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Q&A with APL’s Rich Roca

Envisioning Welch Library of the future

Outgoing director talks about his 10-year tenure and future of Lab’s work

By Greg Rienzi

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n 2001, the Welch Medical Library leadership posed a determining question to its staff and customer base: What will the library and its services be like in 2012? Realizing innovation is essential in the information Director sees business, the library wanted to be two fewer books, steps ahead. What was envimore access sioned by respondents was a “virtual to electronic library” where, from any remote site, a visitor could peruse materials the institution’s full catalog, interact with librarians and conduct research. In other words, a central service point and deep rows of book stacks would no longer be needed. Nancy K. Roderer, director of the Welch Medical Library and of the Johns Hopkins Division of Health Sciences Informatics, said that the library has been inching closer to that reality ever since and in the coming year will commence a series of initiatives to further decrease its physical presence and enhance its cyber one. “At some point, everything is going to be available electronically in medicine, and how do we want our services to work then?” Roderer said. “A new model of librarianship is called for. How do you shut down the old and usher in the new? That is what we’ve been diligently working on.” Welch services the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, which together have an estimated customer base of 30,000. In addition to its main branch at 1900 E. Monument St., the library has four satellite locations on the East Baltimore campus. The main branch is named for the School of Medicine’s first dean, William H. Welch, honoring his role in the library’s creation and the Continued on page 11

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fter a decade in charge of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Rich Roca steps down from his position as director on June 30. It’s been quite a ride. During his tenure, APL has continued to make enormous scientific advances while engaged in its research and development work on behalf of the Department of Defense, primarily the U.S. Navy; NASA; and other government sponsors. APL requires executives in a policymaking position to leave their posts when they reach a certain age, and that time had come for him. In the announcement of his departure, Roca lauded the work of the Lab’s nearly 5,000 employees. He said that APL’s fingerprints are on critical contributions to missile defense, space defense and exploration, undersea warfare, strategic and conventional strike, cyber warfare, homeland protection and soldier protection. Many projects embarked on during his tenure will continue for many years, such as space missions to Mercury, Pluto and the sun. For example, the New Horizons Continued on page 8

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After a decade at the helm of the Applied Physics Laboratory—an experience he describes as ‘thrilling’—Rich Roca steps down from his post on June 30.

Ralph Semmel named next director of APL By Helen Worth

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alph D. Semmel, who currently oversees a variety of research and development activities at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been selected to lead the Laboratory as its next director. On July 1, Semmel will succeed Richard T. Roca, who has served as APL’s director since January 2000.

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Chesney-penned play; SoN joins Md. health professions alliance; a ‘Nifty Fifty’ speaker

In announcing the appointment, Stuart S. Janney, chair of the APL board of managers, said, “The board is confident that Ralph Semmel is highly qualified to lead the Laboratory as it takes on national critical challenges. Ralph will be leading a strong institution with an impressive record of accomplishments. He has proven ability to lead such a dynamic institution.” Roca is in agreement. “I’m delighted that such a remarkable R&D executive as Ralph Semmel will be leading this prestigious laboratory,” he said.

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Semmel has for the past five years served as head of APL’s Applied Information Sciences Department and its Infocentric Operations Business Area. He has been instrumental in making infocentric operations a core business for the Laboratory, enabling APL to develop critical technologies that enhance the security of the nation. During his 23-year career at APL, Semmel also has served as assistant head Continued on page 9

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lan M. Chesney, former dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, didn’t spend all his time delving into strictly scientific and administrative matters. He wrote not only a three-volume history of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine but also penned a play. His 1939 one-act work, The Flowering of an Idea, presents in four scenes an imaginary conversation in which the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions might have been conceived. Taking part are Johns Hopkins himself; the London-based banker George Peabody; Daniel Coit Gilman, first president of the university; John Garrett, president of the B&O Railroad; Elihu E. Jackson, governor of Maryland; and Robert C. Davidson, mayor of Baltimore. Long out of print, the play is now available from the Johns Hopkins University Press as an on-demand paperback. The cost is $20.

JH surgeon among ‘Nifty 50’ to speak at D.C. schools

n an effort to ignite a passion for science and engineering in middle and high school students, the USA Science & Engineering Festival has tapped 50 professionals—among them, high-tech entrepreneurs, financiers, policymakers, actors, journalists, educators, explorers, video game developers, spies, alien hunters, astronauts and surgeons—to speak at Washington, D.C.–area schools during its October festival. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, an associate professor of neurosurgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and his colleagues in this so-called “Nifty Fifty” were selected from hundreds of applicants for their differing fields, talents, divergent backgrounds and ages, and ability to convey the importance of science to our nation’s future. Once a migrant farm worker, QuinonesHinojosa is now a top-rated neurosurgeon who specializes in treating patients with brain and spinal cord tumors. He also leads research efforts to understand the role of stem cells in forming brain tumors and the potential role of these cells in fighting brain cancer.

SoN joins Md. Alliance to Transform the Health Professions

he Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has joined the Maryland Alliance to Transform the Health Professions to help address Maryland’s growing health care needs. The organization, composed of more than a dozen academic health institutions and historically black colleges and universities in Maryland, is working with the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase diversity and enrollment at all these schools, with the aim of expanding and diversifying the state’s future health care

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work force. Through recruitment, faculty exchange and collaborative research efforts, the group hopes to provide a working model for other states. “This is a landmark alliance in the history of Maryland health care,” said Sandra Angell, who represented the School of Nursing at the signing of the memorandum of understanding. “For the first time, academic and medical institutions are coming together to ensure the growing demand for health care will be met in the future.” According to the MOU, the alliance will create “a future health care work force that is increasingly proficient in cross-racial and cross-cultural interactions.” Such action to reduce disparities in health and health care comes at a crucial time: On May 25, Baltimore’s first Health Disparities Report Card confirmed that residents with little education and low incomes are more likely to get sick or die than those with more education and money.

Jhpiego gives international award to Ghanaian midwife

n the developing world, midwives are frontline health care providers, giving life-saving information to pregnant women, counseling HIV-positive women on how to protect their unborn children from infections, preparing women to give birth and plan their families, helping deliver babies and connecting the greater community to health care. On June 6, in recognition of the invaluable work of midwives in low-resource settings, Jhpiego presented the international Midwife Champion of the Year Award to Mary Issaka, who was nominated by the U.N. Population Fund for her work in the Bongo District of Bolgatanga, Ghana. “In all my life I did not think anyone knew what I was doing outside of my village,” Issaka said. “I did not think anyone really cared about someone working in such a remote place. I am overwhelmed.” As part of the award, Jhpiego provides $5,000 to the recipient to support his or her work in the community.

A note to readers about style changes in ‘The Gazette’

oodbye Web site, hello website. This month, the Associated Press released the 10th edition of its stylebook—the longtime standard-bearer for journalists and other writers—and with this issue, The Gazette will follow the new guidelines for social media and adopt other changes contained in the reference book. Among those that might be noticeable to readers are some city designations. A number of foreign cities that previously stood alone are now identified by country. Not changed (though many writers had rallied for updating): e-mail, work force and under way.

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At-risk kids, youth scholar named dean of School of Education youth, particularly those in urban areas with vulnerable populations. As an administrator in higher education, he has led large diverse academic communities in establishing multidisciplinary approaches to meeting the educational and developmental needs of children from birth through young adulthood. At Ohio State, Andrews’ tenure has been marked by the success he’s had in building a strong institution with a history of excellence into a stronger one. He is credited with significantly enhancing the overall research portfolio of the school through an ambitious faculty recruitment initiative. Simultaneously, he helped build an EdD program to complement the school’s long-standing PhD program, allowing the school to maintain its focus on high-quality research while continuing to prepare practitioners for leadership roles in education. In accepting the School of Education deanship, Andrews said he is thrilled to be joining Johns Hopkins and excited for the chance to continue in Baltimore his life work. “I have always been fascinated with children and their well-being, and since high school I’ve never changed from that direction,” Andrews said. “Actual jobs have changed, but my focus has always been vulnerable populations. “The opportunity to work at Johns Hopkins with its strong reputation is phenom-

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avid W. Andrews, a distinguished scholar who has dedicated his career to improving academic and behavioral outcomes for at-risk children and youth, has been named dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Andrews, the founding dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, will join Johns Hopkins on Sept. 1. Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels describes Andrews as a collaborator, consensus builder and experienced fundraiser who has worked successfully with deans in each of Ohio State’s 18 colleges. “I believe Dr. Andrews has the experience, skills and passion to help the Johns Hopkins University School of Education build upon its strengths and storied history to achieve the next level of national prominence, and to make a lasting impact on education in our city and across our country,” Daniels said. “He understands the capacity and responsibility that the School of Education has in influencing educational policy and practice.” Andrews succeeds Ralph Fessler, the inaugural dean of the School of Education, who retired last year. Andrews is currently a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Ohio State, where he has been instrumental in an innovative partner-

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ship with the public schools in Columbus, Ohio, to establish in a low-income area of the city a model world-class early childhood laboratory. Andrews has spent his entire career enhancing opportunities for children and youth from both research and academic platforms. As a researcher and program developer, he has created and evaluated international, national, state and local initiatives designed to improve schools and enhance the well-being of children and

enal. I’m thrilled to have been nominated and selected,” he said. As he looks toward starting work at Johns Hopkins, Andrews said that the School of Education has done a very good job of laying out its plan for the future, and that one of his priorities will be to work on implementing that plan. “I would try to move as aggressively as possible to select the priorities that have been previously identified and move them forward,” Andrews said. Andrews became a member of the Ohio State faculty in 1995 and rose to dean of the College of Human Ecology in 1998. In 2006, he led the effort to merge two large and highly successful colleges at Ohio State, resulting in the creation of the College of Education and Human Ecology. He was subsequently appointed dean of the merged school. Prior to joining Ohio State, Andrews held positions at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, where he served as associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychology. Andrews earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Auburn University. He holds a master’s degree from Kansas State University and a doctorate from Florida State University, both in child development.

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Kimmel Center receives $20 mill for pancreas cancer research, care By Amy Mone

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Kai Loon Chen of DoGEE performs a demonstration for visiting students from City Springs Elementary School in East Baltimore.

Field trip brings fifth-graders to science teachers’ labs at JHU

ince October, two DoGEE faculty members have visited City Springs Elementary School in East Baltimore on a monthly basis, leading hourlong science sessions in which they unravel basic science principles, such as water tension and electricity, through simple and lively experiments and demonstrations. On June 8, 60 of the fifth-grade students visited Homewood campus labs as part of the ongoing Whiting School of Engineering outreach effort to generate interest in the sciences, especially among minority groups. In Ames and Krieger halls, faculty from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering conducted demonstrations, such as how clay particles coagulate in a water solution after a chemical is added, a process used on a large scale in drinkingwater treatment plants. The students, who broke off into two groups, were also given a tour of the Home-

wood campus by Undergraduate Admissions staff. The field trip was part of the City Springs Science Outreach Program, started by Edward Bouwer, chair and Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering; Kai Loon Chen, an assistant professor; and Christine Kavanagh, a Johns Hopkins community relations coordinator for East Baltimore. Bouwer said that students are not exposed to such topics in their regular school curriculum until grades 7 and 8 due, in part, to faculty commitments in other areas. “We are trying to spark an interest in science education with these relatively simple topics, and inject some fun into the school day,” he said. “It’s part of a larger effort to build the future pool of scientists and engineers.” Bouwer dubbed the program’s inaugural year a success, and plans are to continue the program next school term with City Springs’ new fifth-grade class. —Greg Rienzi

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ohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has been awarded the largest gift for pancreas cancer research in its history. The $20 million award was made possible by Albert P. “Skip” Viragh Jr., a mutual fund leader and a pancreas cancer patient treated at Johns Hopkins. He died of the disease at age 62. The funds formally establish the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research and Patient Care, which will be directed by Elizabeth Jaffee, the Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor in Oncology; and Daniel Laheru, the Ian T. MacMillian Professor in Clinical Pancreatic Cancer Research. The center brings together the extensive pancreas cancer laboratory and clinical expertise already in place at Johns Hopkins and cutting-edge research discoveries to improve patient care. The center also allows for the expansion of current internationally recognized clinical programs and the development of promising new ideas in pancreas cancer, as well as support for promising new research by young investigators. Skip Viragh was considered one of the region’s most influential mutual fund investment authorities. He founded Rydex Investments, based in Rockville, Md., and grew the business from a three-person operation to a 200-employee enterprise with $10 billion in assets under management. “This extraordinary gift has significantly strengthened our abilities on every front and will enable Johns Hopkins physicianscientists from many disciplines to find new ways to prevent, treat and ultimately cure pancreas cancer,” Jaffee said. Pancreas cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths and one of the most lethal: Only 5 percent of patients survive five years after diagnosis. “From research to education to helping us recruit the very best new talent, the center will make a huge difference in patients’ lives for many decades to come,” Laheru said.

Daniel Laheru and Elizabeth Jaffee are co-directors of the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research and Patient Care.

William Nelson, director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, said, “The Viragh gift builds on the already strong foundation of discovery and innovation at Johns Hopkins, including the first mapping of the pancreas cancer genome, a therapeutic vaccine, perfecting the Whipple surgical procedure and expertise in diagnosis and staging.” Johns Hopkins also is home to the National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry. Katherine Viragh, sister of the center’s namesake, said, “We believe investing in Johns Hopkins’ expertise will have a significant impact on its scientists’ ability to conquer this disease. Losing a loved one to pancreas cancer is devastating, and our hope is that the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research and Patient Care will help make the world a better place for cancer patients.” A new website launched with the gift— www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pancreascancer —contains comprehensive information about pancreas cancer treatment and research at the Skip Viragh Center.

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Income, race combine to make perfect storm for kidney disease B y C h r i s t e n B r o wn

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frican-Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status, research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging shows.

The study, conducted in a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of participants from Baltimore City, could help researchers eventually develop strategies to prevent chronic kidney disease in vulnerable populations. Findings from the study are reported online and appear in the June print edition of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Researchers have long known that advanced chronic kidney disease, or CKD, is more prevalent among African-Amer-

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icans than among whites in the United States. Similarly, people of low socioeconomic status have higher rates of the disease than people of higher socioeconomic status. However, it was unknown whether rates of CKD differ between the races among people of low socioeconomic status. To investigate, Deidra Crews, an instructor in the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and her colleagues used data from Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Lifespan, an ongoing study being conducted by the National Institute on Aging, an agency of the National Institutes of Health. The HANDLS study was started to investigate the influences and interaction of race and socioeconomic status on the development of health disparities in minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status. In the HANDLS study, researchers from the National Institute on Aging are following 3,722 African-American and white volunteers initially between the ages of 30 and 64 years from 12 diverse neighborhoods in Baltimore. Volunteer participants are visited periodically by a mobile research van where researchers conduct physical examinations, including blood, urine, and blood pressure tests. The participants also answer a variety of questions about various aspects of their lives, such as employment and finances. Crews and her colleagues focused their analysis on data regarding creatinine, a protein whose abundance in the blood can be a sign of CKD. Of the 2,375 volunteers whose data they reviewed, 1,420 were AfricanAmerican and 955 were white. About half the African-Americans and a third of the whites had incomes below the poverty line, about $20,000 for a family of four. Using the creatinine measures and data on urine albumin, a urine protein that can also signal kidney problems, the researchers diagnosed CKD in 146 participants. Rates among African-Americans and

whites were similar, with both at about 6 percent. Prevalence among those with family incomes below the poverty line was 27 percent greater than those living above it. However, when the researchers combined socioeconomic and racial data, they found that low socioeconomic status was associated with a greater prevalence of CKD in African-Americans but not whites. AfricanAmericans living below the poverty line were 33 percent more likely to have CKD than whites of similar socioeconomic status. The finding persisted even after Crews and her colleagues accounted for other factors known to increase the rate of CKD, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and tobacco, alcohol and drug use. Crews and her colleagues say they believe that there are several reasons—including genetics, stress and health behaviors such as diet and exercise habits—why socioeconomic status seems to affect the rates of CKD in African-Americans and whites differently. She notes that the next step will be to tease out the different factors that might contribute to CKD in low-income AfricanAmericans. “We need to figure out why this is happening so that we can develop effective strategies to prevent CKD from developing,” she says. Crews’ co-investigators included Raquel F. Charles, of Johns Hopkins; Michele K. Evans and Alan B. Zonderman, of the National Institute on Aging; and Neil R. Powe, of the University of California, San Francisco.

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HANDLS study:

http://handls.nih.gov

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Daniel Ennis named senior vp for finance and administration By Dennis O’Shea

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etting different parts of a great university working together across disciplines takes more than good ideas, good talent and goodwill. It also takes creativity, money and someone who knows how to use them both. Daniel Ennis, Johns Hopkins’ next senior vice president for finance and administration, has learned that lesson well in his current job as executive dean for administration at Harvard Medical School. From that seat, and in earlier positions in Harvard’s central administration, Ennis helped create a number of that university’s key interdivisional collaborations. Among them were the first cross-school department, the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology; an institute for biologically inspired engineering; and a universitywide effort to target high-priority areas of science and engineering and channel resources to research and teaching programs in those fields. “The faculty and academic leadership tell us that often the university can have the most impact with an interdisciplinary approach to problems,” Ennis said. “Administratively, navigating those opportunities at the borders [of disciplines] while continuing to support and reinforce the excellence of

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the schools is complicated. But it’s inescapable, from an academic perspective, that if you don’t actually get at the opportunities at the borders, Johns Hopkins will fall behind.” Ennis will join Johns Hopkins Aug. 2. As chief administrative officer and one of the university’s top three leaders, he will be responsible for finance, accounting, investment and money management func-

tions; the Real Estate and Audit offices; Facilities Management; Purchasing; Human Resources; and Homewood Campus Safety and Security. He succeeds James T. McGill, who will retire July 1 after more than 12 years in the position. Ennis’ enthusiasm for making interdisciplinary collaboration possible in a decentralized environment like Harvard’s or Johns Hopkins’ was a key factor in his selection, President Ronald J. Daniels said. Daniels called Ennis “a proven leader with strategic vision and analytic ability.” “He has demonstrated real imagination and a talent for engineering constructive collaborations across Harvard University and between the medical school and its affiliated hospitals,” Daniels said. Ennis has served since 2007 as chief administrative officer of Harvard Medical School, a division with a $2.9 billion endowment, a $539 million annual budget, more than 8,000 full-time faculty, more than 8,000 residents and postdoctoral fellows, and more than 1,300 students. “Daniel has an insider’s understanding of institutions like ours,” said Daniels, who recommended the appointment to the executive committee of the university’s board of trustees, which approved it last week. “He is deeply committed to supporting the faculty in pursuit of excellence in education, research, patient care and service to our community and to humanity,” Daniels said. “He is dedicated to responsible stew-

ardship of our resources. He will be a marvelous partner for me, Provost Lloyd Minor, the university’s deans and directors, and the leadership of Johns Hopkins Medicine.” Ennis said he has always considered Johns Hopkins an “amazing place.” He said he looks forward to the challenge of having an impact from a senior position and helping to implement Daniels’ priorities of fostering individual excellence, growing interdisciplinary collaborations and strengthening engagement with the community. “The opportunity to help a new president achieve his agenda and make his mark is very, very exciting to me,” Ennis said. “Supporting him, Lloyd Minor and the broad academic leadership in achieving their aspirations for Johns Hopkins is a great opportunity.” Prior to joining Harvard Medical School, Ennis had been Harvard University’s associate vice president for finance and financial planning, interim director of treasury management and director of budgets, financial planning and institutional research. Previously, as a consultant with McKinsey and Co., he led a strategic review of Harvard’s central administration that led to a number of significant organizational changes. Ennis is a 1992 graduate of Boston College and completed a dual master’s degree program at Harvard, earning a Master in Business Administration from the Business School and a Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Study: Crocodile, hippo served as ‘brain food’ for early humans By Lisa De Nike

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our mother was right: Fish really is “brain food.” And it seems that even pre-humans living as far back as 2 million years ago somehow knew it. A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin has found that early hominids living in what is now northern Kenya ate a wider variety of foods than previously thought, including fish and aquatic animals such as turtles and crocodiles. Rich in protein and nutrients, these foods may have played a key role in the development of a larger, more humanlike brain in our early forebears, which some anthropologists believe happened around 2 million years ago, according to the researchers’ study. “Considering that growing a bigger brain requires many nutrients and calories, anthropologists have posited that adding meat to their diet was key to the development of a

larger brain,” said Levin, an assistant professor in the Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. “Before now, we have never had such a wealth of data that actually demonstrates the wide variety of animal resources that early humans accessed.” Levin served as the main geologist on the team, which included scientists from the United States, South Africa, Kenya, Australia and the United Kingdom. A paper on the study was published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and offers first-ever evidence of such dietary variety among early prehumans. In 2004, the team discovered a 1.95million-year-old site in northern Kenya and spent four years excavating it, yielding thousands of fossilized tools and bones. According to the paper’s lead author, David Braun of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, the site provided the right conditions to preserve those valuable artifacts. “At sites of this age, we often consider

ourselves lucky if we find any bone associated with stone tools. But here, we found everything from small bird bones to hippopotamus leg bones,” Braun said. The preservation of the artifacts was so remarkable, in fact, that it allowed the team to meticulously and accurately reconstruct the environment, identifying numerous fossilized plant remains and extinct species that seem to be a sign that these early humans lived in a wet—and possibly even a marshy—environment. “Results from stable isotopic analysis of the fossil teeth helped refine our picture of the paleoenvironment of the site, telling us that the majority of mammals at the site subsisted on grassy, well-watered resources,” Levin said. “Today, the Turkana region in northern Kenya is an extremely dry and harsh environment. So, clearly, the environment of this butchery site was very different 1.95 million years ago; this spot was much wetter and lush.” Using a variety of techniques, the team was able to conclude that the hominids

butchered at least 10 individual animals— including turtles, fish, crocodiles and antelopes—on the site for use as meals. Cut marks found on the bones indicate that the hominids use simple, sharp-edged stone tools to butcher their prey. “It’s not clear to us how early humans acquired or processed the butchered meat, but it’s likely that it was eaten raw,” Levin said. The team theorizes that the wet and marshy environment gave early pre-humans a way to increase the protein in their diets (and grow larger brains!) while possibly avoiding contact with larger carnivores, such as hyenas and lions. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation–International Research Fellowship Program, Rutgers University Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cape Town, Palaeontological Scientific Trust, a University of South Wales Faculty of Medicine research grant and an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant.

Infectious diseases cause nearly two-thirds of child deaths By Tim Parsons

Bloomberg School of Public Health

reventable infectious diseases cause two-thirds of child deaths, according to a new study published May 12 by The Lancet. Experts from the World Health Organization and UNICEF’s Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group assessed data from 193 countries to produce estimates by country, region and the world. While the number of deaths has declined globally over the last decade, the analysis reveals how millions of children under the age of 5 die every year from preventable causes. “With less than five years to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4—to reduce child deaths by twothirds from 1990 levels—it is vital for governments, public health organizations and

donors to have accurate country-level estimates so they can target their efforts effectively,” said lead author Robert Black, chair of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mickey Chopra, UNICEF’s chief of health, said, “These findings have important implications for national programs. The persistence of diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria, all of which are easily preventable and curable— but which nonetheless remain the leading single causes of death worldwide—should spur us to do more to control these diseases.” The study’s country and regional estimates underscore how global efforts must be targeted to have maximum impact. Malaria, for instance, is responsible for approximately 16 percent of deaths in Africa but is a comparatively minor disease in the rest of the world. The study did reveal successes in fighting some infectious diseases, such as

measles and tetanus; each now accounts for only 1 percent of child deaths worldwide. Newborn deaths—those within the first month of life—increased as a proportion of all child deaths globally from 37 percent in 2000 to 41 percent in 2008. The two greatest single causes of death among neonates are preterm birth complications and birthrelated asphyxia. “These new data make the compelling case that for countries to get on track for Millennium Development Goal 4, they need to scale up low-cost, effective newborn health interventions,” said coauthor Joy Lawn, director of Global Policy and Evidence for Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program. The quantity and quality of child survival data have steadily improved over the past decade. For the first time, national data from China and India were used instead of modeled estimates. Furthermore, researchers from UNICEF’s Child Health Epidemiology

Reference Group have continued to refine their analytical methodology. For instance, for the age group 1–59 months, they were able to use multicause modeling, which was previously possible only for the neonatal age group. The increasing reliability of data should further motivate the global child survival community to incorporate evidencebased findings into the design and implementation of programming to reach 2015 U.N. Millennium Development Goals. The study was written by Black, Simon Cousens, Hope L. Johnson, Lawn, Igor Rudan, Diego G. Bassani, Prabhat Jha, Harry Campbell, Christa Fischer Walker, Richard Cibulskis, Thomas Eisele, Li Liu and Colin Mathers for the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The study was funded by WHO, UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (via the U.S. Fund for UNICEF).

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Restricting blood supply to prostate tumors delays disease progression B y V a n e s s a W a s ta

Johns Hopkins Medicine

blood vessel–blocking drug called tasquinimod slowed the rate of disease progression in a clinical trial of 200 prostate cancer patients, according to experts at Johns Hopkins, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Duke University. The findings were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting held June 4 to 8 in Chicago. Tasquinimod is a so-called “anti-angiogenesis” drug that squeezes off blood supply to prostate tumors by blocking the development of new blood vessels. Tumors require

these vast networks of blood vessels to supply nutrients. The multicenter trial at seven institutions, including Johns Hopkins, enrolled prostate cancer patients whose disease had spread to take a once-daily pill for four weeks. At six months, 57 percent of men taking tasquinimod had no disease progression as compared with 33 percent taking a placebo. Overall, the drug added approximately 12 weeks of time that the disease did not worsen (progression-free survival). The most common side effects included gastrointestinal problems, fatigue and bone pain, and some rare occurrences of heart attack, stroke and deep vein thrombosis. “Given these results, we feel it is reasonable to move forward with Phase III stud-

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Brain-cooling device wins first-place prize for JHU undergrads By Phil Sneiderman

Homewood

brain-cooling invention that could improve the survival prospects for cardiac arrest patients has won a $10,000 first-place prize for a Johns Hopkins undergraduate team in a national biomedical engineering competition for college students. The honor was announced June 9 at the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance’s annual BMEidea Awards, as part of the Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry awards ceremonies in New York. More than 30 undergraduate and graduate student teams participated in the contest, in which judges from academia and industry evaluated entries for their ability to solve clinical problems. The devices also needed to demonstrate new and practical designs and applications, economic feasibility, market potential and patentability. The Johns Hopkins undergraduates’ project is called the Rapid Hypothermia Induction Device. “Essentially,” said team leader

David Huberdeau, “it’s designed to prevent brain damage.” The device includes an air tank, a pouch containing a pressure regulator and control mechanism, and two nasal prongs that are inserted into the patient’s nostrils. It works on the principle of evaporative cooling, the students said. By flushing cool, dry air through the nasal cavities, the device speeds up the evaporation of moisture that resides naturally in the nasal cavities. As this moisture leaves the body, it carries heat away, causing a condition called hypothermia. “Our animal tests indicate that the system works by cooling the blood that passes through the nasal cavity, and then that cooled blood passes through the brain,” Huberdeau said. Cooling the brain is an important way to limit brain damage when a person’s heart stops beating for more than a few minutes. The loss of blood flow deprives brain cells of oxygen, but cooling can delay the process of cell death. According to the students, the device could be administered in less than 15 seconds by a

trained emergency medical technician without interfering with traditional emergency treatments such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation. The goal would be to begin the cooling process well before the patient arrives at the hospital, where more intensive care can be administered. In a written description about their project, the students said that animal testing has demonstrated “a significant drop in cranial temperature with a nasal application of our RHID system.” The device has not yet been tested on human subjects. The team’s faculty sponsor is Harikrishna Tandri, an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute. The invention is protected by a provisional patent listing Tandri as the inventor. Tandri, working with Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer, is talking to medical device companies and investors regarding possible commercialization of the device. The Johns Hopkins project was developed as part of an undergraduate biomedical engi-

neering design team program directed by Robert Allen, an associate research professor in Biomedical Engineering. The device was produced with support from the university’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design. In addition to Huberdeau, the student team members were Joe Chao, Jessica Hu, Mikel McDonald, Yoshiaki Sono, Byron Tang, Valeriya Aranovich, Joshua Budman, Jessica Chen and Hyo Jun Kim. The BMEidea Awards competition prize money will be shared among the students.

Related websites Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering:

www.bme.jhu.edu

Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design at Johns Hopkins:

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Studying cells in 3-D could reveal new cancer targets By Mary Spiro

Engineering in Oncology Center

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howing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A new study led by Johns Hopkins University engineers indicates it may happen. Looking at cells in 3-D, the team members concluded, yields more accurate information that could help develop drugs to prevent cancer’s spread. The study, a collaboration with researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, appears in the June issue of Nature Cell Biology. “Finding out how cells move and stick to surfaces is critical to our understanding of cancer and other diseases. But most of what we know about these behaviors has been learned in the 2-D environment of Petri dishes,” said Denis Wirtz, director of the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center and principal investigator of the study. “Our study demonstrates for the first time that the way cells move inside a three-dimensional environment, such as the human body, is fundamentally different from the behavior we’ve seen in conventional flat lab dishes. It’s both qualitatively and quantitatively different.” One implication of this discovery is that the results produced by a common highspeed method of screening drugs to prevent cell migration on flat substrates are, at best, misleading, said Wirtz, who is the Theophilus H. Smoot Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins. This is important because cell movement is related to the spread of cancer, Wirtz said. “Our study identified possible targets to dramatically slow down cell invasion in a three-dimensional matrix.” When cells are grown in two dimensions, Wirtz said, certain proteins help to form on surfaces long-lived attachments called focal adhesions. Under these 2-D conditions, these adhesions can last several seconds to several minutes. The cell also develops a broad fan-shaped protrusion called a lamella along its leading edges, which helps move it forward. “In 3-D, the shape is completely different,” Wirtz said. “It is more spindlelike with two pointed protrusions at opposite ends. Focal adhesions, if they exist at all, are so tiny and so short-lived they cannot be resolved with microscopy.” The study’s lead author, Stephanie Fraley, a Johns Hopkins doctoral student in

Stephanie Fraley is lead author on the study finding that looking at cells in 3-D yields more accurate information that could lead to advances in cancer research.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, said that the shape and mode of movement for cells in 2-D are merely an “artifact of their environment,” which could produce misleading results when testing the effect of different drugs. “It is much more difficult to do 3-D cell culture than it is to do 2-D cell culture,” Fraley said. “Typically, any kind of drug study that you do is conducted in 2-D cell cultures before it is carried over into animal models. Sometimes, drug study results don’t resemble the outcomes of clinical studies. This may be one of the keys to understanding why things don’t always match up.” Fraley’s faculty supervisor, Wirtz, suggested that part of the reason for the disconnect could be that even in studies that are called 3-D, the top of the cells are still located above the matrix. “Most of the work has been for cells only partially embedded in a matrix, which we call 2.5-D,” he said. “Our paper shows the fundamental difference between 3-D and 2.5-D: Focal adhesions disappear, and the role of focal adhesion proteins in regulating cell motility becomes different.” Wirtz added that “because loss of adhesion and enhanced cell movement are hallmarks of cancer,” his team’s findings should radically alter the way cells are cultured for drug studies. For example, the team found that in a 3-D environment, cells possessing the protein zyxin would move in a random way, exploring their local environment.

But when the gene for zyxin was disabled, the cells traveled in a rapid and persistent almost one-dimensional pathway far from their place of origin. Fraley said that such cells might even travel back down the same pathways they had already explored. “It turns out that zyxin is misregulated in many cancers,” Fraley said. Therefore, she added, an understanding of the function of proteins like zyxin in a 3-D cell culture is critical to understanding how cancer spreads, or metastasizes. “Of course, tumor growth is important, but what kills most cancer patients is metastasis,” she said. To study cells in 3-D, the team coated a glass slide with layers of collagen-enriched gel several millimeters thick. Collagen, the most abundant protein in the body, forms a network in the gel of cross-linked fibers similar to the natural extracellular matrix scaffold upon which cells grow in the body. The researchers then mixed cells into the gel before it set. Next, they used an inverted confocal microscope to view from below the cells traveling within the gel matrix. The displacement of tiny beads embedded in the gel was used to show movement of the collagen fibers as the cells extended protrusions in both directions and then pulled inward before releasing one fiber and propelling themselves forward. Fraley compared the movement of the cells to a person trying to maneuver through an obstacle course crisscrossed with bun-

gee cords. “Cells move by extending one protrusion forward and another backward, contracting inward and then releasing one of the contacts before releasing the other,” she said. Ultimately, the cell moves in the direction of the contact released last. When a cell moves along on a 2-D surface, the underside of the cell is in constant contact with a surface, where it can form many large and long-lasting focal adhesions. Cells moving in 3-D environments, however, make only brief contacts with the network of collagen fibers surrounding them—contacts too small to see and too short-lived to even measure, the researchers observed. “We think the same focal adhesion proteins identified in 2-D situations play a role in 3-D motility, but their role in 3-D is completely different and unknown,” Wirtz said. “There is more we need to discover.” Fraley said that her future research will be focused specifically on the role of mechanosensory proteins such as zyxin on motility, as well as how factors such as gel matrix pore size and stiffness affect cell migration in 3-D. Co-investigators on this research from Washington University in St. Louis were Gregory D. Longmore, a professor of medicine, and his postdoctoral fellow Yunfeng Feng, both of whom are affiliated with the university’s BRIGHT Institute. Longmore and Wirtz lead one of three core projects that are the focus of the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center, a National Cancer Institute–funded Physical Sciences in Oncology Center. Additional Johns Hopkins authors, all from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, were Alfredo Celedon, a recent doctoral recipient; Ranjini Krishnamurthy, a recent bachelor’s degree recipient; and Dong-Hwee Kim, a current doctoral student. Funding for the research was provided by the National Cancer Institute.

Related websites Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center:

http://engineering.oncology.jhu .edu

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering:

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8 THE GAZETTE • June 21, 2010

Roca Continued from page 1 spacecraft—designed, built and operated by APL—lifted off from Cape Canaveral in January 2006. The fastest spacecraft ever launched, it will fly past Pluto and its moons in July 2015 before heading deeper into the Kuiper Belt. With the United States engaged in multiple wars overseas and on terrorism, APL scientists and engineers have worked diligently and with great success to help protect the United States, its military men and women, and its citizens against threats from sea, land, air, outer space and cyberspace. Roca joined Johns Hopkins from AT&T, where he had spent his entire professional life, most recently as the AT&T Labs vice president responsible for technical development of Internet-based services. Previously, he had been with AT&T Business Communications Service, where he was general manager of the company’s communications business supporting civilian agencies of the federal government, such as cabinet departments, NASA and the Social Security Administration. Just weeks from his final day as director of APL, Roca sat down with The Gazette to discuss his tenure, his legacy and what the future has in store. We found a man proud of the Lab’s accomplishments and well at ease with himself, even playfully dropping into third person at one point. Q: What are your immediate plans after you step down?

A: All that is to be determined. My sole focus of late has been leading APL until the end of June, and making sure the Lab is in the shape it’s supposed to be in. That hasn’t left much time to be thinking of what is to happen to me moving forward. I do know I’m going to be director emeritus, and I will support the new director in any manner he wishes me to support him. [Editor’s note: See story, page one.] [University] President [Ronald J.] Daniels has asked me to help him with some opportunities that are in the process of being defined. I am also on several federal advisory boards and will maintain those responsibilities. I would like to have my workweek be less than it is now, to have more time for family and personal interests. But that will all unfold in the coming year. Right now I’m not worried about what exactly I’m going to do. Q: That sounds like an enviable position.

A: It’s funny. I was thinking that since I’ve been about 15, I’ve been preprogrammed, like everybody else, to address something on the immediate horizon. One chooses the high school curriculum that one is going to take. Then come the PSATs and the SATs. And then you get into college, and then there are graduate exams. Next up you go to the placement office and get a job. The thought that I can let things unfold is really exciting. I’m really looking forward to it. Q: In a few words, what has it been like to be director of APL, one of the nation’s leading scientific facilities?

A: Thrilling. I’ve been honored in doing this and in many ways humbled. Q: Not so long after you became director, the events of 9/11 occurred. How much of an impact was that day on the work that we do here?

A: It was very significant. First of all, our sponsors, who are largely the military, changed their path. What wound up being the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not on their horizon. We found that we had to change markedly the work that we were doing, mostly by adding. We added an area we call homeland protection—the government would call it a combination of homeland defense and homeland security. That was a direct response to 9/11. We changed everything from how we support people in

the field with regard to the IED [improvised explosive device] threat, as one example, to how we help TSA [Transportation Security Administration] be more effective in screening at airports. It runs the gamut. We would not have been engaged in projects like that if not for 9/11, at least not to the depth we have been. Another thing that happened, and you can argue it was not 9/11-specific, was the emergence of the cyber challenge that the world, not just the country, faces. We knew that was coming down the pike and would be important to our sponsor base, and we made a concerted effort to have the competencies that would be required in order to make fundamental contributions there. Q: When you became director, what were your top priorities—things you knew we needed to do or do better?

A: When [former university President] Bill Brody brought me in, he handed me several charges that were fairly unambiguous. One was to continue to support our sponsors and meet their expectations—to keep the railroad running, if you will. Another was to ensure that APL would be flexible enough to meet any challenges that the future might hold. The other charge was to develop the staff in general but, in specific, that when it came time to replace me, that there would be a number of strong internal candidates that would be well-positioned for the job. That is what I set about doing. Q: There’s been a good deal of expansion to this campus during your tenure. What’s been driving that?

A: It’s interesting. Most of the expansion was to replace facilities that have in essence worn out. APL moved to Howard County in the mid-1950s, and we didn’t only build new buildings but also took over a lot of structures lent to us by the federal government, so-called Butler buildings. They were prefab, corrugated steel buildings that were used at the time. By the 21st century, they were getting pretty long in the tooth. I would say $300 million of our capital-projects budget was just in replacing the antiquated structures that we had. Q: For the uninitiated, what is the sense of community here?

A: People at APL share a collective mission to make the nation safe. We also share the curiosity commonly found in engineers and scientists as to how things work. An example is understanding the fundamental questions with regard to outer space. We are a meritocracy. We believe people should be good at what they do regardless of their profession or specialty. I think in that we share a great deal in common with other parts of the university. We share a bias to focusing on the end mission and how we might affect it. We find that the problems we face cannot be segmented in one neat little area. You can’t say that if I just solve that problem, I’m done. We are usually operating within a system. For example, think about what it takes to defend a ship from an attack from the air. The captain of the ship is also trying to defend the ship from attacks from the sea. The captain is also trying to communicate. The ship is there for a reason: It’s collecting information or engaged in offensive operations. A solution that says I’m just going to solve this one problem—defend against an air attack—and ignore all the other problems isn’t really very useful to the people we are trying to support. We have to be aware of what each other is doing. Besides shared values and perspectives, there is also a social community at APL. For example, there are many special-interest clubs, whether it be tennis, photography, softball, bowling or the like. These activities are part of the social glue that holds everything together. Q: In regard to the Lab’s work with the Department of Defense and Homeland Security, the threats we face in 2010 must differ from what we faced in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

A: They are different in degree but not in kind. We still have to worry about ballistic missiles. We still have to worry about cruise missiles and high-performance planes and submarines. But they are of a different nature and different performance level. The United States Navy does not currently face what one would call a “peer competitor,” the way we had to worry about the Soviet navy in the days of the Cold War, but we have different challenges in different domains such as the littoral waters. The exact details change over time, but from an engineering perspective, you are still worried about being able to engage a threat and make it irrelevant for you, whether it be a missile, electronic warfare or whatever. The technical challenges have gotten more sophisticated as computers have become more powerful, and we have become more sophisticated in terms of the materials we have access to. But the overall business is the same. Q: I’m sure you have had many exciting/memorable days here. Do one or two quickly come to mind?

A: The most sobering was 9/11. We lost an employee, Ron Vauk, who was in the Naval Control Center in the Pentagon. That was the most sobering day by far, with nothing in second place. On a positive note, there is nothing like a launch of a spacecraft. Just the physical manifestation of it is remarkable. The launch of the Messenger and New Horizons spacecraft were very dramatic and a privilege to be associated with. Q: Will our endeavors in space continue to be a big part of APL’s mission?

A: Yes. Our space mission came out of the military work. APL staff needed to better geolocate submarines. That need gave birth to the concept of satellite navigation, invented at APL, and the genesis of our space efforts. As people did more with space, they realized they knew less and less about it. It became obvious that if space was to become an area humankind was to use as it uses the air, land and water, we had to understand it more. That began APL’s love affair with engaging in space-based activities. It’s not a low-cost activity, and you have to pick your points. But what we’ve done over time is develop a small initiative, in terms of places like [NASA’s] Goddard [Space Flight Center], but one that is capable of doing fundamental work and is intellectually competitive with any institution in the world. NASA is our largest sponsor in this realm. Our efforts in space are perhaps the easiest part of our work to talk about, and in many ways are the face of APL to outsiders, although they might be in the range of 20 percent of the work we do. Q: Is there a space mission that typifies the work APL is engaged in?

A: Where we seem to be best is to take a mission that requires somebody to think differently and be innovative. There are other organizations with scale and capacity to do things that we can just not do. If you look at New Horizons’ going to Pluto, that is a devil of a program. The timeline was very strict. The planetary mechanics dictated that we had to launch at a given time. That was it, or wait another 200 years for your next opportunity. And we also had a total power budget of 250 watts. That is less than the light bulb in this lamp here to run this scientific ensemble of instruments and the spacecraft itself. When you roll up all these challenges together, it took a very clever and innovative team to do it, and they pulled it off. The Messenger program had its own demands. The one that is currently on the drawing board, and we hope will come to reality soon, is Solar Probe. We are going to have a spacecraft fly within 10 to 11 radii of the sun. This has been a dream of decades, and the innovative people at APL just may be able to pull this little puppy off [laughs]. Q: Quite a feat indeed.

A: It’s going to be a tad warm there. I don’t

know what your reaction is to discoveries. Have you seen the Hubble 3-D movie? Go to it. I’m just stunned by what is being revealed and the universe that we’re in. We are such a small portion of it. There is so much that is out there, and so glorious and so unknown. To have touched that has been such a privilege in my life. Q: You must have soaked in a lot here in the past decade.

A: The job does not lack for a breadth of opportunities [laughs]. Q: What are your thoughts on the NEAR [Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous] Shoemaker mission?

A: NEAR was an interesting activity, particularly since the spacecraft was not designed to land on the asteroid. The mission was essentially accomplished, and the decision was [then made] to get this additional surge of knowledge and insight [by landing it]. That was really fun and remarkable, a big success for us. Q: Talk about Burnt Frost, the 2008 operation to shoot down a wayward and potentially dangerous nonfunctioning U.S. spy satellite.

A: The Burnt Frost initiative was interesting in a couple of dimensions. One was how a program that was highly classified went from that state to common public knowledge within a matter of weeks—which is very different for us—but also the intensity in which we had to make the contribution. The Burnt Frost activity compressed a year or two of work into six to eight weeks, and how that was done in that time frame and how many disparate organizations came together seamlessly with no turf battles was remarkable. It was America at its best. Q: Anything else you want to talk about in terms of the work we do?

A: One thing that I have to mention is the collaboration with the Whiting School of Engineering on the Engineering for Professionals program [that includes classes held on APL’s Laurel, Md., campus]. That has been a huge win-win for everybody. People in the area get a first-class opportunity for a master’s program in a relevant area. The university gets to extend its influence and reach to a broader audience. And we at APL get to interact with the students, and I’ll tell you, you get as much coming in as you get going out. We find we attract a lot of employees not just with the opportunity to engage in the work we do but also with this opportunity to teach. Anything we can do to help the country improve the country’s technical and scientific cadre is an investment well worth it. Q: What will the Lab be like 10 years from now? Where do you see us heading?

A: Nobody would have predicted 9/11, so you never know what’s going to happen. But national defense is not going to go away. This nation’s commitment to space is not going to go away, and the need for APL to contribute is not going to go away. In some ways, that is all going to stay the same. But there are going to be new challenges. Clearly the nation is going through an economic stress that it hasn’t experienced in a while, and it’s going to have to sort that out. That will touch everyone, and the Lab and our sponsors will be no exception. How will we all respond to that? I have every confidence that at the end of the day, if we are as good as we are at what we do, that APL will still be making contributions. The other area is the globalization of technology. If you go back several decades, you will find that most of the technologies that were of greatest interest to our sponsors were owned by people within the United States, contributions made by them, manufacturing done by them. The academic investigation went on here in the United States. It was all very U.S.-centric. We are moving into a different environContinued on page 9

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y 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, the checkout line at the first JH-U-Turn sale measured the length of two basketball courts. Quickly, volunteer sales clerks began taking best-offer prices to keep the line moving, while hundreds of bargain-hunter shoppers scanned for finds among aisles of gently used electronics, books, furniture and clothing at Homewood’s O’Connor Recreation Center. Said one shopper, “By the time I arrived around 9:30 a.m., most of the stuff was already gone.” Items such as fans, coffee makers, pots and pans, couches and other furniture sold quickly. By 1 p.m., the remaining shoppers enjoyed $5 all-youcan-carry deals on armfuls of clothing and accessories.

JH-U-Turn, the brainchild of Carrie Bennett, Johns Hopkins’ student/community liaison for the Homewood campus, saved almost 90 cubic yards of trashed “good stuff” from student move-out and, along with faculty and staff donations, filled two basketball courts for the giant “yard” sale. Utilizing Johns Hopkins and community volunteers to collect and sort the items and operate the sale—and thanks to the contribution of a trailer, storage pods, a forklift and labor from ABF U-Pack Moving—the event raised more than $5,800 for the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund, which provides grants to neighborhood nonprofit organizations as part of the institutions’ annual United Way campaign. —Erin O’Keefe

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JH-U-Turn ‘yard’ sale raises more than $5,800 for Neighborhood Fund

Hundreds of shoppers packed the O’Connor Recreation Center for the first JH-UTurn sale, where they snapped up bargain-priced household goods and clothing.

Some like it hot: Site of human evolution was scorching Homewood

f you think summer in your hometown is hot, consider it fortunate that you don’t live in the Turkana Basin of Kenya, where the average daily temperature has reached the mid-90s or higher, year-round, for the past 4 million years. The need to stay cool in that cradle of human evolution may relate, at least in part, to why pre-humans learned to walk upright, lost the fur that covered the bodies of their predecessors and became able to sweat more, says Johns Hopkins University earth scientist Benjamin Passey, whose findings on that region’s ancient temperatures were published June 8 in the online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “The ‘take home’ message of our study,” Passey says, “is that this region, which is one of the key places where fossils have been found documenting human evolution, has been a really hot place for a really long time, even during the period between 3 million years ago and now when the ice ages began and the global climate became cooler.” Passey, an assistant professor in the Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Krieger School

Roca Continued from page 8 ment. The world is wealthier, thank goodness. We are not the anomaly anymore. There are countries that are very competent in various areas of technology, whether you pick Japan, China or France, whoever. They are developing technologies, some of which will be very relevant to the needs of our sponsors. There are some industries, like consumer electronics, that if you’re going to play in them, you are in the international game immediately. You can’t make a cell phone just for the United States; you make it for the world. Once you get into the type of work that we do, which is advising the U.S. government on how to apply technology to operational challenges, you are not necessarily in the global domain. How does an APL identify that a technology that is being built for consumer video, for example, has significant implications for a national defense issue? That, I think, is going to be a challenge that APL is going to have to address, and the university needs to address as well. Q: How do you decompress during your most stressful days here?

A: I find that engaging my family and changing the context of what I’m thinking

of Arts and Sciences, says that the conclusion lends support to the so-called “thermal hypothesis” of human evolution. That hypothesis states that our pre-human ancestors gained an evolutionary advantage in walking upright because doing so was cooler (when it is sunny, the near-surface air is warmer than air a few feet above the ground) and exposed their body mass to less sunlight than did crawling on all fours. The loss of body hair (fur) and the ability to regulate body temperature through perspiration would have been other adaptations helpful for living in a warm climate, according to the hypothesis. “In order to figure out if [the thermal hypothesis] is possibly true or not, we have to know whether it was actually hot when and where these beings were evolving,” he says. “If it was hot, then that hypothesis is credible. If it was not, then we can throw out the hypothesis.” Evaluating whether the ancient Turkana Basin climate was, in fact, the same scorching place it is today has been difficult up until now because there are very few direct ways of determining ancient temperature. Efforts to get a handle on temperatures 4 million years ago through analysis of fossil pollen, wood and mammals were only somewhat successful, as they reveal more about plants and rainfall and less about tempera-

about is the most stress-relieving activity that I can do. Just talking with my wife, for instance. I have also sung in a chorus since fourth grade. It is a great relief to be one of a number of tenors knowing that I’m singing the second line from the bottom, and that nobody else sings that but the tenors. You engage in a series of rehearsals, you give a production, and it’s done. There is a finality to it. There is an orderly structure that isn’t always present in my professional life, but yet glorious. I have also reignited my interest in photography the past decade, and again, that pulls a completely different part of my brain, the more interpretative, synthetic part. It’s hard but quite rewarding. Q: You’re about to enter your final days as director. What are you thinking about right now?

A: This organization was a fine organization when I came in and a fine organization as I leave. The people here are remarkable, and frankly it’s not just the people at APL. The people at Johns Hopkins are remarkable, from a professional sense and a humanto-human sense. Both my wife and I treasure the opportunity that we have been privileged to have by being associated with APL in specific and Johns Hopkins in general. We feel honored and blessed. We treasure it, and we look forward to seeing if we can contribute in some way going forward. G

ture, Passey says. Passey, however, previously was part of a team at the California Institute of Technology that developed a geochemical approach to the “temperature problem.” The method involves determining the temperatures of carbonate minerals that form naturally in soil (including a sedimentary rock called “caliche” and hard pan, which is a dense layer of soil, usually found below the uppermost topsoil layer) by examining “clumps” of rare isotopes. Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different masses due to differences in the number of neutrons they contain. In the case of soil carbonates common in the Turkana Basin, the amount of rare carbon-13 bonded directly to rare oxygen-18 provides a record of the temperature during the initial formation of the mineral. This told the team that soil carbonates there formed at average soil temperatures between 86 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to the conclusion that average daytime air temperatures

were even higher. In other words, it was hot way back then in what is now northeastern Kenya. “We already have evidence that habitats in ancient East Africa were becoming more open, which is also hypothetically part of the scenario for the development of bipedalism and other human evolution, but now we have evidence that it was hot,” Passey says. “Thus, we can say that the thermal hypothesis is credible.” This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

Related Web sites Benjamin Passey:

http://eps.jhu.edu/bios/ benjamin-passey/index.html

www.bhpassey.net

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By Lisa De Nike

A 23-year veteran of APL, Ralph Semmel assumes the directorship on July 1. He has been instrumental in making infocentric operations a core business for the Lab.

Semmel Continued from page 1 of the Power Projection Systems Department, deputy director of the Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center, and Science and Technology Business Area executive. Semmel also chairs the Computer Science, Information Assurance and Information Systems Engineering programs in the university’s Engineering for Professionals graduate program. He is a graduate of West Point, received master’s degrees from the University of

Southern California and Johns Hopkins, and earned his doctorate in computer science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Semmel becomes the eighth director in APL’s 68-year history. He was selected after an extensive nationwide search conducted by the APL board of managers. APL, a division of the university located in Laurel, Md., performs research and development on behalf of the Department of Defense, NASA and other government sponsors. More than 70 percent of APL’s nearly 5,000 staff members are scientists and engineers. Semmel lives in Columbia, Md., with his wife, Esta, and has two grown children. G

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New brain research institute chooses home in bioscience park B y C h r i s t e n B r o wn

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he Lieber Institute for Brain Development, a neuroscience research institute dedicated to developing novel treatments, diagnostic tests and insights into disorders arising from abnormalities in brain development, has announced that it will establish a permanent research facility at the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, next to the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore medical campus. Officials of the institute say that its decision to locate there was based on Johns Hopkins’ position as one of the world’s premier centers for brain diseases and neuroscience research. Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels said, “The Lieber Institute’s research team complements Hopkins’ own neuroscience researchers in this field very nicely, and together they will make significant inroads on this disabling disease.” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley noted that the move “is further confirmation of the growth and importance of Maryland’s health care institutions and life-science industry as a major cluster and critical mass in the U.S.” The focus of staff scientists at the institute

Welch Continued from page 1 founding of the Institute of the History of Medicine, located on the building’s third floor. Its first year, the library had eight staff members and total holdings that amounted to 79,264 volumes. Today, the library has a staff of 60 and its print collections contain more than 400,000 bound volumes. Its electronic journals are extensive and include approximately 30,000 e-journals, 400 databases and 1,000 e-books. The collection covers health, the practice of medicine, nursing, research literature, methodological literature and in-depth analyses of areas influencing biomedicine and health care. Roderer said that the physical collection, which has been decreasing, will continue to do so. Many print items now available

will be on developing new and improved diagnostics and medical therapies to prevent and treat schizophrenia and related conditions. Although several U.S. private research foundations fund development of new therapies and diagnostics for various diseases, the Lieber Institute is one of the few to have its own research staff and facility. The Lieber Institute staff plans to work closely with the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute, founded in 2007 to bring together both basic and clinical neuroscientists from across the Johns Hopkins campuses. BSI, also located in the Science + Technology Park, has four of the top 25 most-cited neuroscientists in the United States and boasts an annual research budget of $120 million. It recently expanded to include a neurotranslation lab and development team, hired from the pharmaceutical industry to accelerate the development of new neuroscience-based drugs at Hopkins. The Lieber Institute’s planned collaboration with the BSI will establish a Baltimore cluster for neuroscience collaboration in drug and diagnostic development. Solomon Snyder, former director of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins, will become director of drug discovery while remaining a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “We’re honored to have this unique opportunity to pool our talents and resources in the fight against schizophrenia,” said Edward D. Miller, the Frances Watt Baker and Lenox D. Baker Jr. Dean of the School of Medicine and chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

In seeking a permanent location, the Lieber Institute considered several states and academic institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Columbia University and Northwestern University. However, the Maryland Governor’s Office and Department of Business and Economic Development, Johns Hopkins University, East Baltimore Development Inc., Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore Development Corp., Abell Foundation and Forest City Science + Technology Group collaborated to recruit the move to Maryland. The location also facilitates a partnership with the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Daniel R. Weinberger, a renowned expert in schizophrenia research at the National Institute of Mental Health, where he is the director of the Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program, will coordinate projects with Lieber, and Ronald McKay, who leads a stem cell research program at the NIH and was among the first to show that stem cells may provide new cell therapies for degenerative diseases, will join the Lieber Institute as its director of basic science. The Lieber Institute joins a growing cluster of institutional organizations and life science companies at the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, including the Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, several Johns Hopkins biotech companies (Biomarker Strategies, Iatrica and Champions Biotechnology), the

preclinical contract research organization Sobran and laboratory services company Spectrum Biosciences. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder affecting 2.4 million Americans, striking young men in their late teens and early 20s and women in their 20s and early 30s, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. People with schizophrenia hear voices that others don’t, believe that others are broadcasting their thoughts to the world or become convinced that others are plotting to harm them. The causes of schizophrenia are unknown, and current treatments are focused on the treatment of the symptoms. Drug therapies can have serious side effects, and there is no cure. No adequate diagnostic test exists for the disease or its progression.

in electronic form will be removed from the building and recycled by 2012. Small collections of print reserve materials will be relocated to student spaces. In the future, fewer paper items will be added, she said, as 98 percent of the collection budget goes to electronic materials. In 2004, the Population Center Library, a Welch satellite, was converted into a service point, a small space that can be used by library staff when they are working with people in a department. (Another service point exists in the Armstrong Medical Education Building.) The former Meyer satellite library was closed in 2009. By the end of 2010, Welch will end its presence in what is now the Lilienfeld Library, a fullservice satellite in Hampton House that serves primarily the Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the future, Welch might add more service points, but as library services become increasingly virtual, Roderer envisions a day when there will be no physical service

spaces and administrative offices will move elsewhere. Were this to happen, the Welch Library building would continue to house the Institute of the History of Medicine and its Historical Collection, and the West Reading Room, which is home to John Singer Sergeant’s The Four Doctors painting, which depicts the founders of the School of Medicine. To help its users access electronic materials more efficiently, Welch will develop new

departments. There are currently 10 informationists serving more than 100 departments and other units. In the fall, a campuswide survey will be conducted to get a closer read on user needs and how this group foresees interacting with the library and its staff moving forward. “We want to find a way to serve the greatest number of faculty, students and staff more efficiently and effectively,” Roderer said.

Related websites Johns Hopkins Medicine:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org

www.brainscienceinstitute.org

Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute: Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins:

www.scienceparkjohnshopkins.net

www.forestcityscience.net

Forest City Science + Technology Group:

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Lieber Institute will work closely with Johns Hopkins on schizophrenia research

New textbook policy goes into effect By Greg Rienzi

The Gazette

n July 1, Johns Hopkins will roll out a universitywide textbook affordability policy in compliance with new state and federal laws. The intent is to lower the cost of textbooks by ensuring that faculty, staff and students have appropriate options and pertinent and timely information when selecting and purchasing course materials. The new policy comes in response to the Maryland College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act and the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act. Before selecting a textbook, faculty need to consider such factors as price, available formats (hardcover, paperback and online editions) and the difference in content between current and previous editions. Also, the university must post

certain textbook-related information for all courses—such as a book’s ISBN identifier, whether a previous edition will suffice and anticipated class enrollment— within three weeks after selection of class materials by a faculty member. To comply with the laws, faculty must acknowledge receipt of information from the publisher by signing an online form. The university is encouraging early selection and adoption of textbooks and course materials so that students have an opportunity to explore budget-sensitive options. Faculty will soon receive a letter from their program or dean’s office that will include instructions and a link to the acknowledgment form. The new policy, a letter from Provost Lloyd Minor, a list of divisional contacts and a FAQ sheet can be found at http:// webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/administration/councils_committees_programs/ textbook_taskforce.

Nancy Roderer says that telephones and computers will give users access to the information they once gleaned from the Welch Library’s physical collection.

websites and tools and continue to tweak its Web presence. “We want to make it really easy for our patrons to find the answers they need,” Roderer said. “Faculty are more apt to e-mail librarians these days than visit the branch.” A number of enhancements have already been implemented, such as departmental portals, a search function that gives users the ability to comb multiple journals and databases at one time and the creation of a personalized interface called “MyWelch.” Roderer said that Welch will launch a new version of its home page in the coming months. To continue to provide the services of librarians to its users, Welch has gradually initiated a program of “informationists,” librarians who work closely with specific

David Nichols, vice dean for education at the School of Medicine and chair of the Welch Library Advisory Committee, said that the library has been at the forefront of innovation in its field. “Welch has a truly outstanding virtual presence with an ease of navigation and richness of tools. It’s just tremendous,” Nichols said. “Nancy and the library have done a really terrific job positioning us to where we are now.” Roderer said that Welch and Johns Hopkins are not alone in its efforts. “Other medical libraries are going through a version of what we’re doing, reducing physical collections and moving services out to the users, but we have had some recognition as having done more of it faster,” she said. With more to come. G

12 THE GAZETTE • June 21, 2010 M I L E S T O N E S

A season of staff celebration

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taff from a wide range of Johns Hopkins schools and divisions were recognized for five, 10 and 15 years of service at the Luauthemed afternoon reception held June 16 in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus. Among the honorees were staff from Academic and Cultural Centers, Carey Business School, Homewood Student Affairs, Johns Hopkins University Press, Jhpiego, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Peabody Institute, School of Education, Sheridan Libraries/JHU Museums, University Administration and Whiting School of Engineering. Recognized were 162 men and women with five years of service, 116 with 10 years and 70 with 15 years—representing a total of more than 3,000 years of service to JHU. PHOTOS BY WILL KIRK/HOMEWOODPHOTO.JHU.EDU

Chris Dax, Henri Banks and Melissa Turning

Beth Buckheit and Sarah May Campbell

Rita Banz, Andrey Doroshenko and Renee Fisher

Connie Siebert, Shawn Kelley and Barbara Gwinn Sharon Tiebert-Maddox and Deidra Bishop

School of Nursing

ith an event theme of Fun in the SON, the School of Nursing took to the courtyard to enjoy a beautiful afternoon and a tasty buffet that included crab balls, bruschetta, southwest egg rolls, chicken and vegetable kabobs and a build-your-own-sundae bar. Sandra Angell, associate dean for student affairs, and department supervisors honored staff celebrating anniversaries—two with five years of service, eight with 10, four with 15 and three with 20 or more years—at the school’s recognition reception on June 8. PHOTOS BY JON CHRISTOFERSEN

Nancy Siegert, Jackie Mosberf, Debbie Race and Lynn Schultz-Writsel

Mirla Martin and Jennifer Haire

Flora Wharton and Charlotte Gaylin-Ela Jason Farley, Phyllis Sharps, Sharon Ennis, Ruth Hurd and Margaret Denny

Sylvia Lee, Elaine Bryant, Phyllis Wilcox, Amanda Pflaumer and Flora Wharton

June 21, 2010 • THE GAZETTE

Live Near Your Work house tours planned for Bayview neighborhood

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LNYW recipients may also qualify for a low-interest Healthy Neighborhoods loan, Healthy Neighborhoods rehab grant, Federal Home Loan Bank down payment assistance and other home-buying incentives, opportunities that will be explained at the event. The open house will be followed by a short guided tour of houses in the neighborhood, including two beautifully decorated “showcase” homes and several houses now on the market. Tours will begin at 6 p.m. A self-guided tour map will be provided. RSVPs are not necessary but would be appreciated; call Sandy Jenkins, the LNYW coordinator, at 443-997-7000. Additional receptions and house tours in July and August are planned for Patterson Park, Highlandtown and Greektown, all of which are Healthy Neighborhoods communities eligible for Live Near Your Work grants.

A hard-hatted Wendy and Bill Brody enter the stage through a giant book that heralds the Brody Learning Commons, now under construction.

‘USA Today’ honors top students for academics, community service

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recent Johns Hopkins graduate has been named to USA Today’s 21st annual All-USA College Academic First Team, an honor that recognizes young people for academic excellence and community service. Neha Deshpande, 20, an aspiring physician who received a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in French from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences on May 27, was one of 20 students selected to the newspaper’s top academics team. The award, announced this month, comes with a $2,500 cash prize. Deshpande was nominated by David Verrier, director of pre-professional programs and advising in Homewood Student Affairs. Four other Johns Hopkins students also received USA Today honors. Bryan Benson, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major nominated by David Gracias, an associate professor in that department, and Janine Knudsen, a public health studies major nominated by Jim Goodyear, a senior lecturer in that department, were both named to the newspaper competition’s third team. Eric Dang, a public health studies major also nominated by Goodyear, and Rachel Truitt, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major who was nominated by Sharon Gerecht, an assistant professor in that department, received honorable mentions. The university’s showing in the national contest marked the largest number of Johns Hopkins students honored in one year by the program, and it brought to 34 the number of Johns Hopkins students who have been recognized by the newspaper. The USA Today honor is the second major award for Deshpande, who in April was named a 2010 Truman Scholar. The award is given each year by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to extraordinary undergraduates in their third year of college who are committed to careers in public service. The scholarship will provide Deshpande, who completed her premed studies in three years, up to $30,000 for graduate study and eligibility for priority admission and supplemental financial aid at premier graduate institutions. Following her Truman win, John Bader, associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs in the Krieger School, described Deshpande as a “warm, engaging and ridiculously modest individual.” Deshpande’s award winnings will help her pursue a degree in obstetrics, gynecology and maternal fetal medicine, but not right away. She plans to delay medical school for a year to teach biology this summer to students

First Team member Neha Deshpande

in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth program and then join the Johns Hopkins Transplant Outcomes Research Group as part of the yearlong TrumanAlbright Fellows Program, which selects 24 scholars each year for entry-level positions in public service, research and educational organizations. These experiences, she said, will help shape her dual career ambitions in medicine and public service. “It is the people you serve and take the time to understand who will ultimately define your leadership and expertise as a physician,” Deshpande said just after she was named a Truman scholar. “When I enter public service, I hope to address the racial and ethnic health disparities in our nation by focusing on the importance of preventive health care.” While attending Johns Hopkins, Deshpande worked at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Labor & Delivery Suite, served as an international youth leader for the March of Dimes and conducted research comparing the health of mothers and children in Baltimore and Pune, India, her native country. She also found time to serve as co-captain of JOSH, Homewood’s all-girl, nationally competitive nine-member fusion dance team. Asked by USA Today what her advice would be to other students, Deshpande said that it would be to do things because you care, not for your resume or to stand out or look good. Above all else, she told the newspaper, “it should be your passion that shines through, and then everything else will follow.”

Groundbreaking celebrates start of Brody Learning Commons By Brian Shields

Sheridan Libraries

ore than 200 guests assembled on the south patio of Homewood’s Milton S. Eisenhower Library on Sunday, June 6, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Brody Learning Commons. The building is named to honor the university’s 13th president, William R. Brody, and his wife, Wendy. Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, served as the evening’s master of ceremonies, and the brief program featured remarks from President Ronald J. Daniels; Pamela Flaherty, chair of the university board of trustees; Douglas Mao, chair of the English Department; and recent graduate Zachary Epstein-Peterson. The building’s namesakes were the event’s guests of honor and led the countdown to the triggering of confetti cannons that marked the ceremonial commencement of construction. Several years in the planning, the Brody Learning Commons will be a light-filled, four-story hub for collaborative learning, with a robust technology infrastructure and spaces for group and individual study. The building will feature a quiet reading room, a new home for the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, new laboratory and instruction space for the Department of Preservation and Conservation, and a new atrium and café. The building will sit directly to the south

of the Eisenhower Library and connect on several floors. The Brody Learning Commons will provide more than 500 new seats and add 15 group study rooms—space that is desperately needed, as Tabb is quick to point out. “We have made every effort to ensure that this building will accommodate the way today’s students study and research while positioning us to anticipate how tomorrow’s scholars will work and learn. This is a building that will connect people and ideas, and I can think of no more fitting tribute to the Brodys’ dedication to strengthening the Hopkins community than the building that will bear their name.” The Brodys’ time at Homewood, which began in 1996 and concluded in 2009, marked a return to the tradition, lapsed since President Milton Eisenhower’s days, of the university’s head living on campus in Nichols House. The couple’s presence each year at freshman move-in, at sporting events and concerts and, less formally, just around campus, was something Wendy Brody recalled fondly during her remarks. “I always considered myself very lucky to have such smart, talented young people as my neighbors,” she said. “Having a place where students will gather to study and learn named after us feels like we get to keep a piece of Hopkins with us forever.” Construction has already begun on the building, with a scheduled completion date of July 2012. The Eisenhower Library will remain open throughout the construction period; sound barriers have been erected in the south end of the building to help mask noise from the construction.

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he Live Near Your Work program and Southeast Community Development Corp. will hold an open house and home tour in the Bayview neighborhood, the community nestled between the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus and Joseph Lee Park, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 1. Richard Bennett, president of the medical center, and Delegate Carolyn Krysiak, a resident of the neighborhood, will kick off the tour from Krysiak’s garden at 364 Cornwall St. (corner of Bank Street). The Bayview community qualifies for a $2,500 Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work grant, available to homebuyers as down payment or closing cost assistance. For university employees, non-tier grants in the amount of $2,500 will become available July 1; these grants are limited to 20 per fiscal year and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Winston Tabb, Pamela Flaherty, William R. Brody and Wendy Brody laugh at comments made during groundbreaking ceremonies.

14 THE GAZETTE • June 21, 2010 F O R

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. APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY Dave Van Wie of the Global Engage-

ment Department has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the world’s largest professional technical aerospace society. Van Wie, the chief technologist of the Precision Engagement Business Area and a renowned expert in high-speed, high-temperature fluid dynamics and air-breathing propulsion systems, is among 30 fellows selected for 2010 in recognition of their notable contributions to the field. He was inducted at an awards gala held in May in Washington.

BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER Margaret Chisolm , an assistant profes-

sor of psychiatry, has been accepted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, part of the Center for Innovative Medicine at Bayview. The aim of the center is to “recognize and promote excellence in patient care at JHBMC for the benefit of the individuals and communities that we serve.” Stephen Milner , director of the Johns Hopkins Burn Center, has received an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Glamorgan, Wales. Milner is being recognized for his highly successful career as a surgeon and the exceptional contributions that he has made to medicine, including plastic surgery and burns. BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH George J. Jakab has been appointed pro-

fessor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, effective July 1. Elizabeth A. Platz has been promoted to professor in the Department of Epidemiology. A l f r e d S o m m e r has been named University Distinguished Service Professor. Diane E. Griffin has been named University Distinguished Service Professor. The Child Health Society received a 2010 SOURCE (Student Outreach Resource Center) Student Group Community Service Award. Caitlin Kennedy , an instructor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, received the SOURCE Faculty Award, and MPH student Allison Leung received a SOURCE Student Award. These awards are presented to individuals and groups that have dedicated their time and skills to community involvement. CAREY BUSINESS SCHOOL Robert Jackson , a business analyst and

student in Business and Management, has been awarded the 2010 Roundtable Financial Scholarship in honor of Donald J. Shepard, the retired chairman of Aegon. Selection of winners of the scholarship, established in 2008 and given to students who wish to pursue careers in the financial services industry, is based on equal parts scholarship, character and financial need. The Financial Services Roundtable represents 100 of the largest integrated financial services companies providing banking, insurance, and investment products and services to the American consumer.

JOHNS HOPKINS HEALTH SYSTEM The Johns Hopkins Hospita l has been

named one of the 100 best places to work in health care in the United States for 2010 by Becker’s Hospital Review and Ambulatory Surgery Center magazines. According to Becker’s, JHH “has a reputation as one of the premier hospitals in the country, ranking first on U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals.

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The hospital is also affiliated with the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, which helps attract A-list talent. Its reputation and success have enabled the hospital to create a patient-centered culture and offer excellent benefits.” The company says it chooses health care centers for inclusion in its top 100 best places to work list based on “their demonstrated excellence in providing a work environment that promotes teamwork, professional development and quality patient care.” Ronald R. Peterson , president of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, received the Maryland Hospital Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, at the MHA’s annual membership meeting. Peterson received the award in recognition of his dedication as co-chairman of the Who Will Care? Campaign, which raised nearly $18 million toward easing Maryland’s nurse shortage by increasing the number of nurse graduates in the state. Peterson was also honored for his work in shaping health care policy at the local, state and national levels through his many years of service to the MHA, Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliated hospitals. In addition to serving as vice chair of the governor’s Baltimore City Workforce Investment Board and as a member of the Maryland Economic Development Commission, Peterson serves on the boards of the MHA, Maryland Mentoring Partnership, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education and the Greater Baltimore Committee. The Johns Hopkins Hospital Sleep Disorders Center was named Best De— partment in ADVANCE for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine’s National Sleep Achievement Awards. “Our best department winner leads the way with a host of research and quality improvement projects,” said the magazine’s editors. KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Samuel A. Chambers has been pro-

moted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Political Science, effective July 1. Yitzhak Melamed has been promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Philosophy, effective July 1. Joel R. Tolman has been promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Chemistry, effective July 1. PEABODY INSTITUTE

Three organizations led by Conservatory faculty artists received 2010 Access to Artistic Excellence grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, Calif., received $13,500 to support a professional development program for conductors and composers; Marin Alsop , music director of the Cabrillo Festival and distinguished visiting artist at Peabody, and Gustav Meier , who heads Peabody’s graduate conducting program, direct the Cabrillo conductors’ workshop. Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare, co-founded by recorder player Gwyn Roberts and lutenist Richard Stone , and Vermont’s Yellow Barn Music School and Festival, which pianist Seth Knopp has led since 2002, received $8,000 grants. Toward Dawn by Zhangyi Chen , a master of music candidate in composition and music theory pedagogy, won a prize at the Singapore Compose Competition organized by the Philharmonic Winds, Singapore, which gave the work’s Asian premiere on April 10. (To see a video of the world premiere by the Indiana State University Wind Orchestra conducted by Chen, go to www .youtube.com/watch?v=ZEfYRb_tv8g.) Pianist Irene Kim , a Graduate Performance Diploma candidate studying with Boris Slutsky , won second prize in the 34th Annual Carmel Music Society Competition in California. Kim performed Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3; Liszt’s Sonetto del Petrarca, No. 104; and Ravel’s La Valse at the finalists’ concert on May 15.

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GPD candidate Graham Middleton , a student of James Olin , has won the principal trombone position with Opera Cleveland. He will take up the post in September. SAIS J u s t i n O r l a n d o F r o s i n i , director of

the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development—a partnership between the SAIS Bologna Center and the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna—and an affiliated scholar at the SAIS Bologna Center, has received the University of Victoria’s EU Centre of Excellence Visiting Scholar grant for summer 2010. Frosini, who also is on the faculty of Bocconi University in Milan, will be teaching a course at UVic in comparative constitutional law and will give a public lecture at the university during his stay. David J. Jhirad has been appointed to the HRH Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Professorship in Environmental Policy. Kenneth H. Keller , director of the SAIS Bologna Center and professor of science and technology policy, is being honored by the University of Minnesota, where he served as the institution’s president from 1985 to 1988. The university’s board of regents has approved naming the electrical engineering/computer science building in honor of Keller, who was also a chemical engineering professor. The building was completed during Keller’s presidency and is located next to his departmental home, Amundson Hall. After he resigned, Keller spent two years at Princeton University and seven years at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He returned to the University of Minnesota in 1996 as a professor in the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Keller was designated president emeritus in 2006. The naming will be effective July 1, and the formal dedication will take place in the fall. Winrich Kuhne , the Steven Muller Professor in German Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center, was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz Order of Merit by Germany’s president, Horst Kohler, for his outstanding contribution to improving German and international conflict prevention and management capabilities. The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, instituted in 1951, is the highest tribute the country can pay to individuals for services to the nation. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE John P. Carey has been promoted to

professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. Michael J. Caterina has been promoted to professor of biological chemistry and neuroscience. P a t r i c i a C h a r a c h e , professor of pathology, medicine and oncology, received the bioMerieux Sonnenwirth Award from the American Society of Microbiology in honor of her distinguished service and leadership in the disciplines of medical microbiology. The award was presented at the May meeting of the ASM in San Diego. J. Raymond DePaulo Jr. , chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been selected to receive a 2010 National Alliance on Mental Health Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, for which he was nominated by NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore. To d d D o r m a n , associate dean and director of Continuing Medical Education, has been elected president of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education for a one-year term. Dorman is also a professor and vice chair for critical care in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. J . S t e p h e n D u m l e r , professor of pathology and of molecular microbiology and immunology, received the BectonDickinson Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology from the American Society of Microbiology in recognition of his contributions to research on the diagnosis and pathogenesis of tick- and vector-borne infections. The award was presented at the

May meeting of the ASM in San Diego. Samuel C. Durso has been promoted to professor of medicine, effective May 1, and appointed to the Mason F. Lord Professorship in Geriatric Medicine, effective July 1. Scott E. Kern has been named to the Everett and Marjorie Kovler Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Research in the Department of Oncology, effective July 1. Paul S. Lietman has been appointed professor emeritus in the departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, effective July 1. Akira Sawa , professor and director of the Program in Molecular Psychiatry, has been awarded the Tsukahara Award, the highest honor of the Japanese Society for Neuroscience. Hongjun Song has been promoted to professor of neurology and neuroscience. P a t r i c k Wa l s h , University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology, received the title of doctor honoris causa from the Medical School of the University of Athens for his contributions to the surgical treatment of prostate cancer. He received the honorary degree at a ceremony held May 7 in Athens, Greece. G . M e l v i l l e Wi l l i a m s has been appointed professor emeritus in the Department of Surgery, effective July 1. The Adolescent Depression Awareness Program, led by Karen Swartz , has won the 2010 Outstanding Merit Award from the Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry. SHARE (Supporting Hospitals Abroad with Resources and Equipment) received a 2010 SOURCE Student Group Community Service Award. Phyllis Yang and Kathleen Lee , both second-year students, received SOURCE Student Awards. These awards are presented to individuals and groups that have dedicated their time and skills to community involvement. SCHOOL OF NURSING Douglas A. Granger has joined the

faculty of the School of Nursing, where he will lead the Center for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research, which will facilitate the integration of salivary analytes into prevention science, nursing, public health and medicine. Formerly a professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State, Granger is well-known for his development of methods related to saliva collection and analysis, and the theoretical and statistical integration of salivary measures into developmental research. Granger received his doctorate from the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and completed postdoctoral training in psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA. Since 1994, he has been the director of the Penn State Behavioral Endocrinology Laboratory. His research has been instrumental in the conceptualization and analysis of biosocial relationships involving child well-being, parent-child relationships and stress. He is considered a leading expert in the measurement, application and integration of salivary biomarkers into behavioral and developmental science. Haera Han , an associate professor in Health Systems and Outcomes, has been named director of the PhD program. Pamela Jeffries , associate dean for academic affairs, participated this month in the National League for Nursing Presidential Task Force on High Stakes Testing. The group explored current thinking about competency evaluation as a viable end-ofprogram testing method and made recommendations for high stakes testing policy guidelines and practices in nursing education programs. Elizabeth “Betty” Jordan , an assistant professor in Community Public Health, has been named director of the baccalaureate program. Mar y Terhaar , an assistant professor in Health Systems and Outcomes, has been named interim director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Continued on page 15

June 21, 2010 • THE GAZETTE

Milestones The following staff members recently retired or celebrated an anniversary with the university in June 2010. The information is compiled by the Office of Work, Life and Engagement, 443-997-6060. ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL CENTERS

10 years of service W a l l a c e , Malcolm, Johns Hopkins University Press 5 years of service Michelle, Center for Talented Youth H o u s e , Melissa, Center for Talented Youth S i m p s o n , Jonathan, Johns Hopkins University Press Burnette,

BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Retiree B o d i e , Laurel, 23 years of service, Mental Health 35 years of service David, Facilities Management

Fields,

30 years of service H e c k , Judith, Center for Communication Programs 20 years of service C h a n d l e r , Clevetta, Epidemiology G i e t k a , Lois, International Health H e t m a n s k i , Jacqueline, Epidemiology 15 years of service George, Jr., Facilities Management B a r b r e , Cynthia, Epidemiology M c K e n z i e , Ross, Information Technology P u t j u k , Fitri, Center for Communication Programs Alban,

10 years of service Girlie, Epidemiology

Reyes,

5 years of service D e m e t r i c k , Carolyn, Health Behavior and Society G r e e n , Mika, Epidemiology J o h n s o n , Keith, Information Technology L a s s i t e r , Lisa, Epidemiology T h o m a s , Mary, Environmental Health Sciences CAREY BUSINESS SCHOOL

15 years of service M o e s s b a u e r , M. J., MBA Programs W a r n e r , Mervyn, MBA Programs HOMEWOOD STUDENT AFFAIRS

5 years of service S p e n c e r , Scott, Office of Undergraduate Admissions KRIEGER SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

20 years of service

Cheers Continued from page 14 Sister Barbara “Bobby” English and student Frank Mataska were recognized for their commitment to helping others with community service awards from the Hopkins Student Outreach Resource Center; the school’s Isaiah Wellness Team received SOURCE’s Student Group Award. English has served as a preceptor for Johns Hopkins nursing students for more than 20

B o n d , Mary, Center for Social Organization of Schools

15 years of service R o s s i , Catherine, Advanced Academic Programs 10 years of service L u c a s , Guy, Center for Social Organization of Schools 5 years of service D o r o s h e n k o , Andrey, Office of the Dean P e a r c e , Anne, Psychological and Brain Sciences R i t z , Janice, Center for Social Organization of Schools S c h r i v e r , Donna, Biology SAIS

25 years of service H u n t l e y , Vanessa, Finance and Administration 5 years of service To w n s l e y , Carolyn, Finance and Administration SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

15 years of service G i l c h r i s t , Zipporah, Teacher Preparation 5 years of service Caroline, Office of the Associate Dean Bright,

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Retirees L o g a n , Jennette, 12 years of service, Pediatrics M a j c h r z a k , Mary, 13 years of service, Cardiovascular M a l o n e , Kathleen, 16 years of service, Facilities Management P u g h , Carol, 27 years of service, Clinical Investigation Human Subjects W y n n , Gladys, 41 years of service, Facilities Management 40 years of service D i e t e r , Joseph, Jr., Art as Applied to Medicine J e n n i n g s , Edward, Facilities Management 35 years of service G a r r e n , Linda, General Internal Medicine 30 years of service H a l l , Robin, Pediatrics K r o u t , Susan, Neurology W e l c h , Linda, Gastroenterology 25 years of service M i t c h e l l , Andy, Facilities Management M i t c h e l l , Thomas, Endocrinology To w n s , Laura, Billing 20 years of service C a r t e r , Patricia, Facilities Management C o s e n t i n o , Stacey, Clinical Practice Association G r e e n , Cynthia, Clinical Practice Association L i e s e m e r , Jeanne, Otolaryngology 15 years of service C h u n g , Shang-En, Pediatrics D e i n l e i n , Evalyn, Infectious Diseases

years. She is the director of the Julie Community Center, a multipurpose nonprofit community organization involved in advocacy, education and organizing, with special dedication to the poor. Mataska volunteers at the Wald Community Nursing Clinic and Isaiah Wellness Center, and organizes weekly men’s health groups for individuals in senior housing. He led the community service committee of the school’s Returned Peace Corps Volunteers group and organized a monthly volunteer opportunity for them. SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/JHU MUSEUMS R o bi n S i n n , librarian for science and

F o w l k e s , Doris, Billing L a r s o n , George, Infectious Diseases M c L e o d , Donald, Basic Research N o v a k , Gladys, Oncology R i l e y , Sharon, Johns Hopkins Healthcare R u t z , Heather, Infectious Diseases/TB

Center

Williams,

Kim, Internal Medicine

10 years of service B a r t o n , Jill, Institute of Genetic Medicine B i e n e m a n , Anja, Clinical Immunology C o l v i n , Sheila, Production Unit Billing D a u g h t r y , Patricia, Surgery F o s t e r , Juanita, Surgery G u n t e r , Charlene, Research Animal Resources K e y - E l , Virginia, Infectious Diseases P f e f f e r , Carol, General Administration R i c h t e r - N e l s o n , Gail, Orthopedics R i t t e r , Sharon, Clinical Immunology S c h o e n f e l d e r , Laura, Immunogenetics S m i t h , Mary, Neurology S t a m p e r , Paul, Pathology Va n L a r e , Judith, Pathology 5 years of service A l e x o p u l o s , Katherine, Neurology A r m o u r , Elwood, Radiology Oncology C h e n , Ling, Cardiology C l a r k , Khaleta, Ophthalmology C o l e m a n , Dawn, Clinical Practice Association D o l a n , David, Neurology F e r g u s o n , Anna, Oncology G o o d e n , Virginia, Behavioral Biology H a r r i s , Danielle, Clinical Practice Association H a t c h e r , Dawn, Hematology J i a n g , Lizhi, Neurology J o n e s , Lisa, Cardiology L e d f o r d , Jon, Oncology M a s s e y , Isabelle, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery M c D o n a l d , Amanda, Biological Chemistry M i l l e r , Allison, Urology M o x l e y , Richard, Neurology M u r r a y , Paul, Research Animal Resources N a r i n e , Bisoondial, Research Animal Resources P a l e r m o , Michael, Neurology P e n d e r g r a s s , Doris, Pathology P l e a s a n t , Jerome, Research Animal Resources P o w e l l , Chichona, Johns Hopkins Technology S c h r u m , Christina, Institute of Genetic Medicine S i k o r s k i , Paul, Immunogenetics S l a t e r , Erin, Continuing Medical Education S w a i m , Mara, Pulmonary S w o r d s , Stephanie, Epilepsy Tc h u e n b o u , Marie-Josiane, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation W e s t e r v e l t , Donna, Endocrinology Yo u n g e r , Elizabeth, Pediatrics SCHOOL OF NURSING

5 years of service U m a n a , Mfonobong, Office of Communications SHERIDAN LIBRARIES/JHU MUSEUMS

25 years of service C o o k , Bettie, Sheridan Libraries 10 years of service Tenera, Sheridan Libraries

Coates,

engineering, has been recognized by Reference Services & Users Quarterly for “notable contributions as a reviewer of professional materials.” Sinn and others will be honored at a dinner later this month during the American Library Association convention in Washington, D.C. WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Noah J. Cowan has been promoted to

associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective July 1. Mar y Kelty has joined Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals as the

Ts y g a n ,

Oleg, Sheridan Libraries

5 years of service H a n d z o , Michael, Sheridan Libraries N o r t o n , Anita, Sheridan Libraries UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Retiree Conklin,

Daniel, 18 years of service, Facilities Management 40 years of service Bernard, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT

Polley,

30 years of service Esperanza, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT

Elwood,

25 years of service Bobby, Jr., Facilities Management W a m p l e r , Alison, Office of Vice Provost Research Bateman,

20 years of service M a g l a d r y , Judy, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT 15 years of service Paula, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT N o r d h o f f , Robert, Facilities Management R o d r i g u e z , Antonio, Materials Management Shared Services Jones,

10 years of service Jeffrey, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT F l a k s , Sherri, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT L a n n o n , Stephen, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT S m i t h , Anita, Accounts Payable Shared Services Brailsford,

5 years of service Alphonse, III, Facilities Management D r a g o n , Matt, Office of CIO, Vice Provost for IT H a l l , Rachel, Financial Planning and Analysis K l i n e , Joan, Johns Hopkins Real Estate L i t a k e r , Keith, Facilities Management N a d e e m , Mohammed, Facilities Management S k r o d z k i , Edmund, Homewood Campus Safety and Security Services Bankard,

WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

20 years of service D u g g i n s , Bonnie, Finance and Administration 10 years of service Robert, Jr., Mechanical Engineering B u l k l e y , Gerald, Engineering for Professionals Blakely,

5 years of service Michael, Center for Imaging Science S p i v e y , Lindsay, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Bowers,

instructional technology and distance education manager. Kelty comes to EP from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she most recently served as administrative director of professional programs in the Office of Continuing and Professional Studies. As EP’s new distance education manager, she will lead the online development team in designing and implementing online courses, training faculty and identifying new instructional technologies. Andreas Terzis has been promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in the Department of Computer Science.

16 THE GAZETTE • June 21, 2010

Bioethicists examine ethical oversight in quality initiatives By Michael Pena

Berman Institute of Bioethics

ew findings from Johns Hopkins suggest that most quality improvement initiatives in U.S. hospitals are reviewed internally before they are conducted but that there is not routine consideration of the ethical issues associated with them. Most of these quality improvement initiatives are reviewed internally, by a management team or office, clinicians leading the effort or an institutionwide advisory board. But according to a new study that appears online in the journal Quality and Safety in Health Care, most of those are not routinely submitted to an institutional review board, a committee with the responsibility of assuring that the rights and welfare of human subjects in biomedical and behavioral research are protected. There is no question that some aspects of quality improvement efforts, such as cost and administration, should be scrutinized, says study leader Holly Taylor, a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. But, she says, “a lingering concern is that, arguably, at least some of these initiatives ought to be overseen to ensure that ethical issues are considered and addressed. It is important to assure that ethical principles such as minimizing risk, protecting privacy and concerns about conflicts of interest are adequately addressed prior to implementation.”

In 2007, the federal Office of Human Research Protection ordered a stop to a Johns Hopkins initiative in which a network of hospitals in Michigan implemented checklists in their intensive care units to see if the protocol would reduce catheterrelated bloodstream infections. The halt was ordered because the IRBs at each of the participating hospitals had not been asked to grant approval for the initiative. When the group that devised the initiative presented Johns Hopkins’ IRB with the plan, the board exempted it from evaluation and it commenced, without necessitating approval from the participating hospitals’ IRBs. Patient-safety experts and hospital associations alike called the OHRP action misguided, especially given that the checklist included important noncontroversial instructions for physicians such as washing their hands and cleaning a patient’s skin before catheter insertion. The debate also raised the basic question of how quality improvement initiatives are reviewed. That’s what Taylor and two professors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine sought to clarify through their study. Her co-authors are Jeremy Sugarman, the Berman Institute’s deputy director for medicine, and Peter Pronovost, the medical director of the Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care and the physician behind the Michigan catheter study. In 2008, a study led by Nancy Kass, the Berman Institute’s deputy director for public health, along with Sugarman and institute

Director Ruth Faden, raised questions about the necessity of oversight for patient-safety projects, and whether or not such initiatives should be reviewed as if they were human subject research. Collectively, the authors—including Pronovost and several of his colleagues in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine—voiced concern that regulatory uncertainty could discourage more patient-safety efforts from going forward, and that clarity was needed. “Even though there has been a lot of attention to the potential problems associated with reviewing [quality-improvement] initiatives as if they are research, we realized that there were virtually no systematic data about what kind of review is used for QI initiatives,” Sugarman says. “We thought that gathering such data would be a critical step in developing sound policy.” The co-authors of this study surveyed more than 100 quality-improvement practitioners affiliated with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100,000 Lives Campaign. The majority of those surveyed were managers in quality improvement or safety departments. Overall, responses showed that most quality improvement initiatives are subject to some form of review prior to launch. The three most commonly cited mechanisms were internal: a quality improvement management team, clinicians leading the initiative or an advisory board. “One tenet of ethical review is that the review is independent of those in charge of

implementing the initiative,” says Taylor, who is also an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She added that while most quality improvement initiatives are reviewed regularly, it is unclear whether an ethical review is routinely conducted, and to what extent. The study found that a vast majority of those surveyed recognized that important considerations were relevant to the ethical conduct of quality improvement initiatives. The three ethical goals that received the strongest agreement among respondents were minimizing risk to patients, protecting privacy and confidentiality, and assessing established practices. But while more than two-thirds of those surveyed indicated that the review mechanisms at their institutions do a good job of considering ethical issues, only one-third of the respondents indicated that they had training in ethics. Taylor says that future studies might focus on the actual process by which quality improvement initiatives are reviewed, to identify ways in which attention to ethical issues could be introduced. Once more is known about what happens in practice, discussions about the most appropriate mechanism for ethical oversight can begin. “We are not ready to develop a national policy,” Taylor said. “But we are one step closer than when we had no data.” Funding for this study was provided by the Commonwealth Fund.

Race matching of heart donors, recipients doesn’t affect survival B y D av i d M a r c h

Johns Hopkins Medicine

ransplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences but rather flaws in the health care system, along with type of insurance and education levels, in addition to biological factors, that are likely the causes of disproportionately worse outcomes after heart transplantation in African-Americans. In a report on the review published online June 1 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins team showed that matching the races of heart donors and recipients did nothing to extend the life of patients. “It does not matter whether a white, black, Hispanic or Asian donor heart is transplanted into a patient of any other particular race,” says senior study investigator Ashish Shah, a Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon. “Other factors must be the reason for any differences in how well people do after transplantation; in particular, why blacks have poorer outcomes.” In what is believed to be the largest and most detailed review of medical records ever conducted on the subject, the Johns Hopkins team combed the records of 20,185 North American transplant patients who had received a donor heart between 1997 and 2007. Researchers found that 61 percent of heart recipients were race-matched (12,381). Among blacks, the death rate after five years was 35 percent, whether donors and

recipients were race-matched or not. The same was true among whites, at 26 percent, and among Hispanics, at 28 percent. (Although trends appeared to be the same for Asians, the number of transplants was not statistically large enough to provide valid percentages.) Death or survival rates were consistent for all timeframes, within a month, three months, six months or a year after transplantation. Study investigators found that race matching did little or nothing to close the significant gap in blacks’ survival rates. Whether or not African-Americans received a heart from a black donor, they faced a 46 percent higher chance of dying within 10 years after heart transplantation. Specifically, 45.8 percent of blacks were living after 10 years, a rate 11.4 percent lower than for whites and 10.8 percent lower than for Hispanics. Researchers say that previous reports from nearly a dozen other academic medical centers offered conflicting accounts about any potential benefits from race matching. They say that the latest study findings help set the clinical record straight by pooling data from more than 140 hospitals licensed to perform heart transplants instead of relying on data within individual hospitals. Shah says that the data “really prompt us to re-evaluate everything that we do for our more vulnerable patients and to tailor our efforts to the specific needs of each patient, especially African-Americans, if we hope to fix racial disparities in surviving heart transplantation. “This problem is not just about biology or race; it is also about the health system that supports our patients,” says Shah, an

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associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart and Vascular Institute. He also notes that transplant patients can now put their minds at ease that having a racially matched donor heart will not help or hurt them. Lifting survival rates among blacks, who represent 15 percent of all heart transplants, will, Shah says, require further study of which life-extending factors may work, such as anti-rejection drug dosages, more stringent follow-up to ensure patient compliance with drug regimens and scheduled appointments, and education about early signs of infection and possible organ rejection, including fever, shortness of breath, fatigue and swelling in the arms and legs. Among the researchers’ other key findings were that problems related to organ rejection within the first year, regardless of race, were tied to insurance and education. Patients with public insurance, specifically Medicaid, had a 30 percent higher risk of needing some kind of anti-rejection treatment and a 39 percent higher risk of dying than transplant recipients with private insurance. Transplant recipients on Medicare did not fare well either, with a 12 percent higher risk of dying than those with private insurance. Having a college education lowered by 12 percent the overall group’s likelihood of having a rejection-related problem with their transplant. In the study population, 20.5 percent of black transplant recipients had Medicaid insurance compared to 8.8 percent of other races, and fewer had private insurance (49.9 percent) compared to others (63.6 percent). The African-American group as a whole had a lower percentage of college graduates than other races (at 40.6 percent and 50.3 percent). Black recipients also had a higher degree of tissue antigen mismatches with their transplanted hearts (65.4 percent) compared to other groups (55.6 percent). The better the match, Shah says, the better the chances that immunosuppressive drugs will work over the long term to prevent organ rejection. Hypertension and gender mismatches, factors known to increase the chances of

dying, were also more widespread among African-Americans. Lead study investigator Jeremiah “Geoff” Allen says that a combination of these circumstances in African-Americans likely contributes to their poorer outcomes. Allen, a postdoctoral research fellow in cardiac surgery at Johns Hopkins, says that the team’s next steps are to identify which combination of factors stands out among those blacks who survive long term posttransplant and those who do not. Some 45 percent of African-Americans with donated hearts, he notes, survived longer than 10 years. An early identification system for those at higher risk of rejection and death, and data on any differences in treatment protocols, could help narrow the survival gap, he says. “This research is key to correcting the survival disparity in African-Americans in surviving heart transplantation and helps us learn how to take better care of some of our most high-risk transplant recipients,” Allen says. The data used in the study came from the United Network for Organ Sharing, a national organization that allocates donated organs across the United States. Funding for the study was supplied in part by The Johns Hopkins Hospital, with additional support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its Health Resources and Service Administration. In addition to Shah and Allen, Johns Hopkins researchers involved in this study were Eric Weiss, George Arnaoutakis, Stuart Russell, William A. Baumgartner and John Conte.

Related Web sites Heart Transplant Program at Johns Hopkins:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ Transplant/Programs/heart

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation:

www.ishlt.org

June 21, 2010 â&#x20AC;˘ THE GAZETTE

Brain surgeons take shortcut through eyelid to reach skull B y D av i d M a r c h

Johns Hopkins Medicine

urgeons at Johns Hopkins have safely and effectively operated inside the brains of a dozen patients by making a small entry incision through the natural creases of an eyelid to reach the skull and deep brain. They say that access to the skull and brain through either lid, formally known as a transpalpebral orbitofrontal craniotomy, sharply contrasts with the more laborious, physically damaging and invasive traditional means of entry used in brain surgery that requires opening the top half of the skull. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going through the eyelid offers a simpler, more direct route to the middle and front regions of the brain than traditional skullbased surgery,â&#x20AC;? says lead study investigator

Related websites Otolaryngologyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ otolaryngology

Kofi Boahene:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ minimally_invasive_brain_skull_ base_surgery_center/about_us/ our_team/otolaryngology_head_ neck_surgery/kofi_boahene.html

www.youtube.com/ watch?v=xOthIVAWISc

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa:

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ neurology_neurosurgery/experts/ team_member_profile/ 36A35BDE9B71CB08318 C8F419FD7ACB4/ Alfredo_Quinones-Hinojosa

Kofi Boahene, a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This minimally invasive approach also avoids the major head trauma typically associated with brain surgery.â&#x20AC;? The new approach eliminates the need for shaving the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair, pulling up the scalp, opening the top half of the skull and moving aside whole outer sections of the brain in order to operate on the organâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicate neurological tissue. Writing in a pair of studies, one published in the June issue of the Journal of Otolaryngologyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Head and Neck Surgery and another set to appear in the July issue of Skull Base, the Johns Hopkins team describes what are believed to be the first published case studies of the procedure, documenting how it was successfully used to repair brain fluid leaks, conduct tissue biopsy and remove tumors. All are common surgeries but were performed in patients whose complex illnesses made the traditional approach too risky or untenable. The minicraniotomy through the eyelid requires surgeons to remove only a half-inch to one-inch-square section of skull bone right above the eyebrow, which is later replaced, to gain access to the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nervous system control center.

Once access to the brain is secured, a microscope- and computer-guided endoscope, fitted with a camera, is used to precisely thread other surgical instruments into the soft tissue to perform the operation, using high-tech maps created by advanced CT and MRI scans of the brain. Boahene says that the new approach takes less time to perform, taking on average less than two hours in the operating room as opposed to the traditional four to eight hours; poses less risk of possible infection due to the less-invasive amount of work in opening the skull; and requires less time for recovery in hospital, usually an overnight stay instead of four days or longer. The only noticeable hints of any surgery having been performed, he says, are the dissolvable sutures across the eyelid. By contrast, many brain surgeries require lengthy cuts of the skin (with its subsequent scarring) before the scalp can be pulled up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new technique does not even leave a noticeable scar, as we are deliberately cutting across the natural creases in the eyelid,â&#x20AC;? says Boahene, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who has performed 15 such procedures at Johns Hopkins since 2007. Before the procedure, surgeons check the location of the incision by drawing along the eyelid folds with a black marker, making sure the line is not visible when the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes are open. The minicraniotomy, Boahene says, does still require an anesthetic, which carries its own risks of complications, and ice packs around the eye to prevent swelling. Among the scenarios highlighted in the new reports for which eyelid entry proved useful was mending a common postsurgical complication, a cerebrospinal fluid leak into the sinus cavity that had resulted from a previous more invasive skull surgery. Surgeons were fearful that further swelling from additional skull trauma would hamper the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recovery and instead opted for the less-invasive form of surgery to stem the flow. In another instance included in the reports, surgeons were able to remove a potentially cancerous tumor in a baby whose skull and head size were deemed too small to endure the physical trauma associated with major brain surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The transpalpebral approach is a very viable and practical option for thousands of surgeries done each year in the United States that involve problems deeply seated behind the eyes or at the front of the brain,â&#x20AC;? says senior study investigator and neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins. The minicraniotomy also can be used to correct deformities or skull bones broken by trauma and car accidents, he says. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next steps are to evaluate and expand the list of procedures for which a transpalpebral orbitofrontal craniotomy is best-suited. Under consideration by the group are brain aneurysm repair and removal of larger brain tumors that cannot be more easily reached by traditional skull surgery or by going through the nose and sinus cavities. Funding support for this report was provided by The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to Boahene and QuinonesHinojosa, Johns Hopkins researchers who participated in this study were Michael Lim and Eugene Chu.

GIVE BLOOD. A JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for Wednesday, July 28, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mount Washington Campus For more information, e-mail johnshopkinsblooddrive@jhmi.edu or call 410-614-0913.

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• Large airy rooms • Hardwood Floors • Private balcony or terrace • 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.

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Printer, 3-step ladders (2), stool, tripods, dresser w/shelves, digital piano, reciprocating saw. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon .net. Desktop shelf unit, 9 shelves, birch finish, $15; bedframe for queen-size bed, never used, $40; crewel-pattern king-size quilt w/matching shams, green on khaki, Williamsburg colors accent, like new, $35. 410-207-2217. Office swivel chairs (2), semi-new, in excel cond. $40. 443-934-5264. Poang chair, white, $30, Pello chair, $20; jokkmokk table w/4 chairs, $60; Ikea flr lamps (2), $8/ea; Dirt Devil upright vacuum, $25; microwave, door a little stuck, $15; 20-gal fish tank w/filter, $35; Ikea twin bed w/slatted bed base and Huglo mattress, $100. 216-702-6842 or hubertL86@aol.com. Kate Spade red patent leather wallet, great cond, $100; Gucci black leather “Indy” bag w/shoulder strap, dust bag, new, $200; Lenox “Eternal” collection china, 12 5-pc place settings, new, $600; Michael Kors red leather “Astor” bag, new, $125; best offers accepted. sullivan89@gmail.com. White leather sofa, brown leather loveseat and armchair, dining table, wooden bookcase, computer desk, side tables (2). 410-440-2389, 410-440-2359 or spasslock@ gmail.com. Trek ST 820 10-spd bike w/RST 191 CL suspension, helmet, never used. $100/best offer. 443-694-4316. Desktop shelf w/9 adjustable openings, lt pine finish, great cond, $25; 13" Samsung computer monitor, $20; Croscill quilt for king-size bed, 2 matching pillow shams, barely used, $25. 410-377-7354.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Looking for intermediate-level bridge player or players for regular, friendly game, 2 of us need 2 more. 410-664-6859. Tutor needed ASAP for pathophysiology and pharmacology for nursing, 2 days/wk, schedule flexible, pay negotiable. cfranker@ gmail.com. Junk cars and unwanted cars towed free of charge and recycled 100%; some paid for. John, 410-419-3902. Mature, honest, experienced CNA/home health aide avail any shift, any day, live in or out, refs on request. 443-356-1454. Furniture giveaway: bed, night table, desk, dining table w/4 chairs, coffee tables; come pick up what you need. 443-221-5586. Help me build my portfolio w/free portraits for maternity, newborns, couples, family; for a limited time. cooke09@gmail.com. Need extra cash? Seeking someone to assist w/housecleaning. $13/hr. 443-221-1451. Stay rent-free in Canton house w/prkng, care for dog and cat, June 22-August 6. annemiller6@comcast.net. Female residence assistants wanted July 10-16 to supervise 95 high school students for 1-wk camp at Homewood campus. 410735-4382. Dahlia Flute Duo summer masterclass, June 28-30 in Baltimore, open to students/amateurs, all ages/ability levels. www.dahliafluteduo .com/2010-summer-masterclass.php. Professional Japanese language tutor now available, learn about Japanese culture while

learning how to speak/read/write Japanese. itutorjapanese@gmail.com. Active, experienced nanny avail, trained in CPR, will do household laundry, pet care, lt housework, hrs flexible, outstanding JHU faculty refs. Mary, 410-736-0253. Reliable JHU student looking for any work in July, I am quadrilingual, handy w/housework, experienced w/kids, teaching, research, office work. valerie.caldas@gmail.com. Looking for PT babysitting or dog-sitting and dog-walking opportunities in Charles Village, Hampden, Medfield areas. LsceLsi1@ yahoo.com. Piano lessons by master student at Peabody, call for rates and free placement interview. 425-890-1327 or qinyingtan@gmail.com. We’ll clean your house for you! Reasonable rates, pet-friendly, free estimate. 443-5283637 or www.goldencleaningservice.com. JHU prof’ls w/1-yr-old seeking family to share loving, experienced nanny, avail August, Homewood area. pcwiggler@yahoo.com. Free ballroom dancing and lessons (waltz, rumba, tango, more) every Friday evening, 8pm, ROTC Building. Great photos! Headshots for interviews, auditions, family pictures, production shots, events. Edward S Davis photography and videography. 443-695-9988 or eddaviswrite@ comcast.net. MHIC-licensed carpenter specializing in decks, flrs, trim work, custom stairs, roofs, framing and/or Sheetrock; call for any carpentry projects. Rick, 443-621-6537. Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist available to maintain gardens, also design, planting or masonry; free consultations. David, 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@ hotmail.com. Piano lessons w/experienced teacher, Peabody doctorate, all levels, patient instruction. 410-662-7951. Would you like to play indoor tennis this summer on a Hopkins team? Tuesday evenings, June through August, men’s, women’s and mixed doubles, approx 3.0-4.0 level. pbbark@gmail.com (Peter Barker). Need help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio? Free consultations. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol.com. Tutor available: all subjects/levels; remedial, gifted and talented; also college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading, database design and programming. 410337-9877 or i1__@hotmail.com. Licensed landscaper avail for scheduled lawn maintenance, other landscaping services, trash hauling, leaf and snow removal. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@ comcast.net. Friday Night Swing Dance Club, great bands, open to public, no partners necessary. 410583-7337 or www.fridaynightswing.com. Tennis in the summertime? Seeking a hitting partner. Lagom335@hotmail.com. Need a house cleaner? Responsible, affordable person available w/more than 3 yrs’ experience. 254-640-1966. Loving, trustworthy dog walker available day/ evening, overnight sitting w/complimentary house-sitting services, impeccable references. 443-801-7487 or alwayshomepc@gmail.com. Expert tutor: English, writing, essays, research papers, grammar, ESL, editor, thesis/ dissertation, prof’l writer. 240-882-6567 or englishttr1@gmail.com. Piano tuning and repair, PTG craftsman serving Peabody, Notre Dame, homes, churches, etc, in central MD. 410-382-8363 or steve@ conradpiano.com.

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sec dep. Anita, 410-675-5951 or amt2813@ gmail.com.

Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure, gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university. $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-375-7748.

East Baltimore St, 2 rms, 1.5BAs, kitchen/ dining space, W/D, AC, alarm, refs from employer and bank req’d. $999/mo. 410-4099205 or anis.merson@medstar.net.

Baltimore County, 3BR, 1.5BA restored, registered historic carriage house, on Gunpowder Falls Bike Trail, faculty/grad students only, 20 mins to Homewood. $1,150/mo (reduced). 410-472-4241.

Ellicott City (Papillon Drive), 4BR TH nr Rt 40/I-70/Rt 29, 30 mins to JHU, 5-10 mins to shopping centers, public library, gym, daycare facilities, schools (Centennial HS). $2,400/ mo. 410-978-5472.

Baltimore County, renov’d 2BR waterfront cottage w/pier and boat slip, wraparound deck, W/D, dw, conv to JHH/downtown/ Bayview/JHU, avail end of June. $1,575/mo + utils + sec dep. 410-790-6597 or sohare@ verizon.net (details/pics).

Federal Hill, 3BR, 2.5BA house, 3-story, blks from the park and Inner Harbor, pets allowed w/sec dep, 1-yr lease. $2,800/mo. Brian, 443-220-5526, 214eastcross@gmail .com or www.214eastcross.com.

Bayview, 2- or 3BR apt, 1st flr. $700/mo + sec dep. 443-243-1651. Bayview, 2BR house w/fin’d bsmt, W/D, backyd prkng pad, no pets, sec dep and verification of employment req’d. Elaine, 410-633-4750. Belvedere Square, 3BR, 2BA house, hdwd flrs, backyd, BBQ, 5 mins to Homewood, 15 mins to JHMI. $1,250/mo. bnacev@gmail.com. Bolton Hill, 1BR + den, 1,100 sq ft, W/D, CAC, walk to JHU shuttle/lt rail, pref nonsmoker, pets limited. $1,250/mo incl heat, hot water. Perry, 410-383-6545. Canton, 2BR, 2BA TH in great neighborhood, CAC, sec sys, W/D, fin’d bsmt, priv fenced yd/patio, garage, accessible to public transportation, avail August 1, mins to Hopkins/Bayview. $1,600/mo + utils. murphcantongreen@yahoo.com. Canton, beautiful 2BR, 2.5BA house, lg kitchen, living and dining rms, prkng, rooftop deck, 3 blks to Canton Square. 443-5623914. Canton, 1BR, 1.5BA luxury loft condo, waterfront, renov’d kitchen, off-street prkng. $1,450/mo + utils. home4rent2006@yahoo .com. The Carlyle (500 W University Pkwy), studio apt nr Homewood campus, gym, WiFi lobby, W/D in bsmt, 1-yr lease from July 1. $765/mo + utils. 443-703-9402 or snigdhayan_m@yahoo.com. Charles St, efficiency in elevator bldg w/ pool and community rm, 5-min walk to JHU shuttle, beginning in August. $700/mo. 443604-1912. Charles Village (Calvert and 31st), spacious 1BR, 1BA apt, lovely, well-maintained unit, hdwd flrs, AC units, laundry, prkng, avail July 1. $925/mo. calvert1br@gmail.com. Charles Village/Oakenshawe, lovely, lg 4BR, 2BA house, newly painted, dw, W/D, AC, cable, DSL, fp, microwave, new kitchen, alarm, 2-car garage, walk to JHMI or Peabody shuttle/Homewood. $2,600/mo. 410493-7026 or k2anderson@rocketmail.com. Charles Village (Charles St and University), 1BR studio w/hdwd flrs, AC, storage unit, laundry, prkng, avail July 1. $750/mo. 443540-1540 or nsequeira@stpaulsschool.org. Cockeysville/Hunt Valley, 3BR, 2BA house on 8 acres, furn’d, W/D, AC, dw, FIOS, hdwd flrs, porch w/deck, 5 mi to I-83, avail Sept 1. $1,300/mo + utils. 410-527-0174. East Baltimore, 3BR, 1BA TH, 2 mi to JHH, no pets, refs req’d. $1,000/mo + utils +

Guilford, charming, spacious 4BR, 2BA TH, bsmt, 2-car prkng pad, yds, safe, friendly community, 20-min walk to Homewood campus. $1,500/mo. baltimore.guilford@gmail.com. Hamilton, 1BR apt in quiet, owner-occupied home, 2nd flr, newly remodeled, AC, W/D, no smoking/no pets, 15 mins to JHH/ JHU. $690/mo + utils + sec dep. lorilongo@ hotmail.com.

Temporary housing, furn’d rm and use of lg, newly renov’d house, available month to month. $850/mo incl utils and prkng. adecker001@yahoo.com.

M wanted to share 2BR, 2.5BA RH w/ grad student, nr Patterson Park, JHMI and Bayview, avail August. $750/mo incl utils. prattsthouse@gmail.com.

3BR TH in south Baltimore County, lg kitchen, fin’d bsmt, hdwd flrs, front and back yds, prkng, pet OK, 15-20 mins to Hopkins. hope_L_johnson@hotmail.com.

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

HOUSES FOR SALE

Arcadia/Beverly Hills (3019 Iona Terrace), spacious, renov’d 4BR, 2.5BA detached house in beautiful neighborhood, lg open kitchen/dining area, lg deck, landscaped, 7 mins from JHU. $279,500. 443-294-9220. Baltimore County, 2BR, 1BA single-family house, hdwd flrs, lg, private yd, offstreet prkng, nr Bayview, great views of Inner Harbor. $162,000. 443-604-2497 or lexisweetheart@yahoo.com. Butchers Hill, renov’d 2BR, 1BA TH, close to JHMI in Live Near Your Work area. $199,900. mishra98@yahoo.com. Cockeysville, 4BR, 2BA house, new kitchen and BAs w/granite, rent option. 410-823HOME.

Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr light rail. $1,100/mo + utils. 410-3782393. Homeland, 2BR, 2BA in gated community, pool, 2 mi to Homewood, nr bus lines, avail July 1. $1,275/mo. 410-367-4352 or indirakotval@gmail.com.

Columbia, spacious 3BR, 3.5BA TH, fp, lg open kitchen/dining area, fin’d walkout bsmt, fenced backyd. $349,000. 410-707-5699.

Mt Washington (Falls Gable Condo), 2BR, 2BA, W/D, dw, CAC, fp, jacuzzi, overlooks pool, sofa, loveseat, bookshelves, foyer table, living rm sofas, center table, walk-in closets, storage, easy commute to downtown. $1,175/ mo + utils. fallsgablecondo@yahoo.com. Mt Washington, quiet, spacious 4BR, 2.5BA house, avail June 11 to August 22, AC, W/D, hdwd flrs, WiFi, piano, no smoking/ no pets. $530/wk incl utils. 410-913-9687 or violaine62@comcast.net. NE Baltimore City, 2BR, 1BA EOG RH, fin’d bsmt, lg yd, close to Good Samaritan Hospital. $1,100/mo. 917-553-6461. Owings Mills, 2BR, 2BA condo, W/D, walkin closets, storage, prkng, pool/tennis court privileges, backs to woods, conv to metro, sm pets negotiable ($250 nonrefundable deposit), pics avail, 1-yr lease. $1,250/mo. 410336-7952 or ljohnsto@mail.roanoke.edu. Station North (St Paul St), studio in lovely, historic and secure bldg, 300 sq ft, nr food/ fun/JHU shuttle/Bolt bus/Penn Station. jchris1@umbc.edu or http://userpages.umbc .edu/~jchris1/studioforrent.php. Timonium, 3BR, 3.5BA TH w/2 sunrms, custom built-ins throughout, stone counter and bar, fin’d bsmt, tiered deck, fenced yd, close to Green Spring Station, renewable 1-yr lease. 443-604-1637. West Towson, 3BR, 1.5BA single-family house, walk to tennis court and pool, top county schools, avail July 1. $1,900/mo. t4436900318shashaye@hotmail.com. Windsor Mill 21244 (Molton Way), 2BR, 1.5BA condo, nr major highways, bus stop, Milford Mill metro station. $1,200/mo + sec dep. homeshome786@gmail.com. Studio apt in high-rise bldg, top flr, great view, 4-min walk to Peabody/JHU shuttle. $725/mo. 503-310-6873 or reece.kim@gmail .com.

2BR 2BA Condo, LR w/FP, Porch, DR, WYMAN COURT APTS. (BEECH AVE.) Effic from $570, 1 BD Apt. from $675, 2 BD from $775 Laundry Rm., Kitchen, Pool, HICKORY HEIGHTS APTS. (HICKORY AVE.) Great Location , 1 mo. Sec. dep. 2 BD units from $750 $1,250 + Utilities. Shown by Appointment 410-764-7776 www.brooksmanagementcompany.com

member and health consultant + 2 cats; use of entire house, nr Hopkins shuttle. $500/ mo. otopalo@gmail.com.

Lg 2BR, 1BA apt nr Homewood campus/JHU shuttle. $1,900/mo incl utils, pool, gym, laundry, 24-hr security. acloud30@yahoo.com.

Cold Spring Lane (nr I-83), 2BR, 1BA condo, CAC/heat, pool, conv to JHU. $95,000. Sites.google.com/site/4411fallsbridge or fallsbridge4411f@gmail.com.

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Gardenville, 3BR, 1.5BA RH in quiet neighborhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt w/cedar closet, fenced, maintenance-free yd w/carport, 15 mins to JHH. $142,000. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@ juno.com. Mt Washington, 3BR+, 2.5BA house in parklike neighborhood, totally redone, convenient to JHU. $295,000. mholton@aaurology .com. Roland Park/Keswick, 3BR, 2.5BA colonial w/new kitchen, sunrm, fin’d bsmt, 2 fps, CAC, Roland Park school zone, walk to Homewood campus, move-in cond. $450,000. 410-243-2632. Towson, 3BR house w/2 new BAs, new kitchen and appliances, hdwd flrs, new siding/windows, fenced yd, flower garden, great schools, 20 mins to JHU/JHH. $270,000. 410-404-7355. Towson/Rodgers Forge, 3BR, 1.5BA TH, new kitchen and appls, hdwd flrs, new windows, great schools, 20 mins to JHU; rent option. $314,500. tj_note@yahoo.com.

F wanted for 2BR apt in Charles Village, furn’d, very flexible lease terms, 2-min walk to MSE Library/JHMI shuttle, nr grocery stores. $350/mo. richa.tyagi1986@gmail.com. Furn’d rm across from JHMI, share w/grad students, W/D in unit, assigned prkng. happyhut4u@yahoo.com. Share 2BR, 1BA RH in Roland Park, CAC, fenced yd, on-street prkng, pets OK. $800/ mo incl utils. 410-435-4747. F wanted for 2BR, 1.5BA RH in Hampden, 2 flrs, W/D in bsmt, street prkng, share w/F grad student, quiet and safe, no pets, walk to Avenue/Rotunda, nr Homewood, avail July 1. $450/mo + 1/2 utils. 410-900-0788. F wanted to share 2BR house in Federal Hill, fully furn’d rm, priv BA. $950/mo incl utils. 443-677-0415 or rental3070@ymail.com. Housemate needed in Laurel, MD, master BR, conv to Baltimore and DC, nr APL. $600/mo incl utils. ammagnan@hotmail.com. Rm in furn’d Halethorpe house, W/D, high-speed Internet, cable TV, free prkng, backyd, nr MARC train, nr 695/95, flexible lease OK. $575/mo + utils. 410-409-0692 or Lizo99@hotmail.com. F wanted for quiet, safe and secure 2BR apt in Roland Park, 2nd flr, no pets, no drugs/ no smoking, refs req’d. $600/mo + 1/2 utils, cable. 410-960-5752 (Mon-Fri, 6-9pm). Share wonderful 2BR apt in Mt Vernon, avail July. $550/mo + utils. 757-748-4932 or star107c@gmail.com.

CARS FOR SALE

’99 Nissan Sentra, automatic, 4-dr sedan, black, sunroof, MP3, new brakes and tires, 113K mi, need to sell. $3,488. jxxmay@ gmail.com. ’08 Yamaha YZFR6 gunmetal gray w/red pearl paint, custom body work, Icon helmet incl’d, 2K mi. 410-320-8106.

ITEMS FOR SALE

1991 Kawasaki jet-ski, 2-cyl, 650cc, 2-seater, blue/white, clear title, no trailer, runs/looks good. $999 (cash). 443-392-8621.

Western Maryland, house on 7 acres, former horse farm. iscus@aol.com.

Fishing boat, MFG 12-ft tri-hull w/Johnson 10HP outboard and trailer. $700. 410-2415585 or 3bhoffma@gmail.com.

Charming 3BR, 2BA condo, separate garage, walking distance to university, great buy, low $200s. 443-848-6392 or sue.rzep2@verizon .net.

Medical textbooks: biochemistry, molecular biology, the human brain and organic chemistry; 1/4 of their new price. 410-961-1078.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Nonsmoker wanted for beautiful house in Ednor Gardens, share w/Hopkins faculty

Dk green cabinets for books, videos, collectibles, new solid wood 3-drawer w/60 CD storage, Onkyo receiver, DVD player. 410-529-5137. Continued on page 18

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ronmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Ashish Jachak. W7023 SPH. EB The David Bodian Seminar—“A MolecularGenetics Strategy for Understanding the Sense of Touch” with David Ginty, SoM. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., June 21, 4 p.m.

“The Effect of Exercise on Endothelial Function in Adults With and Without Type 2 Diabetes,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Bethany Barone. Suite 1500Q, 2024 E. Monument St. EB

Tues., June 22, 2 p.m.

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Thurs., June 24, 1 p.m. “Dynamics of Empowerment: Identity, Capabilities, Civic Spaces and Autonomy Respecting Assistance in Arunachal Pradesh,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Manjunath Shankar. W1214 SPH. EB

Shannon Young ‘performs’ at her garden installation piece, part of ‘Sculpture at Evergreen.’

‘A Summer Evening at Evergreen’

curators’ tour of Sculpture at Evergreen 6: Simultaneous Presence with five of the participating artists, the exhibition opening of From Mexico to Maine: Photographs by Duncan Whitaker and a performance by the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival will mark the 10th annual A Summer Evening at Evergreen, on Tuesday, June 29, at the university’s Evergreen Museum & Library. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. The evening begins with an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., when guests can meet Whitaker and Evergreen’s 11th artist in residence, Scott Sedar, a visual and theater artist. In conjunction with the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival’s annual summer residency in the Evergreen meadow, editions of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and Moliere’s Scapin! drawn from the university’s Sheridan Libraries will be on display in the mansion’s drawing room, and in the North Wing, visitors can

B LOO D D R I V E Mon., June 21, and Wed., June 23, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Tues., June 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross

blood drive. For more information, go to www.hopkinsworklife .org/community/blood_drive_ locations.html or call 410-5500289. Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Pavilion. Bayview D I S C U S S I O N / TAL K S Thurs., June 24, 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Fri., June 25, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “What Does Health

Reform Mean for You, Your Business or Nonprofit?” Come ask the expert panelists from AARP, Families USA, the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Maryland Health Care for All and the Small Business Majority. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center. To register for either day or to view the live June 25 webcast, go to www.jhsph.edu/maphtc. Tilghman

view the exhibition Baltimore’s Billy Baldwin and browse the museum gift shop. At 6 p.m., the guest curators of Sculpture at Evergreen 6, architect Ronit Eisenbach and artist Jennie Fleming, will lead a tour of the exhibition, featuring performance art by Shannon Young and David Page. Throughout the evening, the artist team of Eric Leshinsky, C. Ryan Patterson and Fred Scharmen will host a kind of block party at its urban park installation that features chalk drawing, a community photo wall and a lemonade stand. The evening concludes with a final rehearsal by the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival of Moliere’s Scapin! at 8 p.m. in the meadow. Set in Italy, the slapstick comedy tells the tale of a scheming servant who tricks two fathers out of money that their sons need to support their lovers. Visitors are invited to picnic on Evergreen’s grounds while enjoying the performance. —Heather Stalfort For more information, call 410-516-0341 or go to museums.jhu.edu.

Auditorium (June 24) and Turner Auditorium (June 25). EB F I L M / V I D EO

JHU Summer Film Series presents Disney/Pixar’s Up, on a special kids night featuring strolling musicians and balloon artistry; the Tone Rangers will also perform. Sponsored by the Office of Summer and Intersession Programs. Live music begins at 7:30 p.m.; movies start just after sunset. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Wyman Quad (in front of Shriver Hall). HW

Fri., June 25, 7:30 p.m.

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Author Michael Pertschuck and social activist Vinny DeMarco will discuss and sign copies of Pertschuck’s book The DeMarco Factor. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW Mon., June 21, 7 p.m.

Discussion of the book After the Meltdown: The Future of Capitalism and Globalization in the Age of the Twin Crises,” with its author, Marc De Vos, Ghent University Law School; Stephen Rose, author and labor economist; and moderator Ruth Wedgwood, SAIS. Sponsored by the SAIS International Law and Organizations Program. To RSVP, call 202663-5982 or e-mail tbascia1@jhu .edu. Rome Auditorium. SAIS

Tues., June 29, 5 p.m.

S E M I N AR S

“Cellular O-GlcNAcylation Level Modulates Aging in C. elegans,” a Biological Chemistry special seminar with Mohammad Rahman, University of Georgia. 612 Physiology. EB

Mon., June 21, noon.

“Transport of Engineered Nanoparticles Across Human Mucus and Toxicity to Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells in vitro,” an Envi-

Mon., June 21, 1 p.m.

Mon., June 28, 9:30 a.m. “Transport and Localization of the Fusion Promoting Protein Prm1 During Mating in S. cerevisiae,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Valerie Olmo. W1214 SPH. EB Mon.,

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“Maternal Factors and Axis Formation in Zebrafish,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Karuna Sampath, National University of Singapore. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW “Typhoid Fever: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Effectiveness of Vi Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccine in Children in Karachi, Pakistan,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Mohammad Khan. W2015 SPH. EB Tues., June 29, 10 a.m.

“Genetic Modifiers of Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary and Intestinal Phenotypes,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine/ Human Genetics Graduate Program thesis defense seminar with Lindsay Henderson. Darner Conference Room. EB

Tues., June 29, 2 p.m.

“Scientific Careers in Academic Publishing,” a Institute for NanoBioTechnology professional development seminar with Penelope Lewis, ACD Nano. RSVP to ashanti@ jhu.edu. 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., June 30, 11 a.m.

“DNA Ligase IV-XRCC4 Complex: Recognition, Disassembly and Degradation by Human Adenovirus,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Timra Gilson. W1214 SPH. EB

Wed., June 30, 1 p.m.

“DPYSL2 and Schizophrenia: Identification of Sequence Variants and Analysis of Their Functional Significance,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine/ Human Genetics Graduate Program thesis defense seminar with Yaping Liu. Darner Conference Room. EB

Fri., July 2, 2 p.m.

can-eat picnic fare. $5; free for children 3 and under. Sponsored by the Office of Work, Life and Engagement. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. For information, go to www.hopkinsworklife.org or call 443-997-6060. Hopkins@ Eastern Tues., June 29, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Summer Evening at Ever-

green, an opportunity to meet photographer Duncan Whitaker at his From Mexico to Maine opening reception and Scott Sedar, Evergreen’s new artist-inresidence; see performance art by David Page and Shannon Young (see photo, this page); explore the museum’s Baltimore’s Billy Baldwin exhibition; and see a display of rare editions of Shakespeare and Moliere. 8 p.m. Final rehearsal for Moliere’s Scapin! in the meadow (see Theater). Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Museums. Evergreen Museum & Library. SYMPOSIA Tues., June 22, 12:15 p.m.

“Tobacco and Tuberculosis: Colliding Epidemics,” an Institute for Global Tobacco Control research symposium with Jonathan Golub, SoM. W4030 SPH. EB THEATER “Shakespeare Under the Stars 2010,” the Baltimore Shake-

speare Festival’s annual summer residency in Evergreen’s meadow. Two plays will be performed in repertory Wednesday to Sunday from June 23 to Aug. 1: Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors and Moliere’s Scapin! Upcoming performances, all at 8 p.m. , are June 23–27 (Shakespeare) and June 30–July 8 (Moliere). Gates open at 6 p.m. for picnicking. For the schedule of performances and ticket reservations, call 410-366-8596 or go to www .baltimoreshakespeare.org. $25 general admission; $20 for senior citizens, teachers and artists; $10 for students. Buy tickets to both shows and receive $5 off each ticket. Evergreen Museum & Library.

Fri., June 25 and July 2; Sat., June 26 and July 3, 8 p.m., and Sun., June 27 and July 4, 2 p.m. Theatre Hopkins pres-

ents the musical comedy The Glorious Ones. $20 general admission; student rush tickets $5 if space allows. For reservations or information, call 410-516-7159 or e-mail thehop@jhu.edu. Final performances. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

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S P E C I AL E V E N T S

Johns Hopkins Picnic 2010, an evening of family fun for Hopkins faculty, staff, employees, students, retirees and their families and friends; games, entertainment and all-you-

Fri., June 25, 5 to 8 p.m.

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

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SoM School of Medicine SoN School of Nursing SPH School of Public Health WBSB Wood Basic Science Building WSE Whiting School of Engineering