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‘Help Build a Better Workplace’ By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

he Johns Hopkins Institutions will next month conduct a massive employee engagement survey themed “Help Build a Better Workplace,” which will be administered from June 1 through June 21 by the Gallup Organization. All university staff, Gallup to except those at the Applied Physics conduct Laboratory, will be asked to participate. employee While the health engagement system, including the School of Medicine, has taken such survey a survey before, as have university IT staff, this will be the first time for other divisions of the university, which had previously administered its own internal climate survey. During the three-week survey period, the approximately 5,000 university staff will have an opportunity to provide feedback on how well the university is doing in creating a work environment in which employees are not only satisfied with their jobs but know that the job they do is important and meaningful. School of Medicine faculty are included in the current health system survey, but all other faculty, and students, will be surveyed at a later date, once the appropriate survey has been identified for these groups. Charlene Hayes, university vice president for human resources, said that Johns Hopkins wants to hear from its employees, and that a high participation rate will be key to initiating meaningful workplace improvement. “We know that many employees did not participate in our surveys previously because of concerns about privacy,” Hayes said. “The Gallup survey should help to calm those fears. The mere fact that we are not administering the survey internally should give our employees the confidence that managers will not see their individual responses. Our hope is that with this greater sense of security

Future alumni show their colors in support of the men’s lacrosse team.

By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

rom face painting to class banner waving—and even some sword swallowing—thousands displayed all manner of Blue Jay spirit at Alumni Weekend 2012, held May 4 to 6. Homecoming featured more than 70 events this year, including Saturday’s new Hullabalooza, a late-night dance party with live music and a “glow bar” under a tent on the Decker Quad. Earlier in the day, the 50th and 25th reunion classes led an all-class march to Homewood Field for the men’s lacrosse game vs. Army. The Blue Jays soundly defeated the Black Knights, 13-6, a victory that lifted Johns Hopkins to a No. 2 seed in the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. With numbers still coming in, an estimated 6,000 people attended Alumni Weekend. A juggler and a unicycle rider get the party started.

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The Jay greets some true blue fans.

Alums and other Blue Jay supporters packed the stands to see Johns Hopkins defeat Army.

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The 50th reunion class wends its way across campus to Homewood Field.

In Brief

Summer shuttle changes; care packages for nurses in Iraq, Afghanistan; cover of ‘PM’

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Summer changes announced for two shuttle routes

ith the spring semester coming to an end, summer schedule changes have been announced for two shuttle routes. The Homewood–Mount Washington Shuttle will run on its regular schedule during the summer, except on Commencement Day (Thursday, May 24), Memorial Day (Monday, May 28) and Independence Day (Wednesday, July 4), when it will not run at all. From Friday, May 18, through Sunday, Aug. 26, Homewood’s Blue Jay Shuttle will operate only as an on-demand, pointto-point service, which will be available between 5:45 p.m. and 4 a.m. There will be no service on Memorial Day and Independence Day. For transportation updates, go to parking .jhu.edu or nextbus.com.

Carey to hold info session on ‘global immersion’ course

he Carey Business School will hold an online information session at noon on Thursday, May 17, for a “global immersion” course the school will offer next fall and winter in Baltimore and Quito, Ecuador. Open to Johns Hopkins graduate students interested in learning how business competitiveness is developed on an international scale, the two-credit course will consist of three sessions at Carey’s Harbor East campus in Baltimore (Oct. 27 and 30, and Nov. 1) and a one-week residency in Quito (Jan. 6 to 12). The class size will be limited to 25 students. Magdalena Barreiro, dean of the business school at Universidad San Francisco de Quito and a former minister of economy and finance in Ecuador, will serve as instructor. She is expected to participate in Thursday’s information session. To join the session, go to connect .johnshopkins.edu/gip-ecuador. For more information, contact Emmanuel Opati of Carey’s Office of Executive and International Programs at emmanuel.opati@ jhu.edu.

Students assemble care packages for nurses in Iraq, Afghanistan

n the spirit of National Nurses’ Week, students at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing worked together to acknowledge the important contributions to care being made by nurses serving with the U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continuing a “tradition” begun in 2011, the school’s chapter of the National Student

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Nurses’ Association assembled care packages that included recent nursing journals, personal letters and cards, toiletries, easy-tocarry snacks, popular magazines and other items. The gifts were donated by faculty and students or purchased with more than $500 in donations from friends and family of current students, alumni and faculty. On Thursday, the NSNA shipped the packages to nurses at six overseas sites. Addresses were provided by the Army Nurse Corps, U.S. Air Force nurses, Air National Guard nurses and School of Nursing alumni. “People responded well to our effort, most acknowledging the great sacrifices that military nurses make in caring for our troops,” said Felicia Rockko, president of the Johns Hopkins NSNA chapter. “We are happy to provide these comfort items to our fellow nurses overseas to demonstrate our appreciation and support.” Nurses’ Week, sponsored by the American Nursing Association, begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who is considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

APL’s prosthetic limb on cover of ‘Popular Mechanics’

he Modular Prosthetic Limb developed by Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory is featured on the cover of the May issue of Popular Mechanics. The monthly magazine, which chronicles emerging technology and innovation, has a circulation of more than 1.2 million readers. “For 110 years, Popular Mechanics has been examining people’s relationship with technology, always with an eye to what the future will bring,” said Jennifer Bogo, senior editor for science at the magazine. “The modular prosthetic arm fits at that intersection beautifully: It’s demonstrating today the sci-fi world where cutting-edge bionics will one day lead.” The MPL is the crowning achievement of the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program, launched in 2006 to create a neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore full motor and sensory capability to upperextremity amputees. It has nearly the same number of degrees of freedom as the human arm, and it was designed to adapt to varying degrees of amputations. The prosthetic arm was controlled for the first time by electrical impulses from the brain at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Continuing clinical evaluations are paving the way for additional tests at UPMC and the California Institute of Technology involving patients with upper spinal cord injuries in order to explore different control methods.

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Expert on aging to expand outreach study with Balto. seniors By Thom Grizzard

School of Nursing

research team headed by Sarah L. Szanton, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, has received a $4 million grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to extend the team’s home-based intervention study with low-income older adults in Baltimore City. In a successful pilot program completed in 2010, the school’s investigators tested an initiative called CAPABLE, for Community Aging in Place: Advancing Better Living for Elders. The pilot intervention included up to six in-home visits with an occupational therapist, up to four in-home visits with a nurse and an average of $1,200 in household handyman repairs and modifications. The team’s goal was to test the effectiveness of mul-

tiple complementary strategies to increase the subjects’ functioning and mobility while improving their physical environments, so that older low-income adults could continue to live at home. While most elders would prefer to stay in their familiar surroundings, many require admission to a nursing home or other facility because they cannot perform the basic activities of daily living. Such “disabilities” are the primary predictor of nursing-home admissions. And the annual cost of such out-of-home care in the United States currently totals approximately $150 billion, most of which is publicly funded through Medicaid and Medicare. But Szanton points out that often a “disability” may be modified by addressing the disconnect between a person’s ability to function and the environment in which he lives. “We designed CAPABLE to improve self-care ability and mobility,” she said, “by intervening directly on these abilities as well as on the factors that modify them: pain,

up to 10 in-home sessions over a fourmonth period. The expanded study will involve 300 predominantly AfricanAmerican low-income residents of Baltimore City, age 65 or older, who live at home but have difficulty with such daily functions as housework, preparing meals, taking medications as prescribed, managing finances, personal hygiene or toileting. In addition to measuring short-term improvements in functionality and quality of life, Szanton and her team will test the longer-term effects of the interventions and weigh their economic value by assessing the impact on total health care costs over the 52 weeks following randomization. If successful, the planned cost analyses will offer the potential for wider translation of the strategies, positioning CAPABLE to reduce Medicare and Medicaid costs while decreasing health disparities among minority and low-income older adults.

medication management, strength and balance, depression and the physical environment of the home.” The Nursing team believes that given the increasing number of disabled, lowincome older adults and the resulting costs to health care systems, testing novel, costeffective interventions to enhance daily functioning at home should be a public health priority. Based closely on the successful pilot program, the extended study will be a randomized controlled trial that exposes participants to either a physical intervention with three components (pain management, medication adherence and dealing with depression; exercise, strengthening and adapting; and physical improvement of the home to facilitate livability and safety) or a cognitive intervention (which includes sequenced life-review interviews that have been shown to help with memory and mood). Participants will be enrolled from now through March 2015 and will experience

Reducing brain activity aids memory after cognitive decline By Lisa De Nike

Homewood

study led by a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist and published in the May 10 issue of the journal Neuron suggests a potential new therapeutic approach for improving memory and interrupting disease progression in patients with a form of cognitive impairment that often leads to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease. The focus of the study was “excess brain activity” commonly associated with conditions that cause mild cognitive decline and memory loss, and are linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. Previously, it had been thought that this neural hyperactivity in the hippocampus was the brain’s attempt to compensate for a weakness in forming new memories. Instead, the team found that this excess activity is contributing to conditions such as amnestic mild cognitive impairment, or aMCI, in which patients’ memories are worse than would be expected in healthy people the same age. “In the case of aMCI, it has been suggested that the increased hippocampal activation may serve a beneficial function by recruiting additional neural ‘resources’ to compensate for those that are lost,” explains lead author Michela Gallagher, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. “However, animal studies have raised the alternative view that this excess activation PS-2012_FirstLook_JHU Gazette 4-3r2

may be contributing to memory impairment.” To test how a reduction in that hippocampal activity would affect human patients with aMCI, Gallagher’s team administered a low dose of a drug clinically used to treat epilepsy. The goal was to reduce the test subjects’ activity to levels that were similar to those of healthy, age-matched subjects in a control group. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging to determine both the levels of excess activity and the reduction of it by way of the drug. Gallagher and her team found that those subjects who had been treated with an effective dose of the drug did better on a memory task, pointing to the therapeutic potential of reducing this excess activation of the hippocampus in patients with aMCI. These findings in human patients with aMCI are the first to clinically demonstrate that overactivity in the hippocampus has no benefit for cognition, and are consistent with Gallagher’s research in an animal model of memory loss: aged rodents. The findings may have broad clinical implications because increased hippocampal activation occurs not only in patients with aMCI but also in other conditions of risk, such as familial Alzheimer’s disease, or AD. Research in mouse models of familial AD conducted at the Gladstone Institutes of San Francisco has identified mechanisms of the brain that contribute to abnormal excitatory brain activity, as reported in a paper published in the April 27 issue of the journal 4/3/12

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Cell. In addition, the results of other studies in mice using the same drug used in aMCI patients were presented at last year’s International Congress on Alzheimer’s Disease in Paris, showing both improved memory performance and neuronal function in the hippocampus. “From both a scientific and a clinical perspective, I am thrilled about the consistency of findings obtained in aMCI patients and related animal models,” said Lennart Mucke, director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and a professor of neurology and neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco. According to Gallagher, the elevated hippocampal activity observed in conditions that precede AD may be one of the underlying mechanisms contributing to neurodegeneration and memory loss. Studies have found that if patients with aMCI are followed for a number of years, those with the greatest excess activation have the greatest further decline in memory, and are more likely to receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s over the next four to six years. “Apart from a direct role in memory impairment, there is concern that elevated activity in vulnerable neural networks could be causing additional damage and possibly promoting the widespread disease-related degeneration that underlies cognitive decline and the conversion to Alzheimer’s disease,” Gallagher said. “Therefore, reducing the elevated activity in the hippocampus may help to restore memory and protect the brain. It will require a carefully monitored,

lengthier clinical trial to determine if that is the case.” The team that conducted the Johns Hopkins study included Arnold Bakker, Greg Krauss, Marilyn Albert, Carolyn Speck, Lauren Jones, Michael Yassa, Amy Shelton and Susan Bassett. The team also included Craig Stark, of the University of California, Irvine. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Gallagher is the founder of, and a member of the scientific board of, AgeneBio, a biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for diseases that have an impact on memory, such as amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis. Gallagher owns AgeneBio stock, which is subject to certain restrictions under Johns Hopkins policy. She is entitled to shares of any royalties received by the university on sales of products related to her inventorship of intellectual property. The terms of these arrangements are managed by the university in accordance with its conflict-of-interest policies.

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With Melville bio, JHU Press entered the world of Sendak By Jack Holmes

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At the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Senior Design Day, held on May 8, Sarah McElman and Adam Merritt discuss with Engineering Dean Nick Jones, center, the project they worked on for Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory. APL has a 20-foot “tow tank,” similar to an oversized fish tank, that is used to test how ships and submarines move through the water. The students were asked to design and build a more advanced tow system to allow a broader range of testing. —Mary Beth Regan

Alcohol regulation on Internet failing to protect youth By Alicia Samuels

Bloomberg School of Public Health

lcohol is far too attractive and easy for youth to obtain on the Internet, according to a new commentary from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published online May 7 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, the commentary accompanies a new report from University of North Carolina researchers Rebecca Williams and Kurt Ribisl that documents the relative ease with which underage youth can purchase alcohol online. “Internet Alcohol Sales to Minors,” the report by Williams and Ribisl, is believed to be the first peer-reviewed study to examine the age verification practices of Internet alcohol vendors and how readily minors can purchase alcohol. Underage purchases were successful in 45 out of 100 attempts. “The fact that there are literally thousands of online outlets selling alcohol, and that purchase attempts by underage persons are successful almost half of the time, tells us how insufficient the protections are for our youth,” said David Jernigan, director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, or CAMY, and author of the commentary. Alcohol is the No. 1 drug for young people and is responsible for 4,700 deaths in the United States a year among young people under age 21.

In his commentary, Jernigan also noted that the Internet “marketplace” for alcohol goes beyond the sites selling alcohol and includes the industry’s advertising and marketing efforts. For example, a 2011 CAMY report documented the extent to which alcohol marketers are using Facebook, where youth are overrepresented, and therefore reaching underage youth with advertisements and other content. The CAMY researchers found that the 10 leading alcohol brands have almost 6.7 million people “liking” their Facebook pages. At least 14 studies have found that the more young people are exposed to alcohol advertising and marketing, the more likely they are to drink, or, if they are already drinking, to drink more. “The bottom line is that alcohol regulation and enforcement are simply not keeping up with new technologies,” Jernigan concluded. “Tighter controls on content and better technology to limit underage access are needed to reduce alcohol use among young people.” CAMY monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America’s youth. CAMY was founded in 2002 at Georgetown University with funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. CAMY moved to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2008 and is currently funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

he wild rumpus, university-press style, started in 1996, when The Johns Hopkins University Press prepared to publish the first volume of Hershel Parker’s magisterial biography of Herman Melville. As an eminent Melville scholar and editor of the Northwestern-Newberry Writings of Herman Melville, Parker knew just about everyone in the close community of Melville experts, collectors and devotees. Singular among them, perhaps, was the renowned illustrator and children’s book author Maurice Sendak, who died on May 8. “There’s a mystery there,” Sendak once said of Melville’s writing, “a clue, a nut, a bolt, and if I put it together, I find me.” At Parker’s request, Sendak completed two portraits of Melville, both pen-andink drawings with watercolor wash, that appear in the JHU Press editions of Herman Melville: A Biography published in 1996 and 2002. Sendak brought his lifelong appreciation of the writer, along with characteristic depth and playfulness, to the illustrations that serve as both jacket art and frontispiece for the two volumes. For volume one, which covers 1819 to 1851, Sendak depicts the young Melville in handsome profile with ship’s rigging in the background, holding

Survey Continued from page 1 comes greater participation. We want to know from as many employees as possible just what they value in their current work environment, and what more they need to make Johns Hopkins University the absolute best place in the world to be.” The confidential employee engagement survey, which is expected to take 10 minutes to complete, will feature questions prepared jointly by Gallup and the JHU Gallup Survey Planning Committee, whose members were selected to represent various areas of the university and to ensure that their areas had a voice in the engagement process. Gallup will send each employee a unique code—which will not include any individual identifying information such as birth date or Social Security number—that will be used to access the survey. Responses can be

a writer’s quill in his hand and wearing a top hat decorated with a whimsical yellow flower. The illustration for the second volume, which spans 1851 to 1891, shows an older, more somber Melville, entwined in ivy and the cares of later life. JHU Press designer Glen Burris, who created the jackets and interior designs for both volumes, worked with Sendak as he prepared the illustrations and later got to meet him. “I visited him at his home in Ridgefield [Conn.] in 2002,” comments Burris, “to return the illustration we used on the second volume. Sendak was a Melville fanatic and something of a curmudgeon. He had lots of opinions and could no doubt talk to Hershel Parker about Melville the way another scholar might. But he was also a very gracious host, and I wound up spending the afternoon with him. He showed me his illustrations for Brundibar, which had not yet been published, and his copy of the famous edition of Moby Dick with illustrations by Rockwell Kent. We talked about books and the work of illustrating. He was a wonderful guy.” The Melville biography would be a great critical success for the Press and enjoy strong sales. The volumes were lauded by The New York Times and called “an astonishing achievement” by The New Republic. Paperback editions, featuring Sendak’s portraits of Melville, were published by the Press in 2005.

submitted 24 hours a day during the survey period. Debbie Sampson, senior director of Talent Management and Organization Development for the university and chair of the University Gallup Survey Planning Committee, said, “The survey is an opportunity for every staff member to express his or her opinions freely and openly. Participation is a personal choice. Choosing to participate or not can directly impact future decisions that can potentially make positive change in our work life here at JHU.” The Gallup Organization will not share individual responses with Johns Hopkins management, Sampson said. In late summer, Gallup will present Johns Hopkins with summary reports of the results by division, department and work unit, and anonymous reports for groups of at least five employees will then be provided to department heads. Managers will share the data with employees in early fall. Employees will then be asked to participate in groups to develop action plans that will help build a better workplace. G

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Robert J. Adams named associate provost for animal research By Dennis O’Shea

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obert J. Adams, a veterinarian, biomedical researcher and member of the faculty for 35 years, has been appointed associate provost for animal research and resources at The Johns Hopkins University. Adams, who had been filling the position on an interim basis, directs the care of more than 150,000 animals—the vast majority of them mice and rats—that university researchers use to learn about the basic processes of life and to devise new disease treatments. He also advises university leadership and faculty members on issues pertaining to the use of animals in research. “Bob Adams is a talented veterinarian with a deep understanding of research methodology,” said Scott Zeger, vice provost for research, to whom Adams reports. “He understands how to get the job done, even under resource constraints.” Adams joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1977, becoming director of the Division of Animal Services and Laboratory Animal Medicine two years later. In addition to current roles as the univer-

Robert Adams heads a team of 12 veterinarians and 63 staff caring for more than 150,000 animals on three campuses.

sity’s attending veterinarian and director of research animal resources, he is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology and remains an active researcher. “I love the place,” Adams said of his

career-long tenure at Johns Hopkins. “I love the work; I love the research. I like the whole environment here.” Adams’ 12 veterinarians and 63 staff provide round-the-clock care for animals housed on the university’s East Baltimore,

CER offers faculty grants for humanities, social sciences By Brian Shields

Sheridan Libraries

he Sheridan Libraries’ Center for Educational Resources has announced a grants program to support pedagogical innovation in humanities and social sciences disciplines. The grants are focused on courses for Homewood undergraduate students and made possible through generous funding from university trustee Christopher Hoehn-Saric and the Smart Family Foundation.

Proposed projects must assist with the acquisition and practical application of digital literacy skills within course work or through courses that integrate humanities or social sciences and STEM content. Projects should build on and reinforce known best practices in education, including active learning, the encouragement of highlevel student-faculty interaction and student collaboration. Proposals should demonstrate awareness of the variety of student learning styles. The CER staff is available to provide feedback on proposals before submission and to offer assistance in identifying qualified students to work on projects.

Proposals may be submitted by individual faculty members, groups of faculty, single departments or multiple departments; interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. Targeted established courses must be listed or cross-listed in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences catalog. The deadline for proposals is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23. Funding announcements will be made in June. Additional information, including the full request for proposals, may be found at cer.jhu .edu/grants-h-ss.html. Questions may be directed to Macie Hall at macie.hall@ jhu.edu or 410-516-6165.

Actor Sam Waterston receives Goodermote Award By Tim Parsons

Bloomberg School of Public Health

ctor Sam Waterston is the recipient of the Goodermote Humanitarian Award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for his longtime support of the plight of refugees around the world. Waterston was presented with the award at a ceremony held at the school on May 9. “Mr. Waterston’s acting accomplishments are well-known, but his work as an advocate for the displaced victims of war is far less celebrated,” said Michael J. Klag, dean of the Bloomberg School. “We admire Mr. Waterston’s support of this important cause and commend his commitment.” The Goodermote Award is the Bloomberg School’s premier humanitarian honor. Previous recipients include CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien and NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo. Waterston is perhaps best known for his portrayal of district attorney Jack McCoy in the long-running television series Law & Order, for which he earned three Emmy nominations, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. He received an Oscar nomination for The Killing Fields, a film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. As a philanthropist and activist, Waterston has been a board member of Refugees International for more than 25 years. He

Sam Waterston was recognized for his support of the plight of refugees.

also serves on the boards of Oceana, an ocean conservation organization; Austen Riggs, a Stockbridge, Mass., facility specializing in psychotherapeutic treatment of psychiatric disorders; and the Public Theater in New York City. Waterston’s other accomplishments include three Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award for I’ll Fly Away and two Golden Globe nominations for the Nick Carraway role in The Great Gatsby. He was awarded an Emmy as host of the 10-part

NBC informational series Lost Civilizations and, in England, has received numerous BAFTA nominations. Waterston earned a Tony Award nomination as Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois and an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award for his Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. He also has appeared in numerous films by Woody Allen, John Waters and Anthony Harvey; Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, with Katharine Hepburn, Michael Moriarty and Joanna Miles; and Eagles Wing, with Martin Sheen and Harvey Keitel. Waterston is a graduate of Yale University and lives in Connecticut with his wife, Lynn. They have four children and three grandchildren. The Goodermote Humanitarian award was established in 2008 by Dean Goodermote and the Goodermote family to support the Bloomberg School’s training and education mission, and to honor the commitment of the school’s alumni to advancing public health worldwide. Dean Goodermote chairs the advisory committee for the school’s Center for Refugee and Disaster Response. In addition to the award, the Goodermote family has established a scholarship for students studying international health who are committed to addressing the needs of displaced people and to furthering the mission of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response. The awards presentation is available for viewing online at jhsph.edu/refugee/waterston.html.

Bayview and Homewood campuses, ensuring compliance with federal law and regulations and with accreditation requirements of the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International. They also train faculty and staff members and students in the proper handling of and care for research animals. Nancy Ator, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and chair of the university’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, said that Adams “long has played a critical role” in the committee’s approval and oversight of research protocols involving animals. “He is incredibly valuable on the IACUC, not only because of his complete familiarity with many of the Johns Hopkins faculty but also because of his keen grasp of the goals of the research,” Ator said. “He often can point out pitfalls of planned approaches and guide researchers to a more productive one. His obvious great appreciation for and understanding of the value and innovation of the animal research protocols we review enables him to communicate effectively with faculty.” Nearly every advance in human medical care depends on research involving species whose biology in some way mirrors that of humans. Animals are also critical to building more fundamental knowledge in areas such as genetics, perception, cognition, human development and the aging process. Adams is a 1969 graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at Cornell University in 1973. After a year in private practice, he first came to Johns Hopkins in 1974 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Comparative Medicine in the School of Medicine.

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NASA Mars spacecraft detects large changes in Martian dunes The study examined images taken in 2007 and 2010 of the Nili Patera sand dune field located near the planet’s equator. By correlating movement of ripples to their position on the dune, the analysis determined that entire dunes are moving. This allows researchers to estimate the volume, or flux, of moving sand. “We chose Nili Patera because we knew there was sand motion going on there, and we could quantify it,” said Nathan Bridges, a planetary scientist at APL and lead author of the Nature paper. “The Nili dunes also are similar to dunes in places like Antarctica and to other locations on Mars.” The study adds important information about the pace at which blowing sand could be actively eroding rocks on Mars. Using the new information about the volume of sand that is moving, scientists estimate that rocks in Nili Patera would be worn away at about the same pace as rocks near sand dunes in Antarctica, where similar sand fluxes occur. Scientists calculate that if someone stood in the Nili Patera dunes and measured out a one-yard width, they would see more than two cubic yards of sand pass by in an Earth year, about as much as in a child’s sandbox. “No one had estimates of this flux before,” Bridges said. “We had seen with HiRISE [High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment] that there was dune motion, but it was an open question how much sand could be moving. Now, we can answer that.” Scientists will use the information to understand broader mysteries on Mars, like why so much of the surface appears heavily eroded, how that occurred and whether it is a current process or was done in the past. Scientists can now point to sand flux as a mechanism capable of creating significant erosion today on the Red Planet.

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Office of Human Resources Wyman Park Building, Suite W600 410-516-7196 The Whiting School of Engineering has two IT openings. The Linux Administrator will perform Linux/UNIX systems and security administration, design computer system solutions, and develop and troubleshoot software within the Department of Computer Science. The Senior Systems Administrator will manage and develop servers and attached clients for computationally intensive research activities, primarily for the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics. For more information on these positions and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu. 49962 51870

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School of Medicine Office of Human Resources 98 N. Broadway, Suite 300 410-955-2990 The School of Medicine is seeking an experienced Research Operations Manager to work in partnership with the institution and faculty to lead the exploration, expansion, development and management of research opportunities for the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network. For a detailed job description and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu. 51798

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Schools of Public Health and Nursing Office of Human Resources 2021 E. Monument St. 410-955-3006 The Bloomberg School of Public Health is seeking skilled applicants for several partand full-time positions. For detailed job descriptions and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu.

team led by a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory scientist has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on Mars occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth. This is unexpected because Mars has a much thinner atmosphere than Earth—only about 1 percent as dense—and its highspeed winds are less frequent and weaker than Earth’s. For years, researchers debated whether or not sand dunes observed on Mars were mostly fossil features related to past climate, rather than currently active. In the last two years, researchers using images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected and reported sand movement. Now, images from MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment have indicated that entire dunes as thick as 200 feet are moving as coherent units across the Martian landscape. The study was published online May 9 by the journal Nature. “This exciting discovery will inform scientists trying to better understand the changing surface conditions of Mars on a more global scale,” said Doug McCuistion, director of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. “This improved understanding of surface dynamics will provide vital information in planning future robotic and human Mars exploration missions.” Researchers analyzed before-and-after images using a new software tool developed at the California Institute of Technology. The tool measured changes in the position of sand ripples, revealing that the ripples move faster the higher up they are on a dune.

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W OR K S H O P S Thurs., May 17, and Fri., May 18, 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m.

“She’s Got It: A Woman’s Guide to Saving and Investing,” Johns Hopkins University Woman-to-Woman financial empowerment workshops presented in partnership with TIAA-CREF. For information or to RSVP, call 800-732-8353 or go to events.signup4.com/jhu. Refreshments will be served. Glass Pavilion, Levering (Thursday) and E2030 SPH (Friday). HW, EB

May 14, 2012 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bayview (Elrino St), spacious, bright end unit, 2nd flr, 1BR, living rm, kitchen, wireless Internet. $650/best offer. 443-386-8471 or fanauh2o@yahoo.com. Bayview, 1BR and BA, furn’d, free street prkng, avail July 1, 1-yr lease, sec dep req’d. $750/mo incl utils. parkermineral@comcast .net. Charles Village, 4BR, 2BA RH, 3 flrs, 2 mins to 27th St JHMI shuttle, dw, W/D, sec sys, avail June 1. $2,000/mo. 410-206-7167. Charles Village, updated 3BR, 1.5BA RH, W/D, storage in bsmt, hdwd flrs, ample prkng on- and off-street, garden, pets considered, nr JHU/shuttle, avail Aug, refs req’d. $1,700/mo. tailin.smith@gmail.com. Charles Village, 3BR, 2BA Victorian RH, W/D, sec sys, fenced yd, garage, 5-min walk to shuttle, no pets/no smokers. $1,650/mo + utils. 301-699-7583 or housecv@gmail.com. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen; call for wkly/wknd rentals. 410638-9417 or jzpics@yahoo.com (for pics). Elkridge, 2BR TH, W/D, fp, loft in master BR, pets OK. $1,800/mo. christian.feuerstein@ gmail.com. Fells Point (822B S Bond St), lovely 2BR condo, 1,100 sq ft, modern kitchen, dw, CAC, gas heat, ceiling fans in BRs, 14' ceilings, lots of closet space, reserved prkng space. $1,800/mo incl condo fees, water, reserved prkng. 410-381-4370 (for appt to view). Fells Point, 1BR, 1BA apt, AC, ceramic tile in BA, hdwd flrs, appls, outdoor roof deck, pref nonsmoker. $1,000/mo + utils. 410-375-4862. Hampden (Falls Rd and Morling Ave), lovely 3BR duplex, 2,000 sq ft, 2 full BAs, spacious eat-in kitchen, dw, W/D, lots of free street prkng, close to everything, 1-yr lease, sec dep req’d. $1,500/mo. Mina, 410-592-2670. Hampden/Remington, 2BR, 1BA apt, CAC, W/D in unit, hdwd flrs, free Internet, 10-min walk to JHMI shuttle. $850/mo. yliu39@gmail.com. Linthicum, HICKORY 3BR rancher,HEIGHTS 2 full BAs, 2-car A lovely hilltop setting on Hickory Avenue driveway, new kitchen/window/doors, fin’d in Hampden! 2 BD units from $760

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bsmt, 20-min commute to JHH, Bayview and Homewood. $1,700/mo + utils. Anthony, 410-227-4410 or anthony72874@gmail.com. Lutherville/Falls Rd, 4- or 5BR house, 3.5BAs, living rm, dining rm, family rm, fin’d bsmt, 2 mi to JFX, avail July 1. 443791-1312. Lutherville/Timonium, 3BR, 2.5BA TH, new paint/crpt/laminate flrs/dw/refrigerator, deck, yd, conv access to 695/I-83, no pets. 410-828-4583 or moqiu@comcast.net. Monument St, sublet 2BR brownstone for June and July. $1,250/mo. kekker413@ gmail.com. Mt Washington, spacious 4BR house, 2.5BAs, furn’d, CAC, ideal for family on academic sabbatical, avail Aug 20, 2012, to Aug 30, 2013. 410-466-0255 or b.meneveau@comcast.net. Mt Washington, quiet, spacious 4BR, 2.5BA house, avail June 11-Aug 5, W/D, hdwd flrs, WiFi, grand piano, no smoking/no pets. $1,975/mo incl utils. 410-913-9687 or violaine62@comcast.net. Ocean City, MD (137th St), 3BR, 2BA condo, lg in-ground pool, steps from beach, off-street prkng (2 spaces), short walk to restaurants/entertainment. 410-544-2814. Towson, charming, fully renov’d 3BR, 2BA rancher, wooded lot backs up to Loch Raven Reservoir, easy access to beltway/95/downtown, 1-yr lease, avail July 1. $2,100/mo + utils, lawn service incl’d. 970-471-2492. Towson/Parkville, well-kept 3-story TH in Loch Raven Village, 3BRs, 1BA, plenty of free prkng, avail end of May/June. 443-7911513 or cms1107@gmail.com. Upper Fells Point, beautiful 3BR, 2.5BA TH, kitchen, lots of storage, priv courtyd, walk to JHH/shops/restaurants and green circulator line, avail July 1. $2,000/mo. 410-718-6134. Wyman Park, 3BR, 2BA house behind JHU, dw, W/D, garage. $1,500/mo + utils. Gary, 443-695-3110. Very spacious 3- and 4BR apts nr Homewood campus, avail for summer/fall occupancy. $1,350/mo or $1,485/mo. 443-2532113 or pulimood@aol.com.

Beautiful and spacious 2BR, 1BA apt in renov’d historic bldg, open-concept floor Shown by appointment plan, walk to Homewood campus, move in 410.764.7776 Beautiful spacious Town House in 1st wk of June, pets welcome. $1,750/mo. www.brooksmanagementcompany.com Timonium (Balto. Co.), 3BD, 2BA, 2 Half BA, 973-271-6139 or saucysloth@gmail.com. with Balcony - $790

finished basement including office, HWD Modern yet rustic 2BR cottage in the woods, Floors, easy access to I‐83, ideal for JHU Emp./Students, Only $2100 per mo. adjacent to Robert E Lee Park, AC, W/D, covered porch, conv location. $2,500/mo. 443‐398‐0440

410-296-1640 or t.co/gq2IRSwr.

Luxury Elevator Building in Charles Village! Spacious 2BD, 2BA, full size W/D. Free off street pkg. All new appliances! $1300 - $1425.00!

Shown by appointment

410.764.7776

www.brooksmanagementcompany.com

HOUSES FOR SALE

Bayview, 2BR, 2BA EOG, 1,400 sq ft, lg bright rms, newly renov’d, granite, upstairs laundry, office/den or 3rd BR, fin’d lower level. $165,000. 410-935-8060. Fells Point, 3-story RH in historic district, lg priv yd, many recent renovations. Dorothy, 443-750-7750. Hunt Valley, 4BR house in safe, familyoriented neighborhood, homes rarely availHICKORY HEIGHTS A lovely hilltop setting on Hickory Avenue in Hampden! 2 BD units from $760

with Balcony - $790 Shown by appointment

410.764.7776

www.brooksmanagementcompany.com

able, beautiful court and backyd. $499,000/ best offer. 443-622-2495. 3402 Mt Pleasant Ave, quality craftsmanship, nr all JH, ideal location, won’t last. $159,900. 302-981-6947 or jvgiiird@ hotmail.com.

Apple Power Mac G5 2.3 DP, model# M9748LL/A, release early 2005 (ID 7,3), keyboard and monitor, OS X 10.4, disks incl’d, 1GB memory, 250GB hard drive. $275. aweil@baitman.org.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED ROOMMATES WANTED

Two F wanted for new 3BR, 3.5BA TH, 2 blks to JHMI. $540/mo or $560/mo + utils. 410-979-0721 or grant.tz@comcast.net. Student/grad wanted to share 4BR, 1BA house in Charles Village, hdwd flrs, W/D, patio, avail June 1. $550/mo incl utils (sec dep req’d). donischk@gmail.com. Share all new refurbished TH (924 N Broadway) w/other medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com. M prof’ls wanted to share furn’d 3BR, 2BA TH, walking distance to Bayview and JHU shuttle line, new kitchen, hdwd flrs. $550/ mo + 1/3 utils. jtian0627@hotmail.com.

Need to re-home my 9-mo-old hound-mix puppy, neutered, housebroken, crate-trained. jessica.swadow@gmail.com (for info/pics). Host families needed, June 27-July 24, 15 students from Spain need host families for cultural exchange program; host families come in all shapes/sizes. Jeff Brotman, 410299-8308 or jabrotman@msn.com. Help needed with a booth at an event in Washington DC, June 4-6, total compensation $600. 646-717-4789. Local prof’l couple hoping to start a family via surrogacy. adameden13@gmail.com. Resident assistants wanted July 13-20 to supervise 60 high school students for oneweek camp at Homewood campus. Shanna, skh9701@gmail.com. Looking for responsible house-sitter for July and August, refs req’d. 443-413-2821.

CARS FOR SALE

’89 Toyota Tercel, 4-spd, manual, 70K mi. $1,250. John, 410-419-3902. ’04 Landrover Discovery SE7, silver, black leather interior, transferable extended warranty, in great cond, 109K mi. $8,500. 410446-1252. ’01 Subaru Forester L, AWD, new front brakes, tires at 85% tread remaining, clean Carfax, owned by nonsmoker, insp’d, 125K mi. 410-948-0789. ’96 Toyota Camry LE, V6, green, wellmaintained, runs great, AC, CD, orig 105K mi. $3,500. 443-852-0706 or emad_assal@ yahoo.com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Two tickets for Everyman Theatre production of You Can’t Take It With You, Wed, June 6. $35/ea. 443-904-4399 or jwilli33@ gmail.com. Startup kitchen supplies, dining rm set, exterior French doors, full-length Dior silver fox coat, fitness chair, office supplies, masonry/wood sprayer, garden mesh, decorative items, man’s travel bag, champagne buckets, Fossil watch boxes, Playboy mags. 443-8242198 or saleschick2011@hotmail.com. Sultan Hanestad bed, full size w/frame and base, like new, incls free pillows, quilt, cushions, bedcover. $300. Yi-Lung, 319400-5060 or yilungkuo@gmail.com. Hon 4-drawer locking lateral file cabinet, $200; entertainment center, 50"W x 68"H x 19"D, $75. 410-379-8577 or sheridan@ quixnet.net. Portable canvas patio chair, Epson Stylus 760 color printer, sand beach chairs (2), digital piano, 100W amplifier, keyboard case, oil-filled heaters (3), ergonomic kneeling posture chair. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@ verizon.net.

JHU graduate student tutor for physics/ math/chemistry, elementary to high school, will tutor on JHU campus. 410-402-3303 (9am-9pm) or helena.tutoring@gmail.com. Looking for responsible house-sitter/tenant, Charles Village, May through October or any part thereof. 443-602-7284. Fun, lively Chinese tutor wanted for highschooler in 1st yr of study, in our home. $20/hr. cavallon@gmail.com. Java, C, C++, Perl, Python, etc, developers needed for small pilot projects, ideal for students. $30/hr. 202-618-9365. Grass cutting, weed whacking, edging, leaf removal and exterior painting and junk hauling. George, 443-762-3183. Russian-speaking table tennis player invites for tournament May 20, JCC Park Heights Ave. 443-517-9023 or rgpinman@aol.com. Editing of biomedical documents offered by a PhD biomedical scientist and certified editor in the life sciences. 443-600-2264 or michellejones@jonesbiomediting.com. Affordable and professional landscaper/certified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com. Tutor for all subjects/levels; remedial, gifted; help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading, more. 410337-9877 (after 8pm) or i1__@hotmail.com. Masterpiece Landscaping provides knowledgeable on-site consultation, transplanting, bed preparation, installation, sm tree/ shrub shaping, licensed. Terry, 410-6523446. Licensed landscaper avail for spring/summer lawn maintenance, mulching, yard cleanup, other services incl’d trash hauling. 410-8126090 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

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a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with HeonJae Jeong. 461 Hampton House. EB Mon., May 14, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“Experience and Sleep: Partners in Synaptic Plasticity” with Marcos Frank, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

“Child and Adolescent Access to Mental Health Care in the Aftermath of Natural Disaster: Predictors of Parental Consent and Legislative Efforts Affecting Child and Adolescent Access,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Ciara Zachary. 744 Hampton House. EB

Tues., May 15, 10 a.m.

“Intergenerational Transmission of Violence With Family and Friends in Cebu, Philippines,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Mahua Mandal. W2303 SPH. EB

“X-ROS in the Heart: A Novel Nanoscopic Signaling Pathway,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with W. Jonathan Lederer, University of Maryland, Baltimore. W1020 SPH. EB

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“piRNAs and piRNPs: The Good Shepherds of the Genome,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Zissimos Mourelatos, University of Pennsylvania. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Mon., May 21, 2 p.m. “Chronic Kidney Disease, Plasma Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Julio Lamprea-Montealegre. W3008 SPH. EB

Tues., May 15, 11 a.m.

Preparatory Dance caps off the season with two performances of ‘Cinderella’ choreographed by Peabody Dance artistic director Carol Bartlett, with music by Sergei Prokofiev. More than 100 students, ages 6 to 18, will dance in each performance. Tickets are $8. See Dance.

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“Habitable Planet Detection and Characterization With Far Infrared Coherent Interferometry,” an STScI colloquium with James Lloyd, Cornell University. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW DANCE Sun., May 20, 1 and 4 p.m.

Preparatory Spring Dance performance of Cinderella. (See photo, this page.) Advance ticket purchase required; call 410-234-4626. Friedberg Hall. Peabody L E C T URE S Mon., May 14, 11 a.m. The Francis D. Carlson Lecture in Biophysics—“Mass Spectrometry: From Peripheral Proteins to Membrane Motors” by Carol Robinson, University of Oxford, U.K. Sponsored by Biophysics. 50 Gilman. HW

The Dean’s Lecture IV—“Immune Modulation for Hand Transplantation: Changing the Risk-Benefit Balance” by W.P. Andrew Lee, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB

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“Beyond the Marlboro Man: Lung Cancer in Women,” a FAMRI Center of Excellence at Johns Hopkins lecture by Heather Wakelee, Stanford University. Owens Auditorium. EB Thurs., May 17, 4 p.m. The 12th annual Daniel Nathans, MD, Lecture in Molecular Genetics— “Exploring the Human Gut Microbiome: Dining In With Trillions of Fascinating Friends” by Jeffrey Gordon, Washington University School of Medicine. Sponsored by Molecular Biology and Genet-

The Homewood Brain and Cognition Lecture—“Neural Representation of Object Structure and Object Categories” by Charles Connor, SoM; and “Species-Specific Representation of Object Information in the Primate Brain” by Sabine Kastner, Princeton University. Sponsored by Cognitive Science and the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW Fri., May 18, 3 p.m.

MUSIC Sat., May 19, 3 p.m. The Peabody Preparatory Wind Orchestra and Band perform music by various artists. Griswold Hall. Peabody

REA D I N G S / B OO K TALKS Wed., May 16, 7 p.m. Local author and MICA lecturer Jennifer Wallace will discuss and sign copies of her book, It Can Be Solved by Walking. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Evaluation of the Intervention,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Mihio Tanaka. 744 Hampton House. EB “Experimental Approaches for Detecting and Treating Prostate Cancer,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Shawn Lupold, SoM. W1020 SPH. EB

Mon., May 14, noon.

“CoTranscriptional Recruitment of the Splicing snRNPs,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Michel Bellini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

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“Achieving Universal Access Without Universal Insurance: The Role of the Safety Net,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics noon seminar with Mark Hall, Wake Forest University. W3008 SPH. EB “Severe Maternal Complications, Near Miss and Quality of Care,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Ozge Tuncalp. W4517 SPH. EB

Mon., May 14, 1 p.m.

“The Household Effect: An Independent Longitudinal Evaluation of WaterVending Kiosks in Rural Ghana,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Melissa Opryszko. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., May 14, 1:30 p.m.

S E M I N AR S Mon., May 14, 9 a.m. “Community Engagement in Research: Lessons From the Clinical and Translational Science Award Program and Development of a Framework to Determine the Ethical Duty to Engage Communities in Research,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Jessica Holzer. 250 Hampton House. EB

“Determinants of Hepatitis B Screening Behavior Among Asian Americans: From the Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective and the

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Mon., May 14, 2 p.m. “Making a University City: Cycles of Disinvestment, Urban Renewal and Displacement in East Baltimore,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Stephanie Farquhar. 744 Hampton House. EB Mon., May 14, 3 p.m. “The Effects of Computerized Prescriber Order Entry on Prescribing Errors,”

Tues., May 15, 11:30 a.m. “The Role of Interpersonal Communications and Communication Networks on HIV/AIDS-related Behaviors in Malawi: Implication for Behavior Change Programming,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Rupali Limaye. 901 Hampton House. EB Tues., May 15, 1 p.m. “Dissecting

the Circuits That Link Sensation to Action in the Drosophila Visual System,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Tom Clandinin, Stanford University. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Wed., May 16, 9 a.m. “Effect of Health Care Professionals’ Weight-Related Advice on U.S. Adult Patients’ Physical Activity and Weight Change,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Hsing-Yu Yang. 339 Hampton House. EB

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Mental Health Noon Seminar— “Stories I Will Not Tell at My Final Defense About Mood Disorders Among Asian Americans” with Su Yeon Lee, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB “Nontraditional Peptide Drug Leads Discovery,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Hiroaki Suga, University of Tokyo. 701 WBSB. EB

Wed., May 16, 1:30 p.m.

“Statistical Methods Applied to Synthetic Lethality Analysis by Microarrays,” a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Samara Kiihl. E9519 SPH. EB

The David Bodian Seminar—“The Ins and Outs of Purkinje Cells: Error Signals and Motor Commands” with Javier Medina, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., May 21, 4 p.m.

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Wed., May 16, 6:30 p.m. “The American Style: Colonial Revival and the Modern Metropolis,” a discussion by Donald Albrecht, curator of architecture and design, Museum of the City of New York. Last in the three-part House Beautiful lecture series, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Museums. Guests are invited to stay after the program for a reception and book signing with the speaker. $20 general admission, $15 for museum members and students. Advance registration recommended; call 410-516-0341 or go to brownpapertickets.com/ event/219383. Evergreen Museum & Library. Thurs., May 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Teaching With Tech-

nology Fair 2012—Collaboration in Health Professions Education, with a keynote address by Jason Farman, University of Maryland, College Park and author of Mobile Interface Theory. Sponsored by the Office for Teaching Excellence in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning With Technology, SoM Instructional Technologies and JHH Nursing Administration. For information, go to nursing.jhu .edu/techfair. Armstrong Medical Education Building. EB

Wed., May 16, 2 p.m.

“Cytochrome P450 17A1: Structure, Function and Prostate Cancer Drug Target,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Emily Scott, University of Kansas. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Wed., May 16, 4 p.m.

“Understanding Research Skill Development in Graduate Students: Emerging Patterns and Influences,” a Cell Biology seminar with David Feldon, University of Virginia. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

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