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Leaders of the pack Cross-country runners are first JHU women’s team ranked at No. 1

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s the first doses of injectable H1N1 vaccine began making their way into the pipeline, Johns Hopkins last week announced its plans for inoculating faculty, staff and students.

In an e-mail explainMultitiered ing the procedures, Provost Lloyd B. Minor said that priority the Johns Hopkins vaccination Office of Critical Event Preparedness plan will be and Response, which is charged with oversight of pandemic in effect planning for both the university and the health system, has developed “a fair, ethical and equitable policy to help ensure a well-coordinated H1N1 vaccination program.”

The policy, he said, was developed over several weeks and included discussions and deliberations with vaccination and public health experts, bioethicists and senior leadership of the institutions.

A multitiered priority vaccination plan will be in effect.

Health care workers in high-risk settings and pregnant women (including pregnant university employees and pregnant eligible students) in their 24th week or later are in the first tier and will be among the first to be offered vaccination.

Also in the first tier are full-time students who are cared for through the student health service located at or sponsored by their school or campus, who are 18 or younger and who have certain major underlying health conditions, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

The vaccine will be made available to persons in the first tier across all of Johns Hopkins as it becomes available, Minor said. As more doses are received, vaccination will be offered to persons in successively lower tiers, again, across all of Johns Hopkins. Finally, when sufficient doses are in hand, all eligible Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and students, regardless of the tier in which they fall, will be offered immunization, as will eligible family members.

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The Blue Jays took the top spot in the Baltimore Metro Invitational—placing seven runners among the top eight finishers—held on Sept. 4 at Oregon Ridge Park. Above, freshmen Marie Ferguson and Anne Monagle.

hen the Johns Hopkins women’s crosscountry team earned top spot in the Division III national poll earlier this month, head coach Bobby Van Allen greeted the news with a touch of subdued enthusiasm.

Van Allen was rightfully pleased and proud of the team, but the former standout collegiate runner views the season as a distance race. It’s more about crossing the finish line first, he says, than a fast split time.

“Rankings are just a few coaches’ opinions,” Van Allen says. “So whether we are ranked No. 1 or No. 2, we know that we’re one of the top three teams in the country. All that really matters is what we do Nov. 21 [at the Division III Cross-Country Nationals]. Right now, we are focused on what we need to do between now and then. Still, I think our women’s team should be proud of that No. 1 ranking and proud of what they accomplished up to this point in the season.”

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Researchers can predict hurricane-related outages

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sing data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages in advance of a hurricane. Their approach provides estimates of how many outages will occur across a region as a hurricane is approaching.

The information provided by these com-

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puter models has the potential to save utilities substantial amounts of money, savings that can then be passed on to ratepayers, the researchers say. In addition, appropriate crew levels and placements can help facilitate rapid restoration of power after the storm.

The study was a collaborative effort involving Seth Guikema, an assistant professor of geography and environmental engineering at Johns Hopkins and formerly of Texas A&M; Steven Quiring, an assistant professor of geography at Texas A&M; and

Seung-Ryong Han, who was Guikema’s doctoral student at Texas A&M and is now based at Korea University. Their work, which was funded by a Gulf Coast utility company that wishes to remain anonymous, is published in the current issue of the journal Risk Analysis.

The research focused on two common challenges. When a hurricane is approaching, an electric power provider must decide how many repair crews to request from other Continued on page 5

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Carey Business School to launch Global MBA at stock exchange

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fter many months of preparation, the Carey Business School will officially unveil its signature full-time program, the Johns Hopkins Global MBA, at a gala event to be held Oct. 21 at the New York Stock Exchange.

About 325 invited guests are expected to attend, including foreign dignitaries, representatives of the national media, Johns Hopkins alumni from the New York area and full-time faculty and staff of the business school. Scheduled to speak at the event are university Provost Lloyd B. Minor, Carey Dean Yash Gupta and Dipankar Chakravarti, professor and vice dean for programs at the Carey School, who will narrate a presentation detailing the Global MBA. The hourlong program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the main dining room of the stock exchange and will be viewable as streaming video on the Carey Business School Web site, http://carey.jhu.edu. The attendees will then gather for a cocktail reception on the stock exchange floor.

The first class of the Johns Hopkins Global MBA will enter the program in September 2010.

Peabody musicians celebrate Mary Our Queen anniversary

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s part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for Baltimore’s Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Peabody’s Hajime Teri Murai will lead the Peabody Concert Orchestra in a performance of Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Organ, at the Cathedral, 5200 N. Charles St., at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Daniel J. Sansone, the cathedral’s director of Music Ministry, will play the 130-rank Schantz double pipe organs. Also on the program is the Magnificat for Choir and Organ by Robert Twynham, former music director at the cathedral, featuring the Cathedral Choir. Tickets are free and may be obtained by calling 410-464-4000.

JHH receives 14th consecutive Consumer Choice Award

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or the 14th straight year, the National Research Corp. has given The Johns Hopkins Hospital its Consumer Choice Award for the Baltimore region. For 2009– 2010, Johns Hopkins also was rated as the top choice by consumers in the Bethesda, Md., area.

The award is based on ratings from health care consumers who assessed hospital standings based on four metrics: best overall quality, best image/reputation, best doctors and best nurses.

Each year, the NRC surveys family health care decision-makers among households representing consumer markets in the contiguous 48 states and the District of

Our numerous special events offer something for every interest, and membership entitles you to reciprocal dining and often lodging privileges at over one hundred university clubs worldwide, including Penn and Williams Clubs in New York and Oxford and Cambridge Club in London.

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Other regional winners in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia were Washington County Hospital and Winchester Medical Center, both in the Hagerstown, Md., area, and Inova Fairfax Hospital, in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.

JHH has also earned the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual honor roll of American hospitals for the past 19 years.

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he Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has formed an articulation agreement with Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn. In addition to obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College, students will be able pursue baccalaureateand graduate-level degrees in nursing at Johns Hopkins, thereby receiving two degrees from two institutions upon graduation.

Friends of the JHU Libraries presents talk by Leonardo expert

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he Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries will host a lecture by renowned Leonardo da Vinci expert Jonathan Pevsner at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, in Homewood’s Mason Hall. A reception precedes the event at 5:30 p.m.

The talk is titled “Polymath: Leonardo da Vinci’s Life and Legacy.”

Although best known for paintings like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, Leonardo was also an engineer and a scientist. A true Renaissance man, he left a legacy that includes contributions to the understanding of anatomy, mechanics and music.

Pevsner, a faculty member in the Neurology Department of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Neuroscience Department of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, is a longtime student of Leonardo’s work.

He is the expert adviser for the Discovery Channel’s Doing da Vinci, which chronicles the attempts of modern-day builders and technicians to create some of the machines Leonardo envisioned.

To attend, RSVP to Stacie Spence at libraryfriends@jhu.edu or 410-516-7943.

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents free piano performance

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t 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, the Shriver Hall Concert Series will present pianist Christopher Taylor in its free Discovery Series at the Baltimore Museum of Art. A passionate advocate for music written in the past 100 years, Taylor is known as an innovative musician who brings to music of any genre or era an active imagination and intellect coupled with intensity and grace. This performance marks his series debut. To reserve a seat, call 410-516-7164.

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New Cassini images help redraw shape of solar system

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Full-sky image of the energetic neutral atom emission from the sheath of hot particles formed in the region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar medium (the heliosheath). The data are shown in galactic coordinates. The emissions are weak in the vicinity of the galactic poles, suggesting that the interstellar magnetic field is strongly influencing the distribution of the hot charged particles in the heliosheath.

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President Daniels recovering from surgery

resident Ronald J. Daniels last week underwent surgery to remove what was described as a small mass in his abdomen.

The procedure took place on Oct. 12 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Richard D. Schulick, who is the John L. Cameron, M.D., Professor for Alimentary Tract Diseases in the School of Medicine, was the lead surgeon.

“President Daniels is recovering very well from his operation today,” said Schulick in a statement later that day. “He underwent some imaging tests and was found to have a mass next to the pancreas. The mass was successfully removed. Over the next week, the pathologist will fully characterize the mass. President Daniels’ prognosis is excellent, and we expect a full recovery.”

To access the growth, the surgeons performed a Whipple procedure, during which part of the pancreas was removed. The surgery necessitates a period of recuperation, and Daniels is expected to spend approximately eight weeks away from the office.

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In an e-mail letter sent to faculty, staff and students following the surgery, Daniels said, “I would much rather be active and working, as I had been until this morning. But I know that Johns Hopkins will not miss a beat. The university is in great shape, and the senior leadership team— the deans and vice presidents—will keep things moving forward. Provost Lloyd Minor will keep me informed, manage the business of the university on a day-to-day basis and stand in for me as needed until I return sometime next month.”

After thanking university leadership and his family for their support at this time, Daniels, who assumed the presidency just seven months ago, said, “I’ve always known of the outstanding reputation of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Hospital. I never intended to get to know Johns Hopkins Medicine so well from the inside but can now personally attest to the stellar care provided by our physicians, nurses and staff.”

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n a paper published Oct. 15 in Science, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory present a new view of the region of the sun’s influence, or heliosphere, and the forces that shape it. Images from one of the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument’s sensors, the Ion and Neutral Camera, known as MIMI/INCA, on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere may not have the cometlike shape predicted by existing models.

“These images have revolutionized what we thought we knew for the past 50 years; the sun travels through the galaxy not like a comet but more like a big, round bubble,” said Stamatios Krimigis, principal investigator for MIMI, which is orbiting Saturn.

“It’s amazing how a single new observation can change an entire concept that most scientists had taken as true for nearly 50 years.”

As the solar wind flows from the sun, it carves out a bubble in the interstellar medium. Models of the boundary region between the heliosphere and interstellar medium have been based on the assumption that the relative flow of the interstellar medium and its collision with the solar wind dominate the interaction. This would create a foreshortened “nose” in the direction of the solar system’s motion and an elongated “tail” in the opposite direction.

The INCA images suggest that the solar wind’s interaction with the interstellar medium is instead more significantly controlled by particle pressure and magnetic field energy density.

“The map we’ve created from INCA’s images suggests that pressure from a hot population of charged particles and interac-

tion with the interstellar medium’s magnetic field strongly influence the shape of the heliosphere,” said Don Mitchell, MIMI/ INCA co-investigator at APL. Since entering into orbit around Saturn in July 2004, INCA has been mapping energetic neutral atoms near the planet, as well as their dispersal across the entire sky.

The energetic neutral atoms are produced by energetic protons, which are responsible for the outward pressure of the heliosphere beyond the interface where the solar wind collides with the interstellar medium, and which interact with the magnetic field of the interstellar medium.

“Energetic neutral atom imaging has demonstrated its power to reveal the distribution of energetic ions, first in Earth’s own magnetosphere, next in the giant magnetosphere of Saturn and now throughout vast structures in space-out to the very edge of our sun’s interaction with the interstellar medium,” said Edmond C. Roelof, MIMI/ INCA co-investigator at APL. Researchers from the University of Arizona, Tucson; the Southwest Research Institute; and the University of Texas, San Antonio contributed to the article. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument was developed by APL. More information on the Cassini mission is available at www.nasa.gov/ cassini, http://Saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and on the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument Web site at http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/ CASSINI.

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HSO season opens with Liszt and Sibelius, pianist Terrence Wilson

Roux-en-Y weight-loss surgery raises kidney stone risk

By Edie Stern

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he most popular type of gastric bypass surgery appears to nearly double the chance that a patient will develop kidney stones, despite earlier assumptions that it would not, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study.

The overall risk, however, remains fairly small at about 8 percent.

As rates of morbid obesity have climbed in recent years, so has the popularity of various weight-loss operations, with more than 200,000 patients expected to have one of these procedures this year. The most common type of weight-loss, or bariatric, surgery, called Roux-en-Y in a nod to the Y-shape of the surgical connections that go around part of the bowel, accomplishes weight loss by decreasing the size of the stomach and allowing food to bypass part of the small intestine.

While other bariatric procedures have been shown to decrease calcium absorption and increase the risk of kidney stones, doctors have long assumed that the Roux-en-Y procedure did not.

To test the assumption, researchers led

by Brian Matlaga, assistant professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of stone diseases and ambulatory care at Johns Hopkins’ James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, used an insurance claims database to identify 4,639 patients who had undergone Roux-en-Y surgery between 2002 and 2006. The researchers identified a second set of 4,639 patients who had similar characteristics—including age, gender and body mass indices that indicate obesity—but not the surgery.

Using medical information encoded in the database for both patient populations, the researchers looked to see which patients were either diagnosed with kidney stones or had treatment for this condition. Their results showed that while

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usic director Jed Gaylin and the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra open the 2009–2010 season with a program of “seconds�: Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with pianist Terrence Wilson, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2.

The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Homewood campus. HSO program note writer and timpanist Max Derrickson will give a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.

Young American pianist Terrence Wilson is well-known to local audiences through his performances with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and with the Ritz Chamber Players in the 2008–2009 Shriver Hall Concert Series. In 2005, he toured Spain with Yuri Temirkanov and the BSO. Among numerous prizes, the Juilliard graduate has won the SONY ES Award for Musical Excellence and an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Gaylin, now in his 17th season as HSO music director, also directs the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the Cape May Music Festival, both in New Jersey. He is principal guest conductor of the National Film and Radio Philharmonic in Beijing.

The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, a program of The Johns Hopkins University, is the only community orchestra in Baltimore City. Each year, the HSO offers four symphonic and three chamber concerts, and a special children’s concert. HSO members are Johns Hopkins students, alumni, faculty and staff, as well as talented BaltimoreWashington area musicians.

HSO programs are supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Featured works in later 2009–2010 season concerts include Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III, and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8, Sunday afternoon, Nov.

Terrence Wilson

22; opera excerpts by Verdi, Puccini and Gounod, as well as Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass, with soloists Lori Hultgren, Richard Crawley and Robert Cantrell, and the Johns Hopkins Choral Society and Goucher Chorus, Saturday evening, Dec. 5; Argento’s Royal Invitation (Homage to the Queen of Tonga), Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14; a free kids concert featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 as a sportscast, Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and the world premiere of Lee Pui Ming’s partly improvised and partly composed she comes to shore: a journey for piano and orchestra, with Lee as soloist, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28; the winner of the 2009–2010 HSO Concerto Competition, Sunday evening, March 28; and Stefan Jackiw playing Berg’s Violin Concerto and Franck’s Symphony in D Minor, Sunday afternoon, April 18.

Admission to the Oct. 24 concert is free for Johns Hopkins students. Tickets are $8 for other students, seniors (60+) and Johns Hopkins affiliates; general admission is $10.

For information about HSO programs, call 410-516-6542, e-mail hso@jhu.edu or go to www.jhu.edu/jhso.

only 8 percent of the Roux-en-Y patients developed kidney stones, they were nearly twice as likely to get this condition as the patients with similar characteristics who didn’t have weight-loss surgery. The researchers published these findings in the June Journal of Urology. “Our study is not an indictment of bariatric surgery. The benefits of this surgery are well-known,� Matlaga said. “Rather, we’d like to help physicians understand that their bariatric patients could be at risk for kidney stones, a condition that could be avoidable with proper preventative care.�

Kidney stones, Matlaga explains, are often caused by an excess of a dietary component known as oxalate, which normally binds with calcium and is flushed out of the body. Roux-en-Y surgery might reduce the amount of calcium that patients absorb, contributing to kidney stone formation. Consequently, he adds, doctors may be able to help patients avoid kidney stones through calcium supplements or other interventions.

Kidney stones are solid mineral crystals that form within the kidneys and can cause pain that is frequently severe. Each year, people make almost 3 million visits to health care providers and more than half a million people go to emergency rooms for kidney stone problems.

Other Johns Hopkins researchers who participated in this study are Andrew D. Shore, Thomas Magnuson, Jeanne M. Clark, Roger Johns and Martin A. Makary. —Christen Brownlee

Related Web site Brian Matlaga:

http://urology.jhu.edu/ brianmatlaga

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EP offers certificate in climate change, energy, sustainability

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new advanced certificate for postmaster’s study in climate change, energy and environmental sustainability is now being offered by Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals, the part-time graduate program of the university’s Whiting School of Engineering.

The six-course certificate program was developed to help engineers, scientists and managers design and implement solutions to environmental challenges.

“The human race is living unsustainably. We are not energy-efficient and are

approaching irreversible consequences,” said Michael Robert, an instructor in EP’s Environmental Engineering, Science and Management program and branch head at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Md. “Our knowledge in these topics has dramatically increased over the past few years.

This certificate program offers a very good mix of qualitative and quantitative courses to give working professionals additional skills to address energy and pollution problems.”

One of the very few programs of its kind in the country, the Johns Hopkins certificate program is geared toward those with master’s degrees in environmental engineering, science or management, or in the natural sciences, economics or business.

Hedy Alavi, chair of EP’s Environmental Engineering, Science and Management program, said, “There is a real need for this program, and we want professionals to be able to stay ahead of the curve as these contemporary issues arise and to make the best, most informed decisions possible.”

The program consists of five core courses and several advanced electives. If warranted, some of the core courses may be replaced by elective courses.

The core courses are Climate Change and Global Environmental Sustainability, Air Resources Modeling and Management, Sustainable Development and Next-Generation Buildings, Energy Planning and the Environment, and Smart Growth Strategies for Sus-

tainable Urban Development and Revitalization. Elective courses cover topics that include alternate energy technology, the physics of climate, policy analysis and environmental law, among others. Several courses are the result of collaborative efforts between EP and the Whiting School’s Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, the Applied Physics Laboratory, the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Krieger School’s Advanced Academic Programs.

With a rolling admissions policy in place, students may begin the program in the fall, spring or summer semesters. Several courses are also offered online.

For more information on the certificate, go to www.ep.jhu.edu/sustainability.

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efore and after delivery, the mothers of unborn babies prenatally diagnosed with severe birth defects want doctors to walk a fine line between giving them realistic information—no matter how grim the prognosis—and giving them hope for the best possible outcome.

Results of a small study by neonatologists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center also show that mothers want to be prepared for all possible scenarios.

The study, described in October’s Pediatrics, is believed to be the first to examine the parent-neonatologist relationship during this highly emotional, and traumatic, period following the diagnosis of such congenital anomalies as tetralogy of Fallot, a severe heart malformation that’s sometimes known as “blue baby” syndrome, or bladder exstrophy, a condition in which the bladder forms abnormally outside the abdomen.

Because neonatologists are the first physicians to take care of these critically ill newborns, they work most closely with parents after what is often a shattering diagnosis with uncertain outcomes.

“With better screening in recent years and

Outages Continued from page 1 utilities, a decision that may cost the provider millions of dollars. The utility also must decide where to locate these crews within its service areas to enable fast and efficient restoration of service after the hurricane ends. Having accurate estimates, prior to the storm’s arrival, of how many outages will exist and where they will occur will allow utilities to better plan their crew requests and crew locations, the researchers say.

What makes the research team’s computational approach unique and increases its accuracy, Guikema and Quiring say, is the combination of more detailed information about the storm, the area it is impacting and the power system of the area, together with more appropriate statistical models. “If the power company overestimates, it has spent a lot of unnecessary money,” Quiring said. “If it underestimates, the time needed to restore power can take several extra days or longer, which is unacceptable to them and the people they serve. So these companies need the best estimates possible, and we think this study can help them make the best possible informed decision.”

In addition, more accurate models “provide a much better basis for preparing for restoring power after the storm,” Guikema said, adding that “the goal is to restore power faster and save ratepayers money.”

In developing their computer model, the researchers looked at damage data from five hurricanes: Dennis (1995), Danny (1997),

improved diagnostic tools, the number of congenital anomalies detected before birth has increased, and so has the burden on physicians to communicate the implications of such devastating news to expectant parents and to tell them what can be and, perhaps more importantly, what cannot be done,” said Pamela Donohue, senior investigator on the study and director of clinical research for the Division of Neonatology.

The Johns Hopkins study of 22 mothers, interviewed before and after delivery, found that what mothers valued most during prenatal consultation was preparation for all possible outcomes and a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an environment that is intensely technological and alien to most parents.

In addition, the mothers said that they wanted a knowledgeable, sensitive and caring physician who is realistic yet optimistic. As one parent put it, “I think you can create realistic expectations, put all the possibilities out on the line and still be able to comfort someone in saying, ‘You know we’re here, and we’re going to manage this case with the expectation of the best possible outcome.’”

Francesca Miquel-Verges, one of the study’s authors and a neonatology fellow at Johns Hopkins at the time it was con-

Georges (1998), Ivan (2004) and Katrina (2005). In the areas studied, Ivan created 13,500 power outages; Katrina, more than 10,000; Dennis, about 4,800; Georges, 1,075; and Danny, 620.

For the worst of these storms, some customers were without power for one and a half weeks. The research team collected information about the locations of outages in these past hurricanes, with an outage defined as permanent loss of power to a set of customers due to activation of a protective device in the power system.

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ducted, said that after delivery, neonatologists should review all the case notes before meeting with the parents, schedule time to sit down with the family, use easy-to-understand language, show sympathy and explain realistically what can be done.

“A lot of these may seem like no-brainers, but in the hustle and bustle of a busy NICU, following through with such care is easier said than done,” said Miquel-Verges, now at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Mothers reported that having a sympathetic and compassionate physician was just as important as, or more important than, having one with all the facts. Indeed, textbook knowledge was of little value if the physician came across as cold or lacked empathy, the investigators found.

Another critical element was consistent and coordinated communication about the diagnosis among all health care providers, including neonatologists, obstetricians and

specialists such as surgeons and geneticists.

Receiving inconsistent or conflicting information damaged parental trust and added to already high anxiety, researchers said.

Co-investigators in the study are S. Lee Woods, Susan W. Aucott, Renee D. Boss and Leslie J. Sulpar.

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Results of the study of 101 patients, who were already at higher than normal risk of stroke because of factors including high blood pressure or high cholesterol, were published online Sept. 17 ahead of print in Stroke. The patients were all seen at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. The project, spearheaded by a Johns Hopkins neurologist in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Illinois at

Peoria, found that the quick, extremely lowcost exam caught more strokes than the current gold standard of MRI, suggesting that if further research on broader populations confirms these results, physicians may have a way to improve care and avoid the high costs of MRI in some cases. “The idea that a bedside exam could outperform a modern neuroimaging test such as MRI is something that most people had given up for dead, but we’ve shown it’s possible,� said David E. Newman-Toker, an assistant professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dizziness is a common medical problem, Newman-Toker says, responsible for 2.6 million emergency room visits annually in the United States. While the vast majority of dizziness complaints are caused by benign

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inner-ear balance problems, about 4 percent are signals of stroke or transient ischemic attack, a condition that often warns of impending stroke in the coming days or weeks. Because more than half of patients with dizziness who are experiencing strokes show none of the classic stroke symptoms— one-sided weakness, numbness or speech problems—emergency room physicians are estimated to misdiagnose at least a third of them, losing the chance for quick and effective treatment. “We know that ‘time is brain,’ so when patients having a stroke are sent home erroneously, the consequences can be really serious, including death or permanent disability,� said Jorge C. Kattah, chairman of Neurology at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, who co-led the study.

The study of eye movement tests was suggested by previous research showing that people experiencing a stroke have eyemovement alterations that correlate with stroke damage to various brain areas, and that these are distinct from eye-movement alterations seen with benign ear diseases.

Some patients, for example, can’t immediately adjust their eye position if their heads are quickly turned to the side, or they experience jerky eye movements as they try to focus on a doctor’s finger when looking to either side.

Newman-Toker and his colleagues at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria wondered whether testing eye movements in dizzy patients might help them sort out which were having a stroke from those with other problems.

All the patients in the current study were seen after complaining of severe dizziness that had lasted for several hours, and all had at least one risk factor for stroke.

The researchers selected them to increase the chance that they would find strokes in this population. None of the patients had

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The researchers gave each patient an exam comprising three eye-movement tests: looking for inability to keep the eyes stable as patients heads were rotated rapidly to either side, looking for jerkiness as patients tracked a doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finger to look right and left, and checking eye position to see if one eye was higher than the other. Each patient then received an early MRI, the highest-quality neuroimaging test available to confirm stroke in dizzy patients. Patients with eye tests suggesting stroke but without stroke on the first MRI scan underwent a repeat scan.

In the end, 69 patients were diagnosed with stroke and 25 with inner-ear conditions. The remainder had other neurological problems. Using only the three eye-movement tests, the researchers had correctly diagnosed all the strokes and 24 of 25 with inner-ear conditions. By contrast, initial MRI scans were falsely negative in eight of the 69 stroke patients, who were later correctly diagnosed with follow-up MRIs. Though the researchers emphasize the need to verify their results in a larger and more general population of patients with dizziness, Newman-Toker said that the initial findings are â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredibly promising.â&#x20AC;? If they hold true, he says, testing eye movements could have several advantages over MRI beyond reliable diagnostics. For example, while the wait time for an MRI can be several hours or more, physicians can perform all three eye-movement tests in a minute or less. Also, the eye-movement tests are â&#x20AC;&#x153;basically free,â&#x20AC;? compared to $1,000 or more for an MRI, Newman-Toker said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Christen Brownlee

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cooping cups of beans into a container may not seem like a scientific learning experience, but it is when you equate those beans with the investment needed to take a drug from discovery to commercialization.

“So, how many beans will it take to commercialize your drug?” asked Lynn Johnson Langer, senior associate program chair of Advanced Biotechnology Studies in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic Programs, as part of her “Biotech as Today’s Business” activity.

The group of seventh-grade students from Shady Grove Middle School in Gaithersburg, Md., debated how many beans to scoop before settling on $1 billion worth of beans.

“One billion dollars?” asked Langer, once the students had piled up all those beans.

“That’s a lot of money.”

The students stood by their answer.

Langer turned over a piece of cardboard with a value of … $1 billion.

“Congratulations!” Langer said, applauding the students and handing out chocolate gold coins, the students’ “reward” for bringing their drug to market.

The learning experience in “bean counting”—which included a segment on just how long it took for that same process— was just one of many activities the group of almost 200 seventh-graders undertook on Oct. 9 during the first Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day at Shady Grove Life Sciences Center, where the JHU Montgomery County campus is located.

Frontiers in Science and Medicine was a collaborative event, spearheaded by Johns Hopkins Montgomery County and Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, that included participation from a dozen Montgomery

Lab-coated Demi Cephas and Zuri Banegas, seventh-graders from Shady Grove Middle School, work with raw DNA during Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day on the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus.

County–based companies and organizations.

During the day, students spent an hour participating in hands-on activities, an hour on a “site tour” of a company or research organization’s laboratory and 45 minutes engaged in small group discussions with scientists, doctors and nonscientific employees from local scientific organizations and companies.

“We hope that this opportunity to see science happening, and to interact with scientists, helped generate excitement about the vast career opportunities in science and medicine,” said Elaine Amir, executive director of Johns Hopkins Montgomery County. “It’s important that we foster interest in science and medicine now, at a young age.”

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pher Austin, director of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, one of the participating organizations, said, “My children often come home from school and talk with me about what they did in science class that day, claiming it’s not applicable in real life.

Then I’ll tell them how I did that same procedure or process during work that day and why I did it, and suddenly their attitude toward what they learned—and toward science—changes. That’s what we hope we accomplished with Frontiers in Science and Medicine,” he said.

While Langer’s activity focused on the business side of science, representatives from Johns Hopkins’ Biotechnology Program— along with representatives from MedImmune, the J. Craig Venter Institute, the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, Human

Genome Sciences, OpGen, Montgomery College, Universities at Shady Grove and Shady Grove Adventist Hospital—provided a plethora of fun, engaging science- and medicine-based activities. Ranging from “The Science of Cells” and “Meet Your DNA,” during which students made necklaces out of their own DNA, to “Know Your Bugs” and “Computers in Science,” a bioinformatics lesson on sickle-cell anemia

by Bob Lessick of Johns Hopkins, the events showed students the full range of scientific pursuits possible.

For those students less interested in science for its own sake, the day’s activities included “Become a YouTube Superstar,” during which representatives from the Tech Council of Maryland talked about creating science video podcasts; “Science Blogging,” with reps from BIO; and a handful of engineering activities from Montgomery College and Johns Hopkins, including opportunities to program robots and to learn about prosthetic limbs.

During the on-site lab tours, students were given experiences ranging from looking at rat brains under microscopes at the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute and trying on clean suits at TissueGene to witnessing eye color changes in genetically modified mosquitos at the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology and watching the NIH Chemical Genomics Center’s experimental screening robot in action. (The robot can perform more than 2.2 million experiments per day.)

Students also received a “lab notebook” that included questions for them to answer that would help them reflect on the day’s activities and what they had learned.

“Whether they were learning about sequencing the human genome or about a cutting-edge surgical procedure, these students had an opportunity to see how classroom lessons are applied in real life,” said Dennis Hansen, president of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital.

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obert Moffitt, a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Economics, and his research partner will use a oneyear $48,339 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue to study whether the U.S. welfare system’s assistance based on marital status factors into single mothers’ decisions to stay single, cohabit or marry.

The grant, underwritten by the federal stimulus package, will help Moffitt and Anne Winkler, a professor of economics and public policy administration at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, analyze data they gathered during a national telephone survey of welfare offices under a previous $10,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The researchers aim to demystify welfare’s complicated rules, which even Moffitt, who has spent his career studying labor economics and the welfare system, says he sometimes has trouble understanding. While most social scientists regard marriage as better for the children involved, individual states’ welfare policies don’t appear to support married parents, Moffitt says. In general, if a mother, a father and their children are

living in the same house, regardless of the parents’ marital status, the family won’t be eligible for welfare because their income will almost always be too high. Yet, if the mother and children are living on their own, with family or are cohabiting with a partner who is not the father of the children, the mother and children would be eligible for welfare, even if they are also being financially supported by other adults in the house.

“The bad part is, you are telling the mother that if she brings in a man who is not the father of her children, it’s OK, but if she brings in the father of her children, she’ll be kicked off welfare,” Moffitt said.

It gets even more complicated when caseworkers don’t understand the rules, which are determined by states and not the federal government. So Moffitt and Winkler are also setting out to determine whether welfare caseworkers understand their own rules and what the consequences are for the people who need their help.

Moffitt’s study is one of more than 300 stimulus-funded research grants totaling more than $148 million that Johns Hopkins has garnered since Congress passed the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009 (informally known by the acronym ARRA), bestowing on the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation $12.4 billion in extra money to underwrite research

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Studying welfare’s treatment of single vs. married mothers

Robert Moffitt will use stimulus funds to determine whether U.S. welfare policies factor into whether single mothers decide to stay single, cohabit or marry.

grants by September 2010. The stimulus package—which provided $550 billion in new spending, including the above grants, and $275 billion in tax relief—is part of President Barack Obama’s plan to kick-start a stagnant economy by doling out dollars for transportation projects, infrastructure building, the development of new energy sources and job creation, and by financing research that will benefit humankind. ARRA grants received by Johns Hopkins affiliates have allowed for the creation to date of 63 jobs, 37 of which have been filled.

As they did with the first half of their research, Moffitt and Winkler will donate their time on the project, using the bulk of their grant to support one or two graduate students who will assist them.

“NIH is best-known for funding biomedical and life sciences research, but it also funds the behavioral sciences, particularly related to population issues, which is a very important piece of what the NIH does,” Moffitt said. “It would be difficult for us to go on to the next phase of our research without this stimulus grant. We’re very fortunate to get funding.”

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esearchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study published Oct. 6 in the journal PLoS ONE. L-form bacteria, which were first discovered in the 1930s, are morphological variants of classic bacteria that lack a cell wall. Under specialized growth conditions, L-form bacteria are capable of forming a typical â&#x20AC;&#x153;fried eggâ&#x20AC;? colony, so called because it resembles a fried egg rather than the smooth appearance of a classic bacteria colony. These bacteria are believed to form in response to cell

wall stress from certain antibiotics or the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immune attack and are suspected to be associated with antibiotic-resistant and persistent infections, as well as with certain diseases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our study provides new insight about the molecular basis of L-form bacteria, which was not previously known,â&#x20AC;? said Ying Zhang, senior author of the study and a professor in the Bloomberg Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These findings establish the framework for future research on how the identified genes and pathways interact leading to L-forms. They also have important implications for understanding the emergence of antibiotic resistance and bacterial persistence and for developing new drugs

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Cross-country Continued from page 1 milestone marked the first time a Johns Hopkins women’s team, in any sport, had been ranked No. 1 in a national poll.

Women’s cross-country, which dipped to No. 2 in the poll last week, has come a long way under Van Allen’s tenure.

A 1998 graduate of the University of Maryland, Van Allen earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiological sciences. At Maryland, he competed on the cross-country and track and field squads. He earned All-East cross-country accolades and was a finalist at the ACC Championships in the 1500 meters. Right before joining Johns Hopkins, Van Allen served as volunteer assistant coach for the Terps’ cross-country team.

Van Allen, 33, joined the Blue Jays coaching staff in 1999 as an assistant assigned to the development of women’s distance runners. He became head coach in the fall of that year.

He inherited a Johns Hopkins team of just seven runners who were often outmatched at competitions. In 1999, the team finished 10th out of 10 teams in the Centennial Conference for both cross-country and track.

By the end of his first year, Van Allen had doubled the size of the squad. Then he brought in some top-tier recruits, and the Blue Jays slowly crept up the standings during the next few years. The team cracked the top three in 2006 and in 2007 earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships by placing third in the Mideast Regionals.

The team went on to finish 29th out of 32 teams at the nationals.

In 2008, the lady runners finished in first place in the Centennial Conference and the Mideast Region and once again went to the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, this time finishing 13th. The team’s triumphs didn’t go unnoticed. Van Allen earned both Mideast Region Coach of the Year and Centennial Conference Coach of the Year honors.

Before his arrival, the university had only part-time coaches for track and cross-country. The men’s and women’s cross-country programs were separate until Van Allen took over the men’s program in 2000. He became full-time coach of both the men’s and women’s cross-country and track and field teams in 2002, after spending his first three years as a part-time coach while he taught physics at the Western School of Technology, a high school in Baltimore County.

Van Allen says that the goal at the start of the 2009 season was to finish in the top three in the nation and challenge for the top spot at the nationals.

The team, ranked No. 5 in the national

pre-season poll, got out of the blocks quickly.

Johns Hopkins ascended to the top of the poll after one of the best performances in school history, at the Purple Valley Classic at Williams College on Sept. 27. In a field that included defending national champion and then top-ranked Middlebury, 7thranked Williams College and 23rd-ranked Plattsburgh, the Blue Jays placed three runners in the top five and five in the top 10 to claim the team title at the prestigious event.

“We really took it to them and felt we were deserving of our No. 1 rank based on that performance,” says the tall and lean Van Allen, who would still be running competitively if he hadn’t suffered a serious Achilles tendon injury in 2004.

In Division III cross-country, the women run 5K and 6K races on a variety of terrains, mostly grass and dirt trails. The outdoor season begins in early September and ends in November with the NCAA Championships, which this year will be held in Ohio.

Assistant coach Ryan Orner says that each cross-country competition is unique and presents its own challenge.

“One week you’re running on a golf course, and the next you might be running up the side of a mountain, so the winning times also vary,” Orner says. “It has a lot to do with the weather, too. You could be running in snow over hills or in 60-degree weather on flat grass.”

The 2009 women’s squad features 32 runners. The number who compete varies from race to race. “Sometimes everyone runs, but for other races we might just bring out our top 10 girls,” Van Allen says.

The team is led by senior All-American Laura Paulsen, the most decorated runner in school history. Paulsen qualified individually for the NCAA Championships as a freshman before leading the Blue Jays to the event in 2007 and 2008. Paulsen is having a tremendous 2009 campaign and in late September was named Centennial Conference Runner of the Week. Senior Mira Patel, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major from Moraga, Calif., earned the same honors the following week for her efforts at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University on Oct. 2. The team’s average time of 21:58 in the 6K race was a season best, and the top five runners for Johns Hopkins all posted their best times of the season.

Paulsen says that the pre-season time trials gave her a hint that 2009 could be a special year.

“You could tell that people did a great job of summer training,” says Paulsen, a biomedical engineering major from Lutherville, Md. “There were so many people I was impressed with. I was like, wow, this is going to be a great season.”

Coach Bobby Van Allen, now in his 11th season at Johns Hopkins, huddles with the women’s cross-country team just before the Baltimore Metro Invitational.

Megan Brower, a junior biology major, says that two of the keys to the team’s success have been the spillover confidence from last year and the team’s chemistry.

“The top girls on the team are really close timewise, so we pack up a lot, which makes a huge difference. We often yell at each other during the race. Like, ‘C’mon Megan, c’mon Nadia, run with me. Let’s move up another group of girls or into the lead pack,’” says Brower, who hails from Cary, N.C. “We encourage and push each other. We are motivated and have a lot of healthy competition on the team.”

Van Allen says that the team collectively realized last year that it could compete at the highest level. Orner says that members of the men’s team, who sometimes train with the women, have mentioned to him that the women run as if they are possessed.

“This year the team has really elevated itself one more notch,” he says. “From a training perspective, we made no major changes, just tweaked a few things. We added more 20-second hill sprints and

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threshold workouts, but due to the maturity of the team and the amount of seniors, I thought we could handle it.”

The women also do core workouts and weight train in the gym, although not always gladly.

Paulsen says that from a runner’s perspective, the No. 1 ranking was an honor. But she clearly follows the coach’s lead when talking big picture. “[The No. 1 ranking] was awesome. We were really excited because it came after our performance at the Williams meet,” she says.

“But it’s still early. We have to not get too overconfident and let it get into our heads too much. We need to be happy for the moment and continue to be focused on our workouts. We realize we have a lot of room for improvement before nationals.”

Like Van Allen says, it’s all about peaking in November.

Johns Hopkins will next be in action at the Centennial Conference Championships, to be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa. G

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Cheers 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.

BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER N . F r a n k l i n A d k i n s o n J r. , profes-

sor of medicine, has received the 2009 Distinguished Clinician Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. The award recognizes his commitment to patient care and clinical investigation focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of asthma and allergic diseases.

Deidra Crews , instructor in nephrology, has received a Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This junior faculty development award, named for the first African-American to chair a medical school department (now the Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics at the Harvard Medical School), provides $420,000 in salary and research support over the next four years. It is given to a minority physician who is committed to excelling in biomedical research, clinical investigation or health services research; developing a career in academic medicine; improving the health of underserved populations; and furthering the understanding and elimination of health disparities.

Esther Oh , assistant professor and associate director of the Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center, has been named a recipient of the American Federation for Aging Research’s Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Award in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Oh was recognized for her research, “Oral Glucose Tolerance Test of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Development,” whose goal

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is to modify an amyloid blood test so it can determine if someone has early forms of Alzheimer’s or predict whether those with certain forms of mild cognitive impairment may development the disease. The grant provides funding of $75,000 over two years.

Fred Wigley , professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, has received the American College of Rheumatology’s Distinguished Clinical Scholar Award.

Director of the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center, Wigley is internationally renowned for his research into the disease and his care for patients who have it.

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Leslie Waldman has been named direc-

tor of Consumer and Physician Outreach in the Office of Marketing and Communications. A 25-year Johns Hopkins veteran, Waldman will foster collaboration among outreach programs, targeting referring physicians and consumers. Previously director of Strategic and Marketing Strategy, she also has long been the leader of the women’s health program “A Woman’s Journey.”

She has held many marketing, planning and corporate communications positions, winning numerous awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Aaron Watkins has been named director of E-strategy and Web services in the Office of Marketing and Communications.

Previously a senior information architect for the JHM Web site, he will now direct Internet strategy and development. Prior to joining the office in 2007, he developed Web projects for many nonprofits, winning a Webby Award for the National Aquarium in Baltimore Web site.

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A recording of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Inca Dances by faculty artist M a n u e l B a r rueco , guitar, and Cuarteto Latinoamericano has received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Commissioned by the

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Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, the work was released on the Sounds of the Americas album. The awards ceremony will be held on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Awakening from a Disappearing Garden, a work for cello and orchestra by DMA candidate Angel Lam , was premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 15 and 16 at Atlanta Symphony Hall. It will be performed on Nov. 7 at Carnegie Hall in New York, with Robert Spano conducting and Lam narrating, as part of the Ancient Paths, Modern Voices festival.

Courtney Orlando , founding member of Alarm Will Sound, plays violin and sings on the acclaimed contemporary ensemble’s new CD, a/rhythymia. New York magazine cited a performance of the a/rhythymia program at Carnegie Hall as one of the Top 10 Classical Events of 2008. Orlando teaches ear training and sight singing in the Conservatory.

Faculty artist Denise Tr yon has joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as fourth horn.

Other Philadelphia Orchestra members on the Conservatory faculty are Harold Hall Robinson, principal bass, who returned to Peabody this year as faculty artist in residence, and Stephen Wyrczynski, viola.

SAIS Francisco Gonzalez , the Riordan Roett Associate Professor in Latin American Studies, is the author of Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule, which was recognized

by Choice Magazine as a 2008 Outstanding Academic Title. The book, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press , explains why the regimes in Chile and Mexico survived the financial upheaval of the early 1980s and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, marketdriven system in later years.

David M. Lampton , the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and director of the China Studies Program, has received an honorable mention in the Asia Society’s inaugural Bernard Schwartz Book Award program for his book The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds. The award recognizes nonfiction books that provide outstanding contributions to the understanding of contemporary Asia or U.S.–Asia relations. Awardees were selected by an independent jury of experts in the fields of policy, media, academia, cultural affairs and business.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Michael Rosenberg , professor and asso-

ciate dean, is co-author of a new book titled Inclusion—Effective Practices for All Students.

He and his co-authors, James McLeskey of the University of Florida and David Westling of Western Carolina University, were recently recognized by school officials in Loudon County, Va., home of Heritage High, one of the schools featured in the book. Most special education students at that school receive their services in general education classrooms, where school administrators, teachers and professional staff work together in teams to ensure that all students have the opportunities to receive supportive instruction. The book points out that Heritage routinely scores well above average on the Virginia State Report Card.

dermatology and oncology; director of Johns Hopkins’ Clinical Research Network; and deputy director of clinical trials and outcomes research, has received the Association of Community Cancer Centers’ 2009 award for outstanding achievement in clinical research. The award recognizes Balch’s “extensive research, leadership and commitment to individuals with cancer.”

Glenn Treisman , professor of internal medicine, psychiatry and behavioral science and director of the AIDS Psychiatry Service, which cares for HIV-infected patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and several Baltimore City Health Department clinics, has received the city’s 2009 Dr. Sebastian Russo Memorial Award for his dedicated and compassionate service to low-income individuals and families.

Named for a Baltimore family physician renowned for tireless service to his patients, the award cites Treisman’s role as the “father of AIDS psychiatry.” Recognizing two decades ago that the mental health needs of HIV patients were largely overlooked, Treisman “not only challenged the status quo but completely changed the way health care providers diagnose and treat these issues,” said Olivia Farrow, the city’s interim health commissioner.

David Tunkel , associate professor and director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, has received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.

The award, given this month at the group’s annual meeting in San Diego, recognizes outstanding volunteer contributions to the academy and its foundation.

SCHOOL OF NURSING Sandra Angell , associate dean for admis-

sions and student affairs, is the recipient of the 2009 JHU Alumni Heritage Award.

The award honors alumni and friends of Johns Hopkins who have contributed outstanding service over an extended period to the progress of the university or to the activities of the Alumni Association.

An active member of the Johns Hopkins Nurses Alumni Association, Angell has served on the board of directors, the Nominating Committee and the Student Affairs Coordinating Committee. She has held the offices of vice president and president and has continually served on her Class Reunion Committee. She currently represents the school as one of its student disability services coordinators.

Karen Haller , associate dean for clinical affairs at the school and vice president of the Department of Nursing at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, received the 2009 President’s Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. When the award was presented to Haller at the 2009 National Magnet Conference in Louisville, Ky., she received a standing ovation from an audience of more than 5,000.

WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Joe Katz , the William F. Ward Sr. Dis-

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Steven Cunningham , clinical instruc-

tor and fellow in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, has received a Moonbeam Award in the Children’s Poetry and Spanish Language Book categories for his bilingual book Dinosaur Name Poems, a collection of art and poetry for children.

Charles Balch , professor of surgery,

tinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.

Fellowship in the APS is an honor limited to less than one-half of 1 percent of the society’s membership. In the citation for Katz’s election, the APS cited that he was receiving the honor for his “important contributions to our understanding of the underlying physics of a wide range of complex flows, including turbulent boundary layers, cavitating flows in rotating machinery and flows in ocean and atmospheric environments; for his numerous transformative contributions to experimental techniques; and for his years of editorial service.”

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Milestones The following staff members recently retired or celebrated an anniversary with the university in October 2009.

The information is compiled by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs, 410-516-6060.

ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS

15 years of service K o w a l c z y k , Evelyn, Institute for Policy Studies M i l l e r , Carl, Center for Talented Youth 10 years of service B r o o k s , Cathy, Center for Talented Youth D a m m a n n , John, Mind/Brain Institute BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

30 years of service H a r r i s , Carolyn, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology M a p p , Joyce, Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology Z e p p , Gloria, Epidemiology 20 years of service R u s s o , Joann, Facilities W e a t h e r h o l t z , Robert,

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15 years of service B r o w n , Ellen, Epidemiology 10 years of service H u t c h i n s o n , Paul, Student Career Services M e n e n d e z , Frederick, III, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology P r e v o s t , Roberta, Population, Family and Reproductive Health To w n e r , Shannon, Finance and Administration Z h a n g , Jinbing, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology 5 years of service Catherine, Center for Communication Programs H u r s t , Stacey, Epidemiology J e n k i n s , Nicol, Biostatistics O h k u b o , Saori, Center for Communication Programs T h o m a s , Mary, International Health Church-Balin,

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30 years of service To w n e s , Cleveland, Athletics and Recreation 15 years of service Patricia, Registrar

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15 years of service M c A l l i s t e r , Nicole, Hopkins Club 5 years of service Leon, Hopkins Club

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20 years of service H o l m e s , John, General Press Administration 10 years of service H a y n e s , Holly, Marketing and Creative Services K u l p , William, Project MUSE 5 years of service Ellen, General Press Administration Sussman,

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20 years of service K r u k , Jeffrey, Physics and Astronomy 10 years of service Mary, Political Science

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5 years of service D a v i s , Ronald, Security S a t a v a , Jessica, Concert Office SAIS

20 years of service W i z a , Barbara, Office of Director SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

35 years of service P a l m e r , Rosalind, Ophthalmology 30 years of service Denise, Facilities Design and Construction H a c k l e y , Joann, Facilities S t a m b a u g h , Roxanne, Institute for Clinical Translational Research Va l a , Milada, Oncology Haas,

25 years of service H a n s b e r g e r , Karen, Ophthalmology J o h n s o n , Carolyn, Human Resources M c K e n z i e - W h i t e , Jane, Center for

Clinical Global Health Education N e i s s e r , Laura, Ophthalmology S h e l l , Paula, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine Z e b a c k , Suzanne, Pathology

20 years of service A y e r s , Diana, Clinical Practice Association B l a i r , Bonavetta, Collaborative Inpatient Medicine Service B u n t i n g , Melissa, Clinical Practice Association G r e g g , Leslie, Pulmonary L o g u e , Lisa, Clinical Practice Association

S a n d g r e n , Linda, Obstetrics and Gynecology W h i t e , Mary, University Health Services W h i t e - H a m i l t o n , Jacqueline, Infectious Diseases Ya n g , Shuojia, Pediatrics Ye l v e r t o n , Linwood, Facilities Support Services

15 years of service C h r i s t o f e r s e n , Jon, Pathology E u l e r , Mary, Ophthalmology G r a h a m , Colleen, Cellular and Molecular

Graduate Program

L a v e l l e , Jean, Pathology L e e , Jin, Infectious Diseases P a t t o n , Shavior, Research Animal

Resources

R e i s i g , Wayne, Pediatrics R o b e r t s o n , Kimberley, Pediatrics S t e p h e n s o n , Katherine, Molecular

Pharmacology S t o n e b r a k e r , Cheryl, Billing

10 years of service B o n n e r , John, General Psychiatry B u g a y e n k o , Artem, Neurology C h a n n e l - W a r d , Matilda, Psychiatry C h e w , Roslyn, Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer D i k e , Sonny, Pathology D o c k i n s , Kevin, Facilities Maintenance and Operations E l l i o t t , Robert, Oncology G o d a c k , Anthony, Facilities Maintenance and Operations G r e e n , John, IV, Facilities Support Services H a r d i n g , Patrica, Facilities Support Services H e , Liangmei, Pathology J e a n n e t t a , Albert, Facilities Maintenance and Operations J o n e s , Jakia, Infectious Diseases K e e l s , Brenda, Facilities Support Services K o w a l e w s k i , Catherine, Ophthalmology L e v i n , Lisa, Ophthalmology L e w i s , George, Facilities Design and Construction M e l l e r s o n , Angela, Anesthesiology S h p r i t z , Barnett, Psychiatry S m a l l w o o d , Paul, Facilities S u m m e r s , Clifford, Jr., Facilities Support Services W a n g , Hua, Physiology W a r d - M c C o y , Gloria, Anesthesiology Ye a g e r , Lynda, Outpatient Operations Yu , San, Otolaryngology 5 years of service A r o n o f f , Deborah, Anesthesiology B a l k a r r a n , Narendranand, Occupational Health B a l l a r d , April, Infectious Diseases B e a l , Nikeshia, Oncology C a s e y , Catherine, Surgery C h a n - L i , Yee, Pulmonary D ’ A c h i n o , Erin, Pulmonary D a v i s , Cheryl, Oncology

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F u l l w o o d , Christen, Anesthesiology G l e n n , Andrew, Research Animal

Resources H e a t h , Latanya, Physiology H s i a o , Elie, Genetics L y n n , Jacqueline, Clinical Practice Associates M a i n e , Ira, Basic Sciences Institute M a r t i n , Brande, Clinical Practice Association M o r r i s , Christina, Neurology M o t e v a l l i - O l i n e r , Mahnaz, Pathology P a l m e r - M i l e s , Vernice, Surgery P l a i s i r , Karen, Infectious Diseases R o g e r s , Kathryn, Oncology S h a p i r o , Gary, Oncology S u l l i v a n , Mary, Infectious Diseases Ta k a g i , Tomoyo, Radiology W i l l i a m s , Angela, Pediatrics W i l l i a m s , Michelle, Billing Z h e n g , Dongfeng, Pathology Z i e m n i a k , Carrie, Pediatrics SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/ JHU MUSEUMS

35 years of service D o n a h u e , Mary, Technical Services UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

35 years of service K i n k e l , Richard, Central Receiving 30 years of service P a l m e r , Arnold, Central Receiving 20 years of service Robert, Jr., Building Operations and Maintenance B a r n e t t , Barry, Mail Services F a d d i s , Royce, Marketing and Creative Services Ayers,

15 years of service F i s h e r , James, Custodial Services G a s i o r , Paul, Sponsored Projects Shared Services K o e n i g , Jeffrey, Leasing R u t h e r f o r d , Eugene, Research Administration C r o u c h , David, Jr., Telecommunications C u t l i p , Pamela, Accounts Receivable Shared Services 5 years of service C o r d o n , Oscar, Jhpiego K o z u m b o , Jamie, Annual Giving M i n k i n , Marc, Sponsored Projects

Shared Services P a r k e r , Rosalie, Development P a t r i c k , Mary, Employment S p e i c h e r , Michele, Telecommunications Ta r t , Sherril, Student Information Systems Ta y l o r , Kelly, Human Resources WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

5 years of service L a t t e s , Abigail, Communications

Insect venom shots work for severe ‘local’ sting reactions, too JHU study encourages use beyond treatment for life-threatening stings B y C h r i s t e n B r o wn

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he same bee and other insect venom shots that doctors use to prevent deadly systemic reactions to insect stings can also tone down large local allergic reactions that, while not dangerous, can be painful and inconvenient, a Johns Hopkins study shows.

Venom therapy, in which small, periodic injections of venom from bees, wasps and other stinging insects build up immunity in people susceptible to potentially lethal anaphylactic shock from stings, has had widespread use since it was developed in the

1970s at Johns Hopkins. However, people who suffer frequent large localized reactions because of jobs or hobbies such as landscaping, gardening and golfing, are generally denied this treatment. Though these localized reactions aren’t life-threatening, they can be extremely painful and cause massive swelling that lasts for days.

“We just didn’t know if venom therapy would work or cause problems for these patients,” said David Golden, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

To find out, he and his colleagues recruited 41 volunteers with a history of large local reactions to insect stings. Many of the volunteers were subject to unavoidable frequent stings owing to outdoor jobs or hobbies.

From that group, Golden selected those whose reactions were marked by extremely large swellings of at least 16 cm—about the size of a football—and winnowed out those who couldn’t commit to evaluations that

involved live insect stings or the rigorous study schedule.

With a final count of 29 research subjects, Golden subjected the participants to an initial sting to rigorously measure their response, then separated them into two groups: 19 who would get venom shots once a week for seven to 11 weeks over a summer, and 10 who would get no shots. While the control group members’ responses to stings stayed the same, those in the treatment group showed 50 percent less swelling on average.

After the first summer, both groups received venom therapy for up to four years.

Following two or more years of treatment, both groups had swellings about 60 percent smaller on average than initial measurements, though the response to treatment varied. Some of the patients had almost complete elimination of their reactions, while others still experienced moderate swelling. Golden and his team plan to inves-

tigate why patients differ in their response.

Nonetheless, he notes that this improvement is still enough to warrant a larger trial of the therapy. “We believe these results will lead to broadening the guidelines for using venom therapy,” Golden said.

Other researchers who participated in this study are Denise Kelly and Robert G. Hamilton, both of Johns Hopkins; and Timothy J. Craig, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

Results of the study were published in the June Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Related Web site Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/allergy

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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.

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Investigative Services Research Assistant Research Technologist Registration Administrator Fulfillment Specialist Academic Program Coordinator Academic Services Specialist Program Manager, Full-Time MBA Program Sr. Technical Support Analyst Academic Adviser Academic Program Coordinator Director, Multicultural Affairs Research Assistant Administrative Coordinator Content Management Librarian Research Services Librarian, Curator of 19th–21st Century Books and Manuscripts Research Service Analyst Head of Library Systems Bioethics Research Project Specialist Preservation Intern Custodian

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

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

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Basketball Skills Clinic — The women’s

basketball team is hosting a skills clinic for boys and girls ages 5 to 12, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. Cost for the clinic is $25 per player. Pre-registration is preferred by Mon., Oct. 26. Walk-ups must be accompanied by a parent as an insurance waiver must be signed for each player.

For more information, contact Nancy Funk at 410-516-7486 or nfunk@jhu.edu.

Seasonal Flu Vaccines — Seasonal flu

vaccines will be offered free of charge to faculty and staff of the Homewood campus (and their spouses/same-sex domestic partners) on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 27 O C T .

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Thurs., Oct. 22, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. “Guessing Games, Correlations and Perfect Graphs,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Klas Markstrom, Umea University, Sweden. 304 Whitehead. HW

“Adhesion and Cell Migration in the Early Zebrafish Embryo,” a Biology seminar with Thomas Schilling, University of California, Irvine. 100 Mudd. HW Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. “Investigation of the Utility of Energy Resolved Photon-Counting X-ray Detectors for Small Animal Computed Tomography Systems,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Xiaolan Wang, WSE. 110 Maryland. HW

“Wittgenstein and the Essence of Language,” a Political and Moral Thought seminar with Kim Evans, Yeshiva University. Sponsored by History. 366 Mergenthaler. HW

Thurs., Oct. 22, 4 p.m.

• Hardwood Floors • Private balcony or terrace

Fri., Oct. 23, 11 a.m. “Turbulent Coher-

R O L A N D PA R K

• Large airy rooms

• Beautiful garden setting • Private parking available • University Parkway at West 39th St. 2 & 3 bedroom apartments located in a private park setting. Adjacent to Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus and minutes from downtown Baltimore.

105 West 39th St. • Baltimore, MD 21210 Managed by The Broadview at Roland Park BroadviewApartments.com

and 28. Vaccines will be administered from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Distribution of the H1N1 vaccine has just begun in Maryland. If Johns Hopkins secures a supply, an announcement will be made with the relevant information.

Questions about flu shot schedules should be directed to Debbie Mills at dmills@jhu .edu.

Intersession Instructors Needed —

The 2010 Intersession Personal Enrichment Program, scheduled for Jan. 4 to 22, is looking for instructors in music, art, dance and other subjects. Applications are available in the Student Life Office, located in Suite 102, Levering Hall, or by calling 410-516-8209.

The deadline for applications is Monday, Oct. 26.

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“Acculturation and Binge Drinking: Structural Influence of Friendship Networks on MexicanAmerican Youth,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Craig Michael Martinez.

E4130 SPH. EB

G A R D E N A PA RT M E N T L I V I N G I N

410-243-1216

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Fri., Oct. 23, 10 a.m.

ent Structures Near Coastal Capes,” a CEAFM seminar with Marcello Magaldi, KSAS. 110 Maryland. HW

Fri., Oct. 23, noon. “Computer Simulation of Lipids and DNA Using a Coarse Grain Methodology,” a Biophysics seminar with George Chellapa, University of Southhampton. 107 Jenkins. HW

“Regulation of Proliferation in the Developing Endoderm,” a Carnegie Institution Embryolo-

Mon., Oct. 26, 12:15 p.m.

gy seminar with Marko Horb, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.

HW

Mon., Oct. 26, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar—“The Visual Shape Alphabet and Its Neural Population Code” with Chou Po Hung, National Yang Ming University. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

SPECIAL EVENTS Wed., Oct. 21, noon. Luncheon for retired faculty and staff, open to all members of the JHU community. University Chaplain Rev. Albert Mosley is the speaker. Admission is $17.50. To register, phone John Black, 410-516-0138. Eisenhower Room, Johns Hopkins Club. HW

The MSE Symposium presents a lecture by attorney and health care advocate Elizabeth Edwards. Lecture is followed by a question-and-answer session and a chance to meet the speaker. (See photo, p. 16.)

Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Wed., Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 23, 6:15 p.m. “Polymath: Leonardo da Vinci’s Life and Legacy,” a Friends of the Johns Hopkins Libraries lecture by Leonardo expert Jonathan Pevsner, SoM/Kennedy Krieger Institute. Reception at 5:30 p.m. Reservations required; RSVP to Stacie Spence, 410-516-7943 or libraryfriends@jhu.edu.

Mason Hall Auditorium. HW

THEATER Fri., Oct. 23, and Sat., Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Throat Culture performs sketch comedy.

Arellano Theater, Levering. HW W OR K S HO P S Tues., Oct. 20, 9:30 to 11 a.m., and Wed., Oct. 21, 4:30 to 6 p.m. “Ref-

Works,” a Milton S. Eisenhower Library workshop open only to the Hopkins community. To register, go to http://bit.ly/ RefWorksSchedule. Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE Library. HW

Thurs., Oct. 22, 1 p.m. “Introduction to Facebook,” a Bits & Bytes workshop for Homewood faculty, lecturers and TAs, but staff are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library.

HW

October 19, 2009 • THE GAZETTE

Classifieds APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Anneslie, sabbatical rental, furn’d 3BR house nr Stoneleigh schools, Jan 1-July 30, W/D, dw, no pets. $1,700/mo + utils. sheingate@gmail.com.

Belvedere Square, 1BR apt, laundry, prkng, 10 mins to JHU, 20 mins to JHMI, the Collegetown shuttle, express bus to JHMI, no pets. $595/mo (yearly). gigiebenezer@ gmail.com.

Canton (2443 Fleet St), 2BR, 2.5BA house, new appls, CAC, granite counters, jacuzzi, roofdeck, nr JHH/park/water/Square. $1,500/ mo + utils. 410-375-4862 or okomgmt@ hotmail.com.

Cedarcroft, 3BR, 1.5BA TH, W/D, dw, fenced yd w/deck. $1,250/mo + utils. 410378-2393.

M A R K E T P L A C E

St Croix, USVI, 3BR, 3BA oceanfront vacation condo, private beach, rates from $285/ night. Meg, 202-309-2175.

St Paul St, sublet studio apt, November to February. $790/mo. 410-949-5653.

Upper Fells Point, 2BR, 1BA apt, W/D, dw, CAC, kitchen, living rm, gated fence, backyd, mins to JHH. 410-733-4622 or ldtantengco@yahoo.com.

10 N Wolfe St, 2BR TH w/2 full BAs, 3-story, fin’d lower level w/full BA, possible 3rd BR. $1,300/mo + utils. 410-608-9138.

3BR, 1BA house, CAC/heat, bsmt, priv front/back porch, fenced yd, nr public transport and MARC train, 1- to 2-yr lease. $750/ mo + sec dep. Vera, 410-945-9829.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Cedonia, quiet 1BR apt, new kitchen and flrs, W/D, landscaped fenced yd, deck, free prkng, nr JHH/Homewood/Morgan State, nr public transportation, pets welcome. $695/mo + utils. aprede1@yahoo.com.

Butchers Hill/Canton, beautiful 2BR, 1BA rehabbed TH, new kitchen w/granite and stainless steel, conv to JHH. $154,900.

Tracy, 443-864-5461.

Charles Village, corner 2BR, 2BA condo w/balcony, 1,200 sq ft, clean, CAC, 24-hr front desk, steps to Hopkins shuttle, all utils incl’d. 410-466-1698.

Hampden, beautifully renov’d 3BR, 2.5BA house, screened porch, fenced yd, priv prkng, walk to Homewood/shops/restaurants/grocers/theater. $299,000. 919-607-5860 or 410-962-5417.

Charles Village, lg 5BR house on pretty, tree-lined street, new renovations, perfect for 5 adults, option to end lease at end of June. $2,300/mo + utils + sec dep ($2,300).

Ramsay Antonio-Barnes, 443-803-3572.

Cross Keys Village, 1BR apt w/hdwd flrs, CAC/heat, free prkng, 24-hr security, swimming pool. $900/mo + utils (water incl’d).

646-284-2279 or tamrirev@yahoo.com.

Fells Point/Henderson’s Wharf, 1BR, 1BA loft condo, waterfront property, gym/concierge/garage prkng incl’d. $1,500/mo.

Murray, 214-636-2286.

Glen Burnie waterfront, furn’d 2BR house w/lg deck, pier and boat lift available. $1,795/mo (discounted). 443-997-5657.

Loch Raven Village (Towson), 3BR, 1.5BA brick TH, AC, W/D, fin’d bsmt, backyd w/ deck, nr beltway/schools/shopping, avail Dec 1. $1,000/mo + utils. wwang1268@ yahoo.com.

Mt Vernon, sublet 1BR apt for winter months. $125/wk incl all utils. 425-8901327.

Patterson Park, 2BR, 1.5BA house, hdwd flrs, crpt upstairs, stainless steel appls, skylight, expos’d brick, 1.25 mi to Johns Hopkins. $1,100/mo. 443-286-4883.

Patterson Park, 2BR, 1BA RH, W/D, dw, expos’d brick, yd, available early November. $1,200/mo (w/incentives). 410-241-2767 or jdph@me.com.

Pikesville, beautiful 2BR, 1.5BA house w/ yd, walk to subway. $1,500/mo + utils + sec dep. jaxbhpr@gmail.com.

CHARLES VILLAGE

Beautiful 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

- $700/mo -

Includes heat & hotwater: Large Bedroom , kitchen, hardwood floors, laundry room, blocks from JHU.

443-756-7064 - Homer

Quiet N.Chapel, steps from JHMI, Fabulous - Updated, Townhome 3BD, 2.5BA, 3 levels, CAC, designated parking. for Rent Jefferson Court

$1595 mo. + util.

410-935-5470

rxpbcg@verizon.net

Harborview, 2BR, 1BA single-family house in quiet neighborhood overlooking city skyline, nr all amenities, 5 mins to Bayview, 20 mins to East Balto and Homewood campus, nr Canton and Fells Point. $169,900. 443604-2797 or lexisweetheart@yahoo.com.

Mt Washington, 2BR, 2.5BA TH in Greenberry Woods Condominiums, community pool, playground and tennis court. $180,000.

410-493-4929.

Roland Park, beautifully maintained 6BR, 3.5BA Victorian, numerous updates, garage. $675,000. 410-591-8740.

Timonium (8 Tyburn Ct), updated, spacious 4BR, 3BA house on cul-de-sac, move-in cond, 1-yr AHS warranty, walk to Dulaney High, 2 mi to I-83 and lt rail station. $375,500. Debbie, 410-241-4724.

249 S Castle St, excellent, completely renov’d RH w/gourmet kitchen, gorgeous patio, best architectural details, walk to JHMI/Fells Point/Canton, open house on Sundays, noon-2pm. 301-730-0159.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Share newly renov’d and furn’d RH in Hampden w/F prof’l, pets OK. $650/mo incl all. 443-414-4918.

Rms in new TH, no smoking/no pets, walking distance to JHMC. $500/mo + 1/3 utils. 301-717-4217 or xiaoningzhao1@ gmail.com.

Lg, partly furn’d bsmt BR w/priv BA avail in beautifully renov’d 3BR RH in Mayfield, across from Herring Run Park, nr Lake Montebello, 10 mins to JHMI, 5 mins to Morgan. $600/mo incl utils and wireless. mayfieldroom@gmail.com.

Share all new, refurbished TH w/3 other med students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, 1-min walk to SoM. gretrieval@ aol.com.

Marketing Intern/Assistant -

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Part-time, $10 - $12 per hour to assist Director of Sales with e-marketing & promotion. Must be able to handle multiple tasks, prioritize assignments, be confident, flexible, extremely detail-oriented, & a team player. Email resume to Amy.Oconnell@hilton.com

Furn’d BR w/priv BA in split-level Carney house, share w/young M prof’l, W/D, free Internet access, no smoking/no pets, shortterm only. $550/mo + sec dep ($500). Teresa, 443-850-3520 or teresatufano@gmail.com.

educational software. i_karimi@yahoo.com (to make an appointment).

BR avail in 2BR, 1BA Bonnie Ridge apt (Mt Washington), W/D in unit, tennis court, fitness center, pool, 10-min drive to campus. $530/mo + utils. 443-255-3744 or ckhantwal@hotmailcom.

Artist/cartoonist looking for work, logos, cartoon strips, 1-panel cartoons, business cards, T-shirts. 443-200-3371.

Share sweet 2BR house, walk to Federal Hill and all the good spots downtown. $650/mo.

410-499-9179.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Yard sale: Saturday, Oct 24, 8am-1pm, Lauraville (46306 Mainfield Ave 21214), paintings, frames, canvases, housewares, furniture, more.

Share seven elegant rms in Roland Park w/JHU staff member, priv BR and BA, fp, prkng, laundry. $1,025/mo. 410-365-8096.

Halloween costume rentals by Theatre Hopkins, historical, modern or fantasy, by appt before Oct 23, modest rental fees. mikesuse@comcast.net.

F wanted to share 2BR, 1BA TH in Patterson Park (N Milton and Baltimore St), W/D, dw, nr shuttle stop, share w/easygoing F. $437.50/mo + utils. vfbiomar@yahoo .com.

Free to good home: 24" x 36" drafting board, like new, refinished cedar/pine, adjustable height, tilts 0-80 degrees. Ann, 410-2431910.

Arabic conversation partner wanted by intermediate student. somethingroyal@gmail .com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

Antique (or almost) mahogany drop-leaf dining table, carved wood chair, marble-top end table, Ikea beech dresser, like new. 410889-1213 or judybyen@hotmail.com.

Garmin Micro so/sd memory card, Spain and Portugal, city navigator Europe NT 2009-2010 edition, fits 200W series Garmin. $50. mrjohnson1@comcast.net.

4GB Zune, black, new and unopened. $100.

410-206-2830 or nlheyls@yahoo.com.

Used African-American fiction: Terry McMillan, Omar Tyree, Eric Jerome Dickey, Mary B. Morrison, Michael Baisden and J. California Cooper, $10-$30 (sets or individually); SAT flashcards, in box, $20; 2-in-1 speakers, $25. 410-917-7774.

Zenetti 20" rims (4) w/Pirelli P-zero type tires. $575/best offer. 443-827-0695 or romeyrome_04@yahoo.com.

Table lamp, approx 36"H, unique floral design, photos available. Best offer. sofas4sale@earthlink.net.

Pair of exterior French doors, new, white, 8'x 3', made of Auralast wood, w/15 double E-glass panels and double locks. $750/pair.

443-768-4751.

Christian Dior Norwegian blue fox fur coat, full-length, medium, great holiday gift. $1,250. 443-824-2198.

Conn alto saxophone, mint condition. $650/best offer. 410-488-1886.

Nikon 77mm clear NC filter, $50; Nikon 52mm clear NC filter, $25; Haier air conditioner w/remote, 12,000 BTUs, almost new, $100; also queen air mattress w/pump. 410807-5979 or aroop@cyberdude.com.

Microwave, chair, tripods, printer, computer, digital piano, 3-step ladder, beach chairs (2), stool, reciprocating saw. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.

Queen mattress and boxspring, in good cond, $150; twin wood bed w/drawers, Sealy mattress, $100. nonu4@hotmail.com.

CDs and books on learning English and Farsi, Iran’s Art and Literature and other

Old-fashioned residential and commercial cleaning at old-fashioned price, free estimates. Kathleen & Kathy, 443-554-6140.

Assistance w/garden cleanup, raking leaves, etc. $12.50/hr. Jim, 410-366-7191 or jwilli33@gmail.com.

NYC bus trip, Sat, Dec 5, depart Towson 7:30am, Fallston 7:45am and Chesapeake House, 8am, arrive NYC about 10:30 am, depart 7pm. $55. 410-206-2830 or nlheyls@ yahoo.com.

Piano lessons available w/experienced teacher, Peabody doctorate, all levels/ages welcome. 410-662-7951.

Horse boarding, 20 mins from JHU, beautiful trails from farm. $500/mo (stall board) or $250/mo (field board). 410-812-6716 or argye.hillis@gmail.com.

R&D Maintenance, interior/exterior painting, grass cutting and home/deck power washing, licensed and insured, free estimates, affordable. 410-335-1284 or randy6506vfw @yahoo.com.

Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist avail to maintain existing gardens, also design, planting, masonry; free consultations. 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@ hotmail.com.

I can help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio! Free, confidential consultations. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@ aol.com.

Tutor avail: All subjects/levels; remedial, gifted and talented; also college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading. 410-337-9877 or i1__@hotmail.com.

Friday Night Swing Dance Club, open to public, no partners necessary. 410-583-7337 or www.fridaynightswing.com.

JHI is looking for interpreters for Vietnamese, Greek, Farsi, Burmese, Somali. $35-$45/ hr. jhicommunity@gmail.com.

Guitar lessons w/experienced teacher, beginner through advanced, many styles taught; teacher will travel. Joe, 410-215-0693.

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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Calendar B L OO D D R I V E S Thurs., Oct. 22, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. JHU Blood Drive;

MSE Symposium

walk-ins welcome. To schedule an appointment online, go to http://hr.jhu.edu/fsrp/outreach/ blooddrive. Fitness Center, Mount Washington Campus.

Freud, the Textile Industry and the Invention of Psychoanalysis,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania. 101A Dell House. HW Wed., Oct. 21, 4 p.m. Dean’s Lecture Series—“Internalizing Symptoms and Alcohol Disorders: What Are the Comorbid Relationships?”

by Rosa Crum, SPH. Sponsored by the Dean’s Office, Bloomberg School of Public Health. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

MUSIC Mon.,

Tues., Oct. 20, 4:15 p.m. “Synthesis, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry and Computation: First Forays Toward Photochromic Photooxidants,” a Chemistry colloquium with Jason Gillmore, Hope College. 233 Remsen. HW

“The Birth of Nervousness: Neurasthenia in Modern China,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Hugh Shapiro, University of Nevada, Reno. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., Oct. 22, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 22, 3 p.m. “Electronic Properties of Graphene,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Eva Andrei, Rutgers University. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

“Network Simulation With NS3,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with George Riley, Georgia Institute of Technology. Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., Oct. 23, 2 p.m.

“RNA Folding Landscapes From Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy,” a Biophysics/Physics colloquium with Dave Thirumalai, University of Maryland. 111 Mergenthaler. HW Mon., Oct. 26, 4 p.m.

C O N FERE N C E Fri., Oct. 23, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Unsettling Decadence: Crisis

and Creativity in Latin America, a Program in Latin American Studies fall conference with William Egginton, KSAS, giving the keynote address “On Creative Exhaustion: Repetition, Time and Novelty in Borges.” Part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

DANCE

Jhumoor presents a classical Indian dance concert. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Sun., Oct. 25, 8 p.m.

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

“Engineering Graduate School,” a Civil Engineering open-format discussion of civil engineering graduate school choices, financial support, admission styles and tips for preMon., Oct. 19, noon.

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“Opera Potpourri: A Trio of OneAct Operas in French.” Admission is free, but advance tickets are required. For information, call 410-234-4800 or e-mail boxoffice @peabody.jhu.edu. Friedberg Hall.

COLLOQUIA

Tues., Oct. 20, 4:15 p.m. “Making ‘Make It New’: The Life Story of a Cliche,” an ELH colloquium with Michael North, UCLA. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. HW

Oct.

Peabody

“Poulenc at 110 Years,” a celebration of the music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963). $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Tues., Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

Health care and children’s advocate Elizabeth Edwards is the next speaker in the lecture series titled ‘A Transition Between Generations in a Changing America.’ See Special Events.

paring to apply to grad schools; with Lori Graham-Brady, WSE. B17 CSEB. HW Mon.,

Oct.

19,

12:30

p.m.

“Year of Religion” event, with John Rucyahana, bishop of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and head of the Mustard Seed Project; Jessica Einhorn, dean of SAIS, and Peter Lewis, director, the SAIS African Studies Program, will deliver introductory remarks. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5636 or e-mail saisevents @jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS Wed.,

Oct.

21,

12:45

p.m.

“President Lula and the Rise and Fall of the Partido dos Trabalhadores Government in Brazil,” a Latin American Studies Program discussion with Stanley Gacek, AFL-CIO. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5734 or e-mail jzurek@jhu.edu. 517 Nitze Building. SAIS Public Health Studies alumni panel discussion, with alumni talking about their career paths and current jobs, as well as tips for job applicants on how to present themselves to employers. Co-sponsored by the JHU Career Center. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW Wed., Oct. 21, 4 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 23, noon. “A Conversation on Equity, Diversity and Civility,” a Committee on Equity, Diversity and Civility discussion with SPH Dean Michael Klag, members of the committee and others. W1020 SPH. EB Fri.,

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“Sparking Citizen Demand for Better Governance: Information, Competition and Recognition,” an International Development Program discussion with Beatriz Boza, Ciudadanos al Dia. For more information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5943 or e-mail developmentroundtable@jhu.edu.

200 Rome Building. SAIS Mon., Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. “Urban High School Reform: Challenges

and Opportunities,” a School of Education discussion with representatives from the Center for Social Organization of Schools and Baltimore high schools. (See story, p. 11.) Reception at 6 p.m. The Hall, Education Building. HW G RA N D ROU N D S Oct. 21, noon. “Safe Streets: A Public Health Approach to Reducing Gun Violence,” Public Health Practice grand rounds with Daniel Webster, SPH, and Laurie Toscano, Baltimore City Health Department. Co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. W1214 SPH. EB

Wed.,

I N FOR M AT I O N SESSIONS

Mon., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. Online

information session for the MA in Bioinformatics program. Learn about the program’s admission requirements, curriculum design, course structure, degree requirements and how online education works. Participate in an online discussion, chat with faculty and the associate program chair, and visit a unit from the core course Computers in Molecular Biology. RSVP online at http:// advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index .cfm?ContentID=1610.

Information session for the MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy program. Learn about the program, meet the associate program chair, ask questions and submit an application. RSVP at http:// advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index .cfm?ContentID=1611. Olin Hall.

Wed., Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.

HW

Fri., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Jazz Orchestra performs music by Cole Porter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George and Ira Gershwin, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Nat King Cole, Thelonious Monk and Joe Zawinul. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

Shriver Hall Concert Series presents pianist Christopher Taylor. No tickets required; open seating. Baltimore Museum of Art.

Sat., Oct. 24, 3 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 24, 8 p.m. The Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs music by Verdi, Stravinsky and Dvorak. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs music by Liszt and Sibelius. (See story, p. 4.) 7 p.m. Pre-concert talk

by Max Derrickson. $10 general admission (includes free youth ticket), $8 for senior citizens, students and JHU faculty, staff and alumni.

Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Sat., Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

REA D I N G S / B OO K TA L K S

Oct.

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Sigmund

Local children’s author Elissa Brent Weissman will discuss her latest book The Trouble With Mark Hopper.

Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Sat., Oct. 24, 2 p.m.

HW

S E M I N AR S Mon.,

L E C TURE S Mon.,

Thurs., Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m.

Peabody Conservatory presents a demonstration and workshop

by Gamelan Mitra Kusuma with director I Nyoman Saudin and dancer Latifah Alsegaf. Sponsored by the Ethnomusicology Program of the Department of Musicology.

Goodwin Hall. Peabody

Oct.

19,

Mon.,

Oct.

19,

2:30

p.m.

“Model-Based Target Identification From Gene Expression With Gaussian Processes,” a Center for Computational Genomics seminar with Neil Lawrence, University of Manchester. 517 PCTB. EB Mon., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. “From a Viral Oncoprotein to an Artificial Transmembrane Activator of the Erythropoietin Receptor,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Daniel DiMaio, Yale University School of Medicine. W2030 SPH. EB

“Fatty Acid Synthase and Cancer Metabolism: Don’t Forget the Fat,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Frank Kuhajda, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Oct. 20, noon.

“QuantiGene: Single and Multiplex Gene Expression Solutions for Drug Discovery and Development,” a Jef Boeke HiT Center seminar with Gary McMasters, Affymetrix Inc. 490 Rangos Building. EB

Tues., Oct. 20, 1 p.m.

“Predicting Language Change,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania.

B17 CSEB. HW

Tues., Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m.

“The State of Interventions to Promote Cognitive Health With Age,” a Mental Health seminar with Michelle Carlson, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., Oct. 21, noon.

“SelfAssembly of Rod-like Polyelectrolytes: From Materials to Cystic Fibrosis,” a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Erik Luijten, Northwestern University. 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Oct. 21, 3 p.m.

“Delivery of Copper Cofactor to the Biosynthetic Pathway: Challenges and Solutions,” a Cell Biology seminar with Svetlana Lutsenko, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Oct. 22, noon.

“Health Information Technology: The Latest Word,” a Health Policy and Management Fall Policy seminar with Charles Friedman, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Stephanie Reel, chief information officer and vice provost for information technologies, Johns Hopkins University; and Scott Afzal, director, Health Information Systems, Audacious Inquiry Inc. B14B Hampton House. EB

Thurs., Oct. 22, noon.

Thurs., Oct. 22, noon. “Deciphering a Novel Host-Pathogen

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Calendar

Key

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

APL BRB CRB CSEB

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 PCTB Preclinical Teaching Building

SAIS School of Advanced

12:15

p.m.

“Micro-RNAs in Cancer” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Frank Slack, Yale University. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

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