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Volume 41 No. 8

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A United front

JHU OUTList goes live on Nat’l Coming Out Day By Greg Rienzi

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ohns Hopkins invites its LGBT community to log in to “come out.” On National Coming Out Day, The Johns Hopkins University launched the OUTList, a user-driven online list of university faculty, staff, students, fellows and alumni who Registering voluntarily identify themselves as memon site will bers of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender commufoster an nity. To celebrate the informal launch, the site’s creators hosted a party network on Tuesday evening in the School of Medicine’s Armstrong Medical Education Building, decorated with rainbow-colored balloons for the occasion. University President Ronald J. Daniels attended the event and offered strong words of support for both the site and the LGBT community. “The very name OUTlist is a bold statement of reclamation,” Daniels said to the roughly 180 gathered. “It is not a list of people exposed by others. Instead, it reflects a community consciously choosing to become ever more visible to one another, to our wider community and to our future students and colleagues.” Daniels said that while much progress has been achieved in terms of equal rights and acceptance for LGBT citizens, the United States still lags behind other Western nations. “The inexorable logic of equality demands that we catch up. For this is not a question of tolerance but a question of civil rights. Period,” he said. “At Johns Hopkins, we must continue to cultivate a university community that not only accepts but actively advocates for all our LGBT faculty, staff and students, as well as our patients.” The OUTList site was championed by Sarah Clever, assistant dean for student affairs at the School of Medicine. The effort received support from many other groups, including the university’s central

The JHU United Way leadership team gathers for a group photo. Seated: Michael Eicher, Lloyd Minor, Ron Daniels, Jerry Schnydman. Center row: Michael Klag, Martha Hill, Jessica Einhorn, Ruth Faden. Back row: David Andrews, Landon King, Nick Jones, Philip Phan, Winston Tabb, Clay Armbrister, Jeff Sharkey, Fritz Schroeder, Katherine Newman.

Fundraising campaign kicks off with a goal of $2.2 million for 2011 By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

ive is the magic number for Johns Hopkins’ 2011 United Way of Central Maryland campaign, which kicked off last week. The combined university/Johns Hopkins Medicine financial goal for the campaign is $2.2 million, a total for contributions from all divisions except SAIS, whose donations are reported to the National Capital

Area campaign in Washington, D.C., and the Applied Physics Laboratory, which no longer reports its financial goals and results. The theme of the campaign is “Strive for Five,” which has a number of connotations. An employee can make a pledge of $5 per pay period, recruit five colleagues Continued on page 5

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Free home security inspections; DLC Diversity Conference; strategies for work-life balance

Convention Center will bring together the pharmaceutical industry and academic-based research institutions with the common goal of exploring how the two can best work together to enhance and facilitate the discovery of new drugs. Although pharmaceutical companies and new university-based drug discovery centers have increasingly begun teaming up to pool resources and expertise, the book on best practices for this evolving area is still being written, says Barbara Slusher, head of the BSi Drug Discovery Program and an associ-

ate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “While one-on-one partnerships between universities and the pharmaceutical industry have become more common in recent years, there is less opportunity for these groups to come together and share knowledge and best practices on a broader scale,” she said. That’s what prompted the BSi to organize its symposium, called Drug Discovery in

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Work-Life Balance at its Work and Family Fair, which was held Oct. 5 on the East Baltimore campus. The strategies, submitted by employees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions, included taking advantage of campus activities to learn something new, keeping lists and reprioritizing as necessary, meeting a friend for lunch and taking 20 minutes daily for “me time.” For the complete list, go to www. hopkinsworklife.org. Employees who would like help balancing their work responsibilities and personal life can contact the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program at www.fasap.org or 443-997-7000. FASAP is a free, confidential referral service for employees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions and their families.

Registration closes on Friday for DLC Diversity Conference

egistration will close on Friday, Oct. 21, for the Diversity Leadership Council’s eighth annual Johns Hopkins Diversity Conference, which will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, on the Homewood campus. The event opens with registration at 7 a.m. and will officially begin with a plenary session at 8:30 a.m. in Shriver Hall Auditorium, followed by two sessions of workshops. Lunch and the keynote address are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Levering’s Glass Pavilion and Great Hall and will be limited to the first 400 people who register. The event concludes at 2:30 p.m. Registration is available online at jhuaa. org/diversity-conference.html. For more information, email Risha Zuckerman at rzuckerman@jhu.edu.

Other academic presenters will include the heads of drug discovery centers at the University of California, San Francisco; Harvard University; Johns Hopkins; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Vanderbilt University. From an industry perspective, Merck, Eisai, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are slated to make presentations. Representatives of drug discovery center funders such as the National Institutes of Health, Maryland Biotechnology Center, New Enterprise Associates, Cure Huntington Disease Initiative and Osage University Partners will also speak. A panel discussion and networking will round out the day. Fees are waived for Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and students. G To register, and for more information, go to brainscienceinstitute.org and click on “Drug Discovery in America.”

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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‘Eureka!’ opens at the George Peabody Library

Lena Warren, a book conservator in the Sheridan Libraries’ Department of Conservation and Preservation, sets up a display.

By Brian Shields

JHU Libraries and Museums

ince the acquisition last fall of the Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Rare Books in the History of Science by Johns Hopkins’ Sheridan Libraries, scientists and bibliophiles alike have been eagerly anticipating the chance for a closer look at this magnificent collection. With the opening of Eureka! on Sunday, Oct. 23,

at the George Peabody Library, the wait is finally over. Spanning more than 2,000 years of scientific discovery and including books that date from the late 15th century (when Gutenberg’s movable type was a brandnew technology) to the mid-20th century, Eureka! contains highlights from the larger Hinkes collection and provides a kind of roadmap of seminal moments in the history of science. “The historical sweep and ambition of the Hinkes Collection are staggering, from

telescopic visions of the heavens from the ancient world to the most seminal subatomic reflections upon the fundamental nature of matter and energy in the modern era,” said Earle Havens, the William Kurrelmeyer Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Sheridan Libraries. Havens, along with graduate students Simon Thode and Hanna Roman, curated the exhibition and produced an accompanying catalogue, which has just been released by The Ascensius Press. The collection, totaling more than 300 items, was assembled over two decades by Elliott Hinkes, an alumnus of the schools of Arts and Sciences and Medicine. Hinkes, who died in 2009, maintained a private practice specializing in medical oncology and hematology in the Los Angeles area for more than 30 years and was an associate clinical professor at UCLA. “We are extremely grateful to the Hinkes family for their gift,” said Winston Tabb, the Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums. “This collection connects the ideas and wisdom of the past in a very real way to the work being done every day in labs and classrooms at Johns Hopkins University. This exhibit is a fitting tribute to the personal and intellectual generosity of Dr. Hinkes, and we are pleased to be able to honor him in this way.” The invitation-only opening reception on Sunday will feature remarks by Matt Mountain, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute. Eureka! is open to the public from Oct. 24 through Feb. 29, 2012, at the George Peabody Library, 17 E. Mount Vernon Place. The George Peabody Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 9 to 5; Saturdays, 9 to 3; and Sundays, 12 to 5. Admission is free.

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4 17,2011 2011 4 THE THE GAZETTE GAZETTE •• October August 15,

American Academy of Arts and Sciences inducts 231st class

american academy of arts and sciences

Gabrielle M. Spiegel signs the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Book of Members, a tradition that dates back to 1780.

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atherine S. Newman, the James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and a professor of sociology; and Gabrielle M. Spiegel, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of History at Johns Hopkins were among 179 of the nation’s most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony held Oct. 1 in Cambridge, Mass. Founded in 1780, the American Academy is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious learned societies, and an independent research center that draws from its members’ expertise to conduct studies in science and technology policy, global security, the –

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Calendar Letourneau, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB

Continued from page 12 Tues., Oct. 18, 1 p.m. “Risk of Development Neurotoxicity Due to Methyl Mercury in Seafood,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Mary Sheehan. 461 Hampton House. EB Tues., Oct. 18, 2 p.m. “Airway Inflammation and Sensory Neuroplasticity,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Tina Lieu. W7023 SPH. EB Tues., Oct. 18. Algebraic Geo metry/Number Theory seminars with Lizhen Ji, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sponsored by Mathematics. HW

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3 p.m. “The Coarse Schottky Problem and Generalizations.” 205 Krieger.

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4:30 p.m. “Geometry and Analysis of Moduli Spaces of Riemann Surfaces.” 302 Krieger.

Tues., Oct. 18, 3 p.m. The

M. Gordon Wolman Seminar— “Paying $5.3 Billion for Stormwater Management: Finance Policy Options for Maryland” with Michael Curley, Environmental Finance LLC. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW “Learning and Inference Algorithms for Dynamical System Models of Dexterous Motion,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Balakrishnan Varadarajan, WSE. 110 Clark. HW

Wed., Oct. 19, 10 a.m.

Wed., Oct. 19, noon. “Telomerase, Cancer Stem Cells and Circulating Tumor Cells: A Common Thread,” a Molecular Pathology seminar with Amir Goldkorn, University of Southern California. Sponsored by Pathology. G01 BRB. EB Wed.,

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Mental Health Noon Seminar—“Juveniles Who Sexually Offend: Clinical and Public Policy Advances” with Elizabeth

“Diverse Functions of Antiviral Factor APOBEC3H and Its Genetic Variants,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Anjie Zhen. E2014 SPH. EB

Wed., Oct. 19, 1 p.m.

“Single-Trial Analysis of Simultaneously Acquired fMRI and EEG: A Window Into Latent Brain States,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Paul Sajda, Columbia University. 709 Traylor. EB Wed., Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.

“A 100% Renewable Power System in Europe,” a CEAFM and E2SHI joint seminar with Martin Greiner, Aarhus University, Denmark. Sponsored by Mechanical Engineering. For more information and detailed schedule, go to www .jhu.edu/ceafm/weekly-seminar/ Fall11. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW Wed., Oct. 19, 4 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. “Chemical Biology of Methyl-Lysine,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Stephen Frye, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Wed., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. “Structural Equation Models for Exposure Assessment and Health Effects Analysis of Airborne Particulate Matter,” a Biostatistics seminar with Margaret Nikolov, U.S. Naval Academy. W2030 SPH. EB Thurs.,

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“Ante natal and Delivery Care in Afghanistan: Knowledge and Perception of Services, Decision Making for Service Use and Determinants for Utilization,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Sandhya Sundaram. W2030 SPH. EB Thurs., Oct. 20, noon. The Randolph Bromery Seminar— “Extreme Data-Intensive Computing in Science” with Alex Szalay, KSAS. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW

“N-Cadherin-Mediated Adhesion and Signaling in Disease Pathogenesis,” a Cell Biology seminar with Glenn Radice, Thomas Jefferson University. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB Thurs., Oct. 20, noon.

“Immunomic Analysis of Complex Pathogens,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Alessandro Sette, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. W1020 SPH. EB

Thurs., Oct. 20, noon.

“Mapping the Dynamic Interior of Live Spines and Synapses,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Thomas Blanpied, University of Maryland School of Medicine. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Oct. 20, 1 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 20, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., and Fri., Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to noon. The Futures Seminar—

Near Eastern Studies, with Eleanor Robson, University of Cambridge; Thomas Schneider, University of British Columbia; Ronald Hendel, University of California, Berkeley; and Gil Stein, University of Chicago. Mason Hall Auditorium (Thursday) and Charles Commons (Friday). HW

Thurs., Oct. 20, 4 p.m. “CellType-Specific Translational Profiling in Mouse Models of Neurodegeneration,” a Biology seminar with Myriam Heiman, MIT. 100 Mudd. HW Thurs., Oct. 20, 4 p.m. “Modern Approaches for Regenerating the Skeleton,” an Orthopaedic Surgery research seminar with Robert Guldberg, Georgia Institute of Technology. 5152 JHOC. EB Fri., Oct. 21, 12:15 p.m. “ ‘You talkin’ to me?’ Epidemiology Meets Comparative Effectiveness Research,” an Epidemiology seminar with Miguel Hernan, SoM. W1020 SPH. EB

“Mysteries of Neurodegeneration: Lessons Learned in ALS,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Jiou Wang, SPH. W1020 SPH. EB

Mon., Oct. 24, noon.

humanities and culture, social policy and education. “Induction recognizes extraordinary individual achievement and marks a commitment on the part of new members to provide fundamental, nonpartisan knowledge for addressing today’s complex challenges,” said American Academy President Leslie C. Berlowitz. Since its founding by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholarpatriots, the American Academy has elected leading “thinkers and doers” from each generation. The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates, some 100 Pulitzer Prize winners and many of the world’s most celebrated artists and performers.

“Line 1 Retrotransposition in the Nervous System,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Alysson Muotri, University of California, San Diego. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.

Mon., Oct. 24, 12:15 p.m.

“Why Did the Nazis Burn the Hebrew Bible? Nazi Germany, Representations of the Past and the Holocaust,” a History seminar with Alon Confino, University of Virginia. 308 Gilman. HW Mon., Oct. 24, 4 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 24, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“A View of Vision as Dynamic Tuning of a General Purpose Processor” with John Tsotsos, York University, Toronto. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

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Opening night celebration for Evergreen Museum & Library’s new exhibitions, Intimate Earth: The Art of Louise Wheatley and Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color, with remarks by Wheatley and guest curator Laura Somenzi. Sponsored by University Museums. The event will include catalog signings, a wine reception and hors d’oeuvres. Free, but reservations requested. RSVP by phone to 410-516-0341 or by email to evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu. Evergreen Museum & Library. The 2011 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium—America’s Boundless

Wed., Oct. 19, 8 p.m.

Possibilities: Innovate, Advance, Transform, with actor Michael Kenneth Williams from HBO’s The Wire. Talks are followed by a question-and-answer session and reception. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW Sun., Oct. 23, 2 p.m. Opening reception for the exhibition Eureka! The Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Rare Books in the History of Scientific Discovery. Free, but reservations are requested. (See story, p. 7.) To RSVP, call 410-516-7943 or email libraryfriends@jhu.edu. Exhibition gallery, George Peabody Library. Mon., Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Food Day Teach-In,” a series of presentations by SPH faculty, staff and students on topics including food production, diet, food security, ending hunger and the famine in the horn of Africa. Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. W1030 SPH. EB W ORK S H O P S Tues.,

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“Enhancing Students’ Motivation and Learning,” an Eyes on Teaching workshop open to all grad students, postdoctoral fellows, lecturers and faculty in KSAS or WSE. To register, go to www.cer .jhu.edu/events.html. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW “Introduction to Google Applications,” a Bits & Bytes workshop. Training is open to full-time Homewood faculty, lecturers and TAs; staff are also welcome to attend. Registration is strongly encouraged; go to www.cer.jhu.edu/events .html. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Thurs., Oct. 20, 1 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 24, 3 to 7 p.m. The Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality presents the first in its Material Emotionality workshop series. 132 Gilman. HW

• “Negative Empathy” with Robin Curtis, Free University, Berlin. • “Depression: A Public Feelings Project” with Ann Cvetkovich, University of Texas. • “Strange Attractions: The Case of Hoarders and Things” with Jane Bennett, KSAS.

October 17, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Johns Hopkins launches certificate in nonprofit management By Brian Reil

Advanced Academic Programs

ohns Hopkins has launched an online graduate certificate in nonprofit management, designed for working professionals who are looking to expand their expertise in nonprofit management with the latest skills and approaches taught by faculty at the forefront of their careers. The certificate will be offered through the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic Programs. Coursework for the certificate will build on the university’s existing programs and

United Way Continued from page 1 to donate, increase by 5 percent the amount normally contributed or choose another creative approach. The United Way of Central Maryland’s campaign will focus on its Access to Healthy Food initiative, which annually aims to make 1.5 million pounds of healthy food easier to access for Central Marylanders. More than 300,000 people in the area don’t have the food they need, and thousands have limited or no access to a grocery store, according to Mark Furst, president and CEO of United Way of Central Maryland. Furst said that nothing is more basic than adequate food, especially high-quality food. “We’ve set an ambitious goal to expand sourcing, distribution and accessibility of 4.5 million pounds of healthy and affordable food in low-income neighborhoods in Central Maryland during the next three years,” Furst said. He said that donations are needed to

OUTList Continued from page 1 administration and the Gertrude Stein Society, an organization for lesbian, gay and bisexual members of the Johns Hopkins medical institutions. Clever had learned of a similar list at the University of California, San Francisco and asked, Why not one at Johns Hopkins? “This is a very welcoming and tolerant environment, but it may not have the reputation it deserves for being so,” said Clever, who is also an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. “We want to be a vanguard in terms of support of our LGBT community, and this site speaks to that.” In his remarks, Daniels noted other LGBT-related efforts currently under way at Johns Hopkins, such as the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s exploring the establishment of an LGBT health certificate program and affiliated research agenda, and the university’s Diversity Leadership Council’s investigation into the creation of an institutionswide LGBT affinity group. Clever said that she is not aware of another university other than UCSF hosting such an online “out list.” Elmhurst College, a private liberal arts college in Illinois, recently made news by becoming the first college in the United States to ask prospective undergraduates about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application. In his commentary written for a recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Elmhurst College President S. Alan Ray explained his school’s action. “We wanted [our LGBT students] to know that they, like all our students, would find abundant resources at Elmhurst to enable them to succeed,” he wrote. “We wanted them to know that they would not feel isolated on our campus because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. On the contrary:

research covering nonprofits in the United States and around the world. Applications are now being accepting for the inaugural class, which will begin its studies in January 2012. “The fully online certificate in nonprofit management recognizes the substantial role nonprofits play in the formulation and delivery of public services, and as vehicles for citizen influence and expression,” said Kathy Wagner, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. “The course work focuses on building the specific analytical and management skills needed by those assuming leadership roles in a variety of nonprofit fields.”

The certificate consists of six courses: Influence and Impacts of Nonprofits, Principles of Nonprofit Management, Nonprofit Governance and Executive Leadership, Financial Management and Analysis in Nonprofits, Program Development and Evaluation, and Resource Development and Marketing. “All of the courses feature a global perspective for relevance in today’s world of interconnected economies and communication,” said Char Mollison, coordinator of the program and one of its faculty members. “For students in other countries, the courses offer a greater understanding of the role and potential of nongovernmental organizations,

and convey the best practices emerging from the American experience.” Mollison is a veteran nonprofit executive whose service includes senior positions at the Council on Foundations, an association of grant makers; and Independent Sector, a national coalition of nonprofits and philanthropies. She has been teaching graduate courses for 14 years, and as a consultant has advised many nonprofits in the United States and abroad, including Eastern and Central Europe, China, Africa and Bangladesh. For more about the certificate program, go to nonprofit.jhu.edu or contact Char Mollison at nonprofit@jhu.edu.

make this a reality, and that United Way asks for Johns Hopkins’ continued support. “We simply could not fulfill our role without the perennially generous support of the Johns Hopkins family, for which we are extremely thankful,” he said. Employees and students of the university and Johns Hopkins Medicine pledged more than $2.1 million to United Way of Central Maryland in 2010. Jerry Schnydman, executive assistant to the president and secretary of the board of trustees, is chair of the university’s campaign, which runs through Dec. 16. Ted DeWeese, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at the School of Medicine, is chair of the Johns Hopkins Medicine campaign, which officially wrapped up on Friday, although donations are still being accepted. The university’s campaign will be rolled out by its coordinators and “ambassadors”— selected employees who will educate others about United Way and can answer questions. Employees will be able to designate all or part of their donation to the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund, which supports agen-

cies that serve communities in close proximity to Johns Hopkins campuses and have a strong relationship with Johns Hopkins and its employees. It was created in 2007 to assist community-oriented organizations and agencies that may not currently receive United Way funding. “The need continues to support the efforts of those working hard to improve the quality of life in the communities surrounding our campuses,” Schnydman said. “This is the essence of the Neighborhood Fund. It was developed to assist organizations that serve the people we see and interact with every day.” Last year, the Neighborhood Fund raised more than $220,000. To be considered, nonprofit organizations must be associated with Johns Hopkins through employee and/ or institutional involvement and deliver services within the Live Near Your Work program boundaries and/or a 3/4-mile radius of a Johns Hopkins campus that participates in the annual United Way of Central Maryland campaign. A committee representing a cross section of employees oversees allocation of the fund. The overall campaign will focus on fund-

ing 1,600 nonprofit organizations in Central Maryland that provide assistance in the basic need areas. Among the events highlighting this year’s university campaign will be a leadership kickoff breakfast on Oct. 26, a bingo game and Ravens raffle on Dec. 2 and a Chili Cook-Off/Bake-Off on Dec. 9. All the events will be held in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus. The campaigns will feature departmentand office-level events that seek to educate Johns Hopkins employees on the work of the Neighborhood Fund as well as of United Way of Central Maryland, which supports human service agencies in Baltimore City and its five surrounding counties. Employees may contribute through a secure and confidential electronic system, which can be found at portal.johnshopkins.edu/ unitedway. To access the system, employees will use their JHED ID and password. Those who would rather pledge by paper can download a form from the United Way site or contact their department coordinator. G For more information on the Johns Hopkins campaigns, go to www.jhu.edu/unitedway or www.hopkinsmedicine.org/unitedway, or contact unitedway@jhu.edu or 443-997-7000.

We clearly, openly, emphatically want them here.” In registering on the site, the Johns Hopkins OUTList members are willing to be part of an informal network and perhaps serve as mentors to others, said Carl Streed Jr., a medical student and president of the Gertrude Stein Society. “The OUTList is a way of letting everyone know at Johns Hopkins and abroad that Johns Hopkins is a welcoming place,” he said. The list is also intended to serve as a recruitment and retention tool, Clever said, and display the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. Chris Beyrer, a professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and one of the event’s speakers, told those gathered why he chose to put his own name on the list. Beyrer, who directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights and the Johns Hopkins Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, said that advocating for tolerance requires openness and honesty, which the site’s very existence demonstrates. He mentioned the number of nations that still openly persecute those of same-sex sexual orientation, including the use of jail time and capital punishment in some cases. “You have to use your own freedom to advance the freedom of others,” he said. The OUTList alphabetically lists names with the person’s title and university affiliation, and is organized into four categories: faculty and academic; students, residents, postdocs and fellows; staff; and alumni. The creators of the site took efforts to ensure that those registered would not be listed in major online search engines, or come up online in context with the list. To join the OUTList, go to web.jhu.edu/ outlist. Users must provide a valid JHU email address and JHED password. To read President Daniels’ remarks in their entirety, go to web.jhu.edu/administration/president and click on “Speeches.” G

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To inspire students to generate original and creative ideas to solve this riddle we are challenging Johns Hopkins trainees to compete for the Rangos Medal along with a cash prize. We will also assist the trainees in ways to test their ideas.

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Applicants must prepare an essay of no longer than five pages (single spaced), including references, with scientific support that addresses the riddle of cancer described above. A University-wide panel will independently score the essays and the top five will be invited to give a presentation of their idea. The awardees will be selected from these presenters.

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October 17, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Zelda Fitzgerald, Louise Wheatley exhibitions open at Evergreen B y H e at h e r E g a n S ta l f o rt

JHU Libraries and Museums

vergreen Museum & Library will celebrate the opening of two special exhibitions this week at a reception at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The nearly 40-year career retrospective Intimate Earth: The Art of Louise Wheatley features a rotating display of 70 works by contemporary Maryland textile artist and weaver Louise Wheatley. Of astonishing intimacy and complexity, the works “provide an intimate narrative of one artist’s thoughtful and poetic evolution,” said Evergreen Director James Archer Abbott, who curated the exhibition. Wheatley’s most personal pieces—and the exhibition’s collective centerpiece—are her panels of handdyed, -spun and -woven threads that explore everything from lone birds to ancient parables to harvested fruits.

Wheatley’s ‘Crow Blanket’

Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color spotlights six watercolors by the Jazz Age icon that were gifted to the university in 1971 by C. Sewell Weech, a 1915 Krieger

Fitzgerald’s ‘Female Figure With Flowers’

School alumnus. Woodrow Wilson Research Fellow Laura Maria Somenzi, a junior majoring in history of art and minoring in the Program in Museums and Society, curated

the exhibition, which traces “Zelda Fitzgerald’s coming into an artistic independence and an artistic language that is distinctly hers, and also as a way to claim an identity separate from her celebrity husband,” she said, referring to writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also on view will be paintings of the artist’s borrowed from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; first editions of Zelda’s novel, Save Me the Waltz; and a film made in the 1950s by friends of Scottie Fitzgerald, the couple’s daughter. The Oct. 18 opening event will feature brief remarks by Wheatley and Somenzi, who will be available to sign copies of their respective exhibition publications; an afterhours museum viewing; and a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. Reservations are requested by emailing evergreenmuseum@ jhu.edu or calling 410-516-0341. The exhibitions remain on view through Jan. 29, 2012. For visiting information, go to museums .jhu.edu.

Nursing researcher links oxidative stress to racial discrimination B y J o n at h a n E i c h b e r g e r

School of Nursing

ohns Hopkins University School of Nursing assistant professor Sarah Szanton, in collaboration with scientists from the National Institute on Aging and the University of California, San Francisco, has concluded that African-Americans who report more frequent racial discrimination have higher levels of oxidative stress in their bodies. Their study is published online in Springer’s International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Oxidative stress is the process by which free radicals, or reactive oxygen species, damage cellular components including DNA, proteins and lipids.

“This is a preliminary report of an association between racial discrimination and oxidative stress. It is a first step to understanding whether there is a relationship between the two,” Szanton said. “Our findings suggest that there may be identifiable cellular pathways by which racial discrimination amplifies cardiovascular and other age-related disease risks.” The consequences of racial discrimination may contribute to racial health disparities in conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other age-associated diseases. This is according to analyses of data from the epidemiologic study Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span, or HANDLS, conducted by the National Institute on Aging.

The psychological stress of racial discrimination is thought to be one of the factors that explain racial health disparities for conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, cardiovascular problems, poor self-reported health and premature disease-related disability. There is some evidence that psychological stress increases oxidative stress. Szanton and NIH investigators hypothesized that if oxidative stress is causally associated with a psychological stressor such as racial discrimination, then disparities in psychological stress might help explain some of these health disparities. To test their hypothesis, the authors looked, for the first time, at whether there was a link between reports of racial discrimination and red blood cell oxida-

tive stress among 629 participants enrolled in HANDLS. Researchers measured oxidative stress by determining the level of degradation products in red blood cells and assessed racial discrimination by asking participants how much prejudice, or discrimination, they had experienced because of their race. Overall, African-Americans reported more racial discrimination than whites and more oxidative stress originating from their red blood cells as measured by a novel marker. In addition, African-Americans who reported suffering from racial discrimination had higher levels of oxidative stress than those who had not experienced prejudice. Discrimination was not linked to levels of oxidative stress in whites.

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JHU bioethicist honored for work on social justice issues in health policy By Gary Stephenson

Johns Hopkins Medicine

uth Faden, founding director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and an authority on research ethics and social justice considerations in health policy, is the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award given by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. The award was presented Oct. 15 during the organization’s annual meeting in Minneapolis. Faden is the Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics at Johns Hopkins and taught what is believed to be the first public health ethics course in the country. She also is a senior research scholar at Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Dan-

iels lauded Faden’s leadership at the Berman Institute. “She has been able to pull from all corners of this university to welcome the participation of each of our divisions, and to train the next generation of bioethicists,” he said. “The results of her fervent effort represent the best of what a great university has to offer our society.” Jeremy Sugarman, the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine at the Berman Institute, who helped nominate Faden for the honor, said, “Her contributions as a scholar include pioneering work on the conceptual bases of informed consent, as well as on ethics and public health. She also has held leadership positions on numerous commissions, committees and projects that led to highly effective policy guidance on the most controversial areas of biomedical and life science research.” Sugarman also praised Faden for her mentorship. “Dozens and dozens of renowned F O R

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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. ACADEMIC CENTERS AND AFFILIATES Ronald H. Magarick , director of Global

Programs at Jhpiego, has been appointed vice president for technical leadership and special projects. As Global Programs director, Magarick oversaw Jhpiego’s 25 field offices and their work in more than 50 countries on three continents. Since joining Jhpiego in 1978, he has served as director of Jhpiego’s International Education Center, Asia Regional Office, East and Southern Africa regional offices and Training in Reproductive Health Project. Magarick is also an assistant professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in the School of Medicine, with a joint appointment in Population, Family and Reproductive Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Sarah Polk , assistant professor of pedi-

atrics and adolescent medicine, has been named director of the Children’s Medical Practice clinic. Nicole Namour , instructor in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and a clinical associate, has been named assistant medical director of the clinic. Thomas Reifsnyder , assistant professor and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, has received two 2011 Keith D. Lillemoe Faculty Teaching Awards, one each from the senior and junior Halsted surgical residents. Erica Sibinga , assistant professor of pediatrics and adolescent medicine and clinical service director in the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy’s pediatric clinic, is now also medical director for ambulatory pediatrics. Kimberley Steel , assistant professor of surgery, has earned a Surgery Clerkship Award for Outstanding Faculty Teacher. BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Thomas Kensler , professor in the Depart-

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try’s economic and social progress.” The award recognizes the two decades of work by Kensler and his team in understanding the etiology and approaches toward prevention of liver cancer in a high-risk region of eastern China. Shanshan Li , a PhD candidate in Biostatistics, is the recipient of this year’s June B. Culley Award, which honors outstanding achievement by a Biostatistics student on his or her schoolwide examination paper. Li’s paper was titled “Optimal Nonlinear Combination of Multiple Markers and Bivariate ROC Analysis.” Her adviser is Mei-Cheng Wang , and her co-adviser is Brian Caffo . JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTH SYSTEM Joanne Pollak , vice president and gen-

eral counsel for The Johns Hopkins Health System Corp., The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine, has received a Leadership in Law award from The Daily Record, Baltimore’s legal and business newspaper. Since 2000, the paper has honored attorneys and judges whose dedication to their occupation and communities deserves special recognition. JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL L i n d s a y R o y l a n c e R o t h s t e i n , mar-

keting manager, has been named assistant director of Marketing and Communications. In this new role, she will be responsible for developing integrated marketing, communications and Internet strategies to support the management objectives of JHI.

PEABODY INSTITUTE Sophomore Jennifer Nicole Campbell , a piano student of Brian Ganz ’s, was

awarded first prize in the Senior Division (ages 19–25) in the 1000 Islands International Chopin Piano Competition, held Sept. 9–11 in Cape Vincent, N.Y. Katelyn Jackman , a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate; Richard Giarusso , a Musicology faculty member; and alumna Kristen Dubenion-Smith sang in the 9/11 Concert for Hope at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama, Denyce Graves, Patti LaBelle, Alan Jackson and Anderson Cooper were in attendance.  Baritone Jisoo Kim , a junior studying with John Shirley-Quirk and Ah H o n g , won the fifth Yokohama International Competition, held in August in Japan. He was one of the two recipients of the Grand Prix and also won first prize in the university division for voice. Kristina Lewis , a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate, was the winner of the Opera Index Inc. 2011 Encouragement Grant of $1,000. The competition was held in Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center in New York. There were 27 finalists.  Kelsey Tamayo , a Master of Music candidate, won the prestigious Jan and Beat-

scholars in bioethics, both within the U.S. and abroad, likely would point to Ruth as having been influential in their professional growth, and would underscore the countless hours she was willing to spend mentoring, reviewing papers and having phone conversations about future career steps.” Faden has authored and edited many books and articles on biomedical ethics and health policy, including Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy (with Madison Powers), A History and Theory of Informed Consent (with Tom L. Beauchamp), AIDS, Women and the Next Generation (edited with Gail Geller and Madison Powers) and HIV, AIDS and Childbearing: Public Policy, Private Lives (edited with Nancy Kass). A member of the Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the Hastings Center and the American Psychological Association, Faden has served on numerous national advisory

committees and commissions, including the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, which she chaired. She is a co-founder of the Hinxton Group, a global community committed to advancing ethical and policy challenges in stem cell science, and of the Second Wave project, an effort to ensure that the health interests of pregnant women are fairly represented in biomedical research and drug and device policies. Faden’s research focuses on questions of social justice in health policy and global health. Her work also addresses ethical challenges in biomedical research and innovation, and in women’s health. Her scholarship related to social justice concentrates on national and global challenges in pandemic influenza planning and response, vaccine policy and funding, health systems design, and access to the benefits of global investments in biomedical research.

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tie Wood Young Artist Concerto Competition at the 2011 Brevard Music Festival. She performed in the “Soloist of Tomorrow” concert on July 31, under the baton of Peabody alumnus Ken Lam and will receive a full scholarship to attend the 2012 Brevard Music Festival and Institute. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE J o h n B a r t l e t t , professor of medicine

and former chief of Infectious Diseases, has received the American Society of Microbiology’s 2011 Cubist Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Award. The honor, sponsored by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, recognizes “outstanding accomplishments in antimicrobial chemotherapy, development of new therapeutic agents, investigation of antimicrobial action or resistance to antimicrobial agents, and/or the pharmacology, toxicology or clinical use of those agents.” Bernard G. Jaar , assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology, has been appointed chairman of the medical advisory board of the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland. L i n d a D i l l o n J o n e s , former director of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Training and Education in the Office of Human Services, has been named interim assistant dean for faculty development. For the past three years, Jones has been a senior learning and development consultant for the Talent Management and Organization Development Office. Linda Lee , assistant professor and clinical director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has received a Healthnetwork Foundation Service Excellence Award. The honor is presented annually to 10 physicians throughout the United States who have demonstrated an extremely high level of integrity and compassionate care to Healthnetwork members. W. P. A n d r e w L e e , professor and director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a nationally acclaimed hand transplant researcher and surgeon, has been elected president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. The 3,224-member society is the oldest medical subspecialty organization in the nation and the world’s largest devoted to hand surgery. M. Susan Leffell , professor of medicine and director of the Immunogenetics Laboratory, has been named the recipient of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics’ 2011 Distinguished Scientist Award. Elizabeth Mazhari , director of ventures, has been appointed by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to a new nine-member Maryland Venture Fund Authority, which will oversee a new investment capital fund for startup businesses. The authority aims to raise $75 million for grants, which the startups will be required to pay back, through the auction of insurance premium tax credits to the state’s insurers.

K e n n e t h S h e r m o c k , director of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in the Department of Pharmacy, has been appointed to the Document Development Committee of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. The institute is a global standards–establishing organization that promotes the development and use of consensus standards and guidelines within the health care community. Victor Velculescu , professor of oncology and co-director of Cancer Biology, has received a $50,000 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, presented biennially by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York to promising scientists under the age of 46. Velculescu was honored for his creation and use of novel technologies to detect genomic alterations in cancer and to develop personalized biomarkers that clarify key features underlying malignancies and lead to opportunities for individualized cancer treatments. WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Mounya Elhilali , assistant professor in

Computer and Electrical Engineering, is one of 65 early-career faculty members nationwide who have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s third Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. Participants will come together Nov. 13–16 in Irvine, Calif., to share their innovative educational approaches in a variety of disciplines and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institutions. The attendees were nominated by fellow engineers or deans. Meneveau, professor Charles in Mechanical Engineering, is the first recipient of the newly established Stanley Corrsin Award, given by the Fluid Dynamics Division of the American Physical Society. Meneveau was selected for this honor “for his innovative use of experimental data and turbulence theory in the development of advanced models for large-eddy simulations, and for the application of these models to environmental, geophysical and engineering applications.” The award will be presented at the American Physical Society’s annual Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting, to be held in November in Baltimore. Corrsin, for whom the award is named, had a long and distinguished association with Johns Hopkins; he joined the faculty of the Aeronautics Department in 1947, chaired Mechanical Engineering from 1955 to 1960 and helped establish the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1979. Rajat Mittal , professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his “fundamental contributions to the development of immersed boundary methods in computational fluid dynamics and for the understanding of the structure of bluff body wakes, fluid dynamics of locomotion, active flow control, and biomimetics and bio-inspired engineering.”

October 17, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

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

30 years of service Dea n , Deborah, Jhpiego 15 years of service C o le , Judi, Center for Talented Youth 10 years of service Smith , Joseph, AV Support Wicks , Delores, Center for Talented

Youth

15 years of service Va nde nbe r g , Jan, Physics and Astronomy 10 years of service Ma u sha rd , Mary, Center for Social

Organization of Schools 5 years of service T hom a s , Brenda, Center for Social

Organization of Schools PEABODY INSTITUTE

15 years of service Ga j ge r , Melina, Peabody Institute 10 years of service J e drze j c z a k , Bozena, The Conservatory SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

20 years of service B e nne tt , Suprena, Financial Operations 5 years of service H u d son , Monica, Financial Aid

5 years of service Kib wana , Sharon, Jhpiego

BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

20 years of service C la rk , Shirley, Facilities Dun e vant , Mary, Health, Behavior and Society 15 years of service Meyerer , Stacey, Epidemiology Owens , Shannon, Academic Affairs

10 years of service Green , Marion, Facilities McC allis ter , Roger, Center for Communication Programs 5 years of service C a mp be ll , Ricky, Facilities C h a nce , Tomeka, Academic Affairs C h a ndan , Shivam, Epidemiology C ro ft , David, External Affairs Da y , Meghan, Epidemiology Eb y , Yolanda, Epidemiology Elwo od , Daniel, Center for Immunization Research and Vaccine Sciences Ga skins , Christina, Center for Communication Programs Heles , John, Information Systems Ho cke tt , Cynthia, Biostatistics Ma czka , Nina, Epidemiology Ta la swaima , Tamara, Center for American Indian Health Th o mps on , Roxanne, Center for American Indian Health Trupia , Erin, Epidemiology HOMEWOOD STUDENT AFFAIRS

15 years of service Midd let on , Arthur, Athletics and Recreation 10 years of service Free , Jean, Academic and Enrollment Services 5 years of service La mba , Garima, Counseling Center KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Retiree C un ningham , Arlene,

25 years of service, Advanced Academic Programs 20 years of service Sh in sky , Dawn, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute Wild , Yvonne, Near Eastern Studies

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Retiree E l i ou , Irene, 27 years of service, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine 50 years of service S m i th , Mabel, Pathology

30 years of service F i gu e roa , Brenda, Pharmacology 25 years of service B l u m e nf el d , Denise, Pediatrics Com e g ys , Beverly, Urology K a sc h-S e m en z a , Laura, Institute of

Genetic Medicine Ti a n , Yan, Oncology

20 years of service B rown , Herman, Welch Medical Library D ru m m on d , Annie, Facilities Ma tti ngl y , Paula, Pharmacology P orte r , Stephanie, Oncology R obe rtson , Patricia, Clinical Practice Association T hom pso n , Paul, Facilities 15 years of service B a u e r , Tina, Oncology B re sc hi , Carl, Institute of Genetic

Medicine D orr , Donna, Hematology H op ki ns , Rosemary, Cardiology Ma rc e l l i n o , Linda, Anesthesiology and

Critical Care Medicine Mu nson , Ann, Endocrinology S m i th , Jennifer, Clinical Practice Association 10 years of service B ol de n , Joy, General Internal Medicine

M o l a n o Di Ta r g i a n i , Nelly,

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Gynecology and Obstetrics O a k j o n es , Kathryn, Oncology Tu r n er , Charles, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine Wa l z , Francine, Pulmonary

25 years of service As hwood , David, Facilities Gr am m er , Charlene, Benefits Administration and Shared Services

5 years of service A n d er s o n , Robin, Emergency Medicine B a r n h a r d t , Karleen, Clinical Practice Association B r i ce , Crystal, Pediatrics B r o ck - S i m m o n s , Regina, Neurology B r o o k s , Rachel, Ophthalmology C a r r o l l , Marshall, Facilities C h a p m a n , Carolyn, Pediatrics C o l e , Lindsay, Institute of Genetic Medicine C o n l ey , Tynia, Pathology C o n n , Lora, Bayview F i el d s , Natarsha, Radiology G h ee , Brandon, Facilities G r a n t , Olga, Oncology Ha n es , Mary, Pathology Ha y es , Sekine, Radiology He , Long, Bayview Ho r s m o n , Gary, Orthopaedics K el l ey , Kristen, Psychiatry L o u l o u d i s , Nicholas, Surgery L o w e , Pamela, Surgery M cC o y , Vincent, Facilities M o n i e , Archana, Pathology M o n t ei r o d e C a s t r o , Fernanda, Neurology O l i ver , Maria, HEBCAC Pa p a d o p o u l o s , Stephanie, Oncology Pen g , Yan, Otolaryngology R a s h eed , Gerald, HEBCAC R o cca , Philip, Human Subjects Research R o d g er s , Kristen, Surgery R o r k e , Shirley, Chairman’s Office R u s s el l , Anthony, Cardiology Sch a k n e , Miye, Policy Coordination Sch w a r t z , Laura, Occupational Health Sm a r t , Kathleen, Neurology St ecy k , Anna, Surgery Sz y m a n s k i , Luanne, Urology Wa n g , Hong, Neuroscience Wa s h i n g t o n , Nichelle, Otolaryngology Weh , Ruth, Surgery Wel d o n , Yvonne, Clinical Practice Association Wo o d a r d , Ashley, Orthopaedics

Gei s l er , Michele, Government,

SCHOOL OF NURSING

30 years of service W h a r t o n , Flora, Financial Aid 10 years of service C i s z ek , Joyce, Nursing Systems and

Outcomes

15 years of service Community and Public Affairs 10 years of service Bi hun- Wer ner , Linda, Office of the

Chief Networking Officer Br ooks , David, Office of the Chief,

Enterprise Technology Services Conkl i n , Patricia, Development and

Alumni Relations H ay es l i p , Margaret, Office of the Vice

Provost for Institutional Equity H i p p , Jennifer, Supply Chain Shared Services L oc ht e , Lynne, Controller M c N ei l l , Clarence, Jr., Facilities P om p ey , Warren, Jr., Johns Hopkins Club P r ovenc her , Kaliopi, Treasurer Roop nar i ne , Ravi, Facilities Rozi c s , Robert, Enterprise Technology Services Seal y , Cheryl, Homewood Campus Safety Security Services 5 years of service Bes t , Jessica, Office of the Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs D ang , Hung, Facilities Fi s her , Troynell, Benefits Administration and Shared Services Gaubat z , Fritz, Homewood Campus Safety Security Services Gr ut zec k , Sasha, Talent Management and Organization Development H ol t on , Kimberly, Benefits Administration and Shared Services Kur ek , Darlene, Benefits Administration and Shared Services L owe , Roshanda, Development and Alumni Relations M or l ey , Patricia, Controller P aku , Ngutifafa, Enterprise Applications Rup er t , Suzanne, Human Resources Wal ker , Maudline, Controller Ye , Sha, Benefits Administration and Shared Services WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

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10 17,2011 2011 10 THE THE GAZETTE GAZETTE •• October August 15, B U L L E T I N

Notices Intersession Instructors Needed —

The 2012 Intersession Personal Enrichment Program, Jan. 9 to 27, is seeking instructors for classes in music, art, dance and more. Applications are available in the Student Life Office, 102 Levering, or by calling 410-5168209. Applications are due Friday, Oct. 28. Fall Food Drive — The Black Faculty

and Staff Association, in conjunction with Moveable Feast, is sponsoring a drive to collect food for families in need. Moveable Feast is a nonprofit organization that provides healthy meals at no cost to people with life-challenging illnesses that limit their physical activity, such as HIV/ AIDS and breast cancer. Both canned and dried foods—within H U M A N

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their expiration dates—are being requested. Especially needed are low-sodium canned vegetables, canned meats and tuna, peanut butter and jelly, cereal, crackers, macaroni and cheese, and canned fruit. Toiletries such as shampoo, soap, deodorant, lotion, toothbrushes and toothpaste are also welcome. The drive will run from Oct. 14 to Nov. 15. Drop-off locations are at Homewood (161 Krieger Hall; ahickman@jhu.edu), Bloomberg School (E6138; lhacket@jhsph.edu; Monday, Wednesday, Friday only), School of Nursing (lobby; cohamuo@son.jhmi.edu), Bayview (714 Center Tower, Mason F. Lord Building; crobin44@jhmi.edu), APL (13N107 and 6-173; clifton.cole@jhuapl.edu or brenda.lee@jhuapl.edu) and Mount Washington (1st floor and 4th/5th floors, CTY, McAuley Hall; tboney1@jhu.edu). For more information, contact Denise Cotto, BFSA Outreach Chair by phone, 410625-2173 or by email to dcotto1@jhu.edu.

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Hot Jobs Listed below are some of the university’s newest openings for indemand jobs that we most urgently need to fill. In addition to considering these opportunities, candidates are invited to search a complete listing of openings and apply for positions online at jobs.jhu.edu.

Homewood Office of Human Resources Wyman Park Building, Suite W600 410-516-7196 Critical postings within our Homewood division include the following; applications are being accepted for these immediate opportunities. For a more detailed job description and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu. 50231 47506 47185 47350 49237 50156

Manager, Financial Reporting and Budgets, JHU Press Executive Director, Stocks in the Future, Center for Social Organization of Schools Training Specialist, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Systems Administrator, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Multimedia Systems Specialist, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Manager, International Business Support and Compliance, Office of the Controller

School of Medicine Office of Human Resources 98 N. Broadway, Suite 300 410-955-2990 We are looking for people with the right combination of experience, knowledge, skill and drive to join in the adventure of transformation across Johns Hopkins Medicine. Seize the opportunity to be part of the exciting field of professional fee or research billing compliance. Join the Office of Billing Quality Assurance or the Clinical Research Billing and Quality Assurance teams while we prepare for major health care initiatives, Epic and the transition to ICD-10. Work with great teams, in a professional environment that promotes continuous learning. For a detailed job description, and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu. 45465 49609 49455

Compliance Specialist Trainer, Office of Billing Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist Trainer, Office of Billing Quality Assurance Clinical Research Billing Compliance Specialist, Office of Clinical Research Billing and Quality Assurance

Schools of Public Health and Nursing Office of Human Resources 2021 E. Monument St. 410-955-3006 The Bloomberg School of Public Health/School of Nursing Human Resources Office is seeking skilled applicants for several exciting new openings. We are looking for individuals who have a science/public health background that includes statistical analysis skills. Come be a part of our dynamic team. For a detailed job description, and to apply, go to jobs.jhu.edu. 49529 Senior Research Data Analyst 45746 Biostatistician 49020 Health Services Research Analyst Johns Hopkins University is an equal opportunity employer and 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, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.

Exploring why girls in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to HIV By Tim Parsons

Bloomberg School of Public Health

new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more likely than adolescent boys to be living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have examined the reasons why community members believe girls are so vulnerable to HIV. The findings are published in the journal Social Science & Medicine. Carol Underwood, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Health, Behavior and Society, said, “This study represents one of the few efforts to explore community members’ perceptions of vulnerability to HIV. It is unique because it offers insights into developing an HIV response that is grounded in the views of communities most affected by HIV/AIDS rather than a response based primarily on perspectives from the outside.” Underwood directed the Gender Initiative on Girls’ Vulnerability to HIV— known as the Go Girls! Initiative—an intervention informed by this study and carried out by the Bloomberg School’s Center for Communication Programs. The Go Girls! Initiative used focus group discussions with adolescent girls and boys, adult men and women and community opinion leaders, in Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique to develop social, gender and behavior change communication

approaches to reduce adolescent girls’ susceptibility to HIV infection. The study found that structural factors, especially insufficient economic, educational, sociocultural and legal support for adolescent girls, were identified as the root causes of girls’ vulnerability to HIV through exposure to unprotected sexual relationships, primarily relationships that are transactional and age-disparate. This finding is in line with current HIV prevention practice, which advocates for combination prevention that comprises biomedical, behavioral and structural interventions. “Nevertheless, while greater attention is being paid to the importance of structural interventions in HIV prevention efforts, most efforts still focus on the individual and disregard the complex socio-economic context where the infections are occurring, a situation which must be met with nuanced and multilevel responses,” Underwood said. “We found that both adolescents and adults in HIV-affected communities highlighted structural interventions, behavioral interventions and testing—in that order—for prevention,” she said. Community members explicitly called for policies and interventions to strengthen cultural, economic, educational and legal structures to protect girls, findings that were used to develop the interventions implemented by the Go Girls! Initiative. Authors of the study are Underwood, Joanna Skinner and Hilary Schwandt, all of Johns Hopkins; and Nadia Osman, of the World Food Programme. Funding for the research was provided by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the United States Agency for International Development.

Invasive melanoma may be more likely in children than adults B y E k at e r i n a P e s h e va

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than do adults. The study, published online Oct. 5 in the journal Cancer, is believed to be the first to compare disease spread in children and adults, and the results suggest some profound biological differences between childhood and adult melanoma, the researchers say. The Johns Hopkins team analyzed five years of medical records tracking 717 children and 1,368 young adults (ages 20 to 24) diagnosed with melanoma. They compared test results from lymph node biopsies based on tumor size, tumor appearance and age. The researchers found that children with melanoma were, overall, more likely than adults with the disease to have metastases in the lymph nodes surrounding the tumor, known as sentinel lymph nodes. Sentinel lymph node biopsy— the standard way to gauge spread of the disease and determine treatment—involves removal of one or two nodes closest to the tumor. Current guidelines, based on adults with melanoma, call for node removal in all patients with irritated or bleeding melanomas or those thick enough—1 millimeter (roughly 0.04 inches) or more—to suggest that cancer cells have penetrated the skin deeply and may have broken away from their original site. Cancer cells were found in the sentinel lymph nodes of 25 percent of children and 14 percent of adults who had biopsies. Tumor thickness was the strongest predictor of lymph node metastases in both groups, the researchers found, but children with tumors ranging between 1.01 and 2 millimeters emerged as a particularly high-risk group.

They were nearly six times as likely as young adults with same-thickness tumors to have cancer cells in nearby lymph nodes. Children under 10 years of age were more likely to have metastases beyond the immediate tumor site and greater tumor thickness compared with older children and with young adults, the researchers found. Patients with bleeding tumors or open sores were more likely to have metastases regardless of age, the study found. Survival rates did not differ significantly by age among those with metastatic melanoma. Researchers say that the discrepancy in metastatic disease likely stems from underlying biological differences between pediatric and adult melanomas. “Our finding is a powerful reminder that there’s much about pediatric melanoma that we don’t understand and that, just as is the case with other diseases, children are not small adults but differ markedly in their response to disease,” said senior investigator John Strouse, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The National Cancer Institute predicts more than 70,000 new diagnoses of melanoma and nearly 8,800 deaths in the United States in 2011 alone. Because melanoma remains relatively rare in children—less than 4 percent of cases occur in pediatric patients—both diagnosis and treatment can be dangerously delayed in this group, experts say. Studies, however, have shown growing incidence of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer in children and young adults, experts say, and unprotected sun exposure, indoor tanning and repeated sunburns, especially during childhood, are some of the main drivers behind this trend. Co-investigators on the study were Euphemia Mu and Julie Lange, both of Johns Hopkins.

October 17, 2011 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bayview, 1BR, 1BA apt, kitchen, dining rm, AC, hdwd flrs, lg deck, Internet, 1 min to campus. $380-$480/mo + utils. 443-3868471 or fanauh2o@yahoo.com. Butchers Hill/Patterson Park, 1BR + office in single-family TH, all appls, W/D, hdwd flrs, patio. $875/mo + utils. 410-988-3137 or richardson1886@gmail.com. Canton (Boston St Shipyard Condominiums), beautiful 1BR, 1.5BA condo, 2 flrs, spiral stairs to bedroom, 1 prkng space in gated lot. $1,400/mo. Dave, 443-570-5492. Catonsville, medical office in multi-physician bldg, 1,000 sq ft, 2nd flr view of forest, opposite Charlestown Retirement Center. $1,700/mo + utils. 410-321-8889. Cross Keys Village, 3BR, 2.5BA TH, access to swimming pools and tennis courts, avail Nov 1. $2,300/mo. maison.my@gmail.com. Deep Creek Lake/Wisp, cozy 2BR cabin w/ full kitchen, call for wkly/wknd rentals. 410638-9417 or jzpics@yahoo.com (for pics). Ednor Gardens, 3BR, 2BA in historic neighborhood nr JHU, inlaid wood flrs, new appls, sunrm, no smokers/no pets. $1,600/ mo. dewi.smith@gmail.com. Mt Vernon, 1BR apt in historic mansion on St Paul St, hdwd flrs, great rm is 21' x 12' w/east-facing windows, BR is 12' x 12', window AC, radiators throughout, lg closet, 1 blk to laundry, Charm City Circulator stop on blk, on JHU shuttle line, quiet neighbors. $899/mo. 919-302-3910. Mt Washington, 3BR, 2.5BA condo, dw, W/D, CAC, lg balcony, garage prkng, lg swimming pool and tennis court, nr I-83/ light rail, avail Nov 1. $1,400/mo + utils. 443-220-2138 or hLhuang@gmail.com. Owings Mills, 2BR, 2BA condo, W/D, walk-in closets, storage, prkng, swimming pool/tennis court privileges, backs to woods, conv to metro, walk to grocery, 1-yr lease. $1,250/mo. 410-336-7952 or ljohnsto@ mail.roanoke.edu. Patterson Park, EOG rehab, 2BRs w/walkin closets, 2.5BAs, stainless steel appls, granite counters, home theater, fp, prkng pad. $1,850/mo + utils. 410-900-8803 or flightrnsteve@msn.com. Perry Hall, condo in elevator bldg, 3 lg BRs, 2 full BAs, lg kitchen, new W/D, balcony, no pets/no smokers, refs req’d, great location, easy access to I-95/restaurants. $1,300/ mo + sec dep (1 mo) + utils. 410-256-8563. Towson, 3BR rancher w/double BA, central gas heat and AC, fin’d bsmt, fenced yd, openair garage. 410-821-0058 or hlfreycorp@ yahoo.com. Towson, 5BR house w/2 and 1/2 full BAs, new kitchen, appls, hdwd flrs, next to university. $2,500/mo. 410-236-1504. 2BR, 2BA condo, walking distance to JHU/ Hopkins shuttle, AC, gym, W/D in apt, swimming pool, prkng space. $1,900/mo incl all utils (elec, water, heat). 410-662-1169.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Edgemere, MD, 5BR waterfront house on 0.8 acre, dead-end road, no water problems,

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move-in ready. $699,000. 49nurse@comcast .net. Gardenville, 3BR, 1.25BA RH in quiet neighborhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt w/cedar closet, fenced maintenance-free yd w/carport, 15 mins to JHH. $130,000. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@ juno.com. Guilford, 1BR, 1BA condo, 2 blks to Homewood campus and shuttle stop, move-in ready. $155,000. 410-206-9632 or mmollazadeh@ gmail.com. Guilford, amazing, fully renov’d 3BR, 3BA architect-designed condo, 2,900 sq ft (incl huge terrace), gourmet kitchen, living rm, dining rm, family rm, 2 prkng spaces, located at JHU shuttle stop, 5-min walk to Homewood campus. 410-366-8507 or jz1234@ earthlink.net. Owings Mills New Town, 2BR condo, nr metro, ready for immediate sale. www.4409silverbrook.info. Rosedale, 4BR house in quiet neighborhood, 2 full BAs, all appls, lovely new kitchen, offstreet prkng, move-in cond at an affordable price. $199,900. 410-499-2139. Timonium/Lutherville, 4BR, 2.5BA house, 5 fin’d levels, fp, hdwd flrs, nr I-83, easy access to all Hopkins campuses. $420,000. Val, 443-994-8938.

ROOMMATES WANTED

F prof’l/grad student wanted by married prof’l to share 2BR, 1BA apt in Linthicum. $575/mo incl all utils. 302-724-0044. Nonsmoker wanted for furn’d 700 sq ft BR in 3BR house in Cedonia owned by young F prof’l, bright, spacious, modern kitchen w/ convection oven, walk-in closet, landscaped yd, lg deck, free prkng, public transportation to JHU, wireless Internet incl’d. $550/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@yahoo.com. Sublet: F wanted for lg BR in 2BR, 1BA apt in Charles Village, avail Oct 6 to Nov 14, fully furn’d, all basic amenities, queen bed in rm, closet, ceiling fan, W/D in unit, safe location, nr shuttle stops, walk to MTA bus stop. $800 (for month and a half) incl all utils and Internet. 443-928-7783. Share all new refurbished TH w/medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to JHMI, 924 N Broadway. gretrieval@aol.com.

Studios - $595 - $630 1 BD Apts. - $710-740 2 BD from $795

on Hickory Avenue in Hampden!

2 BD units from $760 w/Balcony - $790!

Shown by appointment 410.764.7776 www.BrooksManagementCompany.com

Floor lamps (2), $10; plastic storage boxes (3), $5; wireless router, Belkin model F6D4230-4, v2, $20; bookshelf (free). 303332-6418. Antique art deco furniture: 2 loveseats in eggplant velvet, $1,000/pair; 7-pc dining set (table, chairs, buffet, cabinet) in gold oak w/red trim, $1,000. Chris, cgarvan@ verizon.net. Fisher-Price Smart Cycle Racer, physical learning system, like new, used twice, 2 game cartridges incl’d. $65. 443-803-7401. Oak entertainment center, $500; 1967 Wurlitzer Americana jukebox w/100+ 45 records; baby swing, like new, $55; Fender acoustic guitar, $200; best offers accepted. Chris, 443-326-7717. Exterior French doors, music cassette tapes, fitness chair, 21" TV, 35mm cameras, silk flowers and vase, Asian decor pillows, office file units, men’s travel bag, dining rm set, full-length silver fox coat, BlackBerry Bold accessories, other misc items. 443-824-2198 or saleschick2011@hotmail.com. 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. 17' Coleman canoe, red, 3 paddles, 1 seatback, 4 aluminum rain gutter mount yokes (uses two 2x4 cross beams). $215. drabold@ gmail.com. Wood convertible crib/bed, in good cond, 1 to 5 yrs old. $170. Paulina, pblarrain@ yahoo.com. iMac, 21.5" screen, 3.06/2x2GB/500GB/ 9400M-USA, Snow Leopard OS, keyboard, magic mouse, like new, in orig box, excel cond. $750. 443-765-8051. Otto Benjamin violin 4/4, in excel cond. $900/best offer. jessicaswitzman@verizon .net. Red Cross pins from Europe, 15 different. $28. 443-517-9029 or rgpinman@aol.com. Copy of A Practical Guide to Food and Drug Law and Regulation, 3rd edition, by Kenneth R Pina and Wayne L Pines, mint cond. $169. 410-710-8485 or lindaxu66@yahoo.com.

’04 Mini Cooper, automatic, red w/white top, heated seats, CD player, 4 new tires, orig owner, 52K mi, in excel cond. $11,200. minicooper2004forsale@gmail.com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Sea Hawk 5-seat pedal boat, 110 lbs, holds up to 825 lbs, 3 position cranks, aluminum tiller steering system, protective rub rail, built-in cooler, $300; Maytag side-by-side refrigerator, white, 24 cu ft, water/ice dispenser, $475/best offer. 410-913-3481 or 410-979-6634. Conn trombone, nice horn. $175. Suzette, 443-912-8055. toddler clothes, size 18mo to 2T, pants ($2/ea), shirts, ($1.50/ea), in excel cond. 443-303-9047. Women’s shoes, size 7, new or like-new, photos avail. 443-850-1404 or bmusicki@ yahoo.com.

Poli Sci grad student looking for help w/ data entry and data review for research. $12–$15/hr. 202-277-0885. Looking for babysitter for 6-yr-old boy, 2–3 times a wk and some wknd nights, pick up from school twice a wk, Charles Village area. 443-682-5786. F French teacher wanted for high school student to practice conversation and reading comprehension, 1 hr per wk on Saturday. tLwang21212@yahoo.com. Certified nursing asst avail, 17 yrs’ experience w/seniors and nanny care. Linda, 443467-2833. Clarinet and piano lessons offered by Peabody master’s student. 240-994-6489 or hughsonjennifer@gmail.com. Looking for someone who knows Illustrator and ImageJ; would like to learn how to make beautiful figures and analyze images; will compensate you for your time/expertise. andrea.j.radtke@gmail.com. Grad student looking for help w/data entry/ data review, $12-$15/hr. 202-277-0885. PhD candidate seeks housesitting opportunity in Charles Village/Hampden area, Jan 8–27, 2012. Julia, 812-334-7938. Tutor for all subjects/levels; remedial and gifted; also help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading. 410-337-9877 (after 8pm) or i1__@ hotmail.com. Clean up for winter, pet-friendly and reliable cleaning service, one time or wkly service, special rates. 443-528-3637. Affordable and professional landscaper/certified horticulturist available to maintain existing gardens, also designing, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com. Licensed landscaper avail for lawn maintenance, yd cleanup; other services incl trash hauling, fall/winter leaf or snow removal. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@comcast.net. Tai chi: Beginner’s classes starting in Charles Village and Towson. 410-296-4944 or www .baltimoretaichi.com.

Dell Latitude E6400, in great cond, Windows freshly installed w/latest drivers and software from the Dell website. $350. matthewaubralewis@gmail.com.

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

Yamaha Yas23 alto sax, like new. $775. Suzette, 443-912-8055.

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

Round wood kitchen table w/4 chairs, $175/ best offer; twin bed w/metal frame, mattress, boxspring, sheets incl’d, $110; KidCo Configure safety gate w/2 fence and 1 gate sections, $60; buyer must pick up. 202-360-8468.

Masterpiece Landscaping: knowledgeable, experienced individual, on-site consultation, transplanting, bed preparation, installation, sm tree and shrub shaping; licensed. Terry, 410-652-3446.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Hauling/junk removal, next-day pickup, free phone estimate, 15% discount for all Hopkins. 410-419-3902.

CARS FOR SALE

HICKORY HEIGHTS WYMAN COURT Boy’s Just Renovated! A lovely hilltop setting Beech Ave. adj. to JHU!

Blood drive at St Thomas Aquinas Church, 10am-1pm, Sunday, Oct 23, 37th and Roland Ave (nr Rotunda). 410-366-4488. Stata tutor needed, knowledge of survival models, fixed effects, first differences a plus, once a wk, Friday afternoons. 202-277-0885 or jfclogston@gmail.com.

Mature but relaxed prof’l looking for a sublet, rm, apt or share in Charles Village vicinity, beginning Nov 1 (flexible). 347403-2066 or josephmauricio@yahoo.com. Transmission repairs, rebuilt or used, 20% discount for all JHU employees, free estimate, 8am-10pm. 410-574-8822.

PLACING ADS Classified listings are a free service for current, full-time Hopkins faculty, staff and students only. Ads should adhere to these general guidelines: • One ad per person per week. A new request must be submitted for each issue. • Ads are limited to 20 words, including phone, fax and e-mail.

• We cannot use Johns Hopkins business phone numbers or e-mail addresses. • Submissions will be condensed at the editor’s discretion. • Deadline is at noon Monday, one week prior to the edition in which the ad is to be run. • Real estate listings may be offered only by a Hopkins-affiliated seller not by Realtors or Agents.

(Boxed ads in this section are paid advertisements.) Classified ads may be faxed to 443-287-9920; e-mailed in the body of a message (no attachments) to gazads@jhu.edu; or mailed to Gazette Classifieds, Suite 540, 901 S. Bond St., Baltimore, MD 21231. To purchase a boxed display ad, contact the Gazelle Group at 410-343-3362.

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“Writing About Images,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Jean Christophe Bailly, Tournee du livre, French Embassy. 479 Gilman. HW

COLLOQUIA

Tues., Oct. 18, 5:15 p.m.

“Care First … Learn From … Connect Histories: Three Principles for an Asian Humanities,” an Anthropology colloquium with Donald Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 404 Macaulay. HW

Tues., Oct. 18, 4 p.m.

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The Annual William Wallace Scott Lecture—“The Dynamic Action of Nuclear Receptors in Living Cells: A Revolution in Transcription Biology” with Hordon Hager, NCI. Sponsored by Urology. Owens Auditorium, CRB. EB

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p.m.

“Design of Efficient, Catalytic ‘Homo-Nazarov’ Methodologies,” a Chemistry colloquium with Stefan France, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 Remsen. HW “The Cosmic Microwave Background: Beyond the Power Spectrum,” an STSci colloquium with Marc Kamionkowski, Caltech. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW

Wed., Oct. 19, 5 to 7 p.m.

“Mahler on the Market: A New Source for the Third Symphony,” a Peabody DMA Musicology colloquium with Stephen Roe, Sotheby’s. Cohen-Davison Family Theatre. Peabody “Becoming Searchers of the Dead: Women and the Making of a Parish Public Health Office in England, 1518–78,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Richelle Munkhoff, University of Colorado. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., Oct. 20, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 20, 3:45 p.m. “Under standing Desire and Belief Reports,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with Valentine Hacquard, University of Maryland. 111 Krieger. HW Fri., Oct. 21, 2 p.m. “Amazing Interannual Variability of the Dead Sea Hydrological Regime,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Isaac Gertman, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research. Parsons Auditorium. APL

DANCE

Hip-Hop dance class, sponsored by the SAIS African Diaspora Association. (Event is open to the SAIS community only.) $5 admission. For more information, email vanessanrozier@gmail.com. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS

Wed., Oct. 19, 6 p.m.

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“Peace Talks,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Marguerite Barankitse, Burundian humanitarian and founder of Maison Shalom. For information, call 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 BernsteinOffit Bldg. SAIS Mon.,

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12:30

In the first of its four symphonic concerts in the 2011–2012 season, the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jay Gaylin, performs works by Chopin, with pianist Katie Mahan, above; Lutoslawski; and Dvorak. The only community orchestra in Baltimore City, the HSO is dedicated to performing and promoting orchestral and chamber music from the standard and contemporary repertoires at a high artistic level and at affordable prices. See Music.

Program discussion with Gary Machlis, U.S. Department of the Interior, and science adviser to the director of the National Park Service. To RSVP, call 202-663-5786 or email eregloballeadersforum@ jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS

“Tunisia: Act Two,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations panel discussion with Mohamed Salah Tekaya, Tunisian ambassador to the United States; Mohamed Ali Malouche, president, Tunisian American Young Professionals; and Kurt Volker (moderator), SAIS. To RSVP, go to www.eventbrite .com/event/2279443878/mcivte. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS

Women, Gender and Sexuality in conjunction with its workshop series, Material Emotionality. (See “Workshops,” p. 4.) 113 Greenhouse. HW

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I N FOR M A T I O N SESSIONS Tues., Oct. 18, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Joint online information session for the Bioscience Regulatory Affairs/Biotechnology Enterprise degree programs, offering a chance to learn about the programs’ admission requirements, curriculum and how online education works. RSVP online at biotechnology.jhu.edu/rsvp/ aap.html?ContentID=3291. Thurs., Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m.

“Leadership Changes in Africa Since the End of the Cold War,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Issaka Souare, ISS Pretoria Office. For information, phone 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 BernsteinOffit Bldg. SAIS

Employer information session with representatives from the Peace Corps who will speak about opportunities in the organization. Sponsored by SPH Career Services. Open to Hopkins faculty, staff and students only. W3030 SPH. EB

Fri., Oct. 21, 12:30 p.m. “Delivering Development in a Changing Climate,” a SAIS International Development Program discussion with Ed Carr, University of South Carolina and USAID. A Year of Agriculture event co-sponsored by the SAIS Energy, Resources and Environment Program. To RSVP, call 202-870-6677 or email developmentroundtable@ jhu.edu. 200 Rome Bldg. SAIS

Thurs., Oct. 20, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Online information ses-

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Oct.

24,

4:30

p.m.

“China and a Dual Leadership Structure in the Asia-Pacific,” a Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies discussion with Quansheng Zhao, American University. To RSVP, call 202-663-5812 or email reischauer@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Bldg. SAIS F I L M / V I D EO

Screening of Lyrical Nitrate, sponsored by

Wed., Oct. 19, 7 p.m.

HW Thurs., Oct. 20, 4 p.m. The Sixth Annual Patrick Henry Lecture—“Imperialism and Nationalism in the Early American Republic” by Peter Onuf, University of Virginia. Co-sponsored by History and Political Science. 50 Gilman. HW

sion for the Master of Science in Bioinformatics degree program, offering a chance to learn about the program’s admission requirements, curriculum design, course structure, degree requirements and how online education works; participate in an online discussion and chat about the program with faculty and the program director. RSVP online at biotechnology.jhu.edu/rsvp/ aap.html?ContentID=3292.

L E C T URE S Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. The 21st Annual Larry L. Ewing Lecture—“Epigenetic Regulation of Genetic Integrity in Germ Cells and Stem Cells” by John McCarrey, University of Texas, San Antonio. Sponsored by Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. W1214 SPH. EB

to the ‘Body Shop,’ ” a Sociology seminar with Gretchen Purser, Syracuse University. 526 Mergenthaler. HW Mon.,

Oct.

17,

12:15

p.m.

“Embryonic Patterning Mechanisms for Constructing the Mammalian Limbic System,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Joshua Corbin, Children’s National Medical Center. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW Mon.,

Oct.

17,

12:15

p.m.

“Measurement of Kidney Function and Methods to Characterize Its Decline: Results From CKiD and MACS,” an Epidemiology seminar with Alvaro Munoz, Chris Pierce and Derek Ng, all of SPH. W1020 SPH. EB Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. “The Cauchy-Riemann Equations and L^2 Serre Duality on Complex Manifolds,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Mei-Chi Shaw, University of Notre Dame. Sponsored by Mathematics. 300 Krieger. HW Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar— “Quickest Detection of DrugResistant Seizures: An Optimal Control Approach” with Sridevi Sarma, WSE. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

“On Minimal Higher Homotopy Operations,” a Topology seminar with Mark Johnson, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger.

Mon., Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m.

MUSIC

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p.m.

“Science During Crisis: Lessons Learned From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill,” a SAIS Energy, Resources and Environment

Tudor and Stuart Lecture—“The Human Shore: Postcolonial Studies in an Age of Natural Science” by Ian Baucom, Duke University. Sponsored by English. 130D Gilman. Thurs., Oct. 20, 4 p.m.

Wed., Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m.

Mon.,

Tues., Oct. 18, 1:30 p.m. “Warrior or Martyr? Reinventing ‘Isaac’ as a Military Hero in Jewish Palestine,” a Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program lecture by Yael Feldman, New York University. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel). HW

Conservatory piano student recitals, part of Peabody Celebrates Liszt 200. Griswold Hall. Peabody

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Wed., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

“Liszt: Traveler Extraordinaire,” with a pre-concert talk by Sharon Levy at 6:45 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.

“Liszt: Sacred and Profane.” Sun., Oct. 23, 3 p.m.

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Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs music by Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Buchanan. Friedberg Concert Hall. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall.

Sat., Oct. 22, 8 p.m.

Peabody Sat., Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs Lutoslawski; Chopin, with guest pianist Katie Mahan; and Dvorak. (See photo, this page.) 7 p.m. Pre-concert talk. $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens, JHU affiliates and non-JHU students; free for JHU students and Maryland state employees. Shriver Hall. HW

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China Studies Workshop scholar David Strand of Dickinson College will discuss his book An Unfinished Republic: Leading by Word and Deed in Modern China. Sponsored by East Asian Studies. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m.

S E M I N AR S Mon., Oct. 17, noon. “Clamoring for Work: From the ‘Shape Up’

HW Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. “The Lost Irony of Postwar American History,” a History seminar with Harvey Neptune, Temple University. 308 Gilman. HW

“Functions of Cardiolipin as Modifiers of the Barth Syndrome Phenotype,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Miriam Greenberg, Wayne State University. 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Oct. 18, noon.

“Histories of the Modern Asian City, and Zombies: Modernism, Globalism and the Curse of the Theoretically Undead,” a China Studies seminar with China Studies Workshop scholar David Strand, Dickinson College. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Tues., Oct. 18, noon.

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