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October 11, 2010 A R C H A E O L O G Y

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This is your brain on art

Egyptian art arrives from Eton College B y A m y L u n d ay

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renowned collection of Egyptian decorative art from Eton College in Windsor, England, has arrived at The Johns Hopkins University for long-term research and display in the university’s Archaeological Museum. Glazed blue ceramic Some 1,900 vessels, ritual amulets and a gilded mummy significant mask are among the artifacts are approximately 1,900 pieces of small-scale on loan for artifacts on loan for 15 years from the Eton College Myers 15 years Collection and other collections of Egyptian antiquities. A number of the objects have been exhibited around the world over the last decade. During their extended stay in Baltimore, many of the objects will be on display in the Archaeological Museum, beginning in late October, while the rest will become part of the curriculum through a long-term project to create an online catalog in collaboration with the University of Birmingham in England, according to Betsy M. Bryan, the Alexander Badawy Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology and director of the Archaeological Museum. “The arrival of the collection is really exciting,” Bryan said. “Truthfully, it would be difficult to overstate how significant this loan is. Without a doubt, this is a major, world-class collection.” The collection will give undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Near Eastern studies and archaeology a chance to conduct hands-on research using the museum’s state-of-the art equipment. Most of the pieces in the collection don’t have an identifiable archaeological context, and the museum’s X-ray fluorescence instrument and Raman spectrometer will allow for noninvasive analysis, “so we’ll actually be able to make some contributions on the materials side,” Bryan said.

Sculptor David Hess is among the distinguished participants who include jazz musician Pat Metheny, the BSO’s Marin Alsop, architect Tom Kundig, painter William Stoehr, pianist Leon Fleisher and Gary Vikan of the Walters Art Museum.

Two-day public event examines intersection of science and aesthetics By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

he classic Led Zeppelin track Stairway to Heaven, FM dial well-worn as it is, still elicits the desire to turn up the volume, particularly just before guitarist Jimmy Page’s signature solo. The listener lets Page’s effortless plucking wash over him, eyes instinctively close to concentrate on the notes. The sudden urge to air drum or hum along might strike.

Wait a second, what’s come over you? More to the point, what message is your brain sending? Now consider your reaction to seeing a pretty face or a Monet painting, or standing inside a lakeside cabin with thick exposed wood beams, a stone fireplace and picture windows. Why do you feel this Continued on page 7

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Wanted: Minorities to study reproductive health JHU and Morgan State now recruiting first group of future scientists B y E k at r i n a P e s h e va

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cientists from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Morgan State University have received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant

In Brief

Reducing Maryland’s energy use; Emerson String Quartet; Nurse Midwifery Week

designed to promote racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity in reproductive science research. The grant to five investigators—Sally Radovick and Andrew Wolfe of Johns Hopkins, and Gloria Hoffman, Michael Koban and Wei Wei Le of Morgan State—will support and foster research collaboration among the five, and fund the recruitment and training of minority students with a serious interest in reproductive science research. The Johns Hopkins–Morgan State pair is one of only two such grant couplings in the country that involve a historically black insti-

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Former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran; Craven’s ‘Last House on the Left’

tution. Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta are the other institutions partnering under the grant. “Investing in young scientists from diverse ethnic, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds will not only help us recruit top talent but will also improve the way we design studies and conduct research,” said program director Radovick, who is also the director of Pediatric Endocrinology at Hopkins Children’s. “There are many brilliant young students Continued on page 5

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2 THE GAZETTE • October 11, 2010 I N B R I E F

C O M M U N I T Y

Maryland rolls out exhibit promoting energy reduction

School of Nursing celebrates Nurse Midwifery Week

n energy-saving interactive mobile information station designed by students at the Maryland Institute College of Art and promoted by the Maryland Energy Administration will pay a visit to the East Baltimore campus from Monday, Oct. 18, through Friday, Oct. 29, as part of a statewide eight-college tour. It will be located at the Broadway Research Building for the first week and then moved to the School of Public Health’s Wolfe Street building. The EmPower Maryland: You Owe It to Yourself campaign—whose installation here coordinates with the university’s Green Your Routine week on both the Homewood and East Baltimore campuses—is designed to educate and inspire Marylanders to reduce energy consumption statewide by 15 percent by 2015, and to live more sustainable lives. The station shows users how to save money and reduce power consumption with simple behavior changes. The 10-foot-square translucent box—made with eco-resin, an ecofriendly recycled material—allows users to interact with the exhibit and calculate a number that will represent their personal savings from energy-efficient behaviors by 2015.

f the approximately 4 million babies born in the United States each year, more than 325,000 are attended by a midwife. The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing last week joined in the nationwide Nurse Midwifery Week by honoring students and faculty who have dedicated themselves to promoting safe and healthy childbirths. This year’s Midwifery Week was celebrated in the wake of a bold initiative set forth by the United Nations’ Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health titled “Every Woman, Every Child,” which was launched Sept. 22. School of Nursing Dean Martha Hill and Elizabeth “Betty” Jordan, co-director of the school’s Birth Companions Program, attended the U.N. summit in New York to learn more about the government and corporate support of the initiative, which is expected to exceed $40 billion over the next five years. “Midwives play an important role in assisting mothers during the birthing process,” Jordan said. “Our students and faculty play that key role all over the world, and this week is an opportunity to formally recognize their efforts and contributions.” The school’s Birth Companions Program gives students an innovative opportunity to learn labor support skills in a community-based setting while gaining a proactive perspective on child care and women’s choices in labor. Throughout the week, different midwifery “themes” were highlighted, and a panel presentation, “Career Paths of Certified Nurse Midwives: Policy, Practice and Other Possibilities,” featured experts from Johns Hopkins, Shenandoah University and the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

he university’s Evergreen Museum & Library is seeking volunteers to be trained as museum guides. Prospective docents should have an interest in art, history and/or architecture and a desire to share that interest with others. Training includes lectures and readings on the history of Evergreen; the philanthropic Garrett family, which owned the Gilded Age mansion from 1878 to 1942; and the museum’s extensive collections, including postImpressionist paintings, Chinese porcelain, Japanese lacquerware, the Garrett Library of rare books and one of the largest privately held collections of Tiffany glass. Guides also will learn about museum practices and will be taught techniques for presenting Evergreen in ways that satisfy visitor expectations. An informational session will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13. To reserve a space or for additional information, contact Nancy Powers at 410-516-0341. Evergreen’s rooms are filled with more than 50,000 of the Garrett family’s belongings. The museum also conducts contemporary art exhibitions, special events, artists’ residencies, lectures and performances. Volunteers are invited to participate in special social events, openings, lectures and monthly trips to historic sites and exhibitions. They also receive a discount at the JHU Museums gift shops, and are eligible for the staff membership rate at the O’Connor Recreation Center and partial borrowing privileges at the Sheridan Libraries.

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President No. 14 Ron Daniels leads students, faculty and staff on a jog through the Homewood campus.

RD2.5K Presidential Fun Run

he Homewood campus sees its fair share of running—to class before the professor arrives, for a meal before the dining hall closes, to a shuttle stop before the bus gets there. But on Sunday, Oct. 3, scores of faculty, staff and students ran just for fun—and to keep up with President

Ron Daniels, who inaugurated the RD2.5K Presidential Fun Run, a noncompetitive jog through the Homewood campus, on his installation weekend in September 2009. Daniels’ bib number in perpetuity states his place in the lineup of Johns Hopkins leaders: 14. See more photos online at gazette.jhu .edu/2010/10/04/rd2-5k-presidential-fun-run.

Emerson String Quartet returns to Shriver Hall Concert Series

hriver Hall Concert Series this week hosts an encore performance by the nine-time Grammy Award–winning Emerson String Quartet, which returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17, in Homewood’s Shriver Hall Auditorium. Standing alone in the history of string quartets with an unparalleled list of achievements over three decades—30 acclaimed recordings and nine Grammy Awards, including two for Best Classical Album—an unprecedented honor for a chamber music ensemble—the Emerson will present a program of Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert. The ensemble has been the subject of two award-winning films: the nationally televised WETA-TV production In Residence at the Renwick (1983 Emmy Award for Excellence) and Making Music: The Emerson String Quartet (first place for music, National Education Film Festival, 1985).

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President’s Day of Service

early 900 volunteers from the Johns Hopkins community joined President Ron Daniels and his wife, Joanne Rosen, on Saturday, Oct. 2, to collectively give back to Baltimore. Organized by the Center for Social Concern, the second President’s Day of Service—whose theme was “One Hopkins, One Baltimore”—fea-

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G R A N T

SPH receives $38.6 mill for orthopedic trauma research By Tim Parsons

Bloomberg School of Public Health

he Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded $38.6 million by the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program of the U.S. Department of Defense to expand its Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. METRC, which was established in September 2009 with a Defense Department award of $18 million, conducts multicenter studies relevant to the treatment and outcomes of major orthopedic injuries sustained on the battlefield. The additional funding allows for growth both in the size of the consortium and in the scope of its research. “The initial funding was critical to establishing the consortium and providing the resources to address some of the

immediate research needs of the military in the acute management of severe limb injuries,” said principal investigator Ellen MacKenzie, the Fred and Julie Soper Professor and chair of the Bloomberg School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, in which the Center for Injury Research and Policy is housed. “With the additional funding, we will be able to expand the size of the consortium to address many other priority topics of relevance to both the rehabilitation and treatment of the wounded warrior, including the prevention of bone infection, chronic pain and overall disability.” The Bloomberg School serves as the coordinating center for the consortium, which includes a network of core civilian trauma centers working with the major military medical centers that provide treatment to service members who sustain major trauma while on active duty. Under this new award, the number of core civilian centers will increase from 12 to 24. An additional 30 satellite trauma centers around the country

have pledged support for the consortium, saying they are eager to participate in studies sponsored under its umbrella. “Increasing the number of centers allows for more efficient designs and increased generalizability of the studies we conduct,” said Michael Bosse, of Carolinas Medical Center, chair of the consortium and co–principal investigator with MacKenzie. “In this way, we will be in an even better position to deliver on our goal of establishing treatment guidelines for the optimal care of the wounded warrior and improve the outcomes of both service members and civilians who sustain serious injury to the extremities.” “The need for such a consortium is evident,” said Renan Castillo, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and deputy director of the METRC Coordinating Center. “Eightytwo percent of all service members injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom sustain significant extremity trauma. Many are burdened with injuries to multiple limbs. The research

conducted by the consortium will help us better understand what works and what doesn’t in treating these injuries and ensure that our service members are provided with the best care possible.” “We are thrilled to be partnering with Drs. MacKenzie and Bosse and the incredible team of investigators they have assembled,” said Joseph Wenke, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and program manager for the consortium. “Together we will address the most pressing issues in orthopedic trauma care. The results of our studies are likely to change practices,” he said. Other Johns Hopkins faculty providing leadership to the consortium are Daniel Scharfstein, a professor in the Department of Biostatistics, and Gregory Delissovoy, an adjunct associate professor in Health Policy and Management. For more information on the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium, go to www.metrc.org.

Kellogg adds support to New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project B y W i ll i a m B u r c k a r t

Institute for Policy Studies

he Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies has announced that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has joined a broad coalition of foundations, venture philanthropists and public agencies in supporting the center’s New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project. The Kellogg Foundation’s $150,000 gift will significantly advance this project’s objective to open a new era in financing solutions for the world’s social and environmental problems, according to Lester M. Salamon, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. “A subtle revolution is transforming how social and environmental objectives are being supported as we move more fully into the 21st century,” Salamon said. “The New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project will bring the newly emerging forms of social investing and philanthropic action to the attention of

much broader audiences in a form that will give them clearer focus and promote their wider use.” In making its grant, the Kellogg Foundation joins a network that includes other major foundations, leading venture philanthropists, public institutions such as the Federal Reserve and private financial institutions. “We hope this will pave the way for other funders to join the coalition supporting this pioneering effort to conceptualize and promote the new approaches and new thinking on the frontiers of philanthropy and social investment,” said Thomas Reis, director of Mission Driven Investments at the Kellogg Foundation. “We see this project as building a bridge to the much larger pools of private capital that can be mobilized for social and environmental problem solving, and a way to legitimize more creative uses of private philanthropic capital in the process. The foundation has allocated and invested $100 million into mission investing over the past three years, and the New Frontiers project

Free concert opens season for Hopkins Symphony Orchestra By Edie Stern

Hopkins Symphony Orchestra

he Hopkins Symphony Orchestra opens its 2010–2011 season with two musical depictions of Scotland by composers who weren’t Scottish. HSO music director Jed Gaylin conducts Felix Mendelssohn’s at turns snappy and mystical “Scottish” Symphony and excerpts from Gaetano Donizetti’s melodramatic opera Lucia di Lammermoor in a collaboration with Opera Vivente. The free concert is offered as a Free Fall Baltimore event at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus. Tickets or reservations are not required. Opera Vivente general director John Bowen gives a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. The Lucia excerpts, sung in English, are Enrico’s Act I revenge aria, Lucia and Edgardo’s duet, the famous sextet, Raimondo’s aria describing Lucia’s murder of her bridegroom and the final scene. The singers are Michelle Seipel (Lucia), Frederic Rey (Edgardo), John Brandon (Enrico), Christopher Austin (Rai-

mondo), Peter Scott Drackley (Arturo) and Jennifer Blades (Alisa). John Bowen narrates. Opera Vivente will perform a fully staged Lucy of Lammermoor in English in late October, with these singers and Gaylin conducting. Gaylin, now in his 18th season as HSO music director, also directs the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the Cape May Music Festival, both in New Jersey. He is principal guest conductor of the National Film and Radio Philharmonic in Beijing. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, a program of the Johns Hopkins University, is the only community orchestra in the city of Baltimore. Each year, the HSO offers four symphonic and three chamber concerts, and a special children’s concert. HSO members are Johns Hopkins students, alumni, faculty and staff, as well as Baltimore-Washington area musicians. HSO programs are supported by grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts. For more information, call 410-516-6542, e-mail hso@jhu.edu or go to www.jhu.edu/ jhso.

will serve to increase knowledge about mission investing in general.” The New Frontiers of Philanthropy Project is currently at work on three major undertakings: a volume on the newly emerging actors and tools being deployed on the new frontiers of philanthropy, to be published in spring 2011 by Jossey-Bass Publishers; a dissemination effort to bring this volume to the attention of a broader set of stakeholders through release events, conference presentations, training sessions, an interactive website and other means; and preparation of materials to help founda-

tions, private investors, nonprofit leaders and public officials utilize the new tools for expanding the resources available to address the world’s problems. An advisory panel comprising major figures in the social investing world is helping to guide the work, and a team of academics and highly regarded practitioners is preparing the New Frontiers of Philanthropy volume. The Kresge Foundation helped launch the project with a major grant in 2007. For more information on the project, go to www.ccss.jhu.edu/index.php?section=content &view=9&sub=106.

Urban policy competition seeks solutions for Baltimore B y A m y L u n d ay

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altimore-area students with an interest in solving urban problems have an opportunity to test their ideas, be recognized by city decisionmakers and win up to $5,000 by entering the 2011 Abell Award in Urban Policy competition. Co-sponsored by the Abell Foundation and the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies, the award is given annually to the students who author the most compelling papers on a pressing problem facing the city of Baltimore. The selection committee will decide on the allocation of the $5,000 award, which can be divided to recognize more than one paper. “The purpose of this award is to encourage fresh thinking about the serious challenges facing this city and to tap the intellectual capacity of the city’s college and graduate students,” said Bob Embry, president of the Abell Foundation. The contest is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students at Coppin State University; Goucher College; The Johns Hopkins University; Loyola University Maryland; Morgan State University; the College of Notre Dame; Towson University; the University of Baltimore; the University of Maryland, Baltimore; the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; the University of Maryland, College Park; and Stevenson University. Winners are selected by a panel of

judges comprising Baltimore opinion leaders and practitioners. Past winners have focused on strategies for reusing vacant properties, new approaches for preventing and reducing youth violence, the impact of zero-tolerance school discipline policies, measures to reduce infant mortality and policies to reduce high Latina birth rates. “The judges and I have been extremely impressed with the thoughtful analysis and creative solutions that are offered by these papers,” said Sandra Newman, professor and director of the IPS Center on Housing, Neighborhoods and Communities, who oversees the competition. “It is clear that Baltimore’s graduate and undergraduate students have much to contribute to the solution of these very challenging problems, both during their schooling and, hopefully, beyond.” In addition to the monetary award, winners will have their papers distributed to key city and state decision-makers, featured in the Abell Foundation newsletter and posted on the IPS website, http://ips.jhu.edu. The competition is a three-step process: Applicants must submit a one-page contest entry form by Friday, Oct. 22, a thorough abstract by Monday, Nov. 22, and a final paper by Feb. 28, 2011. For details, including the entry form, a sample abstract, official guidelines, FAQs and examples of winning papers, go to http://ips.jhu.edu/pub/Abell-Award-inUrban-Policy or e-mail abellaward@jhu .edu.

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Surprise: Two wheels safer than four off road, JH study shows

n research that may surprise off-road riding enthusiasts and safety experts, a Johns Hopkins team has found that crashes involving four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles are significantly more dangerous than crashes involving two-wheeled off-road motorcycles, such as those used in extreme sports such as Motocross. The research, presented Oct. 6 at the American College of Surgeonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2010 Clinical Congress in Washington, D.C., found that victims of ATV crashes were 50 percent more likely to die of their injuries than similarly injured victims of off-road motorcycle crashes. ATV victims also were 55 percent more likely than injured motorcyclists to be admitted to a hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensive-care unit, and 42 percent more likely to be placed on a ventilator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a belief that four wheels must be safer than two,â&#x20AC;? said Cassandra Villegas, a

research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we found the opposite. People involved in ATV crashes are more likely to die or suffer serious trauma.â&#x20AC;? The growing popularity of off-road vehicles in the United States has led to a steep rise in the number of injuries resulting from their use. In 2000, Villegas said, there were 92,200 injuries involving ATVs or off-road motorcycles; in 2007, the last year for which data is available, there were 150,900. But little rigorous research has been done to determine which vehicles may be riskier than others. ATVs and off-road motorcycles are designed for recreational use and typically are ridden on trails, sand dunes and other rough terrain. In the first study to compare the severity of injuries sustained by ATV versus off-

road motorcycle riders, Villegas and senior author Adil H. Haider, an assistant professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, reviewed data on nearly 60,000 patients who suffered an injury after a crash involving one of the vehicles between 2002 and 2006. The researchers say they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why ATV crashes lead to greater injury and mortality, noting that they cannot trace the differences solely to helmet use, even though 60 percent of motorcyclists were wearing helmets as compared to 30 percent of those in ATV crashes. Even when both types of riders had been wearing helmets, ATV riders experienced worse injuries and outcomes than motorcyclists. Only a few states have laws requiring the use of a helmet when riding an ATV, Villegas says, and while motorcycle helmet laws are also determined by states, many more have helmet-use laws for motorcycles. The researchers say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that ATV

riders wear less-protective clothing than offroad motorcyclists, sometimes little more than shorts and a T-shirt. Another contributing factor could be the significant weight of ATVs, which can cause severe crush injuries when they land atop victims and lead to a greater likelihood of internal organ or extremity damage, Villegas says. Villegas says that these findings may allow parents, legislators, educators and those in the ATV industry to make better decisions about the use of the off-road vehicles. She also says that studies such as these could help ATV manufacturers design and implement increased safety technology in ATVs, similar to how automobile manufacturers have used research to make safer cars and trucks. Johns Hopkins researchers Stephen M. Bowman, Eric B. Schneider, Elliott R. Haut, Kent A. Stevens and David T. Efron contributed to this study. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Stephanie Desmon

Dramatic rise in MRI and CT use in ERs raises questions

dramatic increase in the use of medical imaging in emergency departments when seeing patients with injuries hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paid off with an equal rise in diagnosing life-threatening conditions or follow-up hospital admissions, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers concludes in a study published in the Oct. 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research group, led by Frederick Kofi Korley, an emergency physician and assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, reviewed emergency department data collected nationally over a 10-year period, 1998 to 2007. The Johns Hopkins team found that patients with injury-related conditions were three times more likely to get a computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan in 2007 than they were in 1998.

During the same 10-year period, the Johns Hopkins team found that diagnosis of lifethreatening conditions, such as a cervical spine fracture or liver laceration, rose only slightly. There was virtually no change in the proportion of hospital admissions for patients seen in emergency departments for injuryrelated conditions in the same time span. Korley and Johns Hopkins colleagues Thomas D. Kirsch, an associate professor in Emergency Medicine, and Julius Cuong Pham, an assistant professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed the data. They said that studying the trend is important because increased medical imaging contributes to radiation exposure and may lead to higher health care costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The carcinogenic effects of exposure to CT are especially important in patients presenting with injury-related conditions because

they tend to be younger and receive multiple CTs,â&#x20AC;? the authors write in their study. The authors also note that an indirect effect of increased use of CT is â&#x20AC;&#x153;increased length of visit in the emergency departments due to the long waiting period for imaging results. This can contribute to emergency department crowding and can increase the risk of medical error.â&#x20AC;? The Johns Hopkins researchers write that many factors may have contributed to the spike in the use of CT and MRI scans in U.S. emergency departments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some factors that may have contributed to this significant increase in CT use are the superiority of CT scans over X-rays for diagnosing conditions such as cervical spine fractures, the routine use of wholebody scanning for patients treated in some trauma centers, the increased availability of

CT scanners, the proximity of CT scanners to the patient care areas of most emergency departments, the speed of new-generation CT scanners leading to a decrease in the need to sedate pediatric patients and concern about malpractice lawsuits for a missed diagnosis,â&#x20AC;? the authors write. The team recommends that additional study be undertaken on the issue to better understand the reasons for this increase and to provide guidance on how physicians can continue to provide excellent emergency care cost-effectively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Further work is needed to understand the patient, hospital and physician factors responsible for this increase and to optimize the risk-benefit balance of advanced radiology use,â&#x20AC;? the authors conclude. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mark Guidera To read the full study go to http://jama .ama-assn.org.

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Wanted Continued from page 1 who have both intellectual curiosity and a love of science but don’t necessarily have the basic skills and training so critical for future scientists, such as familiarity with lab work or a knowledge of research methods and design,” said Hoffman of Morgan State. “The funding will provide these opportunities through intense one-on-one teaching and mentoring.” “Diversity in science is critical on all levels, and scientists who have insight into the problems faced by minorities can improve science by identifying the right problems, by asking the right questions and by recruiting the right participants for clinical trials,” said George Dover, director of Hopkins Children’s. And because race and ethnicity can play an important role in how people develop disease or respond to treatment and medication, having a diverse body of study participants will make the results of clinical trials that much stronger scientifically, the investigators said. “Ultimately, diversity in research talent will help eliminate health disparities, whether they stem from socioeconomic gaps, from differences in access to health care or from purely biologic factors,” said Wolfe, who is director of Research Training in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Hopkins Children’s. Eligible participants include not only those from racial or ethnic minority groups but also students with disabilities and those from disadvantaged or poverty-stricken backgrounds. Under the terms of the grant, undergraduate trainees will work alongside graduate

and medical students and with postdoctoral trainees in endocrinology. The arrangement is made possible by an NIH training program in molecular and cellular endocrinology for advanced pre- and postdoctoral fellows and supports novel training activities, such as the new diversity training program. Radovick is the principal investigator of this program. Johns Hopkins has already begun recruiting minority freshmen and sophomores interested in careers in reproductive sciences. Interested students can obtain an application by e-mailing Michael Summa at msumma1@jhmi.edu or Gloria Hoffman at gloria.hoffman@morgan.edu. Johns Hopkins has a long-standing tradition in training endocrinologists and established the first pediatric endocrinology program in the United States. G

Related websites Johns Hopkins Children’s Center:

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Sally Radovick:

www.hopkinschildren.org/ staffDetail.aspx?id=2444

Andrew Wolfe:

www.hopkinschildrens.org/ Andrew-Wolfe-PhD.aspx

Morgan State University:

www.morgan.edu

Gloria Hoffman:

www.morgan.edu/Gloria_Hoffman .html

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Brain sense of warmth and comfort? Or do you? Humans have an innate capacity to be moved by images, forms, sounds and movements. For centuries, philosophers have speculated about the links between perception, beauty, creativity and pleasure. In recent years, scientists have learned a great deal about sensory systems and human response to the visual world, three-dimensional space, sound, touch, taste and smell. To further this dialogue, the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute will host a two-day public symposium titled The Science of the Arts: Perceptual Neuroscience and Aesthetics on Oct. 20 and 21 at the American Visionary Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The eventâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;developed by the Brain Science Institute in collaboration with the Walters Art Museum and the Office of the Provostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will gather renowned brain researchers, artists, educators, historians, architects, choreographers, composers and curators for a series of six conversations about the creative process and the basic science underlying aesthetics and beauty. The Science of the Arts kicks off the Brain Science Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new interdisciplinary speaker series intended to be an annual event that examines groundbreaking neuroscience topics for a diverse audience. The series will bring together faculty and researchers from virtually every Johns Hopkins school. John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackâ&#x20AC;? Griffin, director of the Brain Science Institute and University Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Medicineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Neurology, says that the study of perceptual neuroscience and aesthetics is a hot topic that has drawn increased attention, though the field remains in its infancy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This sense of perception, and the pleasure or reward it brings, is so fundamentally human that it deserves rigorous investigation,â&#x20AC;? Griffin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This event will let us take

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stock of where we stand in the field, what can be done and where it will go in the future.â&#x20AC;? The symposium will allow participants to share information and focus questions on how the brain processes, responds to and creates art. Jon Hamilton, NPR arts and science correspondent, will serve as moderator for the six collaborative conversations. Speakers include jazz musician Pat Metheny; Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; painter William Stoehr; Leon Fleisher, pianist and Peabody faculty member; award-winning architect Tom Kundig; sculptor David Hess; and prominent faculty members from Johns Hopkins and other universities. Speakers will explore how sensory systems operate, how people might come to define their perception of what is meaningful and how these perceptions take on the emotional value and cultural associations that form aesthetic experiences. Audiences generally reviled Stravinskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Rite of Spring when it premiered, for example, but years later listeners grew to respect and appreciate the beauty in the workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovative and complex rhythmic structures. What happened culturally in the intervening years to make the work accepted? The eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participants will examine,

among other topics, the power of faces and the human form to ignite emotional response and the role of form and function in architecture. Griffin says that the appreciation of beauty and art dates back to manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beginning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to look at cave paintings from early man or the decorations of ancient burial places,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This sense of beauty is such a human thing. Part of what we are.â&#x20AC;? The themes to be presented at the symposium have many implications in our daily lives, according to Susan Magsamen, co-coordinator of the event with Barbara Smith, programs and communications administrative manager at the Brain Science Institute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine being able to design a classroom that enhances learning, or a hospital that facilitates even greater healing,â&#x20AC;? says Magsamen, co-director of the Neuro-Education Initiative at the School of Education and director of Interdisciplinary Partnerships at the Brain Science Institute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are the social implications of this sort of study? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty heady stuff, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking to demystify it, make it accessible.â&#x20AC;? Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Museum, will kick off the event with a reception, dinner and lecture for invited guests on Oct. 19 at the Walters, featuring

remarks by Semir Zeki, a professor at University College London, about the origins, history and future of neuroesthetics. On Oct. 20, the American Visionary Art Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s James Rouse Visionary Center will host four talks that fall under the framework of Theory and Practice. The topics include visual art and color, neural mechanisms of musical improvisation, spatial representation and architecture, and harmonic representation and musical pitch. The day ends with a cocktail reception and tour of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s What Makes Us Smile? exhibition led by museum director and founder Rebecca Hoffberger and Johns Hopkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Solomon Snyder, University Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry. On Oct. 21, the Baltimore Museum of Art will host the final two talks, whose topics are motor system and dance, and form perception and design. The symposium concludes with an 10-person panel discussion titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Future of a New Field: Questions, Directions and Debate,â&#x20AC;? moderated by Griffin and WYPR journalist Tom Hall. The panelists are Vikan; Zeki; Michael Hersch, chair of the Composition Department at the Peabody Institute; Steven Hsiao, professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine; James Olson, of Olson Kundig Architects; John Eberhard, founding president of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture; Michael Miller, the Herschel and Ruth Seder Professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center of Imaging Science in the Whiting School of Engineering; Mary Ann Mears, an artist and member of the board of directors of the Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance; Barbara Landau, the Dick and Lydia Todd Professor and chair of the Department of Cognitive Science in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; and Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopkins neuroscientists were the pioneers in the study of sensory perception starting with Vernon Mountcastle, so it is Continued on page 8

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hristopher Dyer Saudek, founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center, a pioneer in the development of implantable insulin pumps and a tireless physician who was ever available to his patients, died Oct. 6 after a battle with metastatic melanoma. He was 68. A member of the Johns Hopkins faculty for 30 years, Saudek was a prolific researcher and devoted educator as well as a beloved clinician who earned a national and international reputation for his efforts to spread the message that healthy living habits often prevent diabetes and, when the disease is present, limit its complications. “We have lost one of our giants,” said Edward D. Miller, dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. “He always tried to make things better for patients. I so enjoyed referring patients to him because I knew that he would not only give them great medical care but that his compassion and understanding of the human condition was unsurpassed. Chris was the best that Hopkins had to offer.” “Chris’ passing is a tremendous loss to the Hopkins family,” said university President Ronald J. Daniels. “From a very personal perspective—as president, as a colleague and as one of his patients—I cherished my interactions with Chris. His humanity, decency and his excellence were nothing less than inspirational for those of us who had the privilege to know him.” Saudek, an endocrinologist, founded the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center in 1984. A national leader in the

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field, he served as president of the American Diabetes Association from 2001 to 2002. In that role, he launched a nationwide educational campaign to raise public awareness of diabetes’ link to heart disease and stroke. His efforts garnered cover stories in both Time and Newsweek; inspired the first-ever issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association devoted entirely to diabetes; and prompted Tommy Thompson, then U.S. secretary of health and human services, to make diabetes prevention and management a top priority. Although he was the author of a respected diabetes guide and a well-traveled lecturer on the disease, its complications and how to prevent them, most important to Saudek were his patients. According to colleagues and family members, he made time to see his patients each week, no matter how busy he was. He considered himself a personal diabetes educator to each of them, teaching about the disease so they could better care for themselves. “The main challenge in successfully managing diabetes is to find the key to each individual’s self-care,” Saudek once said. “People with diabetes need to have the motivation and the knowledge to treat themselves hour by hour, day by day and year by year. This is why diabetes education is so important.” In 2007, Saudek’s passion for patients took him to the South Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, where he was the driving force behind a Johns Hopkins initiative designed to teach medical professionals in that country—where an estimated 20 percent of the population has diabetes—how to improve care for diabetes patients and better spot potential complications early enough to do something about them. In a video that Johns Hopkins produced last year about the program, Saudek said that the effort was exciting “because it really is an opportunity to affect the health care of a nation.” “It’s a small nation, a nation that’s very burdened by diabetes. Their problem is

Brain Continued from page 7 only appropriate we take up the issue of how art affects brain function and can evoke such powerful emotional responses,” says Richard Huganir, director of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine and co-director of the Brain Science Institute. The Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute was created in 2007 to foster innovative research programs in basic neuroscience discovery, new treatments for brain-based diseases and translational research through interdisciplinary collaborative approaches. Registration for the two-day symposium is free for Johns Hopkins students and $100 for all other participants. Space is limited. For more information, a full schedule of events and to register, go to www.brainscien ceinstitute.org or contact Barbara Smith at bsmith13@jhmi.edu or 410-955-4504. G

huge, their expenses are huge in taking care of people with diabetes, and we think we can help,” he said. The success of that program has led Johns Hopkins officials to explore expanding it to other nations. “He was very committed to training young physicians in the proper care of diabetes worldwide,” said Myron Weisfeldt, director of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Over the course of his career, Saudek saw once-rare type 2 diabetes explode into an epidemic, with millions suffering from it and millions more considered pre-diabetic due to unhealthy diet and lack of exercise. The Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the medical school, as well as a member of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Saudek was educated at Harvard and at Weill Cornell Medical College. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, he was a fellow at the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more than 20 years he was program director of the Johns Hopkins General Clinical Research Center, a National Institutes of Health–funded grant that supports clinical investigation. In his own research, Saudek focused on the development of an implantable insulin pump that would enable a diabetic to get the right dose of insulin without having to use injections. These devices went beyond the external pumps that are attached to a catheter inside the body and are used to aid in injecting insulin. Saudek published widely on the topic and dreamed of creating what would essentially be an artificial pancreas, an insulin pump implanted in the body that would measure a diabetic’s blood glucose and deliver the cor-

rect insulin dosages for maintaining blood sugar at a constant level. He saw a future in which patients would no longer have to prick their fingers many times a day to test blood sugar or give themselves injections of insulin. In the 1980s, Saudek implanted one of the first internal insulin pumps, and the diabetic patients who had the early pumps swore they changed their lives. Although the device was never approved by the FDA, Saudek’s research laid the groundwork for other exciting advances in the field. “His work with the insulin pump brought a great deal of recognition to Hopkins for an inventive and effective approach to a terribly difficult condition,” Weisfeldt said. Saudek led by example and relished his role as a mentor to generations of medical fellows. His family said he loved hosting medical students, residents and fellows for high-spirited dinners at his Lutherville home. In his spare time, Saudek was an avid sailor, a squash player, a clarinetist and a fiercely loyal Baltimore Orioles fan. He is survived by Susan, his wife of 44 years, their four children and nine grandchildren. Family members say they will keep his spirit alive by working to help others and by sailing the waters off Maine that he so loved. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center. “Dr. Chris Saudek’s life and career exemplified the finest personal qualities and professional achievements one aspires to in academic medicine,” said Paul Ladenson, a professor at the School of Medicine and director of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. “He was an outstanding doctor, an imaginative and productive clinicalinvestigator and a splendid human being.” Weisfeldt said the School of Medicine is hoping to set up a fund in Saudek’s honor to continue his work in diabetes.

Eton Continued from page 1 The collection is on loan from Eton College, one of England’s best-known independent schools for boys. It was bequeathed to Eton by an alumnus, Maj. William Joseph Myers, who was stationed in Cairo during the last quarter of the 19th century. Egyptian art became “a passion that came to dominate his life,” according to Eton’s website. Myers made a brief return to Eton as an adjutant before returning to his regiment in South Africa, where he died in combat. He willed his prized collection to Eton, which in turn has shared it with the public through display on its campus and by lending it to other institutions. The collection has been exhibited in prominent venues, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and in other cities including Brussels, Madrid, Leiden and a variety of locales in Japan. “These objects form a unique Egyptian collection among museums around the world because they are primarily small-scale decorative arts rather than things like sculpture,” Bryan said. “Myers had an eye for small vessels that are made of these beautiful ceramic glazed materials. They are just beautiful to the eye in addition to being interesting historically.” In addition to the vessels, the collection includes two Roman period portraits painted on wooden boards, which Bryan describes as “as realistic as any paintings can be”; a two-foot-tall gilded shrine; and a mysterious group of crocodile palates—no one knows what exactly they were used for, Bryan said, and she and her students are excited about the sleuthing opportunity they present. The goal of the cataloging project in collaboration with the University of Birmingham is to make the collection available online, reducing the need for the artifacts to travel and therefore preserving the pieces. Work has already begun at the University

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Gilded mummy mask of the Ptolemaic era, ca. 300–30 B.C., one of the approximately 1,900 objects on loan to the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum for a 15-year period of study and display.

of Birmingham, where 3D digital scans are being made of many of the 600 artifacts that it will house for the same 15-year period. Another 65 pieces are currently on display at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham through early 2012. When that exhibition closes, those pieces will be sent to Johns Hopkins, Bryan said. Bryan is teaching a 3-credit course this fall in the Krieger School titled Museum Study of Objects from the Eton College Myers Collection, which is offered by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and cross-listed with the Program in Museums and Society. Twelve graduate and undergraduate students in the class have been working together to write a brochure that will be distributed to visitors in time for the official opening of the Archaeological Museum, the weekend of Dec. 4 and 5. Eton College and Johns Hopkins objects will begin to go on display this month in the cases facing the adjacent courtyard. G

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Lea Ybarra to step down at the Center for Talented Youth B y A m y L u n d ay

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fter nearly 14 years as executive director of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth, Lea Ybarra has announced she will step down from her post next spring. “Under Lea’s leadership, CTY has played an important role in identifying and developing the academic talent of young students across the country and around the world,” said Lloyd Minor, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “What CTY does is inspiring, and what Lea has achieved is remarkable. We are deeply grateful for her vision, passion and service to Johns Hopkins.” Minor will appoint a universitywide committee to conduct an international search for the next leader of CTY. The search committee will be chaired by Pam Cranston, vice provost for international affairs and vice dean of the Carey Business School. “Lea has made huge contributions, particularly in diversifying the participants in CTY’s programs, both in terms of race and socioeconomic class,” Cranston said. “She has done a

great job raising millions of dollars each year for scholarships to make sure that gifted children everywhere can participate.” Ybarra cites strengthening CTY’s budget, increasing the diversity of its students and staff, and raising the international stature of CTY as among the major accomplishments of her tenure. “Despite the economy, we’ve been able to generate greater revenues that have allowed us to increase financial aid and to fund other CTY priorities,” Ybarra said. “When I first came on board, CTY was raising about $200,000 per year for scholarships. By bringing together a strong development team, we now raise millions of dollars per year for scholarships, and have now raised nearly $70 million since we began.” When Ybarra joined CTY, less than 1 percent of its students received scholarships. Under her leadership, 20 percent of students earn them today. “One of our priorities is to have students who reflect the face of America,” Ybarra said. “We now have students from all of America’s neighborhoods, from all 50 states.” Ybarra has also increased CTY’s international presence, with students from 120 countries now participating in its programs. O C T .

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“Talking and Timing,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Zenzi Griffin, University of Texas, Austin. B17 Hackerman. HW Tues.,

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“Positivity, Coherent Sheaves and Representation Theory,” an Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Pramod Achar, Louisiana State University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW Wed.,

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Wednesday Noon Seminar— “Process and Update: Governance and Organization, Staff, Departmental Resources and Diversity” with SPH faculty Nicholas Ialongo, Philip Leaf, Debra Furr-Holden and Ramin Mojtabai. Part of a Mental Health departmental selfstudy discussion. B14B Hampton House. EB “The Impact of Pharmacogenetics on Variability in Drug Disposition,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Andrew Owen, University of Liverpool, UK. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Wed., Oct. 13, 4 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 13, 4 p.m. “Sensitivity Testing for Nonidentifiable Models, With Application to Longitudinal Data With Noninformative Dropout,” a Biostatistics seminar with Jason Fine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. W2030 SPH. EB

“Dixie’s Arms Are Open: The Promotion of Settlement in the Post-bellumEra South, 1870–1920,” a History thesis defense seminar with Matthew Paoni. 308 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Oct. 14, 10 a.m.

Thurs., Oct. 14, noon. “Integration of Reproduction and Immune Defense in Mosquitoes Through the Insulin Signaling Pathway,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Michael Strand, University of Georgia. W1020 SPH. EB

“An Endothelial Cell Protein for Triglyceride Metabolism,” a Biological Chemistry special seminar with Stephen Young, UCLA. 612 Physiology. EB

Thurs., Oct. 14, noon.

“Distinct Modes of Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling Control Migration and Invasion,” a Cell Biology seminar with Joan Brugge, Harvard Medical School. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

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“Law, Medicine and Society: Is There a Role for Common Sense?” a Health Policy and Management Fall Policy seminar with attorney Philip Howard, founder, Common Good. B14B Hampton House. EB “Neurobiologic Mechanisms of Genetic Risk for Psychosis,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Daniel Weinberger, NIMH/NIH. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Thurs., Oct. 14, 1 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 14, 1:30 p.m. “A Comprehensive Statistical Model for Cell Signaling,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Laurent Younes, WSE. 304 Whitehead. HW Thurs., Oct. 14, 1:30 to 5 p.m., and Fri., Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Futures Sem-

inar—Physics and Astronomy, with David Spergel, Princeton University; Marcia Rieke, Uni-

The center currently has partnerships in Ireland, China, Mexico, Spain, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, and negotiations are under way in South Korea, Albania, Egypt, Israel and several other countries to replicate CTY’s programs abroad. At the time of her appointment in 1997, Ybarra was a senior research associate for Olmos Productions/ABC Studios in Los Angeles, where she was involved in a variety of innovative projects, including preparing educational guides for documentaries and being an executive producer for an awardwinning HBO documentary. Before that she held a variety of teaching and administrative positions, from department chair to associate provost, at California State University, Fresno. At CSU, she also directed a U.S. Department of Education–funded project that promoted math, science and computer technology for young women and was cited as a national model. Her teaching and research interests have focused on educational equity issues; race, class and gender studies; sociology of the family; and contemporary Latin America. As a scholar in residence at Harvard, she conducted research and wrote on urban education. CTY identifies top academic students in 1 1

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versity of Arizona; Steve Girvin, Yale University; Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study; Herbert Levine, UC San Diego; and Tony Tyson, UC Davis. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center (Thursday) and Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. (Friday). HW The Bromery Seminar—“Exploring the Planets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” with Ralph McNutt, APL. 305 Olin. HW

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grades K through 12 and provides challenging summer residential programs, distance education and family academic programs. The center also has special projects that prepare students to enter selective universities, such as the Johns Hopkins CTY Scholars program, and programs preparing them for STEM fields, such as the Center Scholars Program in partnership with Andrew Feinberg of the School of Medicine. Since its inception 31 years ago, CTY has enrolled 1.7 million students through its talent search program and enrolled 430,000 in its academic programs. Today, 70,000 students participate in the talent search, and 30,000 students enroll in CTY programs. Much of that growth took place under Ybarra’s leadership. “The fact that we’ve grown in all areas into a strong, dynamic organization is a credit to the creative and committed staff who I’ve had the pleasure to work with at CTY,” Ybarra said. “I love the work that CTY does and the difference we make in our students’ lives. And I am grateful to the many colleagues from across Johns Hopkins who have partnered with us, and have lent their support and advice, to create even more opportunities for students,” she said. “This is an amazing institution and a great home for CTY.”

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“Advanced Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Image Reconstruction,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Arman Rahmim, SoM. 311 Hodson. HW “Sex Lethal Acts Autonomously in the Germline Progenitors to Initiate Female Development in Drosophila,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology special seminar with Kazuya Hashiyama International Institute for Basic Biology, Japan. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Thurs., Oct. 14, 4 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 14, 4 p.m. “Biological Applications of Nonlinear Microscopy: What Can x(n) Do for You?” a Biology seminar with William Wilson, WSE. 100 Mudd. HW

“Health News Latinos Can Use: An Examination of Health Coverage in Spanish-Language Television News,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Shauna Harrison. 244 Hampton House. EB Fri., Oct. 15, 10 a.m.

“Mathematical Models for the Shape of the Eiffel Tower: Historical Perspective and New Results,” a CEAFM seminar with Patrick Weidman, University of Colorado. 110 Maryland. HW

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“Catching a Motor in the Act: Structural Basis for Hexameric Helicase Polarity,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar

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“Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Michael Rudnicki, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Mon.,

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“ALLPATHS: Assembling Large Genomes With Short Reads,” a Center for Computational Genomics seminar with Sante Gnerre, Broad Institute. 517 PCTB. EB Mon., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“Memory Retrieval Mechanisms” with Matthew Shapiro, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW Mon., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. “A Brave New World and Yet the Same: The Blessings of Exchange in the Making of the Early English Atlantic,” a History seminar with David Sacks, Reed College, Oregon. 308 Gilman. HW

SPECIAL EVENTS Baltimore’s Great Architecture Lecture Series— The Porch

in America. A three-part series on the history and cultural significance of the porch in America. $20 general admission, $15 Homewood and AIA Baltimore members and students. Advance registration required; call 410-516-5589 or go to www.brownpapertickets .com/producer/22987. Homewood Museum. HW •

“The American Porch: Selections (and Adventures) From the Historic American Buildings Survey,” a JHU Museums lecture by HABS architect Mark Schara. 5 p.m. Pre-lecture reception.

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Mon.,

Mon., Oct. 18, noon.

Mon., Oct. 11, 6 p.m.

Oct.

18,

p.m.

“Painted Furniture for Garden Rooms, Porches and

Lawns, 1790–1825,” a JHU Museums lecture by Wendy Cooper, senior curator of furniture, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate. 5 p.m. Pre-lecture reception. Tues., Oct. 12, 8 p.m. 2010 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium— The Global Network: America’s Changing Role in an Interconnected World, with former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi. Talk followed by question-and-answer session and reception. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW Wed., Oct. 13, 6 to 8 p.m.

Opening reception for the focus show Unearthing Miguel Covarrubias, examining the life and career of Mexican artist and archaeologist Miguel Covarrubias. The exhibition continues through Nov. 28. RSVP to 410516-0341 or evergreenmuseum@ jhu.edu. Sponsored by Evergreen Museum & Library. SYMPOSIA Fri., Oct. 15, 9 a.m. L.E.M. Sym-

posium, celebrating the careers and achievements of Drs. Dan Lane, Paul Englund and Albert Mildvan. Sponsored by Biological Chemistry. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

W OR K S HO P S

“Eyes on Teaching: Collaborative and Experiential Strategies,” a Center for Educational Resources workshop for faculty, postdocs and graduate students only. Registration required; go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Tues., Oct. 12, 1:30 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. “Assess-

ing Student Knowledge and Managing Grades in Blackboard,” a Center for Educational Resources 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. To register, go to www.bb.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

10 THE GAZETTE • October 11, 2010 P O S T I N G S

B U L L E T I N

Job Opportunities The Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic in any student program or activity administered by the university or with regard to admission or employment.

Homewood

Office of Human Resources: Suite W600, Wyman Bldg., 410-516-8048 JOB#

POSITION

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Sr. Programmer Analyst Accounting Aide Alumni Relations Coordinator Network Analyst Research Service Analyst Employee Assistance Clinician Programmer Analyst Data Assistant Accountant Sr. OD Specialist Accounting Manager Instructional Facilitator Sr. Employer Outreach Coordinator

Schools of Public H e a l t h a n d N u r s i n g Office of Human Resources: 2021 East Monument St., 410-955-3006 JOB#

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Academic Program Coordinator Grant Writer Maintenance Worker Food Service Worker LAN Administrator III Administrative Secretary Program Officer Research Program Assistant II Sr. Administrative Coordinator Student Affairs Officer Instructional Technologist Sr. Financial Analyst Assay Technician Research Technologist Research Nurse Research Scientist Administrative Specialist

School of Medicine

Office of Human Resources: 98 N. Broadway, 3rd floor, 410-955-2990 JOB#

38035 35677 30501 22150 38064

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LAN Administrator II Software Engineer DE Instructor, Center for Talented Youth Assistant Program Manager, Center for Talented Youth Residential Life Administrator Tutor Building Operations Supervisor Building Maintenance Technician Program Manager, Center for Talented Youth Admissions Officer Project Manager LDP Stationary Engineer Programmer Analyst Financial Manager Multimedia Technician Sr. Technical Support Analyst Research Service Analyst

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Biostatistician Clinical Outcomes Coordinator Sr. Programmer Analyst Employment Assistant/Receptionist Payroll and HR Services Coordinator Research Data Coordinator Malaria Adviser Data Assistant Budget Specialist Academic Program Administrator Sr. Research Program Coordinator Research Observer Manuscript Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology Research Service Analyst Health Educator Multimedia Production Supervisor Research Program Coordinator Research Data Manager Sr. Laboratory Coordinator Sr. Research Assistant Sr. Administrative Coordinator Research Assistant Budget Analyst

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Sr. Administrative Coordinator Sr. Administrative Coordinator Sponsored Project Specialist Program Administrator Sr. Research Program Coordinator

POSITION

Assistant Administrator Sr. Financial Analyst Nurse Midwife Physician Assistant Administrative Specialist

This is a partial listing of jobs currently available. A complete list with descriptions can be found on the Web at jobs.jhu.edu.

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Notices SOURCE Fall Food Drive — The annual

Fall Food Drive is collecting nonperishable food items through Oct. 15 at locations around Homewood campus. Drop box locations are the Student Lounge (1st floor) and E1002 Student Affairs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Armstrong Lobby at the School of Medicine, SoN lobby in the Anne M. Pinkard Building and SOURCE, 2017 Monument St. The food drive is co-sponsored by SOURCE, Anna Baetjer Society, African Public Health Network, Student Assembly

B O A R D

Community Affairs Committee, Nathans College, InterAction and Returned Peace Corp Volunteer Fellows. Funding for Prostate Cancer Research — Funding is available to support mul-

tidisciplinary research in prostate cancer through the Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund as well as the NCI-funded Prostate Cancer SPORE grant. Awards of a maximum of $75,000 per year for up to two years are available to fund career development and developmental research programs (pilot projects). New ideas are encouraged. The deadline for applications for funding is Tuesday, Jan. 11. For more information, go to http:// prostatecancerprogram.onc.jhmi.edu.

Parkinson’s researchers ID possible new target for drugs B y M a r y al i c e Y a k u t c h i k

Johns Hopkins Medicine

ohns Hopkins scientists have discovered that the overactivation of a single protein may shut down the brain-protecting effects of a molecule and facilitate the most common form of Parkinson’s disease. The finding of this mechanism could lead to important new targets for drugs already known to inhibit it, thus controlling symptoms of the disorder, which affects about 1 million older Americans. Previous research demonstrated that a protein called parkin protects brain cells by “tagging” certain toxic elements that are then destroyed naturally. It was also known that mutations in the gene that holds the code for parkin cause rare, familial forms of PD. However, parkin’s role remained unclear in sporadic late-onset PD, the prevalence of which is increasing as the population ages. Results of the new study, published Sept. 7 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition, indicate that an overactivation of a protein called c-Abl can shut down the activity of parkin and contribute to a buildup of toxic proteins that kill brain cells and enable the progression of PD. C-Abl contributes to the regulation of cell death and is implicated in a host of diseases. It already has proved to be a target for certain types of cancer-killing drugs, such as imatinib (Gleevec), the first drug designed to directly switch off a biochemical signal that directly targets a protein vital to cancer growth, says Ted Dawson, the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases and scientific director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering. “Our new appreciation of c-Abl’s role in sporadic PD suggests that we can give brainpermeable inhibitors of c-Abl to maintain parkin’s normal protective function,” Dawson says. “The testing of these already approved, well-tolerated drugs for a new use—as a neuroprotective treatment for PD—is a potentially exciting therapeutic arc that should be pursued.” The researchers first used a test called the Western blot to label certain proteins in neuronlike human cells in culture. They could see that c-Abl shut down the activity of parkin by measuring the levels of chemical tags on proteins that, in a healthy system, are marked for destruction. These “garbage” proteins, when overabundant, have been shown previously by Dawson’s lab to be selectively toxic to neurons. When c-Abl was active, parkin’s ability to tag those proteins was significantly decreased. The team then incubated these cells with STI-571, a well-known c-Abl inhibitor marketed as imatinib or Gleevec. When com-

pared to cultures not incubated with the compound, the inhibition of parkin’s function by c-Abl was wholly prevented. The c-Abl inhibitor, STI-571, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001 for the treatment of a cancer of white blood cells and in 2002 for the treatment of a rare form of stomach cancer. It works by blocking the activity of the abnormal c-Abl protein, which is much more active than the normal version. For a c-Abl inhibitor to be an effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease, it would need to cross the blood-brain barrier, Dawson says. Next, using a mouse that had been given drugs that cause Parkinson’s-like traits, the team proved that when c-Abl is activated, parkin’s function shuts down, and as a result, garbage proteins accumulate and lead to a significant loss of neurons. The team also demonstrated that genetically altered mice in which c-Abl had been knocked out were protected against the same significant loss of neurons. They measured the loss of neurons by counting them. Wild-type (normal) mice lost about 8,000 neurons, while the genetically altered mice with the disabled c-Abl lost only about half that many. Finally, the scientists turned to human brain tissue to look for evidence that c-Abl is a major regulator of parkin function. By comparing brain tissue of patients who died with Parkinson’s disease to that of those who died of other causes, they established that when c-Abl shuts down parkin, the garbage proteins accumulate and the result is the death of neurons. “With people living longer, lots more people are developing this common, debilitating neurological disorder,” Dawson says, citing that one in 100 people are afflicted at the age of 60, and four times that many by the age of 80. “Now that we know the mechanism, it’s important that we explore new, effective therapies that can slow or stop its progression.” The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bachmann Strauss Dystonia and Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Authors of the study, in addition to Dawson, are Anthony J. Koleske, of Yale University; and Han Seok Ko, Yunjong Lee, Joo-Ho Shin, Senthilkumar S. Karuppagounder, Bharathi Shrikanth Gadad, Olga Pletnikova, Juan C. Troncoso and Valina L. Dawson, all of Johns Hopkins.

Related websites Ted Dawson:

neuroscience.jhu.edu/TedDawson .php

‘PNAS’:

www.pnas.org

October 11, 2010 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to own ($135,000). $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-951-4750. Bayview, 2-3BR apt on 1st flr. $700/mo + sec dep. 443-243-1651. Bolton Hill, big, beautiful 1BR apt w/ office and den, 28’ living rm, formal dining rm, butler’s pantry, shared yd. $1,600/mo. gbaranoski@covad.net. Bologna, Italy, visit between Oct 22-30, stay in a flat under the Due Torri. www.airbnb .com/rooms/9262. Butchers Hill, 3-story house w/2BR suites, 2.5BAs, kitchen, W/D, dw, sec sys, huge backyd, walk to school. $1,350/mo. Sharon, 443-695-9073. Canton, 2BR, 2.5BA rehabbed TH, great location, close to JHH, avail Jan 1. $1,700/ mo. Courtney, cedwar15@gmail.com. Charles Village, spacious, bright 3BR apt nr Homewood campus, move-in condition. $1,275/mo. 443-253-2113. E Baltimore, 2 newly renov’d apts w/freshly painted walls. $675/mo (1BR, 1BA) or $875/mo (3BR, 1BA). Darlene, 410-2257330 or keyholeservices@verizon.net. Hampden/Medfield, 3BR single-family house w/office, furn’d or unfurn’d, laundry, priv prkng, walk to campus/shopping/public transit. $1,300/mo + utils. adecker001@ yahoo.com. Homeland, 3BR, 2.5BA single-family house w/renov’d kitchen, hdwd flrs, CAC, fenced yd, garage. boligrafo@hotmail.com. Mays Chapel/Timonium, 3- 4BR EOG TH, 3.5BAs, family rm, deck, patio, fenced yd, nr good schools, pleasant green area great for walking/jogging, 5 mins to 695 via I-83, close to Lutherville light rail park & ride. $1,600/mo + utils. 410-321-8889. Owings Mills, 2BR, 2BA condo, W/D, walkin closets, storage, prkng, pool/tennis court privileges, backs to woods, conv to metro, sm pets negotiable ($250 nonrefundable deposit), pics avail, 1-yr lease. $1,100/mo. 410336-7952 or ljohnsto@mail.roanoke.edu. Rehoboth Beach, 3BR TH, 15-min walk to boardwalk, dog-friendly, JHU discounts for beautiful fall wknds. galeeena@yahoo.com. 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. Severna Park, sm 2BR, 1BA house, nonsmoking, credit report/references req’d. $1,075/mo. 410-518-6427. Union Square, upscale 1BR boutique apt in Victorian TH, furn’d, flexible terms, in historic district. $750/wk. 410-988-3137, richardson1886@gmail.com or www.airbnb .com/rooms/51803.

Contemporary 5BD-3.5BA For Sale in gated community

w/magnificent view of woods from deck, LR, BD, courtyard w/ garden. Moldings, built-ins, closets, storage, huge French Country Kitch w/new APPL, W/D-1st flr, new CAC, finished LL., + garage! Condo fee incl. pool, tennis, playground, snow remov & ext maintenance. Walk to Beth Tfiloh Synagogue/School. $439,000. Shown by appt only. No brokers/agents. Call 410-484-4155 or email: phil408@aol.com

M A R K E T P L A C E

TH nr JHMI, W/D, AC, alarm: 1st flr w/ living rm, dining rm, kitchen, half-BA; 2nd flr 2BRs, each w/priv BA. $1,300/mo. 516680-6703.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Arcadia/Beverly Hills (3019 Iona Terrace), spacious, renov’d 4BR, 2.5BA detached house in beautiful neighborhood, CAC, open kitchen/dining area, deck, landscaped, mins to all JH campuses. $229,900. 410294-9220. 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. Own a home while mortgage rates are low, a craftsman’s delight, walk in and live, nr all JHU campuses; $5,000 seller’s concession. 302-981-6947 or www .3402mountpleasantavenue.canbyours.com. Charming 3BR, 2BA condo, separate garage, walking distance to the university, great buy, low $200s. 443-848-6392 or sue.rzep2@ verizon.net. Lg 1BR in luxury high-rise condo, secure bldg, doorman, W/D, CAC/heat, swimming pool, exercise rm, nr Guilford/JHU. $180,000. 757-773-7830 or norva04@gmail .com. 3120 E Baltimore St, 2BR, 3BA house close to JHH, big house w/lots of living space, 3-level rooftop deck, unique, must see, great neighbors. $324,900. hsexton129@hotmail .com.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Rm in new TH, 1-min walk to JHMI, no smoking/no pets. 410-456-1708 or xiaoningzhao1@gmail.com. Share new, refurbished TH w/other medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI (924 N Broadway). gretrieval@aol.com. Prof’l wanted for rm in newly renov’d Fells Point RH, priv BA, shared kitchen/living area, laundry on site, on bus route, 2 blks to water, avail Nov 1 for 1 yr, no partiers/no pets. $500/mo + 1/2 utils (water incl’d) + sec dep ($500). Jose, 787-642-7423. F nonsmoker wanted for furn’d, bright and spacious BR in 3BR house in Cedonia (owned by young F prof’l), modern kitchen, lg deck, landscaped yd, free prkng, 5 mi to JHH/Bayview/Homewood/YMCA, public transportation to Hopkins/Penn Station. $550/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@ yahoo.com. Rm avail in sunny 3BR apt in Charles Village (St Paul St), share w/2 grad students, nr shuttle. $560/mo + elec. maryscott91@ gmail.com. 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 (Interfaith Center stop). 410-967-4085. Share 3BR house w/2 grad students, priv BR on 2nd flr, shared access to common areas, free W/D, dw, hdwd flrs, CAC/heat, backyd, quiet, safe street, avail Nov 7. $640/ mo + utils. Brian, 443-478-8745 or brian@ bcomgmt.com. Share 3BR RH in Charles Village (29th and Cresmont), across from Papermoon, 2 blks to Homewood campus, fin’d bsmt, full deck, prkng in driveway. $480/mo + utils. 757206-6947 or ben.y.winer@gmail.com. F wanted to share lovely 3BR, 1.5BA RH in Charles Village (W 27th and Maryland), 2 blks to JHU shuttle, walking distance to JHU. $400/mo + utils. Shaina, 908-7635938 or lutinlady@gmail.com.

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!

Shown by appointment - 410-764-7776

www.BrooksManagementCompany.com

Piano! 1918 Knabe upright reproducing piano w/bench, orig Ampico rolls and roll cabinet, immaculately maintained, sounds glorious. Estelle, 301-718-8898.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Responsible house sitter available for your sabbatical, 14-yr JHU employee. 410-9631785 or bweber112003@yahoo.com. Halloween costumes for rent, Theatre Hopkins stock avail, contact by Oct 26. $25-$35 for complete outfit. 410-516-7159 or thehop@jhu.edu. Piano lessons w/Peabody alum w/doctorate, patient instruction, all levels/ages welcome. 410-662-7951. Piano tuner located in Mt Vernon, competitive and flexible rates, starting at $50. Justin, 410-209-0326. Looking for a licensed home improvement contractor. 443-956-4325.

CARS FOR SALE

’86 Mercedes Benz convertible w/soft and hard top, leather interior, garage-kept w/ cover, clean, very well maintained, 80K mi. $8,200/best offer. 443-676-1046 or Lafram1@verizon.net. ‘98 Ford Explorer XLT, AWD, red w/gray interior, Maryland state insp’d, great snow vehicle, 107K mi. $3,000 (firm). 443-9285192. ’96 VW Jetta, Trek edition, black, manual, free bike rack, 1 owner, in great cond, 73K mi. $2,900/best offer. 414-350-5472. ’05 Jeep Liberty Renegade, 4x4, tan w/beige interior, new tires, great vehicle, 56K mi. $10,500/best offer. 240-401-6602.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Dell Inspiron 531 desktop: Vista, AMD Athlon 64x2 5000+, 2GB memory, 320GB HD, Nvidia Geforce 8600GT video card, wireless, 13-in-1 card reader, bluetooth, dual LCD monitor (24 and 19), laser printer w/new toner. bill_bb06@hotmail.com. Half-size violin w/bow and case, $199; fullsize digital piano (Casio cs-48), $200; both in excel cond. 410-718-6484 or songzm@ gmail.com. Guitar, Ibanez Artcore AF75 w/hardshell case, like new. wreisig@verizon.net. 6-pc bedroom set, $550; sofa, $150; chair, $50; chifforobes (2), $75/ea. 410-665-7030. Oak dining rm table, parquet w/leaf, 44" x 78", solid, sturdy, attractive, good cond; also 6 upholstered chairs. $450. 410-499-7460 or tinyurl.com/drotable (for pics). Conn alto saxophone, best offer; exercise rowing machine, $50; both in excel cond. 410-488-1886.

Very experienced, loving and gentle nanny available, outstanding references, do not have car but am extremely reliable. Annette, 443-813-5028. Violin/viola teacher w/10 yrs’ experience, student-centered curriculum adaptable to all levels, can teach at my residence, will also travel within city limits for travel expenses only. $25 for half hr, $40 for hr. Annabel, 410-209-0326 or thebirdcage@ gmail.com. Piano lessons for all, reasonable rates. 425890-1327 (for free placement interview). Community health fair in Hampden, 10am1pm on Sunday, Oct 24, at 37th and Roland Ave, health info, screening, flu shots, more. 410-366-4488 or staquina@archbalt.org. Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com. Free ballroom dancing and lessons (waltz, rumba, tango), Fridays at 8pm at JHU ROTC bldg, everyone welcome. 410-5993725. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, no partners needed, great bands. 410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing .com. Licensed landscaper avail for scheduled lawn maintenance, yd cleanup, other landscaping services, trash hauling, fall/winter leaf and snow removal. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@ comcast.net. Seamstress available for clothes alterations and window treatments. 410-404-3548 or lexisweetheart@yahoo.com.

Dansko shoes (2 pairs): size 40, dk brown suede leather and size 39, black leather; both in slightly worn cond. $50/ea or best offer. 410-493-1045.

Loving, trustworthy dog walker available day/eve, overnight sitting w/complimentary housesitting services, impeccable references. 443-801-7487 or alwayshomepc@ gmail.com.

Moving sale: mattress/boxspring, black metal futon, sofa, dressers, dining table, chairs, shelves; all in great cond. 410-627-4510.

Experiencesd gardener wanted to help w/fall clean-up and planting. $12.50/hr. Jim, 410366-7191 or jwilli33@gmail.com.

Bassett 4-drawer chest, white w/chrome trim, 34"W x 18"D x 43"H. $100/best offer. Tina, 443-717-4982.

Experienced nanny avail, warm, honest, reliable and energetic, outstanding references from JHU faculty. Mary, 410-736-0253.

Original Northwood for Rent beautiful 3BD, 2BA rambler on quaint street, remodeled, HWD floors, CAC, 2Ǧcar gar. Classified listings are a free serNo dogs, cats OK, $1500 + util. vice for current, full-time HopCall 410Ǧ247Ǧ1880. kins faculty, staff and students

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Large HFS in Timonium Heights - $289,900

Huge 6 BR/4 BA home--perfect for extended family, in-laws, roommate! LL set up as sep. living area w/kitchen, patio. 3 BR/2 BA, laundry, sep. entrance & meter! Move-in condition--freshly painted, new carpet! Deck off main level. Lg. hobby shop out-bldg., could be office/studio or convert to garage! 2 driveways for ample parking. Excellent schools and public transportation nearby! 240-472-0316 or vsk2004@hotmail.com

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Wed., Oct. 13, noon.

“The Value of Patience: Dwelling Among Urban Squatters,” an Anthropology colloquium with Valeria Procupez, KSAS. 400 Macaulay. HW

Tues., Oct. 12, 4 p.m.

Oct.

12,

4:15

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“Beyond Strain Energy: Experiments and Models of ForceDependent Reaction Kinetics,” a Chemistry colloquium with Roman Boulatov, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 233 Remsen. HW “The Lifecycle of Matter in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Insights From Spitzer and Herschel,” an STSci colloquium with Margaret Meixner, STSci. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW

“A New Reading of Wittgenstein’s Private Language Argument: Names and Paradox,” a Humanities Center lecture by Meredith Williams, KSAS. 208 Gilman. HW

Wed., Oct. 13, 4 p.m.

Wed.,

Wed., Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m.

“Dreams in Medical and Theological Literature of Early Modern Spain,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium with Maria Jordan, Yale University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB Thurs., Oct. 14, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 14, 4 p.m. “The Burial of the Dead in Modernist Fiction,” an ELH colloquium with Pericles Lewis, Yale University. Sponsored by English. 130D Gilman. HW Fri., Oct. 15, 2 p.m. “The Mind of Leonardo da Vinci,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Jonathan Pevsner, Kennedy Krieger Institute and SoM. Kossiakoff Center. APL

“Molecular Mechanism of Activation and Inhibition of Bax in Cell Death Regulation,” a joint Biophysics/ Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Nico Tjandra, NIH. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., Oct. 18, noon.

C O N FERE N C E S

“Thinking Differently About Schizophrenia,” a Psychiatry research conference with Bita Moghaddam, University of Pittsburgh. 1-191 Meyer. EB

Tues., Oct. 12, noon.

D I S C U S S I O N / TA L K S

“Conflict Sensitivity and Aid: Can Funding Fuel Conflict?” a SAIS Conflict Management Program panel discussion with Neil Levine, USAID; Paul Miller, Catholic Relief Services; Marshall Wallace, Do No Harm Project, CDA Collaborative Learning Partners; moderator P. Terrence Hopmann, director, SAIS Conflict Management Program. Co-sponsored by Search for Common Ground. For information or to RSVP, go to https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/ o/6060/p/salsa/event/common/ public/?event_key=19843. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg.

Tues., Oct. 12, 9:30 a.m.

SAIS

“Rhetoric, Ambition and Function of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo,” a History of Art lecture by Beat Brenk, University of Rome. 50 Gilman. HW

Tues., Oct. 12, 6 p.m.

“The Philosophy of Hasdai Crescas and Its Repercussions: 600 Years After His Death,” a Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program lecture by Zev Harvey, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel).

COLLOQUIA

Tues.,

L E C TURE S

The highly acclaimed Emerson String Quartet returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series. See Music.

“The State of Democracy in Central America,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Kevin Casas-Zamora, Brookings Institution. For information or to RSVP, e-mail jzurek1@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5734. 517 Nitze Bldg.

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SAIS

Mon., Oct. 18, 6 p.m. Screening of the documentary In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, with Deann Borshay Liem, writer, producer and director of the film. The showing will be followed by discussion and a questionand-answer session. For information, e-mail jtown2@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5830. To RSVP, go to http://uskoreainstitute .org/events/?event_id=76. Sponsored by the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the SAIS Korea Studies Program. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS

Wed., Oct. 13, 12:45 p.m.

“The Making of Northeast Asia,” a discussion with Kent Calder, director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, and Min Ye, Boston University, of their book by the same name. Sponsored by the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. For information or to RSVP, e-mail reischauercenter@ jhu.edu or call 202-663-5812. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS Wed., Oct. 13, 4 p.m.

“China’s Aerospace Force Modernization: Implications for Regional Security and Stability,” a SAIS China Studies Program discussion with Mark Stokes, director, Project 2049 Institute. For information or to RSVP, e-mail zji@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5816. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS Wed., Oct. 13, 5 p.m.

Thurs.,

Oct.

14,

4:30

p.m.

“Edwin O. Reischauer: In Commemoration (1910–2010),” a Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies panel discussion with Kent Calder, director of the center; George Packard, U.S.-Japan Foundation and former dean of SAIS; Andrew Gordon, Harvard University; and other speakers. For information or to RSVP, e-mail reischauercenter@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5812. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS Mon., Oct. 18, 2 p.m. “New Challenges in Women’s Health and HIV,” a Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group networking session with Elizabeth Golub, SPH. Learn more about women’s health research at Johns Hopkins, share research interests and form collaborations. Light refreshments and beverages will be provided. To RSVP, go to www.jhsph.edu/ urbanhealth/whrg/session_101810 .html. E9519 SPH. EB

Thurs.,

Oct.

14,

p.m.

Women, Gender and Sexuality presents Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left, part of the film series “Violence and Vengeance.” 113 Greenhouse. HW

Oct.

13,

4:30

p.m.

“Slim Disease and the Science of Silence: The Invisibilization of Men Who Have Sex With Men in ‘African AIDS,’ 1983–89,” a Women, Gender and Sexuality lecture by Marc Epprecht, Queens University, Ontario. Co-sponsored by the Africa Seminar. 113 Greenhouse. HW The Leaders + Legends Series presents David Cordani, president and CEO, Cigna Corp. (See story, p. 5.) Sponsored by the Carey Business School. Legg Mason Tower, Harbor East.

Thurs., Oct. 14, 8 a.m.

Thurs.,

Oct.

14,

4:30

p.m.

“Grieving Achilles,” a Classics lecture by Leonard Muellner, Brandeis University. 108 Gilman. HW “Open Access: The Current Landscape and Future Direction of Scholarly Communication,” a Sheridan Libraries lecture by Heather Joseph, SPARC. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Oct. 18, 3 p.m.

Mon.,

Oct.

11,

8:30

a.m.

“Molecular Features Underlying Pancreatic Cancer Progression,” Pathology grand rounds with Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB Fri.,

Oct.

15,

12:15

p.m.

“Technology-Enhanced Performance and Learning Using Cognitive Approaches,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Maggie Wang, University of Hong Kong. W1214 SPH. EB I N FOR M AT I O N SESSIONS

“The New Health Care Law Is Here: How It Can Help You Right Now,” a Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center information session, presented by AARP, Families USA, Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Maryland Health Care for All!, The Maryland Women’s Business Coalition for Health Care Reform, the Small Business Majority and the Young Invincibles. Webcast live to www.jhsph .edu/maphtc. W1214 SPH. EB

Wed., Oct. 13, noon.

S E M I N AR S Mon.,

Oct.

11,

12:15

p.m.

“Sixty-Five Cases: The Consent Process in Phase I Childhood Cancer Trials,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics lunch seminar with Eric Kodish, Cleveland Clinic Center for Ethics, Humanities and Spiritual Care. W3008 SPH. EB Mon., Oct. 11, 1:30 p.m. “Optical Imaging of Olfactory Bulb Neuronal Circuits,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Wei Chen, University of Texas Medical School. 709 Traylor. EB (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark. HW ) Mon.,

Oct.

11,

2:30

p.m.

“Computational Models for Gene Regulation,” a Center for Computational Genomics seminar with Donald Geman, WSE. 517 PCTB. EB Mon., Oct. 11, 4 p.m. The David

Bodian Seminar—“Physiological Mechanisms of Attention in the Primate Brain” with Julio Martinez-Trujillo, McGill University. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW “Anne Shippen Willing: Portraying Merchant Power,” a History seminar with Zara Anishanslin, CUNY, Staten Island. 308 Gilman. HW

Mon., Oct. 11, 4 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 12, noon. “An Overview of the Use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Reactors at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” a Civil Engineering seminar with Fernando Ferrante, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. B17 Hackerman. HW

MUSIC

The Peabody Latin Jazz Ensemble performs. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

Thurs., Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.

G RA N D ROU N D S

the Bloomberg School of Public Health, sponsored by Admissions Services. Registration required; e-mail lvink@jhsph.edu. EB

The Peabody Jazz Orchestra performs. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

Fri., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 16, 8 p.m. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony and excerpts from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. A collaboration between the Hopkins Symphony and Baltimore’s Opera Vivente. (See story, p. 3.) 7 p.m. Pre-concert talk with John Bowen and Jed Gaylin. No tickets or reservations needed. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Emerson String Quartet. (See In Brief, p. 2.) $38 general admission, $19 for non-JHU students; free for JHU students. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Sun., Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m.

O P E N HOU S E S

Open house for prospective students of

Mon., Oct. 11, 1 to 5 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 12, noon. “A Novel Nano-LC/ESI-MS Microfluidic Chip for Simplified Sample Preparation, Analysis and Mass Spectrometric Identification and Quantitation of N-Glycans,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Maggie Bynum, Agilent Technologies. 612 Physiology. EB Tues.,

Oct.

12,

1:30

p.m.

“Smoking Cessation Interventions for U.S. Adults and Young Adults: Evaluating Effects and Cost-Effectiveness,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Andrea Villanti. W4019 SPH. EB Continued on page 9

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