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Are we born with certain math

Joseph Brady, a pioneering

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skills? A study of preschoolers

behavioral neuroscientist and

Baltimore-Washington area and abroad, since 1971.

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professor, dies at 89, page 3

August 15, 2011

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significantly revised and en­­ hanced shuttle service at Home­ wood is ready for liftoff.

Effective Aug. 24, the Blue Jay Shuttle service will operate on a new fixed-route evening schedule in an area proximate to the Homewood campus.

New service Under the new system, the fleet comes as a of vans will depart from Mason Hall— response to seen as the shut­ tle’s transportation a student hub—starting at 5:45 p.m. The vans survey will leave at 15 and 45 minutes after the hour and service five set routes within a limited area surround­ ing the Homewood campus. The colorcoded routes include 72 marked “flag stops”—safe passenger loading zones—at selected university-owned buildings, offcampus residence halls and commercial/ retail locations.

In addition to a circular route around the Homewood campus, the vans will travel to the nearby neighborhoods of Charles Village, Hampden, Waverly, Remington, Keswick and Wyman Park, hitting such spots as The Rotunda shop­ ping center, the Meadow Mill Athletic Club and Woodberry Light Rail stop, the Safeway and CVS on North Charles Street, “The Avenue” in Hampden, the Waverly Giant, the new Fresh & Green’s supermarket on 41st Street and other retail establishments.

Although designed for students at Homewood, Johns Hopkins affiliates with a valid J-Card can also use the system.

Previously, the Blue Jay Shuttle oper­ ated on a demand-based point-to-point approach. The free service, formerly known as the Homewood Security Escort Van service, would pick up and drop off students from campus and other locations within a mile radius of the Homewood campus from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. Since April, the shuttle has been

Summer in the city

By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

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enneth Felsenstein got his hands dirty this summer, and loved every minute of it.

Felsenstein, a public health major, interned at Blue Water Baltimore, a restoration, education and advocacy nonprofit that aims for cleaner water in the city’s rivers, streams and harbor. The organization, founded last fall, merged five separate agencies: the Jones Falls Watershed Association, Herring Run Watershed Association, Gwynns Falls Watershed Association, Baltimore Har­ bor Watershed Association and Balti­ more Harbor Waterkeeper.

At Blue Water, Felsenstein worked as a member of the “Green Pod,” which is responsible for conservation landscap­ ing, community greening and watershed maintenance. He tracked urban forestry projects through the city’s TreeBaltimore initiative, managed groups of Youth­

‘Our community partners were thrilled with the students’

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By Greg Rienzi

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Working for Blue Water Baltimore, Kenneth Felsenstein was part of a bacterial monitoring project in the Inner Harbor and Patapsco’s Middle Branch.

Works volunteers, assisted in stream cleanups, helped oversee a massive proj­ ect to transform an unused school park­ ing lot into a community green space and helped administer the organization’s bacterial monitoring program in two major waterways.

The senior’s responsibilities didn’t end there, but he had to pause for a breath.

“It has been a very rewarding experi­ ence,” said Felsenstein on the eve of the final day of his internship. “I have learned a significant amount about the inter­ connectedness of public health and our natural environment, and developed the technical standards to be successful in an environmentally driven organization.”

Felsenstein was one of 25 students who participated in the new Johns Hopkins Community Impact Internships program, run by the university’s Center for Social Concern. The student program paired the 25 students with 25 Baltimore non­ profit, community-based organizations or city social service agencies to conduct meaningful, hands-on work.

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Blue Jay Shuttle goes fixed route

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Elizabeth Gomez was matched with the Baltimore City Health Department’s Carrera Mi Espacio Program, which works with disadvantaged Latino youth.

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In Brief

Charles Street construction; mystery writer Laura Lippman; sale at Homewood Museum

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Work hard, play hard Students in the Center for Talented Youth summer program in Carlisle, Pa., catch a water break during a recent heat wave. More than 9,200 students at 25 locations participated in CTY’s summer programs, which ended Aug. 5.

Timetable changed for Charles Street construction

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he early November planned shut­ down of Charles Street between 29th Street and University Parkway near the Homewood campus has been delayed until after Jan. 1, 2012. A specific time is not yet known, and the university is awaiting new dates from the city’s Department of Transpor­ tation, according to Larry Kilduff, executive director of Facilities Management. The proj­ ect will happen as planned, Kilduff said.

In the meantime, BGE continues its work to install a new gas line from 25th Street to University Parkway, a project that has to be finished in advance of the start of the Charles Street reconstruction project.

Progress on this work is on schedule and expected to be completed by the end of December, Kilduff said.

Mystery writer Laura Lippman to speak at Barnes & Noble

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altimore mystery writer Laura Lipp­ man, who has won every major award given to U.S. crime writings, will dis­ cuss and sign copies of her latest book, The Most Dangerous Thing, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Since her first novel, Baltimore Blues, was published in 1997, Lippman has had a steady stream of successes that includes 10 other books in the Tess Monaghan series; short stories; and five previous novels, including I’d Know You Anywhere and What the Dead Know.

The latest book from the former Baltimore

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Sun reporter, described as a “superbly unset­ tling tale of the consequences of long-buried secrets,” shifts from present to past as it fol­ lows five former friends who separated after a violent encounter in the woods.

Homewood Museum gift shop plans sale during Orientation

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he Homewood Museum gift shop will be running a sale during New Student Orientation, from Aug. 24 to 28. Everyone with a valid Johns Hopkins ID will receive a 20 percent discount on all merchandise, excluding consignment items.

Teach for America ranks JHU on top contributors list

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each for America has reported that nearly 8 percent of Johns Hopkins seniors applied last year to the pro­ gram and that 25 of the 2011 graduates have joined the incoming corps. That number puts Johns Hopkins on the top contributors list for the first time, coming in tied at 14th for medium-sized colleges and universities.

In Teach for America’s 20-year history, more than 120 Johns Hopkins alumni have taught as corps members.

Teach for America participants commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and are seen as lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.

The program recruits individuals from all academic majors and backgrounds who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, per­ severance and leadership. More than 48,000 individuals applied for positions this year.

Contributing Writers Applied Physics Laboratory Michael Buckley, Paulette Campbell Bloomberg School of Public Health Tim Parsons, Natalie Wood-Wright Carey Business School Andrew Blumberg, Patrick Ercolano Homewood Lisa De Nike, Amy Lunday, Dennis O’Shea, Tracey A. Reeves, Phil Sneiderman Johns Hopkins Medicine Christen Brownlee, Stephanie Desmon, Neil A. Grauer, Audrey Huang, John Lazarou, David March, Vanessa McMains, Ekaterina Pesheva, Vanessa Wasta, Maryalice Yakutchik Peabody Institute Richard Selden SAIS Felisa Neuringer Klubes School of Education James Campbell, Theresa Norton School of Nursing Kelly Brooks-Staub University Libraries and Museums Brian Shields, Heather Egan Stalfort

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Joseph Brady, pioneering behavioral neuroscientist, dies at 89 J oseph Vincent Brady, an internation­ ally renowned behavioral scientist and a Johns Hopkins faculty member for more than 40 years, died July 29 at the age of 89.

He will be remembered, his colleagues say, not just as a researcher but as a revered teacher and mentor, successful program builder, avid boater and engaging man with a rich sense of humor.

“Joe was a pioneer in the field of behav­ ioral sciences,” said J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., the Henry Phipps Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. “The addition of that phrase to our departmental title came at his sugges­ tion. The change signaled the full-fledged acceptance of working behavioral science into our ways of understanding and treating our patients. It came thanks to Joe’s com­ mitment to research that would reveal the power of environmental factors to change behavior for good or ill.”

At Johns Hopkins, Brady not only founded the Division of Behavioral Biology and promoted the launch of the Behavioral Research Unit but also founded the depart­ ment’s first Behavioral Medicine Clinic. He also was a legendary lecturer in the old Year 1 Psychiatry course for medical students, and was instrumental in founding the original behavioral biology major in the School of

Joseph Brady in his Johns Hopkins lab.

Arts and Sciences.

“Additionally, his work helped establish standards used by the FDA, as well as put in place benchmarks for the ethical treat­ ment of human subjects,” DePaulo said. “His research lent substance to new approaches to the prevention and treatment of drug abuse. We’re indebted to him for founding Hopkins’ first behavioral medicine clinic and promoting the launch of our Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit.”

Brady was born in New York City in 1922 and received a bachelor of science degree from Fordham University in 1943 before serving as a combat infantry platoon leader during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Chicago under an Army train­ ing program and earned his doctorate there in 1951. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1967 and retired from the Army in 1970.

From 1951 to 1970, Brady served as chief of experimental psychology and deputy director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Bethesda, Md., and it was during that time that he began work with three subjects that would become more well-known than he: Able, Baker and Ham, monkeys who helped pave man’s way into space. Brady trained the three primates to withstand the stresses of space travel, and Able and Baker’s successful minutes-long voyage landed them on the cover of LIFE in June 1959. In 1961, Ham made a longer trip during which he performed Brady-taught tasks, setting the stage for Alan Shepard’s and John Glenn’s first flights into space.

In 1960, Brady founded the Institute for Behavioral Research—now the Institutes for Behavior Resources—a nonprofit institute for animal research and human behavioral research located in Baltimore; 40 years later, he bought a building on Maryland Avenue

for the IBR and renovated it to also serve as home for an innovative substance abuse program that now serves more than 500 patients daily.

On May 2, the IBR celebrated its 50th birthday, and colleagues gathered in Bal­ timore to celebrate Brady at a conference held in Johns Hopkins’ Hurd Hall and at an IBR gala at the American Visionary Art Museum. Brady, DePaulo said, “enjoyed himself immensely.”

To celebrate Brady that day, the IBR com­ piled “Tales of Joe,” described as “a compila­ tion of stories, letters and anecdotes express­ ing love, respect and gratitude for Joe Brady from students, colleagues and friends.”

The pages tell a story of a man as dedi­ cated to his students and his sense of fun as to his work; of a “gardener” who cultivated, grew, promoted and disseminated genera­ tions of scientists; and of a world-renowned legend who had all the time in the world for a 10-year-old girl working on a school proj­ ect, who went on to earn a PhD in science.

Brady is survived by his fourth wife, the former Nancy Heaton; a son; four daughters; a stepdaughter; a brother; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

To read “Tales of Joe,” go to the Gazette home page, gazette.jhu.edu, and click on this obituary.

Human rights violations undermine medical professionalism Law scholar at JH Berman Institute of Bioethics urges collective outcry

By Gary Stephenson

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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octors need to become more aware of how governments subtly but profoundly interfere with their pro­ fessional obligations, with the result that patients’ human rights are violated, a law scholar at the Johns Hopkins Berman Insti­ tute of Bioethics says in a commentary pub­ lished Aug. 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The JAMA article argues that social poli­ cies restrict physicians from doing what’s best for certain patients, says co-author Leonard Rubenstein, an associate faculty member at the Berman Institute. The piece was co-written by Farrah Mateen, a Sommer Scholar in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The authors cite glaring human rights violations overseas. In Turkey, doctors have been asked by schools and state institutions to verify a female’s virginity, with nearly half of surveyed Turkish physicians saying they have performed such an examination. In the 1990s, doctors in Peru carried out a govern­ ment policy to sterilize rural indigenous people, with 300,000 tubal ligations and 20,000 vasectomies reported. The article also details how government-enforced human rights violations occur in Egypt, where men suspected of having gay sex have been forced to undergo anal inspections by doctors from the Forensics Medical Authority, an agency of the Ministry of Justice.

“While physicians can’t address these infringements on their own, they can and should act collectively to stand up for the human rights of patients, both for their own sake and in order to fulfill their professional obligations,” said Rubenstein, who focuses on the intersection of bioethics and human rights. “In many countries, restrictions on providing medication for pain are so dra­ conian as to prevent doctors from meeting patients’ needs for pain relief.”

Rubenstein says that the issue is largely unrecognized in the United States, even

though examples abound of how laws in this country undermine professionalism in medi­ cal practice. For instance, North Dakota outlawed an approved pill for first-trimester abortions, which then forced doctors to perform a surgical abortion, even though most physicians would say a drug is safer and less intrusive, Rubenstein said. (A state court recently issued a temporary injunction against this law.)

Rubenstein contends that in the United States, the most notorious example of how some laws result in human rights viola­ tions, and thwart doctors’ efforts to act on professional judgment, is the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees by military phy­ sicians. Rubenstein points to doctors who force-fed inmates on hunger strikes through

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the use of five-point restraint chairs, based on command decisions rather than indepen­ dent clinical judgment.

“It is worth noting, too, that U.S. policy requires physicians to act contrary to inter­ national and domestic ethical standards,” said Rubenstein, who is also a senior scholar at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “We also know that doctors at Guantanamo were constrained in the medical interventions they could provide for detainees who were tortured.”

The JAMA essay begins by explaining how the trust placed in physicians rests on the assumption that they will follow three fundamental principles of professionalism: acting in patients’ best interests, respecting their autonomy and heeding social justice concerns; in other words, considering avail­ able resources and the needs of all patients while at the same time taking care of an individual patient.

The article also asserts that more systemic biases, which doctors cannot defeat through individual actions, can discourage them from following those principles in unseen ways. For example, the passage of prejudicial laws against certain groups, such as those at higher risk of HIV infections, can perpetuate

the devaluation of those groups and lead to restrictions on appropriate clinical options for physicians. In the article, the authors say that such stigmas have led some “govern­ ments to minimize education on treatment and management of HIV patients.”

The authors conclude that physicians have an obligation to address threats to human rights and medical professionalism, if not by isolated acts, then through collective advocacy. Doctors should turn to profes­ sional societies to provide leadership and increase public awareness on human rights.

“Organizations like these can protect phy­ sicians from becoming tools for discrimina­ tory or cruel treatment of patients,” Ruben­ stein said.

Co-author Mateen holds an appointment in the Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medi­ cine. The article appears in an annual issue of JAMA devoted to human rights and vio­ lence.

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics conducts advanced scholar­ ship on the ethics of clinical practice, biomedical science and public health, both locally and globally. With more than 30 faculty members, most of whom are jointly appointed in the Johns Hopkins schools of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing or Arts and Sciences, the Berman Institute is one of the largest centers of its kind in the world.

O B I T U A R Y

Nathan Krasnopoler, 20, Whiting School undergraduate

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athan Krasnopoler, a 20-year-old undergraduate in the Whiting School of Engineering, died on the morning of Aug. 10 at the Gilchrist Center Howard County, a hospice near his family’s home in suburban Baltimore. His entire family was with him.

Krasnopoler, a computer science major and a member of the class of 2013, was severely injured Feb. 26 when he was struck by a car while bicycling on University Parkway near the Homewood campus. His family reports that, though he was wearing a helmet, he suf­ fered irreversible cognitive damage because his breathing was stopped and the flow of oxygen to his brain was interrupted.

In a broadcast message sent Wednesday to the Johns Hopkins community, Nicholas P. Jones, the Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School, and Sarah B. Stein­ berg, vice provost for student affairs, said, “Nathan was a student of great promise and a fine young man, well-loved by his family and by his many friends at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere. He loved urban living, and particularly the opportunity to bike and walk. He loved cooking, and baked pies as gifts for his friends. He loved music, and was also a member of the Association for Com­ puting Machinery and of the Johns Hopkins

science fiction club. He was an active and valued member of our community, and all of us at Johns Hopkins are lessened by his tragic departure from our community.”

Jones and Steinberg said that Krasno­ poler’s parents, Mitchell Krasnopoler and Susan Cohen, and his siblings, Elliot and Emma, had asked them to convey their deep thanks for the support of Nathan’s Johns Hopkins friends and of the university com­ munity over the very difficult months since the accident.

A funeral was held Friday at the Sol Levinson and Brothers Funeral Home in Pikesville, Md. Those who wish to honor Krasnopoler are invited to contribute to a fund established by the family at the Whiting School of Engi­ neering to support the Johns Hopkins student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery. To donate online, go to engineer­ ing.jhu.edu/giving and select “Other,” then enter “Nathan Krasnopoler Memorial Fund.”

You may also send a check, made out to The Johns Hopkins University, with a separate note indicating that the gift is for the memo­ rial fund. The address is Whiting School of Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 409 Wyman Park Building, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.

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APL particle-detector heads for Jupiter on NASA spacecraft JEDI to study dynamics of solar system’s largest planetary magnetic field

By Michael Buckley

Applied Physics Laboratory

‘Gazette’ to return to weekly publishing schedule on Aug. 29

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ith classes for the 2011–2012 academic year set to begin on Monday, Aug. 29, The Gazette will return to its weekly publishing schedule on that day. The deadline for Calendar and Classifieds submissions for the Aug. 29 issue is noon on Monday, Aug. 22.

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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory instrument that will delve into the dynamics of the solar system’s largest planetary magnetic field was launched Aug. 5 aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

The Jupiter Energetic-particle Detector Instrument, or JEDI, will measure energetic particles that flow through and are trapped within Jupiter’s space environment, called a “magnetosphere,” and study how those par­ ticles interact with Jupiter’s swirling atmo­ sphere. That interaction generates Jupiter’s bright northern and southern lights, called aurora, the most powerful in the solar sys­ tem. JEDI findings will contribute to Juno’s overall mission to find out more about the gas giant’s origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

“Because the processes operating within

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, set to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, carries three APL-built Jupiter Energetic-particle Detector Instrument units. Each JEDI unit weighs 15.5 pounds and uses 7 watts of power. The box that contains electronics and the sensor is approximately 9-by-5-by-5 inches; the circular “hockey puck” detector itself is 4 inches across and 1.78 inches deep.

Jupiter’s space environment are so power­ ful, we must study the planet to make the connection between such Earth-space phenomena as auroras, radiation belts and magnetic field dynamics, and similar astro­ physical processes elsewhere in the uni­ verse,” said Barry Mauk, JEDI lead investi­ gator at APL. Juno, which launched at 12:25 p.m. aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., will reach Jupiter in 2016 and circle over the planet’s poles for a year. One of nine instrument packages on Juno, JEDI consists of three shoebox-sized fast-processing electronic detectors posi­

tioned to provide a continuous 360-degree sampling view of the space around Juno.

The sensors will work with other Juno magnetospheric instruments to investigate Jupiter’s polar space environment. Scientists are looking for how such a strong magnetic field, thought to be generated deep within the pressurized hydrogen interior of Jupiter, combines with other unique elements of Jupiter’s extended magnetosphere to spark the auroras.

“JEDI’s sensors will be trained on the higher-energy particles that help to gener­ ate Jupiter’s aurora, that heat and ionize Jupiter’s upper atmosphere and that offer

clues to the structure of Jupiter’s near-planet space environment,” Mauk said. “We really want to know what happens in the aurora that causes these particles to accelerate to such high energies, and Juno will be the first spacecraft to fly within the region where this acceleration actually takes place.”

APL has built 64 spacecraft and approxi­ mately 200 space instruments over the past five decades, including other Jupiterobserving particle instruments. The LowEnergy Charged Particle Detector on Voy­ ager 1 was key to the discovery of charged particles around the giant planet. Measure­ ments from the Energetic Particle Detector on the Galileo spacecraft were critical to determining many of the fundamental pro­ cesses operating within Jupiter’s magneto­ sphere. The Pluto Energetic Particle Spec­ trometer Science Investigation instrument, flying past Jupiter on the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft, gathered data indicat­ ing that the dynamics of Jupiter’s magne­ tosphere, driven by the large amounts of volcanic material from its moon Io and by coupling to Jupiter’s rapid spin, extend millions of miles away from Jupiter within the cometlike tail of the planet’s magneto­ sphere.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasa­ dena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Anto­ nio. Juno is the second launch in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, managed by the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. The JEDI science operations center is located at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. More information about the Juno mission is online at www.nasa.gov/Juno and missionjuno .swri.edu.

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Environmental Engineering and Science program goes online

By Debi Rager

Whiting School of Engineering

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ohns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, part of the Whit­ ing School of Engineering, has announced that one of its master’s degree programs, Environmental Engineering and Science, is now fully online.

The program draws upon the expertise of faculty within the highly regarded Johns Hopkins Department of Geogra­ phy and Environmental Engineering, as well as leading environmental engineer­ ing practitioners from industry.

For a number of years, the Environ­ mental Engineering and Science pro­ gram has included select online courses that have proved to be popular with stu­ dents; EP’s online course development

Summer Continued from page 1 More than 200 applied for the program.

The 25 selected were then matched to the projects based on background and personal­ ity.

In addition to Blue Water Baltimore, the students worked eight 30-hour weeks at such places as the Citizens Planning and Hous­ ing Association, the Baltimore City Health Department’s Community Risk Reduction Services, the Parks and People Foundation, My Sister’s Place and the Office of the Pub­ lic Defender’s Juvenile Court Division.

Samantha Berns, for example, was assigned to the Homeless Services Program in the Mayor’s Office of Human Services. Berns, a senior public health major, was charged with overseeing the development and implemen­ tation of a gamut of housing services for the homeless or at-risk.

Among her many duties at the Baltimore Free Farm and Free School, Sylvia McNa­ mara, a sophomore history major, developed a community compost program and planned a two-day session at Artscape.

Felsenstein’s chief responsibilities with Blue Water Baltimore were to assist in the maintenance and tracking of urban forestry projects throughout the watershed’s jurisdic­ tion and to provide data management and deployment of health advisories for a bacte­ rial monitoring project in the Inner Harbor and the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.

Each Wednesday, Felsenstein boarded the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper patrol boat to take water samples, specfically looking at fecal coliform bacteria levels, a large source of pollution in the Inner Harbor and Patap­ sco River because of an antiquated sewer sys­ tem and storm water overflow that releases untreated sewage into the Chesapeake Bay. Felsenstein was part of the team that would put up water health advisory alerts.

“The Community Impact Internships program has made me a more socially and environmentally aware individual, and has fostered within me a vested interest and pas­ sion for the welfare of the city of Baltimore,” he said. “Through my field placement, I have been fortunate enough to be able to contribute to the development of a young, blossoming organization and gain significant experience with community partnerships and coalition building among nonprofits.”

staff has now created a full complement of courses so that the entire program is avail­ able online.

In the program, students gain a thorough understanding of natural processes, such as physics, chemistry, biology and geol­ ogy. They also study engineering design as applied in environmental engineering, and science issues that include pollutant fate and transport, water resources engineering, envi­ ronmental chemistry, ecosystem dynamics, and drinking water and wastewater treat­ ment.

“We have one of the nation’s most com­ prehensive and rigorous programs in the fields of environmental engineering, sci­ ence, technology, and planning and man­ agement,” said Hedy Alavi, program chair and assistant dean for international pro­ grams in the Whiting School. “Offering the Environmental Engineering and Science program in a fully online format provides

students across the country and through­ out the world the opportunity to prepare themselves for specialized careers within environmental industries, governmental agencies and nongovernmental organiza­ tions.”

The Environmental Engineering and Sci­ ence program has been offered through EP for more than 20 years in a traditional classroom environment at several locations in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area.

Now, both campus-based and online stu­ dents have access to advanced knowledge in a number of related topics, such as eco­ systems and interactions between organisms and environment, environmental risk assess­ ment and human health impacts, concepts of air pollutant transport and transformation modeling, and monitoring and sampling of environmental media.

“The Bureau of Labor Statistics has pre­ dicted that career opportunities for envi­

ronmental professionals are expanding much more rapidly than engineering jobs in other specialties,” said Dexter Smith, an associate dean in the Whiting School of Engineering, who is respon­ sible for the Engineering for Profession­ als program. “This online option—and the flexibility it provides—is one way in which Johns Hopkins can help meet the need for highly trained individuals in this field.”

A sample of the online courses avail­ able in the program includes Fluid Mechanics, Ecology, Hydrogeology, Aquatic Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Chemistry, Stream Restoration, Air Resources Mod­ eling and Management, and Toxicology and Risk Assessment.

For more information about the Environmental Engineering and Science program, call 800-548-3647 or go to ep.jhu.edu.

Abby Neyenhouse, the Center for Social Concern’s assistant director for community and nonprofit internships, called the pro­ gram’s inaugural year an overwhelming suc­ cess.

“Many students talked about how positive the experience was, and how it met and in most cases exceeded their expectations,” she said.

Neyenhouse said that several students were asked to return to their host agencies during the next academic break, and one was offered a paid position in the fall.

“Our community partners were thrilled with the students,” she said, adding how smoothly the program ran.

One intern worked at The Greater Home­ wood Community Corp. to research and create a database of vacant buildings in major retail areas, including the York Road corridor, the Charles Village business district and the Station North arts district. Other projects included a recycling campaign and an afternoon education and enrichment program for city youth.

Neyenhouse said that the center looked for organizations with a strong need for manpower and a sustainable project that the student could lead or assist.

Following an orientation program, the students started work June 6 and received $5,000 stipends. It wrapped up with a fare­ well dinner reception on July 30.

The program was made possible by a $1.25 million gift from an anonymous donor. The funding allows for 50 interns to be placed next summer and each year thereafter. Fresh­ men, sophomores and juniors are eligible.

The donor had three principal goals for the program: for students to experience and help their community through working at Baltimore nonprofit organizations; for nonprofits to benefit from the varied talents of Johns Hopkins’ undergraduates; and for students to receive a stipend to help with the cost of their education.

The donor, who wishes to remain anony­ mous, called it a “leveraged triple play” where students get job experience and earn some money while the community groups benefit.

“Baltimore is a small city with big-city problems,” the donor said. “What better way to help the community than by tapping the enthusiasm and intellect of Johns Hopkins students?”

The students met throughout the summer for weekly reflection sessions, which Neyen­ house said allowed the participants to bond and share success stories and challenges.

“The students really seemed to enjoy their time together to discuss this shared experi­ ence,” she said. “Two students in particular didn’t know each other at all before the program began and left as very close friends.

They both did an amazing job, by the way, working with over 60 Youth Corps volun­ teers and working 12-hour days in some cases.”

Neyenhouse said that for several students, the program was a glimpse into what lies ahead in the real world.

“One student would tell me that it was hard to leave each day, with so much work still to be done,” she said. “That’s work at a nonprofit, I told him; the work is never done.”

Elizabeth Gomez, a sophomore majoring in psychology, interned at the Baltimore City Health Department’s Carrera Mi Espa­ cio Program, which works with disadvan­ taged Latino youth in the city.

Gomez, a member of the Johns Hopkins women’s soccer team, served as part tutor, part field trip organizer, part translator and part soccer coach for the program’s par­ ticipants, ages 12 to 19. She worked with the youth on Monday through Thursday afternoons and quickly bonded with the group over soccer scrimmages, math tutorial games, dancing, arts, yoga, a scavenger hunt in the Inner Harbor, a trip to the library and more.

“They were amazing,” Gomez said. “It was really great getting to know them and watch them grow during such a relatively short span.”

Halfway through the internship, Gomez’s primary supervisor left for vacation, and she took over a host of administrative duties. “I was able to see how a government agency works up close, and I was able to use my Spanish skills in helping to translate for the youth in the program and those who came

through [the affiliated clinic]. It was hard to translate sometimes, but it was a nice chal­ lenge and helped me learn.”

While she enjoyed the whole experience, Gomez said that the highlight came at the end of the internship. She held a math tour­ nament, using props to teach fractions, and the students who answered correctly got to hit Gomez in the face with a cream pie.

“They loved that,” Gomez said with a laugh. “And then afterward they threw a party for me, thanking me for my help with them this summer. It was so nice, and what a great way to end the program.”

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Blue Jay

Signage for one of the shuttle stops at the Rotunda Giant.

with defined routes and defined times,” Smith said.

William Smedick, director of leadership programs and assessment initiatives for the Office of the Dean of Student Life, said that the new fixed-route system is a great addi­ tion to student life and an urban campus like Johns Hopkins’.

“The changes and enhancements imple­ mented by our transportation services defi­ nitely address the concerns that have been

VAN DESIGN BY JHU CREATIVE SERVICES

operated by Broadway Services and overseen by the university’s Office of Parking and Transportation.

The shuttles can be tracked via NextBus, the GPS-based real-time transit information system available online or through a mobile device. (Starting today, the HomewoodJHMI buses will also be tracked by Next­ Bus.) Greg Smith, an associate director in the Office of Facilities Management, said that the new mode of service comes in response to a student survey conducted last fall. The survey found that shuttle users were some­ what frustrated with wait times and with not knowing precisely when a van was coming, said Smith, who is responsible for Home­ wood Parking and Transportation.

“It was literally operated like a taxi service, and the feedback we got from that survey was that students wanted the Blue Jay Shuttle to be run more like the Homewood-JHMI shuttle, on a schedule

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The fixed-route shuttles are blue and white and sport a large image of the Johns Hopkins Blue Jay. Signs on the side will identify the route by name.

articulated by our students and reinforced by the survey,” he said. “The NextBus system is designed technology that students can access through their smart phones, tablets and personal computers, and provides realtime information that should help students get to where they need to go in a more timeefficient manner. The new Blue Jay Shuttle should add consistency to the routes so that our students can be much more confident in terms of arrival and departure times.”

The Office of Parking and Transporta­ tion spent months analyzing shuttle usage to design the new route system, Smith said.

In addition to driving along fixed routes, the fleet of 10 vans will have a new look.

Each van will be painted blue and white and festooned with a large image of the Johns Hopkins Blue Jay. Signs on the side of each van will identify the route by name.

Each designated location will be marked with a sign giving the stop’s name and number.

The fixed-route service will run from 5:45 to 11:10 p.m.

From 11:15 p.m. to 2 a.m., the Blue Jay Shuttle will revert to the on-demand point-to-point service to and from loca­ tions within its service area. The service will operate on a limited basis, with only one van in use, from 2 to 4 a.m. For all demand-response service, passengers will be provided with a van number and esti­ mated time of arrival for pickup.

To flag a Blue Jay Shuttle, passengers are instructed to be at a designated stop and hold up a J-Card, required each time when boarding a van. Drivers are instructed not to deviate from their fixed route except in the case of emergency or disability.

Passengers may have to transfer to another van to complete a trip to their destination, but the fixed routes have been designed to limit the need for transferring, Smith said.

“All the shuttle stops will be clearly marked, and we designed the routes in such a way that nobody should have to walk more

than two blocks or so to get to the nearest stop,” Smith said. “If for some reason the students do have to walk more than a few blocks, they can call us to request a ride to the Mason Hall hub or the nearest stop.

We’re still honoring the original intent of this shuttle service: offering a safe ride home.”

Smith said that supervisors will be pres­ ent at Mason Hall and other locations to assist passengers in finding the appropriate van.

Nick Trenton, one of the Student Gov­ ernment Association representatives who worked with Smith on developing the route service, said, “It’s exciting that things are happening so fast. I remember working on the student opinion survey of the shuttle service last fall, and thinking that it would take ages to get a new service in place. Our classmates definitely expressed interest in a redesigned route system, and this fall, I feel like the Hopkins community will be very pleased with what we’ve done.”

While the new schedule doesn’t officially go into effect until Aug. 24, the shuttles will run along the new routes one week prior to collect accurate tracking data for the NextBus system. Founded in 1996, Next­ Bus now services transportation systems in many major cities across the United States, providing accurate data on where a bus or train is currently located and when it’s due to arrive at a set location.

To view the Blue Jay Shuttle routes and to track the vans or Homewood-JHMI shuttle buses, go to www.nextbus.com on either a computer or a smart phone. Pas­ sengers will also be able to call NextBus at 410-834-2833 and enter a stop number to receive vehicle tracking information via text message.

To request a shuttle after the fixed-route service ends in the evening, call 410-5168700. G For more information and a list of stops by route, go to www.parking.jhu.edu. For any questions about the Blue Jay Shuttle service, contact bluejayshuttle@jhu.edu.

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Study says you can count on this: Math ability is inborn

By Lisa De Nike

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e accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathe­ matics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than do others?

It seems we do, at least according to the results of a study by a team of Johns Hopkins University psychologists. Led by Melissa Libertus, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the study—published online in a recent issue of Developmental Science—indi­ cates that math ability in preschool children is strongly linked to their inborn and primi­ tive “number sense,” called an approximate number system, or ANS. Research reveals that number sense is basic to all animals, not just human beings.

For instance, creatures that hunt or gather food use it to ascertain where they can find and procure the most nuts, plants or game and to keep track of the food they hunt or gather. We humans use it daily to allow us, at a glance, to estimate the number of open seats in a movie theater or the number of people in a crowded meeting. And it is mea­ surable, even in newborn infants.

Though the link between ANS and for­ mal mathematics ability already has been established in adolescents, Libertus says that her team’s study is the first to examine the role of number sense in children too young to have had substantial formal mathematics instruction.

“The relationship between number sense and math ability is important and intrigu­ ing because we believe that number sense is universal, whereas math ability has been thought to be highly dependent on culture and language and takes many years to learn,” Libertus said. “Thus, a link between the two is surprising and raises many important ques­ tions and issues, including one of the most important ones, which is whether we can train a child’s number sense with an eye to improving his future math ability.”

The team tested 200 4-year-old (on aver­ age) children on several tasks measuring number sense, mathematical ability and verbal ability. The children were rewarded

Melissa Libertus’ study is the first to examine the role of number sense in children too young to have had substantial formal mathematics instruction.

for their participation with small trinkets, such as stickers and pencils.

During the number sense task, researchers asked the children to view flashing groups of blue and yellow dots on a computer screen and estimate which color group had more dots.

Counting wasn’t an option, both because the dots were flashed so quickly and because most of the children were not yet skilled counters.

The preschoolers would then verbally tell the tester whether the yellow or blue dots were more numerous, and the tester would press the appropriate button. Some comparisons were easy (like comparing five yellow versus 10 blue dots). Others were much harder (like comparing five yellow versus six blue dots).

Children were informed of right or wrong answers via a high- or low-pitched beep. (You can take a test similar to the one administered to the children online at www.panamath.org/ testyourself.php.)

The children also were given a standard­ ized test of early mathematics ability that measures numbering skills (verbally counting items on a page), number comparison (deter­ mining which of two spoken-number words is greater or lesser), numeral literacy (reading Arabic numbers), mastery of number facts (such as addition or multiplication), calcu­

lation skills (solving written addition and subtraction problems) and number concepts (such as answering how many sets of 10 are in 100). This standardized test is often given to children between the ages of 3 and 8 years.

Lastly, the parents and guardians of the children were given an assessment that asked them to indicate each word on a list that their children had been heard to say.

According to Libertus, this verbal test was administered because language and math abilities are to some extent linked through general intelligence, and the researchers wanted to make sure that the differences in math ability that they found were not just due to some children performing better on all kinds of tasks, or to some children feeling more comfortable being tested than others.

Libertus and her colleagues Lisa Feigen­ son and Justin Halberda, both faculty mem­ bers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, found that the precision of children’s estimations correlated with their math skill. That is, the children who could make the finest-grained estimations in the dot comparison task (for example, judging that eight yellow dots were more than seven blue dots) also knew the most about Arabic numerals and arithmetic.

According to the researchers, this means that inborn numerical estimation abilities are linked to achievement (or lack thereof) in school mathematics.

“Previous studies testing older children left open the possibility that differences in instructional experience are what caused the difference in their number sense—in other words, that some children tested in middle or high school looked like they had better number sense simply because they had had better math instruction,” Libertus said.

“Unlike those studies, this one shows that the link between number sense and math ability is already present before the begin­ ning of formal math instruction.”

Still in question, of course, is the root cause of the link between number sense and math ability. Do children born with better number sense have an easier time learning to count and to understand the symbolic nature of numbers? Or it is just that chil­ dren born with less-accurate number sense may end up avoiding math-related activities before they develop competency?

“Of course, many questions remain, and there is much we still have to learn about this,” Libertus said. “But what we have done raises many important avenues for future research and applications in education. One of the most basic is whether we can train children’s approximate number system and thereby improve their math ability, and whether we can develop school math cur­ ricula that make use of children’s ANS abilities and thus help them grasp moreadvanced math concepts earlier.”

The study was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Devel­ opment.

Related websites The article in ‘Developmental Science’:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011 .01080.x/abstract

www.psy.jhu.edu/ ~labforchilddevelopment

Laboratory for Child Development at Johns Hopkins:

Young black patients on dialysis do worse than white counterparts ‘JAMA’ paper could reverse guidelines for African-Americans

By Stephanie Desmon

The new analysis continues to show a survival benefit for black patients over 50, though not a large one. But when the inves­ tigators looked at racial differences stratified by age, they found that the population-based analyses were camouflaging the fact that

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or years, medical studies have reached the same conclusion: African-Ameri­ can patients do better on kidney dialy­ sis than their white counterparts. But new Johns Hopkins research, published Aug. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that younger blacks— those under the age of 50—actually do much worse on dialysis than equally sick whites who undergo the same blood-filtering process.

The findings, called “surprising” by the research team, could have a serious impact on long-held practices guiding who gets referred for lifesaving kidney transplanta­ tion and who remains on dialysis indefi­ nitely.

Previous research on this issue, according to the Johns Hopkins team, has been based on analysis of racial differences in dialysis outcomes for all patients with end-stage kidney disease, a majority of whom are over the age of 50.

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ transplant

Dorry Segev:

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younger black patients do much worse on dialysis than white patients with a similar health status.

Specifically, results of the new study of 1.3 million patients with end-stage kidney disease show that black patients between the ages of 18 and 30 are twice as likely to die on dialysis than their white counterparts, and those ages 31 to 40 are 1.5 times as likely to die.

The study was led by Dorry L. Segev, an associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

“As a medical community, we have been

advising young black patients of treatment options for kidney failure based on the notion that they do better on dialysis than their white counterparts,” Segev said. “This new study shows that actually young blacks have a substantially higher risk of dying on dialysis, and we should instead be counsel­ ing them based on this surprising new evi­ dence.”

Dialysis, a life-sustaining process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, acts as an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure. The grueling and inconvenient pro­ cess takes many hours several times a week, usually in a specialized center, preventing many patients from working, going to school or caring for their families.

It is possible that because of the longheld belief that black patients did better on dialysis, fewer black patients of all ages have been referred for transplants, Segev says.

In patients ages 18 to 30, the study found that 55 percent of white patients got new kidneys during the study period of 1995 to 2009, while only 32 percent of comparable black patients got transplants. Meanwhile, 28 percent of young black patients died on dialysis during the study period, and only 14 percent of white patients died.

Segev, a transplant surgeon, says that the results raise new questions about why this racial disparity in outcomes occurs at all. It

is possible, he suggests, that the differences could be attributed to the lower socio­ economic status of many young AfricanAmericans, who are less likely to have good insurance and may receive inadequate or no health care at the earlier stages of their disease. There is also the possibility that there are biological reasons for the disparity, perhaps involving hypertension, which is more prevalent and often more aggressive among African-Americans.

Segev says that whatever the causes, the medical profession needs to make sure that young black patients understand that they are unlikely to do better on dialysis. Also, more African-Americans need to be referred for transplants, he says.

Lauren M. Kucirka, a Johns Hopkins epi­ demiologist and another study author, said, “The next important step is to try to figure out why there is such a high relative risk of death for young black patients on dialysis.”

The study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kid­ ney Diseases and by a Paul Beeson Career Development Award, co-funded by the National Institute on Aging and the Ameri­ can Federation for Aging Research.

Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study are Morgan E. Grams, Justin Lessler, Erin Carlyle Hall, Nathan James, Allan B. Massie and Robert A. Montgom­ ery.

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Cheers

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tin and Fran Farkas for “The Roderick

Cheers is a monthly listing of honors and awards received by faculty, staff and students plus recent appointments and promotions. Contributions must be submitted in writing and be accompanied by a phone number.

BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Nilanjan Chatterjee , an adjunct profes­

sor of biostatistics, was named as the recipi­ ent of the 2011 Presidents’ and Snedecor awards at a special recognition session held Aug. 3 at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami. These awards are given by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Soci­ eties and are among the most prestigious in the profession. The Presidents’ Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics by a member of the statistical community generally 40 years old or younger. The Snedecor award is given biannually in recognition of a noteworthy publication in biometry within three years of the date of the award. The citations for both awards noted Chatterjee’s exceptional mentorship and provision of leadership to the profession and to the National Cancer Institute.

JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTH SYSTEM Kenneth Grant , vice president for gen­

eral services at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and vice president for supply chain man­ agement for the Johns Hopkins Health System, was honored by the Associated Black Charities at its annual gala, AfricanAmericans in Corporate Leadership, as one of 15 outstanding black leaders in Maryland.

Grant, who oversees 900 employees, was cited for his work with Human Resources to employ ex-offenders and individuals who come through organizations such as the Helping Up Mission, his efforts directed toward disaster relief and humanitarian causes, and his mentoring relationships that have increased the Johns Hopkins pipeline with talented minority leaders.

Joanne Pollack has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the hospital and health system.

Ball Story” in the Internet/Online Video Documentary Category. A Bronze Telly was awarded to Martin, Farkas and Dale Leonard for “DECIDE to Move! Physical Activity for People With Type 2 Diabetes” in the Non-Broadcast Production, Health and Wellness Category. Martin and Leonard also won a Bronze award in the 2011 Web Health Awards in the Hospital Health Care System, Internet Category, for “Living with Warfarin.”

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U.S. Army Leadership Excellence Award at the U.S. Army’s Leader Development and Assessment Course at Joint Base LewisMcChord. She was ranked first among 474 Army cadets for the 6th Regiment at the 29-day Leader Development and Assess­ ment Course, also known as Operation Warrior Forge, the capstone training and assessment exercise for the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Cadets at Warrior Forge are tested on their physical stamina, endurance, ability to navigate over difficult

K U D O S

Three faculty named fellows in American Academy of Nursing

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hree Johns Hopkins faculty mem­ bers have been named fellows in the American Academy of Nurs­

ing.

Haera Han, Linda Rose and Christine Goeschel were among 142 nursing lead­ ers from across the country chosen for one of the most prestigious honors in nursing. Academy fellows hold a variety of positions such as association execu­ tives; university presidents, chancellors and deans; state and federal political appointees; hospital chief executives and vice presidents for nursing; nurse consul­ tants; and researchers and entrepreneurs.

Han, Rose and Goeschel will be inducted at the academy’s 38th Annual Meeting Conference on Oct. 11 in Washington, D.C. As a community health researcher and director of the PhD program, Han, an associate professor, works to reduce health disparities by implementing and evaluating community outreach pro­ grams in cancer control and cardiovascu­ lar health promotion for ethnic minori­ ties. One of the first researchers funded through the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Center for Collab­ orative Intervention Research, she has served as a principal investigator of fed­ erally funded research focused on can­ cer control among Korean women and as a co-investigator and consultant on other studies concerning smoking cessa­

tion, diabetes and health literacy among minorities.

As former director of the baccalaureate program, Rose has played an active role in shaping the curriculum for tomor­ row’s nurses. Her research, teaching and clinical interests are centered in psychi­ atric nursing: specifically, serious mental illnesses and their effects on families.

An associate professor, she teaches both psychiatric mental health and research courses for the baccalaureate program.

Goeschel, an assistant professor, is director of Strategic Development and Research Initiatives for the Quality and Safety Research Group in the School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiol­ ogy and Critical Care Medicine. She holds joint appointments in the School of Nursing’s Division of Health System Outcomes and in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management, where she codeveloped and teaches a course on quality and patient safety to students in the Mas­ ter of Hospital Administration program.

The American Academy of Nursing was founded in 1973 under the aegis of the American Nurses Association and later became an independent affiliate.

The academy and its 1,500 members strive to create and execute knowledgedriven and policy-related initiatives to drive reform of America’s health care system.

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE John M. Colmers , vice president for

health care transformation and strategic planning, has been named chairman of Maryland’s Health Services Cost Review Commission. Before joining Johns Hop­ kins in February, Colmers led the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for four years.

R i c h a r d “ R i c h ” G r o s s i has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer.

The Office of Marketing and Communi­ cations has received two silver Tellys, the highest honor awarded, and a bronze Telly in the 2011 Telly Awards, the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs; video and film productions; and Web commer­ cials, videos and films. Silver awards went to Kim Hoppe for “Sam’s Liver Transplant” in the Internet/Online Video Health and Fitness category and to Maureen Mar-

Marketing and Communications also received two Honorable Mention awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Institutional Advance­ ment. Johns Hopkins Medicine: A Women’s Journey was recognized in the Special Proj­ ects and Programs category and H1N1 Crisis Communications in the Crisis Communica­ tions category. The AWJ team was led by Leslie Waldman and included Cher yl McDuffie , Yasmine Sursock-Khouri , Melinda Thomas , Rebecca DeMattos , Eric Sandgren and Mark Walker .

The Crisis Communications award was presented to J a n e t A n d e r s o n , M a r k Guidera and Amy Goodwin .

KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Megan Vande Hey , a senior majoring in

psychology, received the Association of the

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terrain and team-building and leadership skills. An Army saber to signify the award was presented to Vande Hey at a graduation ceremony July 19.

PEABODY INSTITUTE

Graduate performance diploma candidate Rui Du , winner of an Aspen Fellowship, played the 17th-century Maggini violin donated to Peabody by the late Karl Kostoff at an Aspen Music Festival concert on July 5.

Du performed Vivaldi’s Concerto for Three Violins with Peabody faculty artist Herbert Greenberg and Espen Lilleslatten.

Three Peabody students were winners of the Young Artist Concerto Competi­ tion at the Eastern Music Festival: sopho­ mores Dillon Meacham , bassoon, and L a r a M i t o f s k y N e u s s , clarinet; and junior Michael Delfin , piano. Meacham performed with the Eastern Young Artists Orchestra on July 28, and Neuss and Delfin performed with the Guilford Young Artists Orchestra on July 29.

Faculty artist Paul Johnson and four bass students—junior Rudy Albach , senior Dennis Caravakis , Master of Music can­ didate Ed Leaf and sophomore Vincent Trautwein —performed Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 on July 2 with the National Orchestral Institute Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi, during the National Orchestral Institute and Fes­ tival, held at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Adrian Dobs , professor of medicine and

oncology in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has been named director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network in the Johns Hopkins Institute of Clinical and Translational Research. The network provides the opportunity to col­ laborate across the mid-Atlantic region on NIH- and industry-sponsored studies to pro­ vide patients with a wide range of new stud­ ies and devices.

Gar y Logan , publications manager for Pediatrics Public Affairs, received a Silver award in the CASE International Circle of Excellence program in the Best Articles of the Year, Higher Education category, for “Saving Princess Amira,” a story written for Hopkins Children’s magazine.

SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/ JHU MUSEUMS Chella Vaidyanathan , curator of 19th-

to 21st-century rare books and manu­ scripts and liaison librarian for history in the Sheridan Libraries, has been awarded the distinguished services award from the Asia, African and Middle East Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Vaidyanathan received the award in recognition of her work as cochair of the Publications Committee for AAMES. Sylvia Eggleston Wehr has been named associate dean for external affairs for the Sheridan Libraries and Johns Hop­ kins University Museums. Wehr was most recently associate dean for external affairs for the Krieger School of Arts and Sci­ ences. Previously, she served for 22 years as associate dean for external affairs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Barbara Morris , director of Univer­

sity Tax and International Business Com­ pliance, has been awarded the 2011 Tax Award by the National Association of Col­ lege and University Business Officers.

Rob Spiller has been named to the newly created position of associate vice president for development for the Home­ wood Schools. Spiller, who served for seven years as the Whiting School’s associate dean for development and alumni relations, will have primary responsibility for a com­ prehensive Homewood fundraising strat­ egy for the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering, as well as the Sheridan Libraries, and also will work with Home­ wood Parents and Athletic fundraising.

Megan Howie , director of development for the Whiting School, will serve as WSE’s interim associate dean for development and alumni relations.

University Finance has announced the inaugural honorees in its Just Honoring U Employee Recognition Program. The first eight employees who have gone the “extra mile” to demonstrate excellence in their positions are L i s a C r a w l e y , Accounts Payable Shared Services; Lindsay Ashby and Jennifer Hipp , both of JHU Pur­ chasing; Art Kennedy , Financial Quality Control; Sam Mobr y , Financial Research Compliance; and Paul Gasior , Jason Schaedel and Tim Turner , all of Spon­ sored Projects Shared Services. Recognition will be done quarterly, and nominations can come from anyone other than employees of University Finance.

WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING K.T. Ramesh , a professor in the Depart­

ment of Mechanical Engineering, will receive the Society of Experimental Mechanics’ 2012 B.J. Lazan Award in recognition of his technical contributions to the field of experimental mechanics. The award was established in 1967 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding original techni­ cal contributions to experimental mechan­ ics, and honors inventors, developers or contributors to the introduction of new devices or methods. In 1973 the award was named in honor of Benjamin J. Lazan, a pioneer in his field who achieved recogni­ tion in dynamic testing, vibration, materials damping and fatigue.

August 15, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Milestones The following staff members are retiring or celebrating an anniversary with the university in August 2011. The information is compiled by the Office of Work, Life and Engagement, 443-997-7000.

Ti e rne y , Patricia, Office of the Registrar

F o l t y n , Peggy, Physical Medicine and

We i l , Leo, Jr., Athletics and Recreation

Rehabilitation F r a n ck o w i a k , Shawn, Infectious Diseases G ed a n s k y , Christine, Oncology H a d d o x , Dolores, Surgery H en r y , Mildred, Rheumatology, Bayview L eck s el l , Kristen, Pathology L ew i s - B o y er , Lapricia, General Internal Medicine M cDer m o t t , Mary, Clinical Practice Association Tr a ver s , Timothy, Biosafety

10 years of service La tti ng , John, Undergraduate Admissions Ti l l i nghas t , Anne, Athletics and

Recreation 5 years of service B e nson , Robert, Athletics and Recreation

ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS

30 years of service Ha mble n , Carolyn, Johns Hopkins University Press 25 years of service Ga rri ty , Natalie, Johns Hopkins University Press 20 years of service West , Linda, Johns Hopkins University Press 10 years of service C h a ng , Sook, Center for Talented Youth 5 years of service Blum e nfe ld , Nicole, Johns Hopkins University Press Bro ck , Keith, Johns Hopkins University Press K lim chak , Mia, Center for Talented Youth Zh a ng , Hong, Center for Talented Youth

B u tt , Mark, Office of Undergraduate

Admissions H e i se rm an , Jason, Student Involvement R i c ha rd , Adam, Athletics and Recreation KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

30 years of service D re yf u s , Barbara, Physics and Astronomy 15 years of service J u sc zyk , Ann, Center for Social

Organization of Schools 10 years of service B yrne s , Vaughan, Center for Social

Organization of Schools M a dde n , Tara, Center for Social

Organization of Schools M e ndi c i n o , Peter, Physics and Astronomy M ou ntc as t l e , Kelly, Physics and Astronomy 5 years of service D i a z , Silvia, Center for Social

Organization of Schools S e l l e rs-D a l co e , Queenie, Center for

BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

35 years of service C h ristian , James, Facilities Management 15 years of service K usemiju , Bola, Center for Communication Programs 10 years of service Da vis , Kathleen, Center for American

Indian Health De Near ing , Barbara, Center for Immunization Research and Vaccine Sciences Ren dulic , Carol, Human Resources Sa n chez , Teresa, Center for Communication Programs Seltze r , Jennifer, Epidemiology Treep hantuwat , C., Facilities Management Williams , Jill, Mental Health 5 years of service C o lem an , Kelly, Information Systems Ja mes , Christopher, Facilities Management Suttle , Rosemarie, Center for American Indian Health West on , Christine, Health Policy and Management Ya rb or ough , Tracey, Information Systems HOMEWOOD STUDENT AFFAIRS

30 years of service K en nedy , Margaret, Undergraduate Admissions 25 years of service Fun k , Nancy, Athletics and Recreation Nelson , William, Athletics and

Recreation 20 years of service Jo n es , Darryl, NCAA Compliance 15 years of service

Social Organization of Schools PEABODY INSTITUTE

10 years of service B row n , Gavin, Finance Administration SAIS

15 years of service D i a z-H e r r er a , Israel, Facilities 5 years of service Lose e , Gretchen, Foreign Policy Institute

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

10 years of service H oope r , James, External Affairs SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

30 years of service B oone , Mervin, Research Animal Resources D a l r ym p l e , Susan, Oncology Gl i sa n , Kay, Medicine Wi ggs , Lavinia, Welch Medical Library 25 years of service D e v or , Janet, Ophthalmology H a u e r , Peter, Neurology Le w i s , April, Emergency Medicine

20 years of service Ca m p be l l , Lisa, Oncology Goe l l e r , Helen, Otolaryngology H a c ke tt , Sean, Ophthalmology K e rr-Log a n , Jennifer, Orthopaedic Surgery K ni g ht , Mildred, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Green Spring Station M c Cu rd y , Anna, Psychiatry M e tri nko , Florence, Psychiatry M i notti , Melissa, Pulmonary R e d di ng t o n , Deborah, Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Science Von P a ri s , Patricia, Pathology We g ge l , Kelly, Psychiatry

10 years of service B u r k s , Kathleen, Neurology Da m i b a , Florence, Student Affairs G o n z a l es , Lizza, Psychiatry H o o ver , Jeanne, Bayview Jo h n s o n , Tanya, Institute for Clinical Translational Research L i u , Xiaonong, Ophthalmology M y l es , Pauline, Infectious Diseases No va k , Gina, Nephrology O s w a l d , Gretchen, Institute of Genetic Medicine S m i t h , Cheryl, Pulmonary S u t t o n , Darlene, Pharmacology Vi a n d s , Kristie, Surgery Wa t t s , Jeffrey, Safety Radiation 5 years of service Av er el l a , Ashley, Research Administration B el z , Joseph, Ophthalmology C o n t r i n o , Joseph, Clinical Practice Association Du k es , Valerie, Radiation, Oncology and Molecular Radiation Science Du r k i n , Jeremy, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine F r a i m a n , Dana, Medicine G a y l o r d - W h i t e , Siehan, Ophthalmology H a r v ey , Judith, Human Resources H i l l , Harriett, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation H o f f , Jeffrey, Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Science H o o p er , Michael, Pathology Jo h n s o n , Maurice, Facilities L i , Zhu, Orthopaedic Surgery L i u , Xiaopu, Urology M a i er , Tamie, Safety M a r t i n , Gregory, Pediatrics O r t m a n , Jason, Cardiology Po w el l , Jacqueline, Oncology R ey n o l d s , Leslie, Pathology R o m er o , Ery, Oncology S ch u l t z , Paul, Research Animal Resources S h a ck el f o r d , Jessica, Ophthalmology S o n g , Hong, Welch Medical Library S w a n s o n , Stephanie, Anesthesiology and Critical Care T h o m p s o n , Daphne, Oncology Wa t k i n s , John, Pediatrics Z h a o , Wei, Clinical Operations SCHOOL OF NURSING

10 years of service O h a m u o , Carline, Development 5 years of service B o y l e , Christopher, Admissions SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/ JHU MUSEUMS

35 years of service Ki n g , Raymond, Sheridan Libraries 25 years of service G a en g , John, Sheridan Libraries

Ba um , Barbara, Counseling Center

15 years of service

20 years of service

C a rter , Tracy, Career Center

B of f e n , Henry, Bayview

M a r t i n o , James, Sheridan Libraries

Fickau , Shelly, Residential Life Office

F a l l i s , Tammy, Bayview

Ta p a g er , Heather, Sheridan Libraries

15 years of service Robi c haud , Michael, Sheridan Libraries 10 years of service Br us i ni , Amy, Sheridan Libraries

5 years of service Kar g on , Isabelle, Sheridan Libraries Roc hki nd , Jonathan, Sheridan

Libraries UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Retiree Hal vor s en , Marcella, 8 years of service,

Enterprise Applications 35 years of service Hog an , Mary, Supply Chain

25 years of service Bar r et t , Flossie, Facilities Kal afos , Donna, Enterprise Applica­ tions L annon , Debra, Development and Alumni Relations Mi l l er , David, Facilities Ri c e , Samuel, Facilities 20 years of service Sc hr et er , Sharon, Enterprise

Applications 15 years of service Jones , Charles, Jr., Administrative and

Financial Services N or r i s , Lynnise, Controller Ros em ar y , Dennis, Security Services Ti eber t - Mad d ox , Sharon, Government and Community Affairs 10 years of service Aho , Kristi, Office of Chief Networking

Officer Car d , Thomas, Enterprise Applications Hi l l , Stanley, Office of Chief Networking Officer L anc e , Hattie, Development and Alumni Relations L ane , Rhonda, Development and Alumni Relations L avi n , Kirsten, Communications and Public Affairs Moor e , Oprah, Controller P ont on , Craig, Office of Chief Networking Officer Raum , Dwight, Office of Chief Networking Officer Ski nner , Jennifer, Office of Chief Networking Officer Sp r oul , Calvin, Office of Chief Networking Officer Von Tei t enber g , Heidi, Office of Chief Networking Officer 5 years of service Conner , Andrew, Finance and

Administration For bes , George, Security Services Gr i ffi n , David, Facilities Kei s er , Mark, Facilities Mc D owel l , Shawn, Human Resources Rhod es , Jason, Communications and Public Affairs Ri c hes on , Sheryl, Office of Chief Networking Officer Sel i van , Mark, Facilities Sm i t h , Carroll, Facilities Wal s h , Stephen, Development and Alumni Relations WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

30 years of service Janc uk , Cathy, Biomedical Engineering 10 years of service Ed war d s , Ashanti, Institute for

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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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Program Manager, CTY Student Payroll Specialist Multimedia Systems Specialist Research Technologist Systems Network Administrator LAN Administrator IRC Technical Assistant Associate Director, Research Admin­ istration Research Technologist School-based Transformation Facili­ tator Youth Development Facilitator Foundation Relations Officer Instructional Technologist

49440 49447 49450 49467 49487

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#

POSITION

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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

School of Medicine

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

POSITION

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Laboratory Assistant Nurse Practitioner Research Assistant Research Data Analyst MRI Technologist Research Data Analyst Sr. Medical Office Coordinator Research Program Assistant II Patient Access Manager

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Research Service Analyst Executive Specialist Employee Assistance Clinician Employee Assistance Clinician Sr. Financial Analyst Sr. Programmer Analyst Software Engineer Software Engineer Network Security Engineer Software Engineer Sr. Internal Auditor HR Specialist ERP Business Analyst, HR/Payroll Sr. ERP Business Analyst, HR/Pay­ roll Sr. ERP Business Analyst, Supply Chain SRM Sr. Financial Analyst Gift Processing Supervisor Programmer Analyst

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Assay Technician Research Technologist Research Nurse Research Scientist Administrative Specialist Biostatistician Clinical Outcomes Coordinator Sr. Programmer Analyst Employment Assistant/Receptionist Payroll and HR Services Coordinator Research Data Coordinator Data Assistant Budget Specialist Academic Program Administrator Sr. Research Program Coordinator Research Observer

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Immunogenetics Technologist Trainee Clinic Manager Occupational Therapist Research Navigator Nurse Physician Assistant IT Specialist Technical Facility Manager Research Program Assistant II Research Program Assistant Sr. Financial Manager Research Technologist Data Assistant Disclosure Specialist Revenue Cycle Coordinator

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

B U L L E T I N

Notices HSO Auditions — Auditions for the Hop­ kins Symphony Orchestra will be held from Thursday, Sept. 8, through Saturday, Sept. 10.

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ommercial blood serum antibody tests—widely used in India and other developing countries to diag­ nose active tuberculosis—are not accurate or cost-effective, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Washington School of Public Health and McGill University.

Use of serological tests in India resulted in more DALYs (years of healthy life lost to premature death and illness), more sec­ ondary infections and more false-positive diagnoses of TB, compared to the use of microscopic sputum smear analysis or cul­ ture. The findings, published in the Aug. 9 edition of PLoS Medicine, recently led the World Health Organization to recommend against the use of commercial serology tests in the diagnosis of active TB. “Microscopic analysis of sputum for TB is cheap and widely available but misses half of all TB cases,” said David Dowdy, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. “TB culture, the current gold standard, requires training and equipment not available in most resource-limited settings. Serological tests are simpler and faster than culture, and are also commercially available in India, so they are an attractive option in theory.

However, we found that they are not accu­ rate enough to be useful; after accounting for missed and false-positive TB diagnoses, serological tests cost more and delivered less than either microscopy or culture. Quite

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simply, serological tests should not be used to diagnose active TB.” For the study, Dowdy and his colleagues constructed a mathematical model to analyze 1.5 million patients with suspected active TB in India—about 15 percent of the coun­ try’s annual TB burden. Their analysis con­ cluded that use of serology would result in an estimated 14,000 more TB diagnoses than microscopy but would also incorrectly diagnose 121,000 more patients without active TB (false-positives). Serology use also would generate 102,000 more DALYs and 32,000 more secondary TB cases compared to microscopy.

The estimated total cost of serologic test­ ing (including treatment of newly diagnosed cases) was approximately four times that of microscopy, at $47.5 million versus $11.9 million.

“Unfortunately, we still do not have an accurate point-of-care test for TB, as we have for infections like HIV or malaria. The WHO policy strongly encourages future research to develop novel or improved serological tests,” said the study’s senior author, Madhukar Pai, an associate professor at McGill University and the Respiratory, Epidemiology and Clini­ cal Research Unit at the Montreal Chest Institute and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.

Funding for the research was provided by the Stop TB Partnership’s New Diagnos­ tics Working Group, via the subgroup on Evidence Synthesis, and support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

—Tim Parsons

Certified nursing assistant seeking elderly care position, can assist w/personal care, cooking, lt housekeeping, refs avail. 410790-9997 or sunflowermaid@gmail.com.

picks up. Also GE 700W microwave, $50; white shag crpt w/padding, $25; flat choco­ late crpt w/padding, $50. 410-207-8846.

Clarinet/piano lessons taught by Peabody master’s student, years of teaching experi­ ence, lessons summer and year-round. 240994-6489 or hughsonjennifer@gmail.com.

Kimball upright piano w/matching padded bench, in good cond, needs tuning; buyer responsible for pickup. $300. janejw_99@ yahoo.com.

Piano tuning and repair, PTG craftsman serv­ ing Peabody, Notre Dame, homes, churches, etc., in central Maryland. 410-382-8363 or steve@conradpiano.com.

Ikea Beddinge futon, like new, w/Beddinge frame, Resmo mattress, storage box, sofa cover, 4 matching pillowcases. 917-4707670 or ahsu201@gmail.com.

Horse boarding and horses for lease, beauti­ ful trails from farm. $500/mo (stall board) and $250/mo (field board). 410-812-6716 or argye.hillis@gmail.com.

Chinese zither (Guzheng) lessons offered at a low price; instrument provided. 573-5294358 or qgb253@gmail.com.

Need help w/essay writing, editing, other school services, also help w/college classes in American history and the Constitution, price to be discussed. 443-942-0857.

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Study: Blood tests for active TB not accurate or cost-effective

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Courtesy shuttle service to JHU-JHMI locations!

B O A R D

Looking for dedicated climate activists to turn it up to 11. 484-788-8356.

Contact me for child care, pet care, person­ al assistant, am responsible, caring, compe­ tent. 917-456-7973 or corey.thelen@gmail .com.

Blanka will clean houses, apts, do laun­ dry and more; free estimates, reasonable prices, great refs, text or leave message (Eng­ lish OK, Spanish better). 443-621-1890 or crabdean@gmail.com.

Masterpiece Landscaping: knowledgeable, experienced individual, on-site consulta­ tion, transplanting, bed preparation, instal­ lation, sm tree and shrub shaping; licensed.

Terry, 410-652-3446.

Licensed landscaper avail for spring/sum­ mer lawn maintenance, yd cleanup; other services incl trash hauling, fall/winter snow removal. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-8126090 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

Affordable and professional landscaper/cer­ tified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com.

Mobile auto detailing and power wash ser­ vice. Jason, 443-421-3659.

Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to the public, great bands, no partners neces­ sary. 410-663-0010 or www.fridaynightswing .com.

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Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bolton Hill (1406 Eutaw Place), lg 1BR apt w/high ceilings, lg windows, on lovely park.

410-383-2876.

Canton, furn’d house w/prkng, must be clean and have refs, no pets, avail midAugust for 4- to 5-mo lease. $950/mo + utils. 410-925-1116.

Canton, 2BR, 2BA RH, CAC, W/D, dw, Trex deck. $1,475/mo. Brian, 410-7078243.

Charles Village North, 1BR apt in owneroccupied bldg nr Homewood campus, avail December. $825/mo. 410-917-2443.

Charles Village very spacious 3- or 4BR apt nr Homewood campus, 3rd flr. $1,500/mo.

443-253-2113 or pulimood@aol.com.

Charles Village (Abell and University), spacious 3BR, 1BA apt, eat-in kitchen, liv­ ing rm, dining rm, sunrm, hdwd flrs, W/D on premises, prkng avail. $1,800/mo. 410383-2876 or atoll4u@gmail.com.

Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen, call for wkly/wknd rentals, pics avail at jzpics@yahoo.com. 410-638-9417.

Federal Hil, 2BR, 1BA RH, 2 blks to park, kitchen on 1st flr, bamboo hdwd on 1st flr, crpt on 2nd flr, 3 window air conditioners, bsmt storage, W/D in laundry rm, fenced backyd w/garden area, credit check req’d, no pets, no section 8. $1,300/mo + utils + sec dep. 410-357-1762 or mdshax@gmail .com.

Glen Burnie, studio apt w/kitchenette, own BA, own laundry rm, pref car owner, 12 mi to JHMI. $600/mo (negotiable). 443-7997530.

Harford Co (937 N Angel Valley Rd), 2BR, 1.5BA TH in quiet neighborhood. $1,000/mo. 561-543-2051 or symonia5@ aol.com.

Homeland, recently renov’d 1BR, 1BA apt, 860 sq ft, upgrades prior to move-in, patio, prkng, sm pets OK. $1,150/mo + utils. 443534-0210 or biancafrogner@hotmail.com.

Ocean City, Md (137th St), 3BR, 2BA condo, ocean block, steps from beach, offstreet prkng for 2 vehicles, lg swimming pool, short walk to restaurants/entertain­ ment, great location. 410-544-2814.

Ocean City (120th St), 2BR, 2BA condo, sleeps 6, immaculate, new appls and liv­ ing rm furniture, enclos’d courtyd, 2 blks to beach, indoor/outdoor swimming pools, tennis, racketball. 410-992-7867 or joel .alan.weiner@gmail.com.

Owings Mills, spacious 2BR, 2BA apt, 1,200 sq ft, W/D, dw, CAC, balcony, prkng. $1,300/mo. trigeminaL73@yahoo.com.

Remington, 2BR, 1.5BA RH on quiet street, 3 blks to Homewood campus, W/D, hdwd flrs, backyd. $1,250/mo. 410-617-8273 or tgrav@mac.com.

Roland Park, spacious 2BR, 2BA condo in secure area, W/D, walk-in closet, swimming pool, cardio equipment, .5 mi to Homewood. $1,695/mo. 410-218-3547 or khassani@ gmail.com.

Towson/Parkville, 2BR, 1BA RH, W/D,

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ROOMMATES WANTED

Treehuggers wanted to share 3BR, 1BA RH at 3015 St Paul. $450/mo incl water, heat.

484-788-8356.

CAC, fin’d bsmt, covered back porch, no pets, conv to 695, pics avail. $1,000/mo + utils. 443-791-3536.

924 N Broadway, share new, refurbished TH w/medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com.

Tuscany/Canterbury, beautiful 1BR apt in great bldg, right across from Home­ wood campus, avail September 1 (or ear­ lier). $985/mo. 443-854-1896 or anna.rogers .burns@gmail.com.

1BR in furn’d 3BR, 2BA apt on quiet street in Fells Point, W/D, free Internet access, best neighborhood, close to everything, free shuttle to SoM. $350/mo to $400/mo + utils. xzhan45@gmail.com.

Upper Fells Point (Pratt St nr Ann), 3BR, 2.5BA RH, 3 levels, CAC, W/D, dw, hdwd flrs, 4 blks to JHH, 5 blks to water. $1,850/ mo. wilbmdphd@hotmail.com.

F wanted for furn’d rm in 3BR, 1.5BA house in Remington, walk to Homewood campus. $600/mo incl all utils. Lvf3116@yahoo.com.

Upper Fells Point/Jefferson Court, 2BR, 2.5BA TH, steps to medical campus, W/D, CAC, hdwd flrs, rear yd, off-street prkng incl’d. $1,200/mo + utils. drniabanks@ gmail.com.

White Marsh, cozy 2BR, 1.5BA TH w/easy access to the mall and major highways, avail August 30. lkhozan@hotmail.com.

1718 Linden Ave, 2BR Victorian brown­ stone on quiet, brick-cobbled street w/ gazebo, 1 full BA, 1 half-BA, renov’d BAs/ kitchens, upgraded appls, W/D (incl’d in rent), 2nd flr deck off master BR, hdwd flrs, backyd, prkng in rear, email for pics/viewing. $1,236/mo. 571-933-3341, tymbuk2@gmail .com or www.boltonhill.org.

Car, boat, storage garages less than 1 mile from JHU. $120/mo. Glen, 443-286-0399.

New 3BR, 3.5BA TH w/sec sys, 2 blks to JHMI. $1,650/mo + utils. 410-979-0721 or grant.tz@comcast.net.

Newly renov’d 1BR bmst apt in Victorian mansion, AC, W/D in bldg, nr JHH/JHU/ Bayview. $675/mo + utils + sec dep. 410426-8045 or rent5214anthony@verizon .net.

Studio apt w/BA, kitchenette, laundry rm, pref car owners. $650/mo incl utils, gym/pool.

443-799-7530 or pathology_chi@hotmail .com.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Anneslie (Towson), newly renov’d 3BR, 2BA duplex, hdwd flrs, fin’d bsmt, nr Stoneleigh schools. $150,000. chris.raborn@ gmail.com.

Eastwood (Baltimore Co), 3BR, 2BA TH, fully renov’d, ready to move in, great neigh­ borhood. Steve, 410-812-3490.

Gardenville, 3BR, 1.5BA RH in quiet neighborhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt w/cedar closet, fenced maintenance-free yd and carport, 15 mins to JHH. $139,500. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@juno.com.

20-something wanted for 1BR avail in 2BR, 2BA apt in the Park Charles, start Sep­ tember 1. Split $1,375/mo + utils. belinda .hl.lau@gmail.com.

F nonsmoker wanted for furn’d, bright BR in 3BR Cedonia house owned by young F prof’l, amenities incl’d modern kitchen w/ convection oven, lg deck, landscaped yd, free prkng, wireless Internet. $550/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@yahoo.com.

F prof’l wanted to share 4BR house in Parkville, pref nonsmoker, must like ani­ mals (1 dog, 2 cats), 20 mins to JHU/JHMI. 410-365-0231.

Rm w/priv BA and high-speed Internet, less than 2 mins to JHH/SPH/SoN. $600/mo + utils. 443-562-3930 or dr_zare@yahoo.com.

2BR, 2.5BA waterfront condo at Inner Har­ bor East. $1.25 mill. 443-846-2950.

ITEMS FOR SALE

German Shepherd puppies, champion bloodline, 8 wks old, males and females. ixsgd@hotmail.com. 410-245-1067.

Faux leather sofa, loveseat and chair, green, $350; dk brown king-size bedroom set w/ mattress, boxspring, $1,300; from nonsmok­ ing home, best offers OK. 410-935-1168.

Sand beach chairs (2), inkjet printer, oilfilled heaters (3) and baseboard heaters (2), portable canvas chair, keyboard case, 100W amplifier. 410-455-5858 or iricse .its@verizon.net.

Ravens reclining lounge chair, purple, in great shape, $110; located in Parkville, email for pics. emceea@gmail.com.

Hooper Gems by Tiffany and Event Plan­ ning Services; also fashion statement jew­ elry, $35 or less. www.hoopergemsbytiffany .com.

Kobo eReader, 2 mos old, used only 3 times, seller prefs real books. $50. wightp1959@ hotmail.com.

IBM ThinkCentre M52 w/19" LCD, Windows 7 Intel Pentium D, 3.4GHz CPU, 2.5GB memory, 160GB HD. $180. qszhu2000@gmail.com.

2BRs and shared full BA in newly construct­ ed Upper Fells Point TH, rms on same flr, security alarm, W/D, rooftop deck, garage. $700/mo (each rm) + utils. schaudry80@ gmail.com.

BR in furn’d 2BR condo nr JHU/Hop­ kins/Tuscany, 1,000 sq ft, description and pics at http://baltimore.craigslist.org/roo/ 2536354791.html. $800/mo. 617-460-3125.

F wanted to share 2BR, 1.5BA apt nr Pat­ terson Park, 8-min walk to JHH, short lease (2 mos). 951-941-0384 or arcroshani@ hotmail.com.

F wanted to share apt in Chesapeake Com­ mons (Mt Vernon) w/grad student, beauti­ ful bldg, prkng, Internet, pets OK. $647.50/ mo. randomguybob@yahoo.com.

CARS FOR SALE

’06 Toyota Scion xA, 4-dr hatchback, auto­ matic, red, 27mpg (city) and 34mpg (high­ way), in outstanding cond, 70K mi. $8,500. wtang902@gmail.com.

’05 Ford Taurus, automatic, alloy wheels, very good cond, 108K mi. $4,900. 410-2354363 or csabai@elte.hu.

fully rehabbed 2BR, 2BA house, 1 blk south of Homewood campus in quiet neighborhood. sherylsouthard@hotmail.com.

’02 Nissan Altima 2.5 S, manual, 91K mi. $5,800. 443-858-1323 or mgnoordhuis@ gmail.com.

F nonsmoker wanted to share furn’d EOG RH in Parkville/Towson, no pets, 20 mins to Homewood campus, 25 mins to JHMI, need own transportation. $650/mo incl utils. 410-302-6395.

Old Homeland, 3BR, 2BA on quiet street nr JHU, big fenced yd, Roland Park schools.

443-286-1233 or downwardfacingdog8@ hotmail.com.

3402 Mt Pleasant Ave, beautiful, completely rehabbed house, perfect for prof’ls. $159,900.

Pitina, 410-900-7436.

’00 Toyota Camry CE, automatic, blue, 130K mi. $4,300. tariq196@yahoo.com.

Complete queen bed from Value City Fur­ niture, headboard, footboard, frame, mat­ tress, boxspring. $500. 443-604-2797 or lexisweetheart@yahoo.com.

’05 Ford Focus SE, manual, new tires, no rust, runs great, 82K mi. $4,900. 614-6385857 or a.meade.eggleston@gmail.com.

Luxury 1BR condo in high-rise bldg w/ prkng, secure bldg nr Guilford/JHU, door­ man, W/D, CAC/heat, swimming pool, gym. 757-773-7830 or norva04@gmail.com.

’05 Acura RL AWD Tech, 4-dr sedan, gray lakeshore metallic, excel cond. $17,000/ best offer. 410-802-9814.

Nonsmoker wanted for rm in new TH nr JHMI, no pets. 301-717-4217, 443-2318383 or jiez@jayzhang.com.

Lutherville, 3BR, 1.5BA house, wellmaintained, geothermal, yd, great schools. $312,000. tproveaux@hotmail.com.

HICKORY HEIGHTS WYMAN COURT Just Renovated! A lovely hilltop setting on Beautiful,

Beech Ave. adj. to JHU!

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Used queen boxspring and queen mattress, not fancy but servicable, nr Homewood campus. $100/both (less if buyer picks up). larry.pueyo@gmail.com.

Antique walnut Victorian velvet-style sofa, ca 1875, 75" W, needs reupholstering, detailed wood carvings, in very good cond, Craigslist pics. jskL3@verizon.net.

Conn alto sax, in excel cond, best offer; record player, brand-new, $30. 410-488-1886.

Music cassette tapes (lot of 276), fitness chair, 21" TV, 35mm cameras, projection screen w/tripod, office file units, decorative items, dining rm set, full-length silver fox coat, new exterior French doors, more; pics avail. 443-824-2198 or saleschick2011@ hotmail.com.

Haier window air conditioner, 10,000 BTUs, nearly new, used 2 summers, ener­ gy-efficient, clean, quiet and cool. $130. barterland@yahoo.com.

Raw tupelo honey from Florida, known as the “queen of the honey world,” it never crystallizes, 1 lb jars. $15. sarah.beekeper@ gmail.com.

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12 THE GAZETTE • August 15, 2011

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Have you kissed a frog? A tradition returns to Johns Hopkins Nursing

Lt. Col. Kristal Melvin kisses the frog after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation at the School of Nursing.

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egend has it that something magical happens when you kiss a frog—but sometimes it takes several attempts to capture that magic. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, it takes only one smooch with an amphibian and a cel­ ebration begins.

Kissing the Frog, the unusual tradition of hugging and kissing the school’s courtyard frog sculpture, was started in 1999 by Karin Coyne. Coyne, the first Johns Hopkins doctoral nursing student to defend her dis­ sertation, celebrated her accomplishment by embracing and kissing the inanimate fourfoot fiddling amphibian.

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their celebrations of success with a frog smooch. During the ensuing decade, the numbers of doctoral students doubled and tripled, but the tradition began to wane. The Fiddling Frog continued his silent serenade by the courtyard fountain. The shrubbery around the fountain grew and began to invade his mushroom perch. The tradition was eventually forgotten—until this year, when the magic returned.

After successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, “Couple Functioning and Post­ traumatic Stress in Soldiers and Spouses,” Lt. Col. Kristal Melvin, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, went to the newly expanded and refurbished courtyard, planted a kiss on the frog’s head and singlehandedly revived the tradition. “To me, the courtyard frog symbol­ izes the best of Hopkins,” Melvin said. “It’s unique, it’s steadfast, and it celebrates the caregiving and kindness of nurses. This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and to remember, and I’m proud to be part of this tradition.”

The doctoral program directors—Hae-Ra Han for the PhD program and Mary Ter­ haar for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program—are now encouraging others to do the same following the successful defense of a dissertation or presentation of a capstone project. “This is a whimsical and fun way to celebrate a major accomplish­ ment,” Terhaar said. “And with 45 DNP and 27 PhD students now enrolled, the frog will enjoy many hugs and kisses in the next few years.”

The Fiddling Frog has held an honored position in the courtyard since its construc­ tion in 1998. The courtyard and the sculp­ ture were given to the school by Bob and Townsend Kent in memory of their daughter Louise and to honor the nurses who cared for her while she was a patient in the pediat­ ric intensive care unit at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

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obert L. Thompson, a leading expert in the field of agricul­ ture, has joined the Johns Hop­ kins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies as a visiting scholar.

Thompson, who is based at SAIS’s Energy, Resources and Environment and International Development programs, most recently held the Gardner Endowed Chair in Agricultural Policy at the Uni­ versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He currently serves as a senior fellow of global agricultural development and food security at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

“With agriculture now at the forefront of public and private sector agendas, SAIS aims to play a leading role in bringing this field into the main current of discussion in international relations policy,” said SAIS Dean Jessica P. Einhorn. “Dr. Thompson is peerless in his standing and suitability for taking agriculture beyond land grant universities and incorporating the subject into the mainstream of a modern profes­ sional school of international affairs.”

As a visiting scholar, Thompson will help SAIS develop an agriculture-focused curriculum to complement the school’s existing programs, help identify new adjunct faculty and play a leading role in coordinating external events during the “Year of Agriculture,” SAIS’ substantive theme for 2011–2012.

“One of the great challenges of the 21st century will be to feed the world’s larger population better than today at reasonable cost without destroying the environment,” Thompson said. “The world’s farmers will need to double agri­ cultural production in the next 50 years using little more land and less water than

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Calendar B L OO D D R I V ES

Wed., Aug. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross

“Public Health and the Alcohol Tax Cam­ paign: How Marylanders Beat the Alcohol Lobby and Why It Mat­ ters,” Public Health Practice grand rounds with David Jernigan and Vincent DeMarco, both School of Public Health. Co-sponsored by the MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center. W1020 SPH. EB

Blood Drive. For more information, email johnshopkinsblooddrive@ jhmi.edu or call 410-614-0913.

Hopkins@Eastern.

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

Tues.,

Aug.

16,

5:30

G RA N D ROU N D S

Wed., Aug. 17, noon.

p.m.

“U.S.–Pakistan Relations: Stra­ tegic or Transactional?” a SAIS South Asia Studies Program dis­ cussion with Riaz Mohammad Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan. For information or to RSVP, email southasia@jhu.edu.

806 Rome Bldg. SAIS Wed., Aug. 17, 1 p.m. “Kosovo: Can Stability Be Maintained?” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations panel discussion with Agim Ceku, security force minis­ ter of Kosovo, and Daniel Serwer and Michael Haltzel (moderator), both of SAIS. For information or to RSVP, call 202-663-5880 or email transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu.

806 Rome Bldg. SAIS

I N FORMAT I O N SESS I O N S

Monday, Aug. 15, 12:15 p.m.

International Rescue Committee information session, sponsored by SOURCE. MPH students encour­ aged to attend. W2008 SPH. EB OR I E N TAT I O N S Fri., Aug. 26, 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. TA Orientation, mandatory

training event for all new teaching assistants in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whit­ ing School of Engineering. Spon­ sored by the Center for Educational Resources. Registration will begin

today. The global distribution of arable land and fresh water is very different from where the world’s population is concentrated, yet individual countries must ensure their national food security.

“I am delighted to be given the oppor­ tunity to bring to the SAIS community greater emphasis on the growing global security implications of these challenges,” Thompson said.

During his accomplished career, Thomp­ son has served as director of rural develop­ ment at the World Bank, president and CEO of the Winrock International Insti­ tute for Agricultural Development, dean of Agriculture and professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, assis­ tant secretary for economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and senior staff economist for food and agriculture at the Council of Economic Advisers.

He currently serves on the U.S. Depart­ ment of Agriculture–U.S. Trade Repre­ sentative Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade, the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Coun­ cil and the Land O’Lakes board of direc­ tors. He is a fellow of the American Agri­ cultural Economics Association and the American Association for the Advance­ ment of Science, as well as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and of the Ukrai­ nian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Thompson has written more than 100 articles and book chapters on agricultural policy, development and trade.

A native of Ogdensburg, N.Y., Thomp­ son received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University’s College of Agricul­ tural and Life Sciences and his doctorate in agricultural economics from Purdue University.

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at 8:15 a.m. Registration, break­ fast and plenary session will be held in the Glass Pavilion; breakout workshops and lunch will be held in Hodson Hall. HW REA D I N G S / BOO K TA L K S

Balti­ more author Laura Lippman will discuss and sign copies of her latest book, The Most Dangerous Thing. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Tues., Aug. 23, 7 p.m.

SEM I N ARS

“Evalu­ ation of Expanded Rapid Drug Susceptibility Testing for Mul­ tidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Col­ leen Hanrahan. W2030 SPH. Mon., Aug. 15, 10 a.m.

thesis defense seminar with Carie Muntifering. E2527 SPH. EB “Prostate Cancer Incidence and Recurrence: How Much Is Due to Bias?” an Epidemiology thesis defense semi­ nar with Paul Dluzniewski. W1020 SPH. EB

Mon., Aug. 22, 2 p.m.

“Fer­ tility Decision Making and Inci­ dence of Pregnancy in the Context of Antiretroviral Therapy: Lessons From a Prospective Cohort Study of HIV-Infected Women in South Africa,” an Epidemiology the­ sis defense seminar with Sheree Schwartz. W2017 SPH. EB

“Cou­ ple Relationship Quality and Contraceptive Decision Making in Kumasi, Ghana,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health

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“Lifespan of Quasilinear Wave Equations in Exterior Domains,” an Analysis/ PDE seminar with John Helms, University of North Carolina.

Sponsored by Mathematics. 300 Krieger. HW

Mon., Aug. 29, 4 p.m.

Mon., Aug. 29, 4 p.m. The David

Bodian Seminar—“Learning Inter­ mediate-Level Representations of Form and Motion From Natural Movies” with Bruno Olshausen, University of California, Berkeley.

Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/ Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

W OR K SHO P S

The Center for Educational Resources sponsors a series of

workshops on the Blackboard 9.1 interface. The training is open to

Tues., Aug. 16, and Mon., Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to noon.

“Getting Started Blackboard.”

Thurs., Aug. 25, 1:30 p.m.

EB Mon., Aug. 22, 10 a.m.

all faculty, staff and students in full-time KSAS or WSE programs who have administrative responsi­ bilities in a Blackboard course. To register, go to www.bb.cer.jhu.edu.

Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

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With

Thurs., Aug. 18, and Tues., Aug., 23, 10 a.m. to noon. “Communication

and Collaboration in Black­ board.”

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Fri., Aug. 19, and Wed., Aug. 24, 10 a.m. to noon.

“Assessing Student Knowl­ edge and Managing Grades in Blackboard.”

Calendar

Key

APL BRB CRB CSEB

(Events are free and open to the public except where indicated.)

Applied Physics Laboratory Broadway Research Building Cancer Research Building Computational Science and

Engineering Building EB East Baltimore HW Homewood 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