percent more likely to survive long term, Kilic says. Under current regulations and policies, the United Network of Organ Sharing gives available hearts to the sickest patients on its national waiting list, typically those whose doctors predict they will not survive a month without a new organ. Kilic says he agrees with the policies but suggests that it may be useful to give priority within this sickest group to patients who, according to his data, would likely survive the longest. “These data could be used for both prognosis and allocation purposes,” Kilic said. “They help predict which patients have the best chance to derive the longest and most sustainable benefit from the limited number of hearts that become available each year. It also identifies areas that need further research, such as why racial disparities exist in longterm survival following heart transplant.” More than 5 million Americans suffer from heart failure. While the majority of these patients can be managed with lifestyle modifications and medication, for those who suffer from severe, end-stage heart failure, transplantation remains the gold-standard treatment. Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Timothy J. George, George J. Arnaoutakis, Ashish S. Shah and John V. Conte.

Opioid abuse linked by researchers to mood and anxiety disorders B y N ata l i e W o o d - W r i g h t

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ndividuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic and major depressive disorders may be more likely to abuse opioids, according to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who found that such disorders are highly associated with nonmedical prescription opioid use. The results are featured in a recent issue of the Journal of Psychological Medicine. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids such as oxycontin—a common and effective treatment for chronic and acute pain—has increased dramatically, and, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, prescription opioids are the second most frequently used illegal drug in the United States after marijuana. Prescription opioids are highly addictive, and prolonged use can produce neurological changes and physiological dependence. For the study, researchers examined individuals with mood and anxiety disorders and their association with nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid disorder. “Lifetime nonmedical prescription opioid use was associated with the incidence of any mood disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and all anxiety disorders. Nonmedical opioid-use disorder due to nonmedical prescription opioid use was associated with any mood disorder, any anxiety disorder, as well as with several incident mood disorders and anxiety disorders,” said Silvia Martins, lead author of the study and an associate scientist in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Mental Health. “However, there is also evidence that the association works the other way, too,” she said. “Increased risk of incident opioid disorder due to nonmedical use occurred among study participants with baseline mood disorders, major depressive disorder, dysthymia and panic disorder, reinforcing our finding that participants with mood disorders might use opioids nonmedically to alleviate their mood symptoms. Early identification and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders might reduce the risk for self-medication with

prescription opioids and the risk of future development of an opioid-use disorder.” Using data from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions, a longitudinal face-to-face survey of individuals ages 18 years and older between 2001–2002 and 2004–2005, researchers assessed participants for a history of psychiatric disorders. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids was defined to participants as using a prescription opioid without a prescription or in greater amounts more often or longer than prescribed or for a reason other than a doctor’s instruction to use them. Logistic regression was used to determine whether lifetime nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid disorders due to this use predicted incident mood and anxiety disorders and the reverse. Researchers say they believe that these findings provide support for a bidirectional pathway between nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid-use disorder due to nonmedical use and several mood and anxiety disorders. Carla Storr, author of the study and an adjunct professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Mental Health, said, “With the current increased use of nonmedical prescription drugs, especially among adolescents, the association with future psychopathology is of great concern. Using opioids, or even withdrawal from opioids, might precipitate anxiety disorders, suggesting that there is a subgroup of people who are vulnerable to future development of anxiety disorders.” Individuals using prescription opioids need to be closely monitored not only for the possibility of engaging in nonmedical use but also for the development of co-morbid psychiatric disorders, she said. Added Martins, “Additional studies are needed to examine the relationship between nonmedical prescription opioid use and prescription opioid-use disorder with mood and anxiety disorders since they could co-occur due to shared genetic or environmental risk factors.” The study was written by Martins, M.C. Fenton, K.M. Keyes, C. Blanco, H. Zhu and Storr. The research was supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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Choline-poor diet in older women linked to worse liver damage B y E k at e r i n a P e s h e va

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enopausal women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease who don’t consume enough of the essential nutrient choline appear to be at higher risk for liver scarring, according to research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. The findings of a multicenter study, which compared liver damage and choline consumption among 664 children and adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, were published online Feb. 15 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Choline-rich foods include dairy, eggs, cod, broccoli, peanut butter, lean beef, chicken breast, chicken liver, seed oils, leafy greens, cauliflower and legumes, such as peas, beans and lentils. Low choline intake was not linked to worse damage in children, women of childbearing age or men with NAFLD, a finding that underscores the existence of important age and gender differences in disease progression, the research team reports. The scientists caution that the exact link behind low choline and liver damage remains unclear, and they emphasize that

adding choline to one’s diet may not halt disease progression. Researchers speculate that one possible explanation behind the worse scarring seen among post-menopausal women is that estrogen may affect a subset of genes that regulate choline synthesis, and that declining levels of estrogen after menopause may interfere with this process. Complicating the picture, they note, is that NAFLD has many causes and develops differently from patient to patient. However, the researchers say, the new findings do point to choline as one possible catalyst that may hasten liver damage in certain patients. Because choline needs vary by age and gender, the Institute of Medicine recommends 425 mg daily choline consumption for nonpregnant, nonbreastfeeding women and 550 mg daily for men. Teens should consume 400 mg daily and preteens 375 mg daily. Children between ages 4 and 8 should get 250 mg per day, and children between ages 1 and 3 should consume 200 mg daily. Infants less than 1 year old should receive between 125 and 150 mg daily, via formula or breast milk. “Physicians have long been fascinated by the unpredictable nature of fatty liver disease and the reasons some patients progress

James Franco’s Hart Crane film at Shriver Hall on March 9

he actor James Franco’s film The Broken Tower, about the life and work of the poet Hart Crane, will be shown at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 9, in Homewood’s Shriver Hall. The 90-minute film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring John Irwin, author of the recently published Hart Crane’s Poetry, and other special guests. The screening and discussion are sponsored by the Writing Seminars, the Program in Film and Media Studies and the JHU Press, which published Hart Crane’s Poetry earlier this year. Shot in black and white, and com-

pleted in 2011, The Broken Tower is based on the biography of Crane by Paul Mariani. Franco wrote the screenplay while studying at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and later decided to produce, direct, edit and star in the film. It premiered last year at Boston College, where Mariani teaches, and was shown at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival. A theatrical release is planned for sometime in 2012. More details about the screening and panel discussion will appear later this week in Today’s Announcements and on JHU Press’ website, blog and social media channels.

Scheel named inaugural Ronald R. Peterson Professor in Nephrology By John Lazarou

ally recognized investigator in his field,” Peterson said. ”I am particularly honored for Johns Hopkins Medicine him to become the first recipient of this new professorship.” aul J. Scheel Jr., an associate profes Scheel is the director of the Division of sor in the Johns Hopkins University Nephrology at The Johns Hopkins HospiSchool of Medicine, was named the tal and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical inaugural Ronald R. Peterson Professor in Center. After receiving his medical degree Nephrology at the School of from Georgetown University, Medicine during a dedication he completed a residency in ceremony on Thursday, March internal medicine and a fel1. lowship in nephrology at Johns “Endowing a professorship proHopkins. He joined the faculty vides the stability and flexibility in 1992 and became director of needed for our faculty to improve the division in 2004. the overall quality of a specific Renowned for his expertise in department,” said Edward D. the care of patients with renal Miller, the Frances Watt Baker, disease, Scheel is responsible M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., for developing medical therapy M.D., Dean of the Medical Fac- Paul Scheel to treat patients with a rare disulty and CEO of Johns Hopkins order, retroperitoneal fibrosis. Medicine. “The endowment will provide The therapy, developed by Scheel, is used Dr. Scheel the resources necessary to take by physicians throughout the world and advantage of the important opportunities eliminates the need for surgery or chronic for innovation, research and treatment of indwelling ureteral stents. patients.” “I am truly grateful for this endowment The endowed professorship is named in as it will enable our division to continue honor of Ronald R. Peterson, president of our fight to understand how autoimmune The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health disorders work,” Scheel said. “Only by System and executive vice president of understanding the mechanisms of immuJohns Hopkins Medicine. nologic and autoimmune disorders can we “Dr. Scheel is a superb clinician and determine the best approach for treatment, innovative program builder, a devoted and management and, ultimately, prevention of accomplished teacher and an internationkidney diseases.”

quickly to advanced stages of liver scarring while others have little to no inflammation for many years,” said lead investigator Anthony Guerrerio, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “Our research illuminates one potential mechanism of liver scarring that portends worse outcomes in some but not all patients,” he said. NAFLD affects one in three Americans, researchers estimate, and is marked by fatty buildup in the liver, with or without inflammation. In its advanced form, known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the disease causes cell death, irreversible scarring and liver failure. Physicians do not know why some patients develop the more severe forms of the disease fairly quickly while others remain relatively healthy, but nutrition, body weight, genes and environment are all believed to play a role in disease progression. Recent research shows that more children and adults are developing fatty livers, likely due to growing obesity rates, the investigators say. In the current study, the researchers analyzed liver biopsy results and choline consumption, obtained from patient food diaries. None of the patients met the daily recommended intake, but only those eating less than half the recommended doses were deemed choline-deficient. Controlling for other risk factors, such as body weight and alcohol consumption, menopausal women who consumed less than half the daily recommended choline intake had greater degrees of liver scarring, the researchers found. Advanced liver scarring was found in nearly half of the 63 post-menopausal women in the group with choline-deficient diets, compared with 30 percent of the 131 post-menopausal women with nondeficient diets. Differences were far less pronounced among women of childbearing age, men and children. Advanced liver scarring was found

in 18 percent of choline-deficient women of childbearing age and in 10 percent of those with nondeficient diets. Eighteen percent of choline-deficient males 14 years of age and older had advanced liver scarring compared with 16 percent among their nondeficient counterparts. Advanced liver fibrosis was seen in 10 percent of choline-deficient children ages 9 through 13, while 17 percent of nondeficient ones had the same degree of liver scarring. Other Johns Hopkins co-investigators on the study were Amy Schwartz, Michael Torbenson and Ryan Colvin. Ann Scheimann, also of Johns Hopkins, was principal investigator. Other institutions participating in the study were Indiana University School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Children’s National Medical Center, University of California, San Diego and Columbia University. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health June 4-8 and 11–15, 2012 Examines the impact of social and behavioral factors on health and what can be done to influence them, as well as modes of interventions used in the prevention of disease and injury at a variety of levels. A New View: Improving Public Health through Innovative Social and Behavioral Tools and Approaches June 18–21, 2012 Emphasizes real world integrative thinking, tools, and solutions in the pursuit of improving public health in the U.S. and internationally. Mass Media for Public Health Benefit: The Example of Anti-Smoking Campaigns June 7–8, 2012 Introduces the principles of social marketing and how public health mass media campaigns can be effectively used to promote changes in attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. Case examples focus on anti-smoking campaigns.

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The garden, called The Blue Jay’s Perch at Johns Hopkins Eastern, was the idea of a student-run group committed to bringing local and sustainable food to the Homewood campus and the surrounding Baltimore area. Students, staff and faculty will be able to sign up to garden in the communal rows or to work with a neighborhood community group in the raised-bed plots, beginning this spring. A kickoff event for the garden will take place on April 28. —Greg Rienzi

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TV host Chris Matthews visits with Osher Institute members By Robin Ferrier

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n Monday, Feb. 20, TV personality Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC’s Hardball With Chris Matthews, visited the university’s Montgomery County Campus for a Q&A with Michelle Bernard, president of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy, an MSNBC political analyst and an instructor in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Johns Hopkins. The event, which was open to Osher members and their guests, drew a packed house of attendees interested in learning more about Matthews’ new book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, and his thoughts on the 2012 presidential elections. The 90-minute conversation began with Bernard asking Matthews why he decided to write about Kennedy. “I wanted to introduce a younger generation of people to JFK,” Matthews said, comparing his task to that of The Great Gatsby’s Nick Carraway when he was trying to convince others to attend Gatsby’s funeral. “And I wanted to capture male regard for male heroes. What makes a man

MSNBC’s Michelle Bernard and Chris Matthews share the stage at an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event on the Montgomery County Campus.

take a bullet for another man? That was the topic I was exploring in this book.” Matthews and Bernard discussed Kennedy’s role during historic events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis; his personal life, including his unusual relationship with Jackie Kennedy; his personality (“Jack

would screw you over in a second, but he’d do it with a smile on his face”); and, finally, the current political climate. “We were excited and honored to have Chris Matthews and Michelle Bernard as our guests,” said Osher Director Mary Kay Shartle Galotto. “They are both dynamic

and knowledgeable, with years of experience and insight into the complexities of the American election process. The chemistry and flow of ideas between them was fantastic.” After the session with Matthews, Bernard moderated a panel discussion, titled 2012: Capitalism on Trial, with Jonathan Allen, of Politico; Perry Bacon, of NBC News’ theGrio.com; Democratic strategist Liz Lopez, a lawyer at Barnes & Thornburg; David Mercer, former finance director for the Democratic National Committee and founder of Mercer & Associates; Republican strategist Bay Buchanan, a political commentator for CNN and an adjunct professor of political communication at George Mason University; speechwriter Mary Kate Carey, a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report; and Charlotte Hays, a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. The events were part of a daylong program on politics and the 2012 presidential election. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Johns Hopkins offers retired and semiretired individuals an array of stimulating noncredit courses, lectures and activities. It holds classes in Baltimore and Columbia and on the Montgomery County Campus, where it currently has more than 600 members.

Kay Jamison and Lisa Feigenson to give upcoming Provost’s Lectures Disorders Center. On Thursday, March 15, child psychologist Lisa Feigenson will present “Insights From Infancy: Seeking the Roots of Human Cognition.” Feigenson, an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, will discuss her research on thinking in pre-verbal infants who have limited experience with the world. The lecture will help illustrate how studying cognitive development can yield insights into our understanding of human memory and numerical abilities. Her talk begins at 5:30 p.m. in Tilghman Auditorium at the School of Medicine. A Q&A session and reception will follow each lecture. Those planning to attend should email ProvostRSVP@jhu.edu.

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he Provost’s Lecture Series will feature a double dose of mind-exploring topics next week. Is there a link between madness and genius? Clinical psychologist and bipolar disorder expert Kay Jamison will present a talk titled “Mood Disorders and Creativity” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, in Mason Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus. The lecture will present evidence for significantly increased rates of depression and bipolar illness in writers and artists, discuss possible reasons for these elevated rates and open for discussion areas of potential clinical and ethical concern. Jamison is the Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders and a professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine. She also serves as co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood

School of Education partners with Education Industry Association By Jim Campbell

School of Education

he Johns Hopkins University School of Education and the Education Industry Association, a trade group representing private providers of education services, have announced a partnership building on their individual strengths in educational instruction and reform. Together, the two entities will create a center for education innovation and entrepreneurship; facilitate relationships between EIA member companies and the School of Education; integrate for-profit programs, products and concepts more deeply into the education sector; and create joint research and education programs. “We strongly believe that our school must develop new programs and partnerships with all components of the education sector in order to achieve our vision of realigning our profession and advancing education reform nationwide,” said David W. Andrews, dean of the School of Education. “Forming this strategic part-

nership with EIA will help the for-profit and not-for-profit education sectors learn from each other, and better enable us to work together for the betterment of all aspects of education.” “The Johns Hopkins University School of Education is one of our nation’s premier institutions for scholarship, education research and preparation of teachers and school leaders,” said Steven Pines, executive director of EIA. “EIA and its members look forward to collaborating with the school to improve American education.” The announcement was made Feb. 23 in Washington, D.C., during the Education Industry Days Summit, EIA’s annual legislative and policy conference. The broad aims of the initiative are to formalize a joint center for education innovation and entrepreneurship, build partnerships between the School of Education and EIA members in the preK-to-12 education marketplace, develop dual-degree programs for education entrepreneurs in the public and private sectors, implement joint research projects and stakeholder meetings, and develop an education incubator/accelerator center.

Emily Sucher, Brandon Epstein and Daniel Weisglass in ‘Legion.’

Theatre Arts and Studies Program presents world premiere of ‘Legion’ B y A m y L u n d ay

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he Johns Hopkins University Theatre Arts and Studies Program will present the world premiere of Legion at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 9, in the John Astin Theatre in Homewood’s Merrick Barn. Additional performances will follow at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. In Legion, a complex and driving legal thriller, a drug dealer is in the hospital, a teenage honor student is in jail, and the service organization the student started is under siege. Who is telling the truth? And who—and what—is Legion? The cast includes 13 undergraduates who perform alongside Astin, a Johns Hopkins alumnus

and renowned actor who leads the theater company and is director of the Theatre Arts and Studies Program. Legion was written by nationally acclaimed, award-winning playwright Nicky Glossman. He is the author of Professional, which was performed by Edward Asner and Jay O. Sanders; and Devil, winner of the 2011 Samuel French Inc. Young Playwriting Competition. The director is James Glossman, the playwright’s father and a longtime faculty member in the Theatre Program. The play contains adult language. Tickets are $5 for students with ID; $13 for Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and alumni, and seniors (65+); and $15 for the general public (cash or check only). For reservations and information, call 410-516-5153 or email JHUT@jhu.edu. The program’s website is krieger.jhu.edu/theatre-arts.

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Delaware offers lessons for fire prevention programs nationwide Public Health study examines a state-level approach to fire safety By Alicia Samuels

Bloomberg School of Public Health

new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds that fire and life safety programs in Delaware offer a strategic, comprehensive and coordinated approach to fire prevention. The study, which involved in-depth interviews with members of the state’s fire service, highlights the diversity of prevention initiatives under way in the state and documents how tradition, dedication and a sense of community are keys to success for the program. Delaware was chosen for the study because some federal fire officials view the state as a model for fire and life safety practices. The report, published in the November issue of the Journal of Pub-

Humanism Continued from page 1 navigate services—can charge up to $75 an hour. Brecher wanted to help Baltimore City students and their families find their way through this often thorny special education maze—and to do so for free. And she will, thanks to the $5,000 grant she was given to help fund her project called HEAR, Homewood Educational Advocacy Resource. HEAR was one of three student-run proj-

lic Health Management and Practice, offers recommendations to states and localities across the country looking to improve their fire and life safety activities. Fire and life safety education encompasses community fire and injury prevention efforts. Examples include smoke alarm distribution initiatives and programs that aim to address recidivism among fire-setting youth. In 2009, residential fires in the United States resulted in more than 2,500 civilian deaths, 13,000 injuries and property loss of almost $7.8 billion. “Close to 90 percent of fire departments in the U.S. conduct fire and life safety programs, yet little is known about the factors that influence their success and sustainability,” said lead study author Shannon Frattaroli, an assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “By examining the culture and context of a specific state’s program and sharing what we learn, we hope to help other states improve their own fire and life safety services.” Using the case study method, the research-

ers collected data from in-person key informant interviews, direct observation of fire prevention events and relevant documents such as programmatic materials. Key informants included members of the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association, local fire chiefs and representatives of the state Fire Marshal’s Office. “Of the characteristics that emerged about the Delaware fire service’s approach to prevention, a sense of community was perhaps the strongest theme,” said Andrea Gielen, a co-author of the study and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. Many of those interviewed reported their involvement with various communities as essential to the effectiveness of their work. “We learned that partnerships with schools, the media and local business are integral to expanding the reach of fire safety and prevention programs throughout the state. This finding is of particular importance given the impact of the nation’s economic woes on fire service budgets.” The researchers also examined the extent to which Delaware fire service professionals

are engaged in policy advocacy efforts, such as hosting legislative appreciation events. “With several promising fire prevention policy initiatives gaining momentum, including efforts to expand residential sprinkler requirements, it’s important to consider how the fire service can work with public health professionals to advance such policy efforts,” Frattaroli said. “I firmly believe these efforts could benefit from greater coordination between public health and fire service advocates. Public health professionals should consider the steps necessary to advance this approach.” Additional authors of the study are Jennifer Piver-Renna, of the Army Institute of Public Health; Keshia Pollack, of Johns Hopkins; and Van M. Ta, of San Jose State University. This research was supported by a grant to the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The findings and conclusions in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC.

ects recently awarded funding in the Social Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition, a new feature in the Homewood intersession course called Leading Social Change. In the class, the students had the opportunity to develop business plans for projects that would have a positive social impact in Baltimore. The two-credit, three-week class culminated in a competition in which students presented their ideas to peers and a panel of three faculty judges. The top three groups were awarded $5,000 in seed money to turn their visions into reality. The grants were made possible by a $75,000 gift, spread out over five years, from university alumnus Christopher Drennen. The other two winning proposals were the

Baltimore MicroFarming Project and the Charm City Science League. Bill Smedick, director of leadership programs and assessment in the Office of Student Life, created the Leading Social Change course three years ago to give students real-world and leadership skills to make a positive difference in society. The business plan competition was instituted last year. This year’s class had 25 students, who broke off into seven teams. Smedick, who teaches the course, said that the judges had several first-class projects to pick from. “We had a great group this year—talented students who were all looking to innovate for social change,” said Smedick, an adjunct lecturer in the Center for Leadership Education in the Whiting School of Engineering. “I couldn’t be happier.” To achieve its goals, HEAR will train JHU and area undergraduate and graduate students to become advocates for families who have children receiving special education services. Brecher said that the special education system is complex and difficult for parents to navigate, especially with the added challenges of poverty and illiteracy that some in the Homewood area face. The student volunteers will be trained in the legal aspects of special education, federal regulations, sensitivity issues and the IEP process. “They’ll also become familiar with the specific quirks in the Baltimore City system,” she said. The Department of Education defines special needs broadly, including everything from autism and blindness, to dyslexia and hearing impairments. Brecher knows firsthand the challenges faced by these families, as her older brother has Down syndrome. Since 2009, she’s volunteered at the Down Syndrome Program at Children’s Hospital Boston. “My parents worked very hard to ensure [that my brother] received appropriate services,” she said. “And I’ve been around other families who didn’t think their child’s individualized education plan was right, but they weren’t sure how to change it.” Brecher started to interview applicants for HEAR last week. She plans to select five to seven people, each of whom will partner with one family. The HEAR project will officially start in April. The Baltimore MicroFarming Project is modeled after similar community-based farms nationwide. The project aims to promote community involvement and goodwill by involving area residents and neighborhood organizations in every aspect of planning and implementing an urban garden. The project is targeted at refugees and immigrants who were involved in agri-

cultural pursuits in their home countries. Relocated in Baltimore, many refugees have factory jobs and live in “food deserts,” defined as pockets far from a grocery store, said Anna Wherry, a sophomore public health studies major and the project’s leader. Wherry implemented a similar garden on a smaller scale during her senior year of high school. She said that the experience enabled her to see how participants were able to improve their quality of life. “With this project here in Baltimore, the participants can use the garden to reconnect with the land, supplement their diet and earn some extra income via the farm’s products,” she said. The ultimate goal, she said, is to turn this project over to the immigrants whom the project is designed to benefit. Wherry and the group’s three other students are currently talking to several community organizations interested in the project and are looking for additional funding. They are also looking to secure a two-acre piece of land located within 10 minutes’ walking distance of a refugee settlement. Wherry said that she expects the project to start in spring 2013. The Charm City Science League aims to increase academic performance in Baltimore City schools with a particular focus on science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education. Specifically, the program is intended to inspire middle school students through a combination of intensive one-onone mentoring and participation in Science Olympiad competitions. Science Olympiad is currently implemented in four Baltimore middle schools. The goal of the Charm City Science League is to bring the successful program to middle schools within the Greater Homewood area, paired with mentoring focused on encouraging creative thinking and making science fun, said team leader Julia Zhang, a junior majoring in molecular and cellular biology. Currently, only one in 10 Maryland high school graduates is considered “STEM advanced,” meaning that they possess the skills and sufficient knowledge necessary to succeed in some of the most lucrative and fastest-growing professions available. Seventy-two percent of Maryland’s eighth-graders perform at below-proficient levels in science, while 60 percent score at below-proficient levels in math, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress tests. The Charm City Science League will start with a pilot after-school program in Barclay Elementary/Middle School, with the eventual goal of implementing the program in two additional Homewood-area schools. The project’s two-year trial period will begin this fall. G

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University’s internal communications rated ‘good’ to ‘very good’ By Greg Renzi

The Gazette

he Johns Hopkins community feels generally well informed about university-related news, and learns about all things JHU through a multitude of print and online sources, according to a recent survey. The Office of Communications launched the survey Dec. 5 to gauge the effectiveness of current internal communications and build new strategies for sharing information, news and stories of the university. More than 4,400 responded to the survey, which ran for 10 days. The majority of participants, 56 percent,

said that they learn about university news and receive information via emails from the President’s Office. The next-highest-rated sources of information were, in order, Today’s Announcements (daily email to the Homewood campus), departmental meetings, a supervisor, The Gazette and the university’s main website. Other sources included Johns Hopkins Magazine, JHU’s Facebook page and the My Johns Hopkins portal. When asked about the preferred method to learn of university news and events, the majority, nearly 77 percent, said an email with an embedded message or link to the information. Just over 10 percent said they preferred to go on their own to the university website. M A R C H

The results said that people are interested in hearing directly from the president, particularly on matters related to the administration of the university. Overall, survey participants said that they considered themselves sufficiently knowledgeable on a vast array of university news and affairs. Roughly 70 percent of participants rated internal communications as “good” to “very good.” Glenn Bieler, the university’s vice president for communications, said that the results will help guide future communications projects and strategies. “We had a very good response to our survey, and I want to thank everyone who participated for helping us out,” Bieler said. 5

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“You #$%^&’s Will Think You Invented Baseball: Hank Aaron and the 1970s Discourse of Racial Resentment,” a History seminar with historian and journalist Rick Perlstein. 308 Gilman. HW

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“The Project of Critical Phenomenology,” a Philosophy seminar with Michael Marder, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. Co-sponsored by German and Romance Languages and Literatures. 288 Gilman. HW

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“Interferon Lambda and the Regulation of the Human Th2 Response,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Grant Gallagher, Humigen LLC/Institute for Genetic Immunology. W1020 SPH. EB

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nogenic and Molecular Impact of Genomic Demethylation,” a Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program thesis defense seminar with Elisabeth Heuston. 3M42 CRB I. EB

“SKART: A Skewness- and Autoregression-Adjusted Batch-Means Procedure for Simulation Analysis,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with James Wilson, North Carolina State University. 304 Whitehead. HW

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Thurs., March 8, 3 p.m. “Emergent Complexity of Multiscale Computational Modeling,” a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Willy Wiggers, Weill Cornell Medical College. 210 Hodson. HW

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“What Is Explanation in Mathematics?” a Philosophy seminar with Marc Lange, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Cosponsored by the Center for History and Philosophy of Science. 288 Gilman. HW “Transplant Education, Advocacy and the Search for Living Donors,” a Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Jacqueline Wang. E2527 SPH. EB Fri., March 9, 8 a.m.

Fri., March 9, 11 a.m. “Relativistic Dissipative Fluid Dynamics Confronts Experiment,” a CEAFM seminar with Paul Romatschke, University of Colorado. 50 Gilman. HW

“EpiSol Study Simulator 1.0—A Tool to Design Cost-Efficient Epidemiological Studies,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Lynn Huynh. W1214 SPH. EB

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Fri., March 9, 1 p.m. “Lead and Child Health in Mining-Affected Communities,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Susan Moodie. W4030 SPH. EB

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“Alcohol Outlets and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Exposure in Children and Young Adults,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Adam Milam. 188 Hampton House. EB “Recent Specialization of the Mammalian X Chromosome,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Jacob Mueller, Whitehead Institute. W1020 SPH. EB

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“Bundles and Buds: New Views of mRNP Structure and Nucleocytoplasmic Export,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Melissa Moore, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Mon., March 12, 12:15 p.m.

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at JHU concludes. Co-sponsored by German and Romance Languages and Literatures, the Program in Film and Media Studies, and the Centre Louis Marin, with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. Films are in French with English subtitles. 50 Gilman. HW •

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“The message from the results is clear: Internal communications are good at Johns Hopkins University, but we can always do better. Our goal is to keep faculty and staff well informed about all that is happening around our amazing university. We are currently exploring several new ideas for how to do just that.” Respondents to the survey were offered the opportunity to participate in a drawing for an iPad. The winner was Alison Currie of the School of Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University currently employs roughly 28,000 people, spread out over 10 divisions and multiple campuses in Baltimore, Laurel and Montgomery County, Md.; Washington, D.C.; and abroad.

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Potiche, directed by Francois Ozon. Presented by Laura Mason, KSAS. Thurs., March 8, 7:30 p.m.

Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux), directed by Xavier Beauvois. Presented by William Egginton and

Kristin Cook-Gailloud, both of KSAS. Tues., March 6, 8 p.m. The 2012 Foreign Affairs Symposium—The Paradox of Progress: Chasing Advancement Amidst Global Crisis—presents an Occupy Wall Street panel, a chance for audience members to engage in discussion with representatives from Occupy sites across North America. The event was planned in partnership with Occupy Baltimore and its affiliate organization, B-HEARD. Shriver Hall. HW

“On the Future of Food,” a lecture and book signing by author, former pro basketball player, ex-corporate sales leader and longtime farmer Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc., a farm and community food center in Milwaukee. (See photo, p. 12.) Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. To RSVP, email events@ jhsph.edu. E2014 SPH. EB

Wed., March 7, 12:15 p.m.

Thurs., March 8, noon to 1:30 p.m. The Black Faculty and Staff

Association’s annual Women’s Forum and Luncheon, featuring a talk, “From Annotto Bay to the Chesapeake Bay: What I’ve Learned About Superwoman, Wonderwoman and the Phenomenal Woman” by Cheryl A.M. Anderson, SPH. Tickets are $15 ($5 for current BFSA members and JHU students). To register, go to http://bfsa.jhu.edu, click on “Events” and then “Women’s Forum.” Powe Room, SPH. EB Sun., March 11, 1 to 4 p.m.

Opening celebration for Evergreen Museum & Library spring exhibitions: Alix Ayme: European Perception and Asian Poeticism, first American retrospective of the French female painter (continues through Sept. 30), and Tai Hwa Goh: Lullaby in Evergreen, an installation of works by Evergreen’s artist-in-residence, Korean print- and papermaker Tai Hwa Goh (continues through May 27). Sponsored by JHU Museums. To RSVP, call 410-516-0341 or email evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu. Evergreen Museum & Library. Sun., March 11, 3 p.m. Digital Media Center Artist Talk— Installation artist Lexie Mountain on her artistic work and practice, and composer, producer and author David Revill on the topic “Art, the Future and Technology.” Discussion and Q&A to follow. 101 F. Ross Jones Bldg., Mattin Center. HW

Sun., March 11, 3 p.m. Applause for a Cause, benefit concert for Peabody Prep’s Tuned-In Program, with guests Brassivity, Eastern Edge Brass and the Latin American Trio. (See story, p. 10.) $20 general admission, $10 for students. An Die Musik, 409 N. Charles St.

SYMPOSIA Mon., March 5, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Touch and the Visual Arts:

Neuroscience, Art and Art History—A Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute symposium bringing together researchers and artists in a conversation about aesthetics and beauty in music, architecture, art and dance. Co-sponsored by the Walters Art Museum, with additional sponsorship by Sothebys. For information, email bsmith13@jhmi.edu. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW • “The Neuroscience of Touch and the Arts,” with Steven Hsiao, SoM; Steve Guest, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Francis McGlone, Liverpool John Moores University; and Charles Spence, Oxford University. • “Touch and Tactility as Elements of Making Art and Art Appreciation,” with Joaneath Spicer, Walters Art Museum; Francesco Freddolini, the Getty Research Institute; Henry HowardSneyd, Sothebys; and Emily Braun, SoM. Tues., March 6, 10 a.m. to noon. “Crossmodal Corre-

spondences: Looking for Links Between Sound Symbolism and Synaesthesia and Their Application to Multisensory Marketing” by Charles Spence, Oxford University; and “The Two Sides of Touch: One Senses, One Feels…” by Francis McGlone, Liverpool John Moores University. Special mini-symposia sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

T H EA T ER Fri., March 9 and Sat., March 10, 8 p.m. , and Sun., March 11, 2 p.m. Johns Hopkins Uni-

versity Theatre presents the world premiere of Nicky Glossman’s Legion. (See story, p. 7.) $15 general admission, $5 for students with ID, $13 for senior citizens, JHU faculty, staff and alumni. Astin Theatre, Merrick Barn. HW

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Eastern Edge Brass—trumpeters Austin Boyer and Emily Korth, hornist Elizabeth Fryer, trombonist Frances Yu and bass trombonist Joseph Buono—is one of three groups performing at ‘Applause for a Cause.’

‘Applause for a Cause’ to benefit Peabody’s Tuned-In program

hree student chamber groups from the Peabody Conservatory—Brassivity, Eastern Edge Brass and the Latin American Trio—will perform at An die Musik at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. The concert is a benefit for the Peabody Preparatory’s Tuned-In program, which provides tuition-free lessons, musicianship classes and ensemble experiences for promising students in Baltimore City middle schools. The number of Tuned-In participants has grown in five years from six to more than 60. Also appearing with his combo will be ninth-grader Keith Davenport, a Preparatory trumpet student in the Tuned-In program. Last fall, Davenport won first place in

the “Stars of Tomorrow” segment of Amateur Night at the Apollo’s Super Top Dog! competition in New York. Tickets to Applause for a Cause, $20 for adults and $10 for students, will be sold at the door and also are available in advance at www.andiemusiklive.com and by calling 410-385-2638. An die Musik is located at 409 N. Charles St. An after-concert party will follow at 5 p.m. at Goodfellas Sports Bar, 336 N. Charles St., with complimentary food and a cash bar. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of musical instruments for Tuned-In students. For more information, go to www .applauseforacausebaltimore.com.

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ing loss might increase the risk of falls, Lin says, is cognitive load, in which the brain is overwhelmed with demands on its limited resources. “Gait and balance are things most people take for granted, but they are actually very cognitively demanding,” Lin said. “If hearing loss imposes a cognitive load, there may be fewer cognitive resources to help with maintaining balance and gait.” Funding support for this study was provided by the National Institutes of Health. G

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well they kept their balance. The researchers’ findings are published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Lin and Ferrucci found that people with a 25-decibel hearing loss, classified as mild, were nearly three times more likely to have a history of falling. Every additional 10 decibels of hearing loss increased the chances of falling by 1.4-fold. This finding still held true even when researchers accounted for other factors linked with falling, including age, sex, race, cardiovascular disease and vestibular function. Even excluding participants with moderate to severe hearing loss from the analysis didn’t change the results. Lin, an otologist and epidemiologist, says that among possible explanations for the link is that people who can’t hear well might not have good awareness of their overall environment, making tripping and falling more likely. Another reason hear-

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March 5, 2012 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Baltimore County, 3BR EOG TH in quiet neighborhood, CAC, partly fin’d bsmt, W/D, lg fenced yd, side deck, patio, rear prkng pad, conv access to 95/695, JHMI and downtown, avail June. $1,200/mo. 410-2363596 or dwight_pinkney@jbhunt.com. Brewers Hill, 2BR, 2.5BA rehab, gourmet kitchen, fin’d bsmt, deck, no pets. $1,850/ mo. 410-303-1214 or hudsonstreetrental@ hotmail.com. Charles Village, all new 2- to 3BR apt w/2BAs, 1,600 sq ft, laundry, prkng, 5-min walk to campus. $2,000/mo. 410-383-2876 or atoll4u@gmail.com. Columbia, furn’d lower-level efficiency in TH w/walkout, fp, kitchenette, full BA, W/D, nr 95/175, sec dep req’d. $735/mo incl utils, Internet. 410-730-5146. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen; call for wkly/wknd rentals. 410638-9417 or jzpics@yahoo.com (for pics). Fells Point, 2BR, 1.5BA TH, remodeled kitchen, granite counters, stainless steel appls, hdwd flrs, priv brick patio, avail in June. mgood08@gmail.com or www.postlets.com/ rtpb/6981560. Hampden, 1.5BR TH, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, mudrm, hdwd flrs, AC, W/D, front porch, yd, off-street prkng. $990/mo + utils. 410-366-2208 or renthampden@ gmail.com. Ocean City (137th St), 3BR, 2BA condo, steps from beach, lg pool, 2 prkng spaces, short walk to restaurants and entertainment, call now for prime wks. 410-544-2814. Ocean City (144th St), 5BR semi-detached beach house on ocean block, call for wkly rates. 410-821-6446, rme@nqgrg.com or community.webshots.com/user/easushko (for pics). Rehoboth Beach, 3BR TH, 15-min walk to beach, dog-friendly, wkly rentals, JHU discounts for summer 2012. galeeena@yahoo .com. Rodgers Forge, 3BR, 2BA TH, CAC, W/D, free prkng, nr county schools, easy access to JHU campuses. $1,600/mo. dickgeorge@ comcast.net. Tuscany-Canterbury, 3BR, 2BA condo, nr JHU. $1,200/mo + utils. 443-838-3341 or theincredibleindia@att.net. 1BR apt w/garage across the street from JHU Homewood campus, avail April 1, short-term rent (3 months) available. 917822-5065.

M A R K E T P L A C E

HOUSES FOR SALE

Fells Point, 3-story TH w/lg private yd, 4 blks to JHH. $150,000. 443-750-7750.

Dyson vacuum cleaner, top of the line, like new. $250. 410-733-3142 or vini.meyers@ gmail.com.

Gardenville, 3BR, 1.25BA RH, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, fenced, maintenance-free yd w/carport, club bsmt, in a quiet neighborhood, 15 mins to JHH. $120,000. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@ juno.com.

Kenmore top-freezer refrigerator, white, 18.2 cu ft, in great cond, $300; Gold’s Gym Stridetrainer 380 elliptical trainer, excel cond, $190; 10,000 BTU window air conditioner w/timer, elec thermostat, remote, in good cond, $150. 301-814-4892.

Owings Mills New Town, 2BR condo nr metro station. www.4409silverbrook.info.

Dell Inspiron 8100 and 8200 w/dock stations, $100 and $120; Toshiba Satellite L25, $80; eMachine 330 w/monitor, $50; HP ScanJet 4570c scanner, $35; 13" and 21" Sony TVs w/HDTV antenna and digital converters, $50 and $100; Panasonic fax/ phone w/DAS, $35; NuWave oven, $50; bread maker, $30; rice cooker, $25. 410812-9267 or azhelon@gmail.com.

House nr Bayview/JHMI, 3 fin’d levels, lg renovation, separate garage w/water, electric and private patio, spacious kitchen w/granite counters, woodburning fp, bsmt boasts tall ceilings and fully fin’d living area, expos’d brick, hdwd flrs throughout. 410-967-4119 or prpletanzanite11@yahoo .com. Renov’d 2BR, 2BA + den TH, new kitchen, BAs, windows, HVAC, plumbing, electric and rec rm; blks to JHH, LNYW grant $ available for full-time employees. 410-4047072.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Furn’d rm in gated condo w/prkng, laundry on site, walking distance (5 mins) to JHU shuttle. $1,000/mo. lbasu@yahoo.com. Rm in Lauraville/Hamilton, sunrm, lg kitchen, 2BAs, dw, W/D, front porch, lg backyd, on quiet street, walk to bus lines, park, grocery stores, cafes, nr JHU/JHH/Morgan/ Towson, 10-min drive to Charles Village/ Hampden, walk to Lake Montebello. Melissa, 443-844-4094. Share 3BR home 10 mins from E Baltimore campus in Belair/Edison community, W/D. $600/mo incl utils, wireless Internet. 443226-6497 or expoblk@yahoo.com. F wanted for 2BR, 2BA Mt Vernon apt in green bldg (Fitzgerald Apts), share w/F nurse, 3rd flr, faces garden, W/D in unit, workout facility for residents, pool, covered prkng, pets OK, must be clean, friendly, respectful. 512-638-2834 or ayla.landry@ gmail.com. Spacious rm w/BA avail in TH, walking distance to University of Maryland at Baltimore, pref nonsmoker/no pets. 410-3301653 or xzhu9140@yahoo.com. F nonsmoker bedspacer wanted to share condo in Washington Hill (98 N Broadway) w/grad student, adjacent to Church Professional Building, walk to JHH/shuttle. $450/mo + utils. retzcare@yahoo.com.

32GB iPod touch, 3rd generation, new in box. $200/best offer. 443-682-1262 or stmedicalbooks@gmail.com. Furniture sold by professor, well-priced, quality items, beds, desks, table and chairs, TV, club chair, rugs. 212-960-8003 or shapi28@ gmail.com. 1920s clawfoot bathtub, in very good condition. rrbalto@hotmail.com. Playboy mags (1965–2007), sold as lot or separately; exterior French doors (2); vintage water skis; Dior full-length silver fox coat; vintage Maryland maps; ceramic electrical insulators, music cassette tapes (lot of 276); fitness chair; 21" TV; 35mm cameras; office supplies. 443-824-2198 or saleschick2011@hotmail.com. Olympic pins from Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, 10 different pins from each Olympics or mix. $20. 443-517-9029 or rgpinman@aol.com.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Looking for someone to care for our 2-month-old daughter, in our home, 20 hrs per wk. 408-580-4836. Exp’d copy editor avail for dissertations, articles, presentations, instructional materials, technical writing, scientific and other academic editing, flexible schedule, fast turnaround, reasonable rates. ardens78@gmail .com (provide some info about your project). St Patrick’s Day luncheon, bingo and bake sale, 10:30am-2pm on Friday, March 16, at 37th and Roland Ave (nr Hampden/Homewood). 410-366-4488. Editing of biomedical journal articles offered by PhD biomedical scientist and certified

Rm avail in Owings Mills TH, W/D, dw, Internet, quiet neighborhood, 10 mins to metro. $600/mo incl utils. 443-841-2098 or gjhoward@gmail.com.

CARS FOR SALE

’00 Honda Accord LX, silver, MP3 and CD player, 167K mi (highway), in excel cond. $4,000/best offer. 410-227-9049 or yikuailiao@gmail.com. ’98 Toyota Avalon, automatic, gold, new battery, clean record, 80.35K mi. $5,200. 217-721-8187 or buysunshinetoday@gmail .com.

’03 BMW 530i, silver w/gray leather, automatic, custom wheels, tinted windows, 61K HICKORY HEIGHTS WYMAN COURT mi (highway), in excel cond. $11,500/best Just Renovated! A lovely hilltop setting offer. bmw530i2003@gmail.com.

Beech Ave. adj. to JHU!

Studios - $595 - $630 1 BD Apts. - $710-740 2 BD from $795

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ITEMS FOR SALE

’04 Landrover Discovery SE7, silver w/black leather interior, in great cond, 109K mi, transferable extended warranty. $9,500. 410446-1252.

Certified personal and career coach committed to helping young professionals achieve their potential. 410-375-4042 or www.thinkpowerfullynow.com. Can your writing use a good editor? Highly experienced copy editor can help, student/ prof’l work welcome, reasonable rates. Michael, 410-802-6111 or maaron1201@ gmail.com. Looking for computer guru to teach me how to use new Apple iMac and printer. Jim, 410-366-7191 or jwilli33@gmail.com. Hauling/junk removal, next-day pick up, free phone estimate, 15% discount all Hopkins. 410-419-3902. Can move single piece or full 30' enclosed box truck, local/long distance, flat rate. John, 443-858-7264. Raise your income, join fast-growing Lia Sophia team, $50 per hr average. 410828-4743 or www.liasophia.com/regional/ butterfly-stories (for more info). Masterpiece Landscaping, knowledgable, exp’d individual, provides on-site consultation, transplanting, bed prep, installation, sm tree and shrub shaping, licensed. Terry, 410-652-3446. Tutor available: all subjects/levels; remedial, gifted; help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading. 410-337-9877 (after 8pm) or i1__@hotmail .com. Licensed landscaper avail for spring/summer lawn maintenance, mulching, yard cleanup, other services incl’d leaf/snow removal, trash hauling. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@ comcast.net. Affordable and professional landscaper/certified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, great bands, no partners necessary. 410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing .com. Stata wiz? Doctoral student seeks help w/ statistical analysis using Stata, will pay. 410-319-9665 or lori.edwards423@gmail .com. Internships avail w/local software startup, experience w/Java, Netbeans, MySQL, send resume. ardenn@novocatalysis.com. Pet consultant service offering dog obedience training. 410-710-9191 or www .gilbertspetconsulting.webs.com.

PLACING ADS

2BR, 2BA TH available, across from SoN/ SPH/SoM. work230@hotmail.com. Beautiful, unfurn’d 1BR apt across from park, 2nd flr of TH, priv entry, 10-min drive to JHH or Homewood campus, 1-yr lease. $550/mo incl heat. Paula, 410-868-2815 or paulakowale@gmail.com.

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COLLOQUIA

Tues., March 6, 4 p.m. “InterReligion in Sri Lanka: Buddhist Nationalism, Christian Evangelism and the Politics, Ethics and Aesthetics of Encounter,” an Anthropology colloquium with Neena Mahadev, KSAS. 404 Macaulay. HW

March

3:30

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Wed.,

March

4:30

p.m.

“Hopes and Fears: Transposons in the Germline,” a Biology colloquium with Alex Bortvin, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Mudd Auditorium. HW “Casebooks in Early Modern England, Astrology, Medicine and Written Records,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Lauren Kassell, University of Cambridge. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB

Thurs., March 8, 3 p.m.

“Bending History?” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution. Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., March 9, 2 p.m.

“The Physics and Metaphysics of Talismans (Imagines Astronomicae) in Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with H. Darrel Rutkin, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Singleton Center for Premodern Europe. 388 Gilman. HW Mon., March 12, 4 p.m.

C O N FERE N C E S Fri., March 9, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Food Justice at the Uni-

versity Level,” a Campus Kitchen conference with speakers on the topic of feeding the world sustainably, workshops on how to start or expand food justice initiatives at Maryland campuses and locally sourced food. Cost is $5 and includes conference materials, breakfast, lunch and transportation for an optional campus community garden site visit. All proceeds go to Campus Kitchen at JHU. Cosponsored by the Center for Social Concern and the Maryland-DC Campus Compact. For more information or to register, go to www .jhu.edu/csc/specialinitiatives/sfng .html. Charles Commons Conference Center. HW

March

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Mon., March 5, 12:15 p.m. “Com-

Wed., March 7, noon.

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Mon., March 5, noon. “Maintaining Repression of Genes During Development: The Structure of Silence,” a Biophysics seminar with Robert Kingston, Massachusetts General Hospital. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

“Hormonal Control of Energy Balance,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with William Wong, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

“Laboratory Astrochemistry,” a Chemistry colloquium with Stewart Novick, Wesleyan University. 233 Remsen. HW

“The Formation of the First Black Holes,” an STScI colloquium with Judith Lean, Naval Research Laboratory. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW

Mon., March 5, 9 a.m. “Glycemia, Race and Liver Disease in the General Population,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Andrea Schneider. W2008 SPH. EB

Mon.,

Tues., March 6, 4:15 p.m.

“The Decline of Magic: Challenge and Response in Early Enlightenment England,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Michael Hunter, University of London. 300 Gilman. HW

S E M I N AR S

Will Allen, son of a sharecropper, former pro basketball player, ex–corporate sales leader, longtime farmer and leading authority on urban agriculture, discusses his involvement with the sustainable agriculture movement and Prince Charles of Wales’ book ‘On the Future of Food.’ See Special Events.

Screening of Broken Tower, about the life and work of the poet Hart Crane, directed by James Franco. (See story, p. 5.) Co-sponsored by the Program in Film and Media Studies, the Writing Seminars and the JHU Press. Shriver Hall. HW

Fri., March 9, 2 p.m.

DISCUSSION/ TALKS Tues., March 6, 12:15 p.m. “I Know the Risks, But I Will Have Unprotected Sex,” a Social and Behavioral Interventions faculty candidate talk with Nanlesta Pilgrim, SPH. Sponsored by International Health. W4013 SPH. EB

“Polish Foreign Policy Between East and West,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Wess Mitchell, president, Center for European Policy Analysis. (Reception follows at 6:15 p.m., 812 Rome Bldg.) Co-sponsored by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, the Washington Foundation for European Studies and the American Consortium on EU Studies. For information, call 202-663-5796 or email ntobin@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Bldg.

L E C T URE S

Tues., March 6, 5 p.m.

SAIS Wed., March 7, 12:45 p.m.

“Brazil’s Internal Party Politics and Upcoming Municipal Elections: Implications for the 2014 Presidential Race,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Joao Augusto de Castro Neves, The Brazilian Economy. For information, call 202663-5734 or jzurek1@jhu.edu. 517 Nitze Bldg. SAIS Mon., March 12, 12:30 p.m.

“Tracking Development: African Power and Politics,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with David Henley, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; and David Booth, Overseas Development Institute. For information, call 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 500 BernsteinOffit Bldg. SAIS F I L M / V I D EO Thurs.,

March

p.m.

Screening of Letters From Iwo Jima, directed by Clint Eastwood. Sponsored by East Asian Studies. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Mon., March 5, 12:15 p.m.

“Modeling Tobacco Policy Effects: What Has Worked and What Has Not Worked,” an Institute for Global Tobacco Control lecture by David Levy, Georgetown University. Part of the Innovations in Tobacco Control series. Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity. E2030 SPH. EB

munity Risk for AntimicrobialResistant Staphylococcus aureus,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Meghan Frost. W3008 SPH. EB

Mon., March 5, 4 p.m. “Disability and Disclosure: The Public Life and Private Ailments of Mary Church Terrell,” a History seminar with Alison Parker, SUNY, Brockport. 308 Gilman. HW Mon.,

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4:30

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“2-Nilpotent Real Section Conjecture,” a Topology seminar with Kirsten Wickelgren, Harvard University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Gilman. HW “Regulation and Function of BLM SUMOylation During DNA Damage Response,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Jianmei Zhu. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., March 6, 10 a.m.

Tues.,

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10:45

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“Scalable Bayesian Learning for Complex Tensor-Valued Data,” a Computer Science seminar with Alan Qi, Purdue University. B17 Hackerman. HW

Thurs., March 8, 5 p.m. “Apelles and the Painting of Language,” a Classics lecture by Katherine Gutzwiller, University of Cincinnati. 108 Gilman. HW

“Fast, Accurate and Robust Multilingual Syntactic Analysis,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Slav Petrov, Google. B17 Hackerman. HW

Mon., March 12, 4:30 p.m.

Tues., March 6, noon.

The Kempf Lecture—“Mean Curvature Flow” by Tobias Colding, MIT. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW MUSIC

The Peabody Chamber Winds performs music by Samuel Adler, Claude Arrieu and Joachim Raff. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Wed., March 7, 7:30 p.m.

Organ concert with Donald Sutherland, and the C Street Brass Quintet. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall.

Sun., March 11, 4 p.m.

Peabody

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Tues., March 6, noon.

“Sensing Everything at Once: Gating and Pharmacology of Two-Pore Potassium Channels,” a Physiology seminar with Sviatoslav Bagriantsev, University of California, San Francisco. 203 Physiology. EB Tues.,

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“From Smile Wings to Market Risk Measures,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Stephan Sturm, Princeton University. 304 Whitehead. HW “Case Studies in Costs and Access to Health Services to Inform Health Management and Planning Deci-

Tues., March 6, 2 p.m.

Poetry reading by Alice Notley. Sponsored by English. 132 Gilman. HW

Tues., March 6, 6 p.m.

Tues., March 6, 2 p.m. “Migration and Differentiation of CD8+ T Cells Against Malaria Sporozoites,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Sze-Wah Tse. W1214 SPH. EB

The M. Gordon Wolman Seminar—“Rotavirus: Deposition, Aggregation and Inactivation Kinetics” with Thanh “Helen” Nguyen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW

Tues., March 6, 3 p.m.

“Unraveling the Mechanism of Hedgehog Signal Reception,” a Biology special seminar with Xiaoyan Zheng, Stanford University School of Medicine. 100 Mudd.

Tues., March 6, 4 p.m.

“Til Death (From Any Cause) Do Us Part?” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Nancy Geller, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. W4030 SPH. EB

Wed., March 7, 8:30 a.m.

“Evaluation of an HIV Peer Education Program Among Yi Minority Youth in China,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Shan Qiao. W2008 SPH.

Wed., March 7, 9 a.m.

EB Wed., March 7, 12:15 p.m. Mental Health Noon Seminar— “Advancing the Field of Implementation Science” with C. Hendricks Brown, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. B14B Hampton House. EB Wed., March 7, 2 p.m. “NonCanonical Expression and PostTranscriptional Regulation of Vitellogenin Genes in Mosquitoes,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Katie Provost-Javier. W1214 SPH. EB Wed., March 7, 4 p.m. “LargeScale Analysis of Yeast Invasive Growth...and Other Fun Things,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Anuj Kumar, University of Michigan. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

“Score and Pseudo-Score Confidence Intervals for Categorical Data

Wed., March 7, 4 p.m.

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p.m.

“Injury and Violence Prevention: The Public Health Achievement of the Decade,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Linda Degutis, director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Sponsored by the Center for Injury Research and Policy. W2008 SPH. EB Tues.,

sions,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Benjamin Johns. W3031 SPH. EB

(Events are free and Calendar open to the public Key except where indicated.) APL BRB CRB EB HW JHOC

Applied Physics Laboratory Broadway Research Building Cancer Research Building East Baltimore Homewood Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center KSAS Krieger School of Arts and Sciences NEB New Engineering Building PCTB Preclinical Teaching Building SAIS School of Advanced International Studies SoM School of Medicine SoN School of Nursing SPH School of Public Health WBSB Wood Basic Science Building WSE Whiting School of Engineering