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he Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will launch an Executive MBA program for senior-level professionals and fast-track managers looking to develop the skills necessary to succeed in today’s global business environment. Set to begin in The time May 2011, the was right to 18-month program combines online distance learning offer such with a series of 10 residencies to be a program, held in Baltimore and abroad. Gupta says The structure of the rigorous program was designed to enable working students to continue in their jobs with minimal disruption of professional and personal lives. Yash Gupta, dean of the Carey Business School, said that the program will help participants develop the knowledge, creativity, critical thinking and ethical grounding required for leadership in a rapidly globalizing economy. Gupta said that the time was right to offer such a program. “As the economy recovers, businesses are looking at how to develop human capital,” Gupta said. “Businesses will want to offer placement in this type of program as an incentive for new hires or as a way to train and retain current employees.” The students, who could be scattered across the country and internationally, will progress as a team, working on both group-based and individual projects. Gupta said that the Carey School wanted to create a shared experience that helps students and faculty members build lasting relationships. Graduates, he said, will be prepared to compete for top positions in a variety of industries, including finance, manufacturing, health care and technology. The cohort-based program will be small in scale—roughly 30 to 50 students— and will feature interactive learning.
Dedicated to improving academic and behavioral outcomes for at-risk children and youth, David Andrews says he came to Johns Hopkins because he saw opportunities for a school ready to achieve the next level of national prominence.
New dean sees growth in full-time degrees and in JHU collaborations By Greg Rienzi
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hen David Andrews became dean of the School of Education on Sept. 1, he took charge of a school steeped in history yet still in its infancy. While Johns Hopkins’ involvement with public educa-
tion dates back to 1909, the School of Education became a free-standing division of the university only four years ago, in January 2007. Andrews, a distinguished scholar who has dedicated his career to improving academic and behavioral outcomes for at-risk children and youth, came to Johns Hopkins, he said, because he saw a field of opportunities for a school ready to Continued on page 8
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also require tens of thousands of dollars more in care over the first several years of their treatment. “We know that it’s important clinically to get people into care early because they will stay healthier and do better over the long run. But now we know it’s also more costly to the health care system for potentially decades and a serious drain on our limited health care dollars,” said Kelly Gebo, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study’s senior author.
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he Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum opened to the public in its new location in Homewood’s Gilman Hall on Sunday with a daylong symposium featuring faculty and student speakers, and guided tours of the museum and Gilman, and ending with a cocktail reception. The installation highlights nearly 700 archaeological objects from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Near East and the ancient Americas. Though visiting hours are yet to be set, the museum will be open approximately 15 hours a week to the public, and also by appointment. Appointments should be arranged at least two weeks in advance with curator Sanchita Balachandran by e-mailing sanchita@jhu.edu or calling 410-516-6717. Artifacts in the atrium-facing glass cases can be seen anytime that Gilman is open.
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W.P. Andrew Lee to head new Department of Plastic Surgery By John Lazarou
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.P. Andrew Lee, a Pennsylvania hand surgeon heralded for his successful hand transplants and breakthrough research on overcoming rejection in composite tissue grafting, has been named chair of the newly formed Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Creation of the new department will facilitate its access to additional funding for research and innovation, and an improved platform for the training and recruitment of surgeons. Nationally, the training of plastic surgeons has become independent of surgery residency programs. Additionally, as part of this transition, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Burn Center will fall under the auspices of the recently created department. A 1983 graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Lee, 53, has been chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery and professor of surgery and orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine since 2002. Lee, whose team has transplanted the greatest number of hands in the United States, led the surgical team that performed the nation’s
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first double hand transplant in May 2009 and the first above-elbow transplant earlier this year. Lee pioneered hand transplants and created a means of using minimal antirejection drugs for these procedures known now as the Pittsburgh Protocol. Lee succeeds Paul N. Manson, who had headed the division—formerly part of the Department of Surgery—since 1990. Manson will continue as a faculty member within
Set of specific interventions can improve hospital safety ‘culture’ By Stephanie Desmon
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prescribed set of hospitalwide patient-safety programs can lead to rapid improvements in the “culture of safety” even in a large, complex academic medical center, according to a new study by safety experts at Johns Hopkins. “It doesn’t take decades or tons of money to get from a culture that says ‘mistakes are inevitable’ to a belief that harm is entirely preventable,” said Peter Pronovost, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and leader of the study published online Dec. 2 in the journal Quality and Safety in Health Care. “What it takes is leadership.” Drilling that belief in prevention into dozens of disparate hospital units can seem a daunting task, Pronovost acknowledges, but he says that he was pleasantly surprised by the results of his latest study, which was conducted at the thousand-bed, 144-unit Johns Hopkins Hospital. Establishing a sustained culture of safety in health care has been associated with better outcomes for patients in previous studies. From 2006 to 2008, Pronovost’s team implemented at Johns Hopkins a comprehensive unit-based safety program, or Cusp, which was designed to make mistakes more transparent and use that and other tools to improve the culture of safety. Cusp relies heavily on “local staff” training in the science of safety—how to identify problems, report them, measure them, plan and implement corrections, and measure again. It also embraces discussions about improving communication and teamwork. A novel layer of Cusp is buy-in from senior management of the hospital; an executive meets monthly with each unit’s patient safety team and other staff to ensure that resources are made available for quick, evidence-based interventions necessary to reduce risks to patients. Johns Hopkins also put in place an electronic event-reporting system, which
all staff members are encouraged to use. All reported events are reviewed by the hospital’s patient safety office, categorized and assigned to a designated and accountable improvement team. The review helps identify trends and give feedback to those on the front lines. In the new study, hospital staffers on each unit were surveyed annually from 2006 to 2008 to assess safety attitudes and to determine whether the Cusp program appeared to be working. Researchers determined that a safety goal was achieved when a unit met or exceeded a 60 percent positive score on a five-point Likert response scale, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. In 2006, the first year, 55 percent of the units achieved the safety “culture” changes set for them; in 2008, 82 percent reached the goal. The teamwork goal was met by 61 percent of units in 2006 and by 83 percent of units two years later. In both years, survey response rates hovered near 80 percent of staff members. “We want a culture where nurses aren’t afraid to raise concerns with doctors, where problems are solved not by looking at who is right but what is right for the patient, where staff believe that hospital leaders are committed to making health care safe,” Pronovost said. “We don’t want a place where the staff wouldn’t be comfortable being treated as patients.” Pronovost says that his research shows that when a hospital makes a commitment to safety interventions, improvements can be made. One limitation of the study, he says, was that improved safety culture could not be tied to improved patient outcomes. Meanwhile, Pronovost says that if a large institution such as Johns Hopkins can achieve such gains in culture, smaller hospitals may be able to achieve even more success. “If we can do it in our organization, it’s much easier to do in smaller institutions,” he said. “In this case, size is a limitation.” Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Lori Paine, Beryl J. Rosenstein, J. Bryan Sexton, Paula Kent and Christine G. Holzmueller.
the department, conducting research and seeing patients. “Andy Lee is an outstanding plastic surgeon, physician, teacher, researcher and administrator,” said Edward D. Miller, the Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We are convinced that he will serve not only the needs of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery but also those of the medical school, its students and faculty.” Lee’s research interests focus on “tolerance strategies” for composite tissue allografts, such as a hand or face transplant, to minimize the need for long-term systemic immunosuppression. He has received approximately $5 million of federal funding for his investigations, authored more than 115 original publications in peer-reviewed journals and written more than 35 textbook chapters on hand surgery and composite tissue transplant subjects. Julie Freischlag, chair of the Department of Surgery and a member of the team that recruited Lee, said that the hand surgeon “brings to Johns Hopkins not only his surgical credentials but a demonstrated ability to envision the future and build world-class programs.” At the University of Pittsburgh, Lee built a division of more than 20 faculty members with a focus on plastic surgery research and surgical techniques and brought them to international prominence. As its chief, he also oversaw its renowned plastic surgery residency and hand and microvascular surgery fellowships. Lee has received more than 70 awards and honors, including the Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons,
the Sumner Koch Award and the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship from the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is currently serving as president-elect of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, vice chair of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and president of the Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is leading the program on extremity injuries in a consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He was the chairman of the Plastic Surgery Research Council in 2001–2002 and helped to create in 2008 the American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics with honors from Harvard College in 1979. After graduating in 1983 from medical school and finishing his general surgery residency in 1989 at Johns Hopkins, Lee completed his plastic surgery fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1991 and his orthopedic hand fellowship at the Indiana Hand Center in 1993. That same year, he joined the academic faculty of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and became director of its Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory and subsequently chief of Hand Service in the Department of Surgery. In 2002, Lee was recruited to the University of Pittsburgh to head its plastic surgery program.
Related website Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins:
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U.S. sees significant decline in number of ‘dropout factories’
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report released last week by America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises and Johns Hopkins’ Everyone Graduates Center provides some of the first positive signs that America is making progress in reducing a nationwide crisis in the number of students who drop out of high school. The number of high schools where 40 percent or more of the students fail to graduate fell significantly from 2002 to 2008, according to analysis of the most recent government data. Nationwide, the number of “dropout factory” high schools fell by 13 percent, from 2,007 in 2002 to 1,746 in 2008. While these schools represent a small fraction of all public high schools in America, they account for about half of all high school dropouts each year. Experts say that targeting these high schools for improvement is a critical part of turning around the nation’s dropout rate. “Public schools are showing improvement thanks to reforms and other efforts that have been put in place, but we need to dramatically increase the pace of progress,” said Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education. “No principal, school board, teachers union or mayor can resolve a community’s dropout crisis alone. It takes everyone working together to make progress every year and build on success.” Education leaders say that the new report, “Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic,” shows that progress is possible, even among schools in lower income, urban and rural districts that many previously thought hopeless. The report was written by Civic Enterprises and the Everyone Graduates Center and was released by retired Gen. Colin Powell, founding chair of America’s Promise Alliance, and Alma J. Powell, the Alliance’s current chair. In March of this year, with the support of President Barack Obama and Secretary
Duncan, the Alliance and its more than 450 national partners launched Grad Nation, a multiyear campaign to mobilize Americans to end the national dropout crisis. “America still faces a dropout crisis, but this report shows why there is reason to be hopeful,” said Marguerite Kondracke, president and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance. “Certain communities have made big progress in a short time, and they can share their lessons with others. But the major discovery in the report is that when administrators, teachers, community officials, state governments, parents and business leaders work together, schools can be transformed.” Earlier this year, Obama and Duncan called for 90 percent of students to graduate from high school and complete at least one year of post-secondary education or training by 2020. Nationwide, the graduation rate increased from 72 percent in 2002 to 75 percent in 2008. “States and communities that made breakthrough progress serve as a challenge to those that have not improved,” said Robert Balfanz, co-director of the Everyone Graduates Center, part of the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins. “While 400,000 fewer students are attending dropout factory schools, 2.2 million students are still in these schools.” Other findings of the report released Nov. 30 include: • Most of the decline in dropout factory high schools—216 of the 261—occurred in the South. In Texas, the number dropped by 77. Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee all dropped by 20 or more schools. Tennessee and Texas saw a decline in the number of dropout factories across all locales—cities, suburbs, towns and rural areas—indicating that improvement is possible in any type of community. • Twenty-two states had a decline of dropout factory high schools in urban areas, led by Texas, New York, Louisiana, Illinois,
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New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin and Tennessee. • Tennessee and New York led the nation by boosting graduation rates 15 and 10 percentage points, respectively. Ten additional states, including Alabama, had gains larger than the national average, ranging from about four to seven percentage points. • Twenty-nine states increased statewide graduation rates substantially from 2002 to 2008. Only Arizona, Utah and Nevada lost ground in the percentage of high school students graduating from 2002 to 2008. The graduation rate held fairly steady in the remaining 18 states. The report highlights four case studies of success—Tennessee; Alabama; Richmond, Ind.; and New York City—whose common elements include strong leadership with clear graduation rate goals; multisector collaboration guided by data; commitment to innovation and continuous improvement; technical assistance for evidencebased solutions; and raising expectations, improving policies and increasing student supports. Just as Secretary of State George C. Marshall launched a plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, a Civic Marshall Plan—an idea developed earlier this year as a result of a roundtable hosted by the Pearson Foundation—has been adopted to transform the lowest performing schools in the country’s
education system. To that end, the Alliance, Civic Enterprises, Everyone Graduates Center and a council of leading organizations last week announced significant commitments to develop and advance the Civic Marshall Plan to build a Grad Nation. In March, a progress report to the nation will be issued. “Ending the dropout crisis is within reach,” said John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic Enterprises. “We now know why students drop out and what can keep them on track. With better data and accountability across schools and states, the spread of early warning systems, unprecedented federal support to transform dropout factories, and nonprofits mobilizing more boots on the ground to support students, we can keep more young people on the path to success.” Researchers analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data of the National Center for Education Statistics. Researchers used two indicators to determine students’ progress through high school: the averaged freshman graduation rate and promoting power, both calculated from grade-level enrollment numbers and, in the case of the averaged freshman graduation rate, district-level data on the number of diplomas awarded. The report’s lead sponsor is Target, along with sponsorship from AT&T and Pearson Foundation.
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include three one-week residencies and five four-day stays in Baltimore, one eight-day international residency and one online residency. Each residency consists of several courses in the key business disciplines taught by faculty from the Carey School and other Johns Hopkins divisions. Students will receive assignments with pre-module homework, such as case studies and exercises that they must complete for partial credit toward the next residency. Students will learn, for example, how to bring a new product to market. They will define a brand, develop a marketing strategy and identify channels of distribution. Postresidency work consists of case studies and take-home exams that students must complete to receive full credit for the residency work. In 2011, Executive MBA candidates will work on an experiential learning project in San Paulo, Brazil, to gain understanding of the economic and business environment of that nation and Latin America. The program includes lectures, case discussions and visits to local companies. The MBA teams will explore the community’s needs within the local context, assess the causes of current conditions and examine the specific roles played by various organizations in addressing the challenges. Gupta said that the group aspect of the program and the blend of classroom and experiential learning make the JHU program unique. Another distinctive aspect of the program, he said, is the course called Leadership and Professional Development, a series of sessions, workshops and interactive work. The candidates will focus on topics such as personal-brand management, strategic career planning, persuasive communication and running a board meeting. “It breaks the mold on executive MBA programs,” he said. “Johns Hopkins will blaze a trail and offer something to a segment of the business population hungry for innovation. I’m very optimistic about the success of this program. We think companies will look at this as an investment, a way to develop richer teams and decrease turnover rates.” The curriculum of the Executive MBA program follows the requirements set by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The program is equivalent to MBA programs offered at the Carey Business School and leads to the degree of Master of Business Administration. G For details about the program, go to carey .jhu.edu and click on “our programs.”
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fter listening to performances by a cappella groups, students sipped hot chocolate on a brisk, windy (and slightly damp) Wednesday evening and watched as President Ron Daniels, Provost Lloyd Minor and Sarah Steinberg, interim vice provost for student affairs, flipped a ceremonial switch with the JHU Pep Band playing in the background. In that moment, the Keyser Quadrangle lit up, kicking off a season of celebration on the Homewood campus. The sixth annual Lighting of the Quads has become a Johns Hopkins tradition that has brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff to the foot of the Eisenhower Library to begin the month of December. New to the festivities this year was a gingerbread house contest, whose entries included Gilman Hall with candy-cane pillars and a frosted clock tower (one of several Gilmans entered) and Shriver Hall with a bricklike facade and two statues in place. The winner, however, was not a Johns Hopkins building: It was a fanciful confectionery rendition of Hogwarts, Harry Potter’s alma mater, built by students Laura Moody and Liz Gomez. The event was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Student Life and the Student Government Association.
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after serving for 13 years on its board of directors. Bell was named chairman of Pearson’s New York offices in June 2003, after being appointed in 1998 as director for people, with responsibility for the recruitment, motivation, development and reward of employees across the Pearson Group. Appointed chief executive of the Financial Times in 1993, Bell was appointed chairman in 1996. From 1995 to 2002, Bell headed the Millennium Bridge Trust, which was responsible for conceiving the first new bridge in 100 years across the Thames River in the center of London. He is also a member of the International Youth Foundation board, a member of Plan UK’s board, a trustee of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and a member of the honorary council of the Royal National Theatre. Bell, a graduate of Cambridge University and the University of Pennsylvania, received his knighthood in recognition of his service to industry, the arts and charity. The Leaders + Legends monthly breakfast series, which features today’s most influential business and public policy leaders addressing topics of global interest and importance, is designed to engage business and community professionals in an examination of the most compelling issues and challenges facing society today. Admission to the lecture, which includes breakfast, is $35. To register and for more information, go to carey.jhu.edu/ leadersandlegends.
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Andrews Continued from page 1 achieve the next level of national prominence. In the announcement of his appointment, President Ronald J. Daniels described Andrews as a collaborator, consensus builder and experienced fundraiser. Andrews has spent his entire career enhancing opportunities for children and youth from both research and academic platforms. As an administrator in higher education, he has led large, diverse academic communities in establishing multidisciplinary approaches to meeting the educational and developmental needs of children. At Ohio State, Andrews is credited with spearheading many initiatives, including an ambitious faculty recruitment effort. Andrews became a member of the Ohio State faculty in 1995 and rose to dean of the College of Human Ecology in 1998. In 2006, he led the effort to merge two large and highly successful colleges at Ohio State, resulting in the creation of the College of Education and Human Ecology. He was subsequently appointed dean of the merged school. He was most recently a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Ohio State, where he was instrumental in an innovative partnership with the public schools in Columbus, Ohio, to establish in a low-income area of the city a model world-class early childhood laboratory. Prior to joining Ohio State, Andrews held positions at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Auburn University. He holds a master’s degree from Kansas State University and a doctorate from Florida State University, both in child development. The Gazette recently sat down with Andrews to discuss the public education system and where the Johns Hopkins School of Education is headed. In addition to hearing his thoughts on the future of K-12 education, we learned that Andrews likes to be in the saddle, and to serve and volley now and again. Q: What was your first order of business as dean here? A: Meeting everyone. The interview process, if you will, getting to know what is here. Getting to know everyone and develop a common vision and build a consensus of where we needed to go. Also, finding my way around town. Q: What did you seek out in Baltimore? A: My wife and I did the crab cake thing. In
this line of work, you get to see all the restaurants pretty quickly as you have donors, supporters and other people who want to get to know you. I went to Annapolis right away. We have two horses, so we had to find a place to put them. Q: What kind of horses? A: One is a quarter horse, and one is a paint. They’re pets. We ride them on trails. Not competitive, just for fun. Q: You founded the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State. What was the major difference between stepping into this deanship at Johns Hopkins and your role at Ohio State? A: The biggest difference between Johns Hopkins and Ohio State is size and scope. This is a much more intimate setting, but high quality. Johns Hopkins is also a lot more decentralized than anyplace in the world [laughs]. It didn’t take long to figure that out. The individual schools have a lot more independence and more responsibility for their own future. That is one of the things that attracted me here. I think there are a lot of advantages in moving to a school that is trying to build a culture. We have the advantage of 100 years of training teachers but really only a threeyear history of being a school.
Q: So, that drew you here. A: That, and Johns Hopkins. The school’s stature attracted me, too. The reputation of the university coupled with the fact that it’s a relatively new program with an already high ranking. I was also attracted to the school’s commitment to the community—in particular, President Daniels’ commitment to East Baltimore and the fact we are building a new school there. Q: What is the School of Education’s role in these community efforts? A: Our role with this particular school is to help make it the best school possible, and a national model. We will bring our resources to bear on a project that creates examples for the rest of Baltimore and the United States. This will be a learning model. How do we create a school in what will become a mixed-income community, and then have it succeed? We will find out. Q: Big-picture question: How would you describe the current landscape of K-12 education? Is it the haves versus the have-nots? A: We have been trying to close the achievement gap for some time, and haven’t made enough progress. That is still one of the major issues: the achievement of more economically advantaged kids [as compared with] their socioeconomically disadvantaged counterparts. There are still major gaps in learning outcomes. I think the movement toward more accountability for schools is helping us out quite a bit. We have some really good pockets of examples of where we have closed the achievement gap, but we just haven’t been able to take it to scale in a way that impacts an entire community. Q: What are some of the biggest obstacles for the socioeconomically disadvantaged? A: It’s a very complex issue. There is not one single issue or factor to point to. We know four or five different elements of what is going on. We know it’s hard to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers in our most-challenging schools. Teachers placed in urban schools typically stay there two or three years, and then they’re out of the setting. By the end of five years, half of the teachers are gone—and that is just when they’re getting good. And then you have kids coming into kindergarten already behind. In our most-challenged schools, I would say the majority of students, up to 75 percent, show up not ready for kindergarten. So what you have is relatively inexperienced teachers who are challenged by a group of kids who need more. These kids should be on a steeper learning curve, not less. They need to catch up with their [higherachieving] peers, and it takes a lot of effort to do that. It’s not an easy situation. They come from neighborhoods where there is not as much adult and family support. Is it doable to close this gap? Yes. We just need to have the resolve.
curricula up-to-date? Are we engaging students? A: I think the real issue with what we call STEM education [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] is a pipeline issue. We don’t have enough students coming out of schools who are prepared to go into college-level engineering courses, for example. The high school dropout rate is fueled by not enough ninth-grade rigor in math. But when you really look at it, it’s a whole pipeline continuum where second- and thirdgraders start falling behind in math. They don’t like it too much, or are not very good at it. By the time fifth or sixth grade comes around, you are dropping down from 90 percent proficiency to 70 percent proficiency. And then, due to accountability, we might back off a little bit. The end result is a lack of students who are coming out of high school prepared and excited about math and science. So there is not one solution. You really have to tend to the pipeline from the early grades all the way up to recruitment in college. We can’t just recruit the ones who are achieving on the highest level in the math and sciences and settle. We have a line of jobs that are available now that require some pretty high levels of technical expertise and math skills. Q: Do you see much room for collaboration with other university divisions? A: Yes. This has to be a collaborative effort in the K-12 realm. And that is true if you’re talking about STEM or closing the achievement gap or talking about working in urban schools. The new ways of approaching these challenges are going to come out of multidisciplinary initiatives. We’re going to need our sociologists, our psychiatrists, our cognitive scientists. It’s all of us working together trying to deal with these issues. On the STEM side, obviously the schools of Engineering and Medicine are potentially partners, and Public Health as well. They face these pipeline issues. Everyone recognizes the crisis and the fact that we are losing our competitiveness in math and the sciences. Q: What about interactions with Peabody? A: Definitely. The whole concept of arts integration in schools as a way to get to science is a really fascinating approach. We already had some conferences and joint activity with Peabody in that area. Johns Hopkins is just rich with really engaged and socially conscientious professors and scientists who are really interested in tackling these complex issues from multiple perspectives. Q: One issue, certainly, is how to deal with students who are learning-challenged on some level. For example, those with autism. How important is it to identify these disorders or disabilities? A: Very important that we identify any
A: Our biggest success is the systemwide program that Bob Slavin put in called Success for All. That clearly is something that is scalable. In a recent federal competition, it was awarded $50 million to take it to scale because it was one of the few evidence-based programs that exist in the country. Success for All is a schoolwide reform program focused on literacy and math but with very systemic and strategic approaches to implementing the way we teach, the way we support teachers, the way we deal with students. There is an integrity to the approach. Another major success is the Center for Social Organization of Schools and the work of Bob Balfanz. He went in on the high school level with a very strategic and systematic approach.
learning issue or challenge. And if we can identify it early, it gives us a better prognosis. Autism is one of those areas that make us tend to the relationship between cognitive ability and social/emotional development. We tend to think about schools in terms of academic outcomes, and now we are very much aware of the relationship between social/emotional development and the parallels of that on learning outcomes. It’s a major issue. The growth of incidence rates of autism is something that we are all paying close attention to. We’re trying to get a better explanation of where these high-incidence rates are coming from. Is it changes in assessment techniques, diagnostic criteria or a combination that is giving us this increased prevalence? We have always had a strong partnership with the Kennedy Krieger Institute, but this opens up even greater opportunities for partnerships with Kennedy Krieger, which has done a lot of work in the autism area. How do we ensure that the learning opportunities for kids on the autism spectrum are available and present in public schools?
Q: Let’s switch to science education on the elementary school level. Are the
Q: How do you see the school evolving over the next decade?
Q: You said we have had some success. Can you point to one thing Johns Hopkins has done?
A: Our history has been in part-time degrees, but our future will likely be in full-time degrees, including doctoral programs. Not to sacrifice what we are currently doing, but that is where our growth will be. I see us preparing more people to go into academic positions. Q: Describe the typical School of Education student. A: The typical student is now a master’slevel student, returning for more education. We have an equal number of men and women. I say the vast majority of our students are actually teaching while they are here. They are already in the classroom. They are learning at night and teaching during the day. We have some very talented and dedicated people. Not only teachers. The school also has public safety professionals and those learning to be counselors. Q: Is there too much oversight or regulation of teachers? Not enough? A: I think we’re pushing toward accountability. We want to make sure students are learning. The way we approach that is to standardize approaches and create some levels of oversight that, quite frankly, aren’t necessary for great teachers. Great teachers will get great learning outcomes. Unfortunately, all the teachers in our public schools are not great, and so we put together a set of policies and practices that try to ensure that every child has a highquality learning experience. To do that, we set accountability standards at the lowest denominator. Some find it burdensome. Q: Do you foresee much growth nationally and internationally for the school? A: Absolutely. We have to expand our footprint. We have a very solid reputation locally and some examples of national impact but really haven’t fully explored our national impact. Historically, we’ve been a part-time program. The majority of the students are local. We are not drawing students from a national and international market, clearly not the same volume as some of our benchmark competition. As the No. 6 school in the country [as ranked by U.S. News & World Report in its 2011 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools], we are expected to have a much bigger footprint and impact than we currently have. We’ll be expanding the faculty and research capacity here over the next three to five years. There will be significant growth and geographic coverage of our students. We need students with an international perspective, and I will make this a high priority. Q: Would you describe yourself as competitive? A: Yeah, very. I’m a tennis player from way
back. I was a teaching pro for a long time. I still play.
Q: Have you seen the film ‘Waiting for Superman’ yet? Any thoughts? A: I haven’t seen it yet. We did a showing of it for the school, [but] I had to be out of town at the time. I know a lot of the players in the film. Our own Bob Balfanz is in the movie. I spent a considerable amount of time with Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone. So I know the issues and the approach they took. I think it’s a great dialogue, and I have no problem with people challenging the status quo. I think the issues are a little more complicated than the movie makes it to be, or so I’ve gathered. Charter schools are one answer, but we don’t have enough highly motivated kids and outstanding teachers to bring some of these approaches to scale. It’s a bit too simplistic an approach. Q: What are you reading now? A: Right now I’m reading The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected. President Daniels gave me a copy. I typically don’t read about the histories of universities, but this is a good book. It gives an overview of the impact of universities, especially research ones, on the United States. G
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y tracking the fate of a group of immature cells that persist in the adult brain and spinal cord, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered in mice that these cells undergo dramatic changes in ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. A study reported Nov. 17 online in Neuron shows that these cells, called NG2+, grow and expand rapidly during early life, eventually morphing into mature nervous system cells called oligodendrocytes. These “oligos” help speed the transmission of electrical impulses by providing insulation around nerve cells. This insulation, known as myelin, is disrupted in nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis. The team tracked the fate of NG2+ cells in both normal mice and mice with a mutant form of the SOD1 gene that causes ALS. Using a stringent system that let them color tag only NG2+ cells and then accurately locate these cells at various times in
HIV Continued from page 1 whether because they don’t know they are infected with HIV, aren’t sure how to access the health care system or have competing needs like mental health or substance abuse issues. Gebo and her team’s research, published in the December issue of the journal Medical Care, reviewed medical records of 8,348 patients at nine HIV clinics across the United States between 2000 and 2007. They found that more than 43 percent
their development, the researchers found that NG2+ cells normally keep up a quiet program of dividing in adult tissues, sometimes replacing themselves and other times forming new oligos. A slow and steady turnover of oligodendrocytes may be required throughout life to maintain myelin, says Dwight Bergles, an associate professor in the School of Medicine’s Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience. However, the normal developmental program of NG2+ cells goes awry in the spinal cords of ALS mice. “In the model ALS mice we studied, it’s as though NG2+ cells step onto a high-speed treadmill,” Bergles said. “They undergo explosive division, morph more readily into abnormal-looking oligodendrocytes and then, uncharacteristically, those differentiated cells quickly die. The brakes that normally hold these cells in check appear to be gone in ALS.” Of special note are provocative data showing this cell type as the most proliferating cell population in the spinal cords of ALS mice, churning out even more oligodendrocytes than in normal mice, says Shin Kang, a
research associate in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience. “This suggests there is significant oligodendrocyte death even before anything else degenerates—which identifies a new and important player in the progression of this disease,” Kang said. All this frenetic oligodendrocyte-generating activity takes place in the central nervous system’s gray matter, where other cells—the motor neurons—are dying. A body of research shows that after acute trauma to the central nervous system, a short-term upswing in NG2+ activity takes place that may help reduce the extent of damage. Whether this change in behavior of NG2+ cells is protective or accelerates the death of motor neurons in ALS is not yet known. Earlier studies in lab-dish cultures showed that NG2+ cells acted like stem cells, capable of turning into the major cell types in the nervous system, suggesting that they could be harnessed to replace cells that died as a result of injury or disease. However, the Johns Hopkins team saw no evidence that the cells become
anything other than oligodendrocytes in both healthy animals and those carrying the ALS mutant gene. “Although we found that the potential of these cells is more limited than previously thought, it might be possible to coax them to adopt different fates,” Bergles said. “We only need to know what factors are restricting their development in the intact nervous system.” “This goes much further than simply confirming a negative finding about these mysterious cells,” Kang added. “We’ve answered a question, but the new observation about the overgrowth could lead to an entirely new understanding of ALS.” The study was supported by the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins and its sister organization, P2ALS, and by grants from the National Institutes of Health and Muscular Dystrophy Association. Johns Hopkins authors of the study are Bergles, Kang, Jason K. Yang and Jeffrey D. Rothstein. Masahiro Fukaya, of the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine in Sapporo, Japan, is also an author.
of patients were considered late entrants into the health care system, presenting at a clinic with extremely weakened immune systems, characterized by having CD4 counts below 200. CD4 cells are keys to a healthy immune system; healthy people have counts between 800 and 1,000. When CD4 cells are damaged, as they are by HIV, counts can fall dramatically, making patients more susceptible to infection and certain types of cancer. Low CD4 counts “make it more likely that patients are going to have complications, and more likely that their CD4 counts won’t ever recover to normal levels, even with antiretroviral treatment,” Gebo said. Previous studies have shown that those
who come to care late in the course of their disease have shorter survival and benefit less from antiretroviral therapy. Gebo and her colleagues found that the average difference in cumulative treatment expenditures between early and late presenters ranged from $27,275 to $61,615 higher over the course of the first seven to eight years of treatment. Costs are higher for the late presenters because they tend to be sicker than early presenters, particularly in the first year of treatment, and the cost gap doesn’t shrink over time, she said. Late presenters are hospitalized more often, need to be put on costly antiretroviral therapy and antibiotics, and often must be treated for other diseases that have been exacerbated by a
weakened immune system. The study was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institute on Aging and Drug Abuse. Richard D. Moore, a professor of general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, also contributed to the research. G
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opening of the third annual Johns Hopkins student photography show, Evergreen as Muse. $6 general admission; free for Evergreen members and JHU students. Reservations required; call 410-516-0341 or e-mail evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu. Evergreen Museum & Library
Sat., Dec. 11, noon to 4 p.m. “Silhouettes for the Holidays,” cut-paper silhouette sittings with master portraitist Erik Johnson. $40 for two copies of each portrait; framing available at additional cost. Sittings take approximately 10 minutes. Advance pre-paid reservations required; call 410-516-5589. Homewood Museum. HW
Make and Take holiday card workshop led by Evergreen director and curator James Abbott. Participants will use an array of colorful papers, ribbons, fabrics and printed illustrations to create holiday and gift cards; open to all ages. $6 general admission; free for Evergreen members and JHU students. Reservations required; call 410516-0341 or e-mail evergreenmuseum@ jhu.edu. Evergreen Museum & Library
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“Homewood by Candlelight,” annual event featuring the historic house decorated with garlands and boxwood for the holidays, its rooms set for entertaining and the sounds of live music in the reception hall; eggnog and cookies will be served in the wine cellar. (See photo, p. 12.) The museum shop offers a wide variety of holiday giftgiving ideas. $6 general admission, free for museum members and JHU students. Homewood Museum. HW
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27th and Huntingdon, renov’d 3BR, 2.5BA house, plenty of prkng, quick walk to JHU. 443-616-6398. TH nr JHMI, 2BRs each w/priv BA, 1st flr, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, W/D, halfBA, AC, alarm. $1,300/mo. 516-680-6703. Sublet available from Dec 14 to Jan 7. 425890-1327. Garage/storage unit, 1 blk to Homewood campus, dry and secure w/new metal overhead door, electric service, park your car or store your stuff. $140/mo. 410-963-3071 or goodenough73@gmail.com.
prkng, public transportation to Hopkins. $550/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@ yahoo.com. F student/prof’l wanted for master BR in 2BR Fells Point apt (960 Fell St, Belts Landing), on the promenade w/pool, hot tub, workout facility, 24-hr surveillance, prkng garage, 6-mo lease avail Feb 1, pets OK (no scales, feathers or spiders). 269998-0401 or vrobelme@gmail.com.
’07 Jeep Compass Sport, green metallic/ gray, 2.4L, 4-cyl, 24-28mpg, 31.5K mi. 619792-2015.
Stellar, experienced and mature nanny available, warm, energetic, upbeat, very reliable, outstanding refs from JHU faculty. Mary, 410-736-0253.
’95 Toyota 4Runner, garage-kept, TV, multiCD changer, AC rims. $2,500/best offer. Steve, 410-258-1494 or williamssteven@usa .net.
Federal Hill, TH w/numerous updates already completed, bamboo hdwd flrs in living rm and dining rm, updated kitchen and BA, move right in. 410-808-4869 or jodiemack@gmail.com.
’99 Subaru Outback, silver w/gray interior, 5-spd, 1 owner (nonsmoker), well-maintained, newish tires/brakes, rebuilt clutch/ engine. $4,600/best offer.410-366-7979 or giglitto@gmail.com.
Gardenville, 3BR, 1.5BA RH in quiet neighborhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt, fenced, maintenance-free yd w/carport, 15 mins to JHH. $139,500. 443610-0236 or tziporachai@juno.com.
ITEMS FOR SALE
Yamaha outdoor 2-way spkrs, black, model# NS-AW1, $50; Thule Set-to-Go kayak saddles (2 pair, 4 total), can sell separately, $125/ both pairs; Thule rooftop ski carrier, holds 2 pair of skis, great cond, $75; best offers accepted, e-mail for photo. grogan.family@ hotmail.com. Guitar, Ibanez Artcore w/hard-shell case, like new, cheap. wreisig@verizon.net.
Hampden, updated 3BR, 2BA duplex, spacious eat-in kitchen, dw, mud rm has W/D, CAC, Internet, covered front and back porch, fenced yd, free street prkng (front and back). $215,000. 410-592-2670.
Moving sale: Christian Dior silver fox coat, full-length, Hoover Windtunnel vacuum, sm dining set, exercise equipment, DaLite projector screen, Panasonic TV, 35mm cameras, music cassette tapes, office supplies. spiritwinggirl@hotmail.com.
Mt Washington, restored 1865 3BR, 1.5BA farmhouse on private lane, fantastic deck overlooks acre of wooded and open land. $259,000. 443-562-1634.
Epson Stylus Photo RX620 all-in-one printer, lightly used, extra ink cartridges incl’d. $85/best offer. damasmy@gmail.com.
Roland Park, 6BR, 3.5BA house w/new kitchen, new bsmt w/half-BA, external entrance, landscaped lot, separate 1.5-car garage, enclos’d 1st and 2nd flr porches, lg deck. $690,000. 401-207-5467. Stoneleigh area, 3BR, 2.5BA house w/ new kitchen, great neighborhood and public schools, easy commute to JHH/ JHU. $379,900. www.homesdatabase.com/ bc7455322. 141 N Streeper St, completely renov’d 2BR, 1.5BA house, jacuzzi rub, hdwd flrs, kitchen has cherry cabinets, stainless steel appls, AC/natural gas, new roof, new windows, 10-yr warranty. $179,900.
ROOMMATES WANTED
F wanted for rm w/priv BA in lg 2BR, 2BA condo on N Charles St, 8th flr, amazing view, swimming pool, gym, sauna, doorman, 24-hr security, underground prkng, walk to Homewood campus/shuttle. 443478-7914. 3BR apt in Hamilton, very large, completely remodeled, fp, separate entry, three roommates. $400/mo incl heat. 443-621-4237. Share all new refurbished TH w/other medical students, 924 N Broadway, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com. Nonsmoker wanted for furn’d, spacious BR in 3BR house in Cedonia, 5 mi to JHU/Bayview/Homewood/YMCA, walk-in closet, modern kitchen, landscaped yd, lg deck, free
Silk scarves, pillows, lavender sachets sewn from Japanese kimono fabrics, also pashmina wraps, jewelry, 2 blks to JHU. 410-235-5125 or susie@plumblossomkimono.com.
SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED
’93 Volvo, runs great, 200K mi, sold as is. $1,000. 443-846-7923.
Hampden, updated 2BR, 2BA TH, hdwd flrs, CAC, lg closets, beautiful deck, prkng, easy walk to Homewood campus. $209,000. 410-808-2969.
December 2010 MTA monthly regular pass. $64. 410-235-2777 or eboettinger@hotmail .com.
CARS FOR SALE
HOUSES FOR SALE
Guilford/JHU, lg 1BR condo in luxury highrise, secure bldg w/doorman, W/D, CAC/ heat, swimming pool, exercise rm. $180,000. 757-773-7830 or norva04@gmail.com.
rowing machine, $50; both in excel cond. 410-488-1886.
Sand beach chairs (2), three-step ladders (2), dresser w/shelves, reciprocating saw, printer, digital piano. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net. One-of-a-kind handmade rugs and runners from Afghanistan, lovely colors, unique styles, pillows and other textiles, excel quality, warm up bare flrs, hallways, entryways. $50-$3,000. 571-332-7292. Snowblower, Yardmachine, new, in original box, never used. $500. 410-371-3696 or kmeadow112@aol.com. Moving sale: Motorcycle, foosball table, bedroom set, dining rm set, flat screens; must sell everything before Dec 13, all prices negotiable. Courtney, 410-340-6762 or cedwar15@gmail.com. Kawai upright piano, excel sound, pecan wood. $950. 410-235-2522. Conn alto saxophone, best offer; exercise
Database programmer/volunteer needed for ambitious ecology project. Mark, 410-4649274. Kittens: I am fostering 3 kittens for BARCS that need loving homes for Christmas, altered and all shots; I will cover adoption costs. 443-255-2352. Responsible, energetic, loving FT nanny needed to care for, nurture and teach 2 infants, starting mid-January. Chris, 617388-1128 or christineacosta@gmail.com. My former nanny in search of work, very responsible, caring, kind person, many yrs’ experience and grown children of her own, does not drive. Lystra Williams Rideout, 410-523-1226, or Catherine, 410-6646659. Private and group kalisilat self-defense classes. 443-983-0707 or www.cftks.webs.com. Mature, responsible JHU book editor seeking short- or long-term housesitting jobs, happy to care for pets, too, refs avail. dlbors@yahoo.com. M prof’l seeks long-term BR rental nr Bayview Medical Center, starting January. 443928-5192 or jackybbike@aol.com. Piano lessons w/Peabody alum w/doctorate, patient instruction, all levels/ages welcome. 410-662-7951. Tutor avail for all subjects/levels; remedial and gifted; also help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading, database design and programming. 410-337-9877 (after 8pm) or i1__@hotmail .com. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to the general public, great bands, no partners needed. 410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing .com. Need help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio? Free, confidential consultation. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol .com. Piano tuning and repair, PTG craftsman serving Peabody, Notre Dame, homes, churches, etc, in Central Maryland. 410382-8363 or steve@conradpiano.com. Great photos! Headshots for interviews/ auditions, family pictures, production shots, events. Edward S Davis photography/videography. 443-695-9988 or eddaviswrite@ comcast.net.
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Calendar COLLOQUIA Tues., Dec. 7, 4:15 p.m. “Role of Surfaces and Interfaces in Photovoltaics,” a Chemistry colloquium with Robert Opila, University of Delaware. 233 Remsen. HW
“Bringing Our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole and Its Environs Into Focus With Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics,” an STSci colloquium with Andrea Ghez, UCLA. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg.
Wed., Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 8, 4 p.m.
“Editing Schumann’s Piano Concerto: From Sources to Critical Edition,” a Peabody DMA colloquium with Michael Musgrave, Juilliard School. 308C Conservatory Bldg. Wed., Dec. 8, 5 p.m.
Peabody
“The James Webb Space Telescope: We Can See the Beginning,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Kathryn Flanagan, STSci. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Fri., Dec. 10, 2 p.m.
DISCUSSIONS/ TA L K S
“Kosovo and Serbia: A Challenge for a Historic Accord,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Veton Surroi, chair, Foreign Policy Club of Kosovo. To RSVP, e-mail transatlanticevents@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-5880. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS Mon., Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m.
“Women in the Boardroom: The EU Strategy for Gender Equality,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Viviane Reding, vice president, European Commission and EU commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship; and Susan Ness (moderator), SAIS. For information or to RSVP, go to http://transatlantic .sais-jhu.edu/events/2010/reding .htm. Rome Auditorium. SAIS
Wed., Dec. 8, noon.
G RA N D ROU N D S Mon., Dec. 6, 8:30 a.m. “Transplant Pathology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Pathology grand rounds with Lorraine Racusen, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB Fri., Dec. 10, 12:15 p.m. “Building Blocks for a Clinical Informatics Research and Development Lab,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Paul Nagy, SPH. EB
“The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid,” Pathology grand rounds with Syed Ali, SoM. Hurd Hall.
Mon., Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m.
EB
“Photon Counting Detectors for X-ray Imaging—With Example Applications in Mammography and CT,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Mats Danielsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 709 Traylor. EB (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark. HW ) Mon., Dec. 6, 1:30 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 6, 2 p.m. “Rewirable Gene Regulatory Networks in the Pre-Implantation Embryonic Development of Three Mammalian Species,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine seminar with Sheng Zhong, University of Chicago, Urbana-Champaign. G-007 Ross. EB
HW
“From Brain to Society: The Biology of Social Preferences,” a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Michael Platt, Duke University. 233 Ames. HW
Sexual Risk Reduction Intentions Among Couples Voluntary Counseling and Testing Participants in Ethiopia,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Yung-Ting Bonnenfant. E4611 SPH. EB
Homewood Museum is decorated for the holidays with garlands, boxwoods and candlelight as it might have been in the early 19th century. See Special Events.
L E C TURE S
The Polly Walker Ecology Fund Lecture— “The Roots of Health: The Importance of an Ecological Perspective on Our Food System” by Charles Benbrook, author and chief scientist, the Organic Center. Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. W1214 SPH. EB
Tues., Dec. 7, 4 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 9, 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Leaders + Legends Lecture— “Investing in Youth: A Compelling Case for Global Corporate Social Responsibility” by Sir David Bell, director, the Economist Group. (See story, p. 7.) Business attire required. Sponsored by the Carey Business School. Legg Mason Tower, Harbor East. Thurs.,
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The Alicia Showalter Reynolds Memorial Lecture—“Oscillations and Entrainment in a ThreeProtein Circadian Clock” by Erin O’Shea, Harvard University. Sponsored by the SoM Graduate Students Association. WBSB Auditorium. EB Mon., Dec. 13, 4 p.m. The Dean’s Lecture I—“Signaling Networks Regulating Survival and Death in the Brain” by Valina Dawson, SoM. Sponsored by the School of Medicine. Hurd Hall. EB
MUSIC Mon., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble perform. East Hall. Peabody
The Peabody Trio performs. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody Tues., Dec. 7, 8 p.m.
The Peabody Singers perform music by Beethoven and Britten. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody Wed., Dec. 8, 8 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 9, and Fri., Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Renais-
sance Ensemble performs. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens,
$5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody Sat., Dec. 11, 3:30 p.m. Preparatory Young Artists Orchestra performs with the Preparatory String Ensemble. Griswold Hall. Peabody Sat., Dec. 11, 7 p.m. The Peabody Youth Orchestra performs music by Brahms, Saint-Saens and Hanson. Friedberg Hall.
“Developmental and Intergenerational Origins of U.S. Health Disparities,” a Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions seminar with Christopher Kuzawa, Northwestern University. B14B Hampton House. EB
Mon., Dec. 6, 3:30 p.m.
“Initial Time Singularities in Mean Curvature Flow,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Tom Ilmanen, ETH Zurich. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Dec. 6, 4 p.m.
ogy and Molecular Sciences seminar with Tim Hughes, University of Toronto. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Thurs., Dec. 9, 9 a.m. “Access to Primary and Preventive Health Care Among ForeignBorn Adults in Canada and the United States,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Lydie Lebrun. 461 Hampton House. EB
“Sandflies: The Unspoken Heroes of an Anti-Leishmania Vaccine,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Jesus Valenzuela, NIAID/NIH. W1020 SPH. EB
Thurs., Dec. 9, noon.
Dec. 9, noon. “An Unconventional Pump-Channel Interaction Puts the CA in Cancer,” a Cell Biology seminar with Rajini Rao, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
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Thurs., Dec. 9, 1 p.m. “Schizophrenia, Genes and Environment,” a Neuroscience research seminar with David St. Clair, University of Aberdeen, UK. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Fri., Dec. 10, 1 p.m. “Regulation for the fps1 Glycerol Channel in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Sara Beese. W1020 SPH. EB
REA D I N G S / B OO K TA L K S
“Genetic Approaches to Ion Channels, Circuits and Peptides,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Nitabach, Yale School of Medicine. 612 Physiology. EB
“The Genetics of Desiccation Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology thesis defense seminar with Dean Calahan. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Leon Fleisher, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chair in Piano at the Peabody Conservatory, and coauthor Anne Midgette, will discuss and sign copies of My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Bank of America Lounge. Peabody
“Electronic Health Record Use, Delegation and Productivity in Primary Care,” a Health Informatics/Information Science faculty candidate seminar with Julia Adler-Milstein, Harvard University. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 688 Hampton House. EB
“Going Beyond the USDA Food Security Measure: Exploring Coping Behaviors Used in Food-Insecure Households,” a Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions seminar with Andrea Smith Anater, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB
Peabody
Tues., Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 6, noon. “Protein Quality Control at the Endoplasmic Reticulum,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Yihong Ye, NIDDKD/NIH. W1020 SPH. EB Mon., Dec. 6, noon. “Mechanisms Underlying the Resolution of Lung Inflammation and Injury Following Mechanical Ventilation in Mice,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Alexis Bierman. W7023 SPH. EB Mon., Dec. 6, noon. “Optimization of Protein Folding in vivo Uncovers a New Chaperone Called Spy,” a Biophysics seminar with James Bardwell, University of Michigan. 111 Mergenthaler. HW Dec.
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Wed., Dec. 8, noon.
“Nanocomposites for Distributed Structural Monitoring and Damage Detection,” a Civil Engineering seminar with Kenneth Loh, University of California, Davis. B17 Hackerman. HW
Wed., Dec. 8, noon.
S E M I N AR S
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“About Meiotic Silencing…,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Rodolfo Aramayo, Texas A&M. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW “HIV Status, Fertility Intentions and
Mon., Dec. 6, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday Noon Seminar—“Trafficking and Function of the Sialomucin Endolyn/CD164 in Renal Epithelial Cells” with Gudrun Ihrke, SoM. Sponsored by Physiology. 203 Physiology. EB Wed., Dec. 8, noon.
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“Intrinsic Disorder, Local Unfolding and Allostery in an Ensemble,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Vincent Hilser, KSAS. 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Dec. 8, 1:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 8, 4 p.m. “Biochemical Genomics of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions,” a Pharmacol-
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Mon., Dec. 13, 4 p.m. “Scattering and Decay on Black-Hole Manifolds,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Avraham Soffer, Rutgers University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
SPECIAL EVENTS Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Research Day. EB
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Wednesday Noon Seminar— “Sexual Offending in Context: Understanding the Ecology of Youths Who Commit Sexual Crimes” with Scott Ronis, University of New Brunswick. Sponsored by Mental Health. B14B Hampton House. EB
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Calendar Key APL BRB CRB EB HW KSAS
(Events are free and open to the public except where indicated.)
Applied Physics Laboratory Broadway Research Building Cancer Research Building East Baltimore Homewood Krieger School of Arts and Sciences 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