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January 10, 2011

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Connecting families and resources

JHM cores have new online hub By Greg Rienzi

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he cores have a hub. Johns Hopkins Medicine’s ever-evolving assortment of “core” research facilities and services—one of the most comprehensive and advanced core sets in the country—can now be accessed through a single Portal gives online portal. The new Web tool, dubbed the researchers Hopkins Core Conduit, is designed everywhere to help researchers access to all navigate and identify Johns Hopkins core services that 55 cores enable cuttingedge research in the areas of basic science, genetics, medicine and other fields, allowing investigators to advance projects to provide better medical treatments for a variety of health concerns. While predominantly used by the School of Medicine, the cores are available to researchers in other divisions and at other institutions. Barbara Daily, assistant director of the Office of Faculty Research Resources at the School of Medicine, said that the website, while modest in its purpose, is a huge step forward for the advancement of core services. “There is now an ultimate source that provides information on all core resources here at Johns Hopkins,” Daily said. “The Hopkins Core Conduit makes easily accessible to investigators resources that were once invisible. Researchers might only have been aware of what services were available in their department. Now all the resources are together in one set that cuts across departments.” Suzanne Boeke, director of the Office of Faculty Research Resources, agrees. “The kind of services and information provided by this office, such as the Hopkins Core Conduit, will add to a repertoire of data-driven enhancement of research infrastructure in the School of Medicine over the next several years,” she said.

Staffing the Family Resource Desk at the Harriet Lane Clinic recently were Health Leads volunteers Johnson Ukken, Shayla Nagy, Kyle Engelmann and Serena Yin, all undergraduates on the Homewood campus.

Health Leads volunteers help patients obtain food, shelter and more By Lisa De Nike

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yle Engelmann enrolled at Johns Hopkins with a specific goal in mind: to get the best possible education in preparation for medical school. But those plans changed during his very first semester, when he became a volunteer with a program called Health Leads (formerly known as Project Health), a nationwide

community service organization that involves college students in helping lowincome individuals and families obtain food, clothing, shelter, child care, job training and other services as an essential part of their health care treatment. Though the senior neuroscience and Continued on page 6

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United Way campaign raises more than $2.1 mill By Greg Rienzi

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n what was a challenging 2010 campaign due to a still-recovering economy, employees and students of the university and Johns Hopkins Medicine pledged more than $2.1 million to United Way of Central Maryland, falling just 1 percent shy of the overall goal and nearly matching the total raised last year. More than $260,000 of the total was

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Tim Geithner at SAIS; Provost’s Lecture at APL; Brain Science Institute honors Director Jack Griffin

pledged to the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund, which supports agencies that serve communities in close proximity to Johns Hopkins campuses and have a strong relationship with the university and its employees. The Neighborhood Fund, now in its fourth year, was the second-largest designated organization of Johns Hopkins donors—behind only United Way of Central Maryland. A committee representing a cross section of Johns Hopkins employees will meet in the near future to allocate the funds.

The overall $2,179,464 raised represents a total for contributions from all university divisions except SAIS, whose donations are reported to the National Capital Area campaign in Washington, D.C., and the Applied Physics Laboratory, which no longer publicly reports its financial goals and results. Stephanie Reel, chief information officer and vice provost for information technology, and chair of the Johns Hopkins Medicine campaign, said that this year’s

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Report: Going greener is catching on—with some exceptions By Greg Rienzi

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he Johns Hopkins Sustainability Committee has just released its fiscal year 2010 Sustainability Annual Report. The 26-page document highlights specific actions that are advancing sustainability in universitywide operations, student engagement and community outreach. The report captures a string of successes in the university’s effort to reduce its carbon footprint and implement greener practices. Among the findings: For the third straight year, the university was successful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the Homewood campus compared to the previous year. Emissions were 2 percent less in fiscal year 2010 than in FY2009, even while the campus grew by 1 percent. The university made progress in making

buildings and campuses more sustainable by pursuing LEED certification on 12 buildings; collecting, conserving and treating storm water; providing healthier interiors of buildings through the expanded use of green materials and cleaning products; and expanding organic and locally sourced dining options. For the first time, the purchase of recycledcontent paper eclipsed that of nonrecycledcontent paper, and the trend is continuing upward. Not all was positive, however. Water consumption, which had been decreasing by an average of 21 percent per year since 2006, rose by 9 percent. The university also has not been successful in stemming the upward trend of paper consumption, even with innovative programs intended to displace paper usage with electronic resources. A full copy of the report can be found at http://sustainability.jhu.edu.

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Treasury’s Tim Geithner to give China policy speech at SAIS

reasury Secretary Tim Geithner, a 1985 graduate of SAIS, will deliver a policy speech on China at his alma mater this week. The talk, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 12, in the Nitze Building’s Kenney Auditorium, comes in the week leading up to Chinese President Hu Jintao’s scheduled visit to Washington. Geithner will speak about “The Path Ahead for the U.S.-China Economic Relationship.” The lecture is open only to members of the SAIS community and invited guests. A live webcast will be accessible at www.sais-jhu .edu.

Brain Science Institute honors Director Jack Griffin

he Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute held a two-day symposium last week to honor its director, John “Jack” Griffin, also University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Neurology, professor of neuroscience and pathology, and a world-recognized researcher of the peripheral nervous system’s cellular neurobiology. The Friends of the Axon, Schwann Cell and Jack Griffin Scientific Symposium, held Jan. 7 and 8 in the School of Medicine’s Sheldon Hall, included both scientific talks covering current research and personal ones honoring Griffin’s own research, mentorship, collaborations and career. Representing Johns Hopkins as presenters and commentators were Justin McArthur, Edward D. Miller, David Zee, Guy McKhann, Klaus Toyka, Ahmet Hoke, David Ginty, Alex Kolodkin, Michael J. Caterina, Janice Clements, Rick Huganir, Jeffrey Rothstein, Charlotte Sumner, Gihan Tennekoon, Thomas Lloyd and Mohamed Farah. Also participating in the symposium were faculty members from universities across the United States and abroad.

Adult enrichment classes at Peabody begin Jan. 24

ohns Hopkins faculty and staff are invited to take advantage of opportunities to study music and dance this spring at the Peabody Preparatory. Individual instruction is offered through the Adult and Continuing Education program in all orchestral instruments, piano, organ, classical guitar and voice; jazz piano, guitar and bass; and theory, composition and computer music. Group classes are offered in violin, viola, cello, classical and steel string guitar, ballet and ballroom dancing. Adults with prior musical training also may sign up to play in chamber and jazz ensembles. Tuition remission is available for these noncredit personal enrichment courses. Current students in the ACE program will perform at a free recital at 6 p.m. on Tues-

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day, Jan. 11, in Peabody’s Cohen-Davison Family Theatre. On Saturday, Jan. 15, ACE will host an information session from 2 to 4 p.m. in Peabody’s Bank of America Lounge. At this session, prospective students can tour the campus and have their questions answered by faculty and staff. The Preparatory’s spring semester begins Monday, Jan. 24. For more information, and to register, go to www.peabody.jhu.edu/ prep or e-mail Larry Williams, ACE program director, at larryw@peabody.jhu.edu.

KSAS astrophysicist Charles Bennett to talk at APL

aunched in spring 2010, the Provost’s Lecture Series is designed to spread the wealth of academic excellence at Johns Hopkins among its campuses. This week, astrophysicist Charles Bennett, a professor in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, will travel to APL to offer an overview of what is known about our universe, how it is known and what questions remain unanswered. In June 2010, Bennett was co-winner of the $1 million Shaw Prize in astronomy for groundbreaking research that has helped determine the precise age, composition and curvature of the universe. He was cited for his accomplishments as principal investigator of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a spacecraft that in less than a decade has added significantly to knowledge of the universe’s history and structure. WMAP, launched in 2001, observes and measures the cosmic background radiation, the oldest light in the universe. Bennett’s talk, scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, in Parsons Auditorium, is titled “Big Bang for the Buck: Cosmology From WMAP.”

S. African nursing students present dissertation proposals

ursing collaborations, sexual trauma and nursing education partnerships are the focus of dissertation proposals from three visiting doctoral students from North-West University in Mafikeng, South Africa, that were recently presented at the School of Nursing. Mahlasela Annah Rakhudu, Gaboipolewe Margaret Masilo and Kathleen Khomotso Direko were invited to Johns Hopkins by Phyllis Sharps, professor and chair of the Department of Community Public Health, who served as North-West University faculty mentor to the students. “These students have seen firsthand how American nursing compares to their native nursing program in South Africa and have applied that experience to their doctoral studies,” Sharps said. “This is the first time students have visited from NWU, and I hope we can invite more students in the future.”

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Jhpiego awarded $100 mill project to improve health in Kenya B y A nn L o l a r d o

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uilding on four years of success in improving health services in eastern Kenya, Jhpiego has been asked to continue its work by leading a $100 million U.S.-funded effort to bring quality health care to impoverished, underserved communities in both the eastern and central provinces. Chosen for the highly competitive award, Jhpiego will lead the APHIAplus Health Service Delivery project over the next five years, working with a consortium of Kenyan partners to integrate a range of health ser-

vices, products and information at all health facility levels, from community clinics to local hospitals. Integration of services helps ensure that patients can more easily access care and that all of their health needs are met. Funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development will enable Jhpiego to increase availability of an integrated package of high-quality, high-impact interventions, including HIV and family-planning services, at the community and facility levels; improve the health status of communities, focusing on marginalized, poor and underserved populations; and strengthen health service delivery through a variety of innovative approaches.

“Jhpiego is thrilled to be chosen for this project and join our Kenyan partners in providing innovative health strategies to improve health care services for those most in need and support Kenyans in carrying out this most important, life-changing work,” said Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpiego. Jhpiego will be joined in its work by the African Medical and Research Foundation; Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment; Kenya Red Cross Society; and the National Organization of Peer Educators. The consortium is supported by the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, PATH and Land O’Lakes Inc. For the past four years, Jhpiego has led

the $33.9 million USAID-funded AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance project in Eastern Kenya—APHIA II Eastern—a landmark initiative for Kenya and Jhpiego. The initiative, which ended last month, focused on improving the quality of health services, with an emphasis on integrated care and building the capacity of local nongovernmental organizations to provide palliative care and support to people living with HIV. Since 2006, APHIA II Eastern has counseled and tested more than 1.1 million Kenyans. In the past two years alone, more than 8,000 of those who tested positive have begun lifesaving antiretroviral treatment.

On-scene IV fluids for trauma patients: Lifesaver, time-waster? By Stephanie Desmon

Johns Hopkins Medicine

everely injured patients who are routinely given IV fluids by paramedics before transport to the nearest trauma center are significantly more likely to die than similarly injured patients who don’t get the time-consuming IV treatment before hospitalization, new Johns Hopkins–led research suggests. The research, available online in advance of the February issue of Annals of Surgery, raises new questions about a medical practice developed decades ago that continues to be the standard of care despite lack of scientific research into its validity. The researchers say that mandating prehospital IV fluids for all trauma patients—the case in many states, including Maryland— should be discouraged. Some groups are slowly considering changes to their guidelines. “Giving IV fluids to patients before they go to the hospital can delay transport,” said Elliott R. Haut, an associate professor

United Way Continued from page 1 campaign was one of the most challenging since many people have been overwhelmed by the needs of their own family, friends and communities. Despite this, Reel said, many sought to dig deeper than they had in the past. “In some cases, people even increased their donation pledges as the campaign was drawing to a close,” Reel said. “I am aware of several people who had made a pledge during the early weeks of the campaign and decided to increase their pledge when the

of surgery, anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study’s leader. “Our study suggests it may be better to get patients to the hospital faster. Starting fluids takes time, and the IV fluids may cause harm on top of the timing issue.” Intravenous fluids are typically given immediately to trauma victims whose blood pressure has sharply decreased due to blood loss. The rationale has been that fluids quickly raise dangerously low blood pressure in order to keep the body’s systems working, a concept that makes intuitive sense, Haut says. But, he adds, there is some evidence that IV fluids may actually be making matters worse in those patients in whom very low blood pressure temporarily stops bleeding. Rapidly raising blood pressure in these individuals could “pop the clot,” causing them to start bleeding again before they can get definitive care in the hospital. For the study, Haut and his colleagues examined data from 776,734 trauma patients in the American College of Surgeons’ National Trauma Data Bank between 2001

and 2005. The patients were primarily male, white and under the age of 40. About half were given IV fluids at the scene. Patients who received pre-hospital fluids were 11 percent more likely to die than those who did not. The findings were especially marked in people who were shot or stabbed (25 percent more likely to die), had severe head injuries (35 percent more likely) and got emergency surgery once hospitalized (35 percent more likely). Emergency medical personnel are required in many states to perform a variety of interventions before transporting patients to the hospital. In Maryland, for example, trauma patients must have their spines immobilized and be fitted with a cervical collar before transport, even if they have been, say, stabbed in the leg or shot in the arm. IV fluids must always be given, and some types of patients are required to be intubated at the scene as well. Each step takes precious time, Haut notes, and, in some cases, the time it takes to place an IV may exceed the length of the trip to the emergency room. “Most people know about the golden

hour, the time after an injury when there is the highest likelihood for survival if patients receive prompt medical treatment,” said Haut, who is also a trauma surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. “But for some people it may be the golden 20 minutes, and, in others, 10 minutes can make the difference between life and death. Many things can be fixed if you get patients to the hospital in time, but it’s hard to change people’s practices when the change means doing less.” Haut emphasizes that IV fluids may be beneficial in some cases and that more research is needed to determine their value in patients with traumatic brain injury, for example. Even though these patients had worse outcomes with IV fluids in the new study, Haut says, previous experience has shown that episodes of low blood pressure can be very harmful for patients with traumatic brain injury, and withholding fluids could lead to worse outcomes. Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Brian T. Kalish, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider and Kent A. Stevens.

campaign was ending. I have never seen that before. It was quite touching.” Jerry Schnydman, chair of the university’s campaign, said that he applauds the staff and faculty who championed the campaign and promoted the importance of giving. “When times are tough, the need to boost up others less fortunate than us is even greater. Our people realized that, and the responsibility for Johns Hopkins to assist the surrounding community and the vital work of United Way–affiliated agencies,” said Schnydman, executive assistant to the president and secretary of the board of trustees. United Way of Central Maryland supports human service agencies in Baltimore City and its five surrounding counties. With donations still filtering in, $516,861 has

been pledged to the university’s campaign, which kicked off Oct. 18 and officially ended Dec. 17. Several of the university’s 15 United Way designated units far exceeded their goal. Of special note in this year’s campaign, the School of Education exceeded its goal by $4,267 and raised a total of $22,267. The Carey Business School led the way in terms of participation, with a 47 percent rate. Johns Hopkins Medicine launched its intensive two-week United Way effort in October and raised $1,662,603, exceeding its goal by 3 percent. Many retirees participated in this year’s campaign through financial donations, totaling more than $10,000, and volunteering their time at the university’s always popular

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Thompson appointed CEO of JHM International By Gary Stephenson

to take our mission to the rest of the world. Given the global village and economy in which we now live, it’s clear that our overseas ventures will become ever more critical to the future health of JHM, as we work toward its overall mission to improve the health of the community and the world.” For more on Johns Hopkins Medicine International, go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ international.

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teven J. Thompson has been named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine International, the arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine that enters into international agreements and manages Johns Hopkins Medicine’s rapidly growing international enterprises. Thompson held this title previously, beginning in 1999, when Johns Hopkins Medicine International was first established, and helped grow the new organization into a highly successful and expansive venture. He left that post in July 2007 to become senior vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine to oversee the coordination and planning, integration and evolution of its inpatient and outpatient clinical enterprise during a time of accelerated growth. In this role, Thompson helped manage a great expansion of JHM, including the integration of two new hospitals and a host of other new affiliations and relationships. “Since joining Johns Hopkins in 1994 as administrator of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Steve has distinguished himself in positions of increasing scope, complexity and responsibility, and in each position we have seen abundant evidence of his great success in helping orchestrate the major strategic expansion of Johns Hopkins Medicine,” said Edward D. Miller, dean of the Johns

JHM to hold Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday KEITH WELLER

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Hopkins School of Medicine and CEO of JHM. “At the same time, we have witnessed explosive growth in our overseas endeavors, which have become increasingly important to JHM’s future,” he said. “So, it’s back to the future for him.” Ronald R. Peterson, president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, said, “We have relied on Steve’s sound judgment and acumen in helping build JHM into a major regional integrated network. We will continue to rely on him in his new role. Our past successes with Johns Hopkins Medicine International have demonstrated that tremendous opportunities exist for us

ohns Hopkins Medicine will hold a Town Hall Meeting from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11, in Hurd Hall on the East Baltimore campus. Among the scheduled topics are an update from Cynthia Sears, a professor in Infectious Diseases, who will explain Johns Hopkins’ role in the Human Microbiome Project, an NIH venture that hopes to answer some of science’s fundamental questions. Researchers from across the country will be involved. Also to be discussed are findings from a survey about East Baltimore residents’ perceptions of Johns Hopkins, the new clinical buildings and JHM’s recent partnership with Sibley Memorial Hospital. Telecasts will be available at the Allergy and Asthma Center on the Bayview campus, Suburban Hospital and White Marsh Room 2100.

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Cores Johns Hopkins’ 55 cores provide such services as DNA sequencing, cell cultures, metabolic testing, brain imaging and the use of animals for research, such as the work done at the Finz Center, the school’s zebrafish facility. Zebrafish, valued for their quick-growing and see-through embryos that can be genetically manipulated, are used by scientists to identify genes that underlie a broad range of human diseases, including musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and cancer. There’s also a Core Store that provides one-stop shopping for more than 120,000 products from 16 of the leading life science companies. The National Center for Research Resources, or NCRR, defines a core facility as a centralized, shared resource that provides biomedical and behavioral investigators with access to instruments, technologies and services, as well as expert consultation. Core facility scientists provide researchers with expertise in a particular scientific or technological area. The JHU cores, predominantly funded by the NCRR and the National Institutes of Health, allow JHU researchers to do in house what would be more costly and timeconsuming if farmed out. Chi Dang, vice dean for research at the School of Medicine, said that the cores are vital to the research mission of the school. “The cores are extremely useful to us to do our science,” Dang said. “No single lab could afford the instrumentation many of these cores offer. One single piece of equipment might cost in the area of $1 million. The cores allow us, by economy of scale, to obtain the technologies needed to push our science ever forward.” Several cores are unique to Johns Hopkins, Dang said, including the Protein Microarray

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Mikhail Pletnikov, director of the Behavioral Neurobiology and Neuroimmunology Lab at the School of Medicine, in the Animal Behavior Core facility that opened this month in the Broadway Research Building.

Core, run by Heng Zhu, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. Zhu’s core has used its more than 12,000 human proteins in a wide range of applications, including serum profiling, analysis of protein-drug interactions and identification of protein kinase targets. Another unique core is the High Throughput Screening Center for Neurogenetics, founded by Min Li, a professor of neuroscience. Li oversees an institutional core facility, funded by a $15 million NIH grant, that uses robotic equipment to perform high throughput screens with small molecules such as drugs and chemicals. “It’s really fascinating work,” Dang said. “It’s a cross between the academic realm and what drug companies are doing.” Historically, cores emerge from individual investigators who are in need of a specific service that’s not available and decide to

start their own. Dang said that a decade ago, Johns Hopkins began to proactively foster core creation through an Emerging Technology Task Force. “We asked faculty if they were to have the means, what cores should we be building? We wanted to launch a grassroots effort and prioritize which cores to help fund first, launching some of these cores ourselves, but more commonly applying for grants.” Dang said that Johns Hopkins’ current diverse core menagerie serves as a powerful recruitment tool. “It’s a big draw for new faculty. When they arrive here, they go, ‘Wow, you have all these cores,’ ” he said. “It’s like a toy store for them. It’s a great attraction, and they compare us favorably to what other institutions offer.” The new Animal Behavior Core, which

opened this month, was started by Mikhail Pletnikov, director of the Behavioral Neurobiology and Neuroimmunology Lab at the School of Medicine. Pletnikov’s core offers a variety of equipment to test, rate and evaluate mouse and rat behavior for aspects of human diseases. The center will provide equipment, design services, consultations and result interpretation. Pletnikov, an expert in animal behavior analysis, has provided corelike services for a number of years and wanted to officially establish a core service center and reach a broader audience. “Now we hope to offer our services to even more people,” he said. He said that the Brain Science Institute was “indispensable” in getting the core off the ground. Alan Scott, director of the Genetic Resources Core Facility, predicts that the Hopkins Core Conduit will become a wellworn path for researchers here. “Johns Hopkins is so large and diverse that it is hard for any one person to have a grasp of what’s available here. It is particularly hard for new faculty and postdocs,” Scott said. “[The Genetic Resources Core Facility] has been in operation since 1989, and I still find people who don’t know what we do despite our advertising, symposia and website. Promoting the various cores through a single portal should make all of us trying to do research much more productive.” Scott said that cores are essential to keep faculty productive because they provide access to expertise and technology that individual labs either don’t need all the time or simply can’t afford. “Altogether, we’ve estimated that the GRCF has saved the university tens of millions of dollars since its inception, and we’ve assisted hundreds of principal investigators and students, many of whom have then been able to be more competitive for grants.” To access the Hopkins Core Conduit, go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Research/ core_facilities/index.html. G

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Connecting Continued from page 1 public health studies major still plans to dedicate his career to helping people, he may not be doing it as a physician. Instead, Engelmann aims to work full time professionally for the organization for which he has volunteered hundreds of hours since his freshman year. “I joined Health Leads in my first semester to get some familiarity with the health care field, and the experiences were so powerful that they caused me to change direction a bit,” said Engelmann, a native of New Jersey. “After a lot of reflection and long discussions with my family, I came to the realization that I would be happiest working for Health Leads. Higher learning isn’t off the table, but I feel so passionately about my work that I’d like to continue with it after I graduate.” Once you become familiar with Health Leads’ mission and impact, it’s easy to understand Engelmann’s enthusiasm. Last year, the organization trained and deployed nearly 700 college student volunteers (84 from Johns Hopkins, representing majors ranging from biomedical engineering and neuroscience to art history and international relations), who connected about 6,000 low-income patients with necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and medical insurance, not to mention child care and job training. These specially trained volunteers—located in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York, Providence, R.I., and Washington, D.C.– interact with patients through emergency rooms, community health centers and prenatal and pediatric clinics, including the Harriet Lane Clinic, the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center outpatient facility where Engelmann volunteers. There, he and other Johns Hopkins students spend hours weekly at the Family Resource Desk, a centrally located area equipped with computers and comfortable seats where the student volunteers sit down with the clinic’s patients and their families to help them locate critical resources aimed at filling needs identified by the patients and their physicians during medical checkups and appointments. Armed with doctor-written “prescriptions” for food, clothing, shelter and more, the patients approach the Family Resource Desk for assistance. “What we say at Health Leads is that every day doctors prescribe antibiotics and medicines to people who are living in cars or have no food or heat at home and for whom that medicine is only a small piece of the whole health and wellness puzzle,” said Mark Marino, Baltimore executive director for Health Leads. “So through Health Leads, doctors ‘prescribe’ these basic needs and send their patients to the desk, staffed by well-trained Health Leads volunteers. The concept sounds so simple, and it is. But you know what? It really works.” According to Marino, nearly 60 percent of the patients who seek help through Health Leads find that at least one of their most critical needs—heat, food, job training—is met within 90 days of getting their “prescription.” And volunteers don’t stop there: They keep in touch with their clients for several months to ensure that things are working out, and to identify and resolve any new and crucial problems as well. “Through Health Leads, we students are able to work closely with the professional health care team to ensure that when the patients leave the clinic and go back out into the community, they are empowered to pursue the basic things that they need to truly be healthy,” Engelmann said, with obvious pride. “We are part of the loop between the clinic and the community.” That enthusiasm, pride and energy are

what make college students such ideal Health Leads volunteers, Marino said. “Students are our main work force, and that’s not as much about them being free [labor] as it is about them being smart, tenacious and imbued with a healthy disregard for the kind of red tape that sometimes stands in the way of our clients being connected with the services that they so badly need,” Marino said. “College students won’t typically just accept no for an answer. They become very invested in helping their clients, and the results are great.” Most Johns Hopkins students take their commitment to Health Leads and its mission so seriously that they spend at least two academic years with the organization, working out of either the Harriet Lane Clinic or one of the two clinics connected to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. (One is an outpatient pediatric clinic serving a primarily Latino-Hispanic population, and the other is connected to the Emergency Department.) Some, like Engelmann, end up volunteering throughout their entire four years at Johns Hopkins. Competition for those volunteer positions is stiff, with more than 100 students applying last fall alone for 38 open positions. (The remaining 46 were filled with students already working for the organization.) “At Johns Hopkins, it’s very competitive to become part of the Health Leads team,” Marino confirmed. Barry Solomon, medical director of the Harriet Lane Clinic and an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said he is impressed with the student volunteers’ commitment and dedication. “We have been extremely fortunate to have Health Leads in the Harriet Lane Clinic for the past four years, and the student volunteers have become an incredible resource for our patients, families and clinic staff,” he said. “The students work tirelessly to help link families to community resources, but they [also] do an amazing job in following up with our patients and serving as patient advocates. Our clinic has a wonderful interdisciplinary staff, and Health Leads has become a member of the family in helping us provide compassionate, comprehensive, family-centered care.” The students insist that they get as much out of their volunteer hours as do the clients. “I’ve learned so much, and not only about the great need that is out there. I’ve also learned that I came into this with some stereotyped, preconceived notions about people that aren’t true,” said Vanessa Charubhumi, a junior neuroscience major from East Elmhurst, N.Y. “Being part of Health Leads has been a real eye-opener, not only about people and their challenges but also about all the programs out there to help people in a real, tangible way. It feels great to be able to make a difference in these people’s lives.” Madeline Fryer, a freshman public health studies major from Westborough, Mass., who began volunteering in the fall, said she believes that her work with Health Leads will make her a better doctor someday. “I want to be a primary care physician, and I think that having seen this side of things will make me more sensitive and more attentive and better able to care for my patients,” she said. “Doctors can’t always spend as much time with each patient as they would like, and this has let me get a better look at the challenges that some patients have. I can’t help but think that will make me a better doctor in the long run and more attentive to my patients’ needs.” As for Engelmann, well, his four years with Health Leads actually changed his career plans. “I want to make a difference in the lives of people who need it, and this seems like the best way to do that,” he said. G

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Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bolton Hill, 2 big BRs, 2.5BAs in immaculate TH, hdwd flrs, recent appliances, AC, new roof/windows, porch, bsmt, 2 prkng spaces, 4-min walk to metro, avail July. $1,850/mo. 410-383-7055 or viLca11@ gmail.com. Canton/Brewers Hill, cozy 3BR, 1BA RH, 1,300 sq ft, lg kitchen, open 1st flr, walk to waterfront/shops/restaurants, nr Patterson Park, pref 1-yr lease (negotiable). $1,250/ mo + utils + sec dep. 443-653-6162 or edandlora@gmail.com. Catonsville, 2 apts in Victorian Fieldstone Mansion of Academy Heights, high ceilings, new w/w crpt, updated kitchen and BAs, nr bus line, free prkng. $850/mo (1BR) or $995/mo (2BR). 443-386-4639. Charles Village, spacious, bright 3BR apt, newly updated, nr Homewood. $1,350/mo. 443-253-2113 or pulimood@aol.com. Charles Village, 3BR, 2BA apt, 2 stories, fresh paint, crpt, WD, 1-car garage, no smoking/no pets. $1,700/mo incl heat, water; tenant pays electric ($100/mo). 410807-0706 (for info/appointment). Charles Village (33rd and Guilford), newly renov’d, spacious 2BR, 2BA apt, hdwd flrs, laundry in bldg, indoor prkng (one car). $1,195/mo. laljah@comcast.net. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen, call for wkly or wknd rentals, pics avail at jzpics@yahoo.com. 410-6151663. Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr light rail. $1,100/mo + utils. 410378-2393. Harborview (23 Pier Side Drive), 1BR unit, 1st flr, great views of water and swimming pool, 2 health clubs, garage prkng, security incl’d; applicant must have good credit. $1,600/mo. 443-471-2000. Lutherville, 5BR house in Baltimore Co, fully furn’d, perfect for doctor and family moving to Baltimore for internship/residency, avail July 1, pref long term. $3,200/ mo + utils. 410-878-7797 or annhillers@ gmail.com. Lutherville/Timonium, updated 3BR, 3BA split-level single-family house, over 2,300 sq ft, designer kitchen, living rm, bsmt, family rm, garage, nr blue-ribbon schools, no pets/no smoking, in good cond, great neighborhood. $1,900/mo + utils. Jack, 443-695-4735. Mayfield, charming 3BR, 2BA house in historic neighborhood, hdwd flrs, fp, garage, yd and patio, nr Homewood/JHH/Bayview. $1,800/mo. 410-852-1865 or miriam .mintzer@gmail.com. Pikesville, 3BR, 2.5BA TH, W/D, bsmt w/ den, nr Old Court subway station. $1,500/ mo + utils + sec dep ($1,500). 443-7422671 or 443-326-1081. Roland Park, spacious, furn’d 2BR, 2BA condo in secure area, W/D, walk-in closet, swimming pool, cardio equipment, .5 mi to Homewood. $1,600/mo. 410-218-3547 or khassani@gmail.com. Snowshoe Mountains, 1BR condo, sleeps 4, ski in/out. 571-331-0899 (for details, rates, availability) or dr_ndelev@yahoo.com. WYMAN COURT HICKORY HEIGHTS Beech Ave. adj. to JHU!

Studio from $570 1 BD Apt. from $675 2 BD from $785

Hickory Ave. in Hampden, lovely Hilltop setting!

2 BD units from $750, or, with Balcony - $785!

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M A R K E T P L A C E

Beautiful 3BR, 2BA condo w/garage, spacious, great location, walk to Homewood campus. $1,800/mo. 443-848-6392 or sue .rzep2@verizon.net.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Gardens of Guilford, newly renov’d, lg 2BR, 2BA condo in elegant setting, easy walk to Homewood campus. 410-366-1066. 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. Hampden, updated 3BR, 2BA duplex, spacious eat-in kitchen, dw, mud rm has W/D, CAC, Internet, covered front and back porches, fenced yd, free street prkng (front and back). $215,000. 410-592-2670. Homewood, luxury 1BR, 1.5BA condo in Colonnade (across from Homewood Field), balcony, W/D, CAC/heat, exercise rm, underground prkng, 24-hr doormen, rent option available. 410-925-9330.

Charles Village RH, shared BA, 3 blks to shuttle stop. $900/mo. 706-799-0836.

al wknights/wknds in Towson area, must be nonsmoker, have own transportation, refs req’d. 443-829-8478 or hoprobin@gmail .com.

CARS FOR SALE

Wanted: fiberglass dock box, must be 6 ft or longer and in good condition. 443-5707299 or arthur.perschetz@bakerd.com.

’06 Kia Sedona minivan, automatic, power windows/locks, entertainment system, pads and rotors replaced, tires 1 yr old, 1 owner (nonsmoker), well-maintained, 87K mi. $8,800. 410-592-2119 or maherclan@ comcast.net. ’09 Honda Civic VP sedan 4-dr, gray, manual 5-spd, 1.8L engine, ABS, side/overhead airbags, CD, AC, regular service by owner, no smoking, no accidents, good cond (Carmax appraised), 15.1K mi. 443-520-9581 or gksinghal@gmail.com. ’86 Mercedes 560 convertible w/hard and soft tops and cover, garage-kept, in excel cond, 80K mi, must sell. $8,200/best offer. 443-676-1046 or lan.afram@comcast.net. ’04 Honda Pilot EX, 4WD, seats 8, garagekept, looks and runs great, Md insp’d, 152K mi. $8,495. 410-365-6782.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Queen-size bed w/boxspring, 6 mos old, $75; desk, sm bookshelf, sm bedside table, computer chair, $50/all; lamps (3), $5/ea. sb_6@hotmail.com (pics/inquiries).

Mays Chapel, 2BR, 2BA condo on ground flr, w/laundry rm. $174,000. http://3gurteencourt.com.

New, heavy-duty motorized scooter, weight capacity up to 500 lbs. $4,500/best offer. 410-562-5740 or 443-942-0857.

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.

Yamaha outdoor 2-way spkrs, black, model# NS-AW1, $50; Thule Set-to-Go kayak saddles (2 pairs, 4 total), can sell separately, $125/both pairs; Thule rooftop ski carrier, holds 2 pairs of skis, great cond, $75; best offers accepted, e-mail for photos. grogan .family@hotmail.com.

Mt Washington, 2BR, 2.5BA TH in Greenberry Woods condos, nr I-83 and light rail. $140,000. 410-542-3341 or 410-242-5236. Mt Washington, fully renov’d 2BR, 2BA condo, amazing kitchen and BAs, 1-car garage. $164,000. www.zillow.com/ homedetails/1703-Mount-Washington-CtAPT-K-Baltimore-MD-21209/36594022_ zpid. Lg 1BR condo in luxury high-rise, secure bldg w/doorman, W/D, CAC/heat, swimming pool, exercise rm, nr Guilford/JHU. $179,000. 757-773-7830 or norva04@gmail .com.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Looking for single prof’l for rm in Perry Hall TH, must be responsible, neat, clean, no pets/no smoking, cable, phone and Internet service provided, refs req’d. $500/mo incl utils + sec dep ($200). 410-256-1505. Share all new refurbished TH w/other medical students, 924 N Broadway, 4BRs, 2 BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com. F wanted for furn’d 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. $1,000/mo incl utils (not Internet or dish). 443-478-7914. Grad student/prof’l wanted for furn’d 2BR, 1BA apt nr Hampden, nr JHU/grocery/ shops/restaurants, pref nonsmoker, references req’d. $550/mo + 1st month deposit ($550) incl utils. 443-615-4875 or cscime@ hotmail.com. 30-yr-old F seeks roommate in fully furn’d For Rent: Greens at Smith - 21209

Nice, quiet & safe community, 3BD 2.5BA, 3 LVL TWH w/fenced yard, finished basement/w family room + laundry. 5 min from Mt. Washington & Falls Rd light rail +15 min to Harbor. Avail NOW! $1650 + util.

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Red Cross pins from Europe, 15 different. $28. 443-517-9023 or rgpinman@aol.com. Moving sale: New exterior French doors, full-length Christian Dior silver fox coat, Hoover Windtunnel vacuum, sm dining set, exercise equipment, Da-Lite projector screen, Panasonic TV, 35mm cameras, music cassette tapes, office supplies. spiritwinggirl@ hotmail.com. Ski equipment for a 7- to 12-yr-old child: Swiss boots, $35; Leedom helmet, $35; poles, $5. 410-580-9479 (eve) or bgramat@ boris-gramatikov.net. Sand beach chairs (2), three-step ladders (2), dresser w/shelves, reciprocating saw, printer, digital piano. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net. Treadmill from Sears, updated features, excel cond. $200. 410-522-7546. Conrad Johnson PV-107 all-tube preamp, needs new power supply; Bryston 3B all-tube power amplifier; Carver TX-10 AM-FM tuner; and significant length of high-quality wire. Best offer over $100. arthur.perschetz@ bakerd.com or 443-570-7299.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Looking for reliable babysitter for occasion-

Winter tennis anyone? Seeking 3.0-rated M and F players for a USTA mixed doubles team, January-March, indoor courts. Lagom335@hotmail.com. Great photos! Headshots for interviews/ auditions, family pictures, production shots, events. Edward S Davis photography/videography. 443-695-9988 or eddaviswrite@ comcast.net. 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. Database programmer/volunteer needed for ambitious ecology project. Mark, 410-4649274. Lost: Charles Village/Waverly area, a black Axiom saddlebag for bike, inside red leather wallet, Hugo Boss prescription sunglasses, valuable music score (Pierrot Lunaire); any info appreciated. 443-825-5760 or danielle .buonaiuto@gmail.com. Free to good home: Princess Penelope is a very mellow F cat, spayed, FeLV-negative, has rabies/FVRCP, dewormed, just had kittens, is tolerant of rough handling, has never scratched or bitten. 443-255-2352 or vmarine2@yahoo.com. LC/MS system, free to any lab that wants one, includes Finnegan LCQ (electron spray ion source); Whatman nitrogen generator, model 75-72; Edwards 30 external vacuum; XCalibur 2.0 software pkg. 410-614-7277. Absolutely flawless detailing. Jason, 410630-3311. Licensed landscaper avail for fall/winter leaf or snow removal, other services incl yd cleanup, lawn maintenance, trash hauling. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@comcast.net. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to the general public, great bands, no partners necessary. 410-663-0010 or www .fridaynightswing.com. Need help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio? Confidential consultation. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol.com. Seamstress available for clothing alterations and other small sewing projects. 410-4043548 or lexisweetheart@yahoo.com. Clarinet and piano lessons available, current Peabody clarinet master’s student, 7 yrs’ experience. $20/half-hour, $40/hour. 240994-6489 or hughsonjennifer@gmail.com. Piano lessons w/Peabody alum w/doctorate, patient instruction, all levels/ages welcome. 410-662-7951. Piano tuning and repair, PTG craftsman serving Peabody, Notre Dame, homes, churches, etc, in Central Maryland. 410382-8363 or steve@conradpiano.com.

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“Secrets of the Silk Road,” a SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute discussion with Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania. To RSVP, e-mail saiscaciforums@jhu.edu or call 202-663-7723. Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Washington D.C. Society. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS Wed., Jan. 12, 7 p.m.

“A Lens Into Liberia: Experiences From IRP Gatekeepers,” a SAIS International Reporting Project panel discussion with Teresa Wiltz, TheRoot. com; Sunni Khalid, WYPR Baltimore; Ed Robbins, freelance video journalist; John Schidlovsky (moderator ), director of IRP; and Steve McDonald (moderator), director, the Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity at the Wilson Center. For information and to RSVP, e-mail leadership@wilsoncenter.org. Cosponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Wilson Center, 6th floor auditorium, Ronald Reagan Bldg., Washington D.C.

Thurs., Jan. 13, 2 p.m.

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Svante Cornell, SAIS, will discuss his book, Azerbaijan Since Independence. To RSVP, e-mail saiscaciforums@jhu.edu or call 202-663-7723. Rome Auditorium. SAIS G RA N D ROU N D S Mon.,

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“Toward a Standardized Diagnostic Test for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria,” Pathology grand rounds with Michael Borowitz, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB LE C TURE S

The Sheila Hutzler Rives Memorial Lecture in Palliative Care—“What Do Communication Studies Add to Clinical Ethics?” by Anthony Back, University of Washington. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the Berman Institute of Bioethics. W3008 SPH. EB Mon., Jan. 10, 12:15 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 10, 4 p.m. The Dean’s Lecture II—“Advancing the Science of Health Care Delivery” by Peter Pronovost, SoM. Sponsored by the School of Medicine. Hurd Hall. EB

The Provost’s Lecture Series—“Big Bang for the Buck: Cosmology From WMAP” by Charles Bennett, KSAS. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Cosponsored by the Provost’s Office and Applied Physics Laboratory. Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., Jan. 14, 2 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 11, noon. “Control of Neurogenesis in Embryonic and Postnatal Hypothalamus,” a Psychiatry seminar with Seth Blackshaw, SoM. 1-191 Meyer. EB

“Inproving Team Performance During Trauma Resuscitation Through Information Technology,” a Health Informatics/Information Science faculty candidate seminar with Aleksandra Sarcevic, Rutgers University. 250 Hampton House. EB Wed., Jan. 12, noon.

Wed., Jan. 12, 1:30 p.m. “Struc-

O P E N HOU S E S

Open house for the Peabody Preparatory’s Adult and Continuing Education program, including information, tour and refreshments. Bank of America Lounge. Peabody

Sat., Jan. 15, 2 to 4 p.m.

READ I N G S

Author and activist David Swanson will discuss and sign copies of his book, War Is a Lie. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Mon., Jan. 10, 7 p.m.

S E M I N AR S

“Generating and Correcting Leading- and Lagging-Strand Replication Errors in Yeast,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Thomas Kunkel, NIEHS/NIH. W1020 SPH. EB Mon., Jan. 10, noon.

“Modular Polyketide Synthases: Defining a Chemical Synthesis Code,” a Biophysics seminar with Jake Marold. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

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“How It’s Made: Building a Male Brain,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Margaret McCarthy, University of Maryland School of Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Tues., Jan. 11, noon. “Animal Behavior and Plasticity Regulated by TRP Channels,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Craig Montell, SoM. WBSB Auditorium. EB

ture and Mechanism of Assembly Line Enzymes,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Chaitan Khosla, Stanford University. 701 WBSB. EB

“Degradation and Inflammatory Pathways in Alzheimer’s Disease,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Li Gan, University of California, San Francisco. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

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Tropical Medicine Dinner Club of Baltimore dinner and seminar—“The Trajectory of Dengue in Southeast Asia,” with Derek Cummings, SPH. There is a charge for dinner. Seating is limited; RSVP by noon today to 443-287-4853 or mksmith@ jhsph.edu. Sponsored by Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Eisenhower Room, Johns Hopkins Club. HW “Mitochondrial Metabolism in the Survival and Growth of Tumor Cells,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Ralph DeBerardinis, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development. 612 Physiology. EB

Thurs., Jan. 13, 10 a.m.

thetic Biology: Refactoring the Nitrogen Gene Cluster of Klebsiella,” a Cell Biology seminar with Christopher Voight, University of California, San Francisco. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB “Leptospirosis: From Baltimore to the Amazon,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Joe Vinetz, University of California, San Diego. W1214 SPH. EB

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“Synapse Formation and Synaptic Plasticity: Implication in Muscular Dystrophy and Schizophrenia,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Lin Mei, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Jan. 13, 1 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 13, 4 p.m. “Telomerase Structure Function and Cdc13 Dependent Regulation,” a Biology seminar with Emmanuel Skordalakes, Wistar Institute. 100 Mudd. HW Mon., Jan. 17, 12:15 p.m. “Subcortical Mechanisms of Motivational Behavior,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Okihide Hikosaka, NIH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

“Inpatient and Outpatient Health Care Utilization in HIV: Two Studies of Hospitalizations and One Study of Outpatient Testing for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia,” a Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Stephen Berry. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Jan. 17, 2 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 18, noon. “Glycomarkers: From the Bench to the Bedside,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Pauline Mary Rudd, Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory. WBSB Auditorium. EB

“Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Patients With Heart Disease,” a Psychiatry seminar with Kenneth Freedland, Washington University School of Medicine. 1-191 Meyer.

Tues., Jan. 18, noon.

Thurs., Jan. 13, 11:30 a.m.

“Dynamic Regulation of Sensory Stereocilia Lengths by Unconventional Myosins and Their Regulatory Cargoes,” a Biology thesis defense seminar with Uri Manor, NIH/NIDCD. 100 Mudd. HW

Telecasts will be available at the Asthma and Allergy Center, Bayview, at Suburban Hospital and in Room 2100, White Marsh.

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Town hall meeting for Johns Hopkins Medicine, with Ed Miller, JHM; Ron Peterson, JHHS, Cynthia Sears, SoM; and Bob Sloan, president and CEO, Sibley Memorial Hospital. (See story, p. 4.) Hurd Hall. EB

Tues., Jan. 11, noon.

Wed., Jan. 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thurs., Jan. 13, 8 a.m. to noon. Critical Evaluation

of the Use of Dogs in Biomedical Research and Testing—a Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing workshop with a keynote address titled “Why Dogs Are Different: A Natural History of Dog-Human Relationships,” by James Serpell, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. $200 general registration, $50 for Hopkins faculty and students, CAAT sponsors and associates, federal agencies and animal welfare organizations. Registration required; go to http://caat.jhsph .edu/programs/workshops/dog .html. Registration confirmation will be sent by e-mail. Co-sponsored by Environmental Health Sciences. W1020 SPH. EB

Welch Medical Library workshops. Lab 2, 2024 Monument St. Bldg. EB

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Wed., Jan. 12 — 9 a.m. “Pubmed: Search Like a Pro.” 1 p.m. “Basics of Database Searching.” 2:30 p.m. “Google Tools.”

Tues., Jan. 18, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. “Getting Started With

Blackboard,” a workshop on the Blackboard 9.1 interface. The training is open to all faculty, staff and students in full-time KSAS or WSE programs who will serve as administrators to a Blackboard course. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. To register, go to www.bb.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

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Outpatient care underused in treatments of teens with PID

ospitalizing teen girls with pelvic inflammatory disease costs six times as much as treating them in the emergency room and up to 12 times more than treating them in an outpatient clinic, according to a small study conducted at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. The findings, published online in the Dec ember issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, are based on an analysis of 172 patient visits by 152 girls, 12 to 21 years of age, with PID. The researchers say that the study underscores the need for earlier diagnosis and treatment of these patients, not only to help contain costs but also, more importantly, to prevent PID complications such as chronic pelvic pain and infertility. “The dollar cost of PID hospitalizations

and ER care is important, but at the same time we should take steps to individualize PID care and tailor it to each girl’s specific age and circumstances to help her understand how to prevent this from happening again,” said lead investigator Maria Trent, a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center pediatrician, who studies teen sexual and reproductive health. Of the 135 outpatient visits in the study, only 14 involved visits to a regular clinic, while 121 were visits to the emergency room, probably signaling lack of reliable primary care for many of the teens in the study, the researchers say. Outpatient visits cost on average $701, compared with $1,382 for treatment in the emergency room. By comparison, inpatient treatment in the hospital costs on average $8,480 per patient

per episode. Thirty-seven of the 172 visits resulted in hospitalizations because of severe or advanced PID. Hospital charges were even higher—$13,360—for a small subset of girls with PID who required treatment on a psychiatric unit, a finding that suggests how vulnerable sexually active teens with mental health disorders might be. PID, an inflammation of the reproductive organs, is a complication of untreated sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, among other bacterial infections, and affects more than 1 million women in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 100,000 of these women develop fertility problems as a result of their infections.

Co-investigators on the study are Jonathan Ellen, of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and Kevin Frick, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. —Ekaterina Pesheva

Related websites Maria Trent:

www.hopkinschildrens.org/staffDetail .aspx?id=3252&terms=maria+trent PID patient education video: