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New paint’s being applied, elevators are being upgraded, security is being enhanced to

Johns Hopkins standards, and a new name has been bestowed on the for-mer Zurich Insurance Co. property in

North Baltimore: Johns Hopkins at Keswick. By October, the first wave of Johns Hopkins employ-ees—some 350 members of the Patient Financial Services Office currently at Johns

Hopkins Bayview Medical Center—will move into their new home at Keswick Road and 40th Street, less than a half-mile from the university’s Homewood campus. The next wave of employees should arrive early next spring and summer, said Brian Dembeck, executive director of Johns Hopkins Real Estate, the office that oversees properties for both the university and health system. The second group to move into Johns Hopkins at Keswick will be some 500 members of the controller’s offices for both JHU and JHHS, as well as the financial services centers—handlers of accounts payable and receivable, pay-roll, and related activities. They will be moving from Johns Hopkins at Eastern, the former all-girls’ high school on 33rd Street, about a mile east of the Home-wood campus. Various Johns Hopkins offices have been in that building since 2001. Johns Hopkins at Keswick comprises two buildings—one built in 1970 and renovated in 1999, the other built in 1981—with a total of 415,000 square feet of space. The property’s large open floors and two data centers make it ideal for housing financial services and infor-mation technology operations, Dem-beck said. The facility includes a cafeteria, meet -

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In the past, visitors to Homewood’s Gilman Hall might have strolled by Sanchita Balachandran and won-dered what she did. She’d have been the one wearing the respirator

and purple rubber gloves, likely on her way to conserve an Egyptian mummy in a nondescript, dimly lit room on the first floor of the building. Balachandran, the mummy and the rest of the objects in the university’s archaeo-logical collection are now poised to come out into the light—customized fiber-optic ones at that—and receive much greater visibility. In July, Balachandran, an objects con-servator by training, was named curator of the new Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, a glass-dominated 1,600-square-foot space located directly below Gil-man Hall’s new atrium courtyard. The museum, designed by Kliment Halsband Architects with conservation-grade dis-play cases and cabinets crafted by noted local firm Helmut Guenschel, is intended for the exhibition and study of the uni-versity’s archaeological artifacts. Betsy M. Bryan, the Alexander Badawy Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeol-ogy and director of the Archaeologi-cal Museum, said that Balachandran’s

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CSOS-led team wins $30 mill ‘innovation’ grant A R R A R E S E A R C H

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Johns Hopkins’ Center for Social Orga-nization of Schools and its partners in Diplomas Now, an innovative turnaround

model for low-performing secondary schools, have won a $30 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Invest-ing in Innovation program.

The i3 program awarded shares of $650 million to 49 school districts, nonprofit education organizations and institutions of higher education as part of the $10 billion investment in school reform in the Ameri-can Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant is one of 15 in the “validation” category, which awards up to $30 million for growing programs with emerging evi-dence of success. The money will be used to expand Diplomas Now—a model developed

by CSOS’s Talent Development programs and partners City Year and Communities In Schools—to 60 of the nation’s lowest-performing middle and high schools in 14 districts in cities including Detroit, New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Diplo-mas Now will be in schools in 10 cities dur-ing the 2010–2011 school year.

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Secretary of State Clinton to give address at SAIS today

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at SAIS at 11:30 a.m. today, Aug. 16, about the Glob-

al Health Initiative, a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s foreign policy. Clinton is expected to describe the initia-tive’s core principles and call on govern-ments, organizations and individuals to join the United States in pursuing a sustainable approach for delivering essential health ser-vices to more people in more places. The lecture is open only to the SAIS com-munity and invited guests, but the school will host a live webcast at www.sais-jhu.edu.

Grand Reopening set for renovated Gilman Hall

After three years of top-to-bottom renovations, the Homewood cam-pus’s flagship building will celebrate

a new beginning with a Grand Reopening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30. Visitors will be welcomed by President Ronald J. Daniels and Katherine S. New-man, the James B. Knapp Dean-Designate of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Tours will include exhibits on the building’s past and present, and attendees will be able to participate in seminars with faculty members and representatives of Kli-ment Halsband Architects, which master-minded the $73 million project. The renovation has transformed the 1915 building into a modern academic facility while preserving its architectural integrity and historic spaces. The building has new offices, meeting spaces, state-of-the-art classrooms and 14,000 additional feet of usable space that include a museum for the university’s archaeological collection. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to 866-628-9892 or rsvp@jhu.edu.

Ellicott Dredges joins Jhpiego malaria program in Nigeria

Baltimore manufacturer Ellicott Dredges has begun a partnership with Jhpiego in support of its Malaria in

Pregnancy Program in Nigeria. The 125-year-old company, which operates in 80 countries, has made a $100,000-plus multiyear commitment to buy anti-malaria medicines, insecticide-treated bed nets and other supplies to protect women and chil-dren in Akwa Ibom state in the Niger Delta region. Ellicott Dredges joins the ExxonMo-bil Foundation in this ongoing work, which has already reached 28,000 pregnant women. Malaria is a major cause of illness and death in Nigeria, contributing directly to poverty, low productivity and reduced school attendance. It kills an estimated 4,500 preg-nant women each year in that country, according to the government.

Peter Bowe, president of Ellicott Dredges, said that the company wanted to have a direct impact on improving the lives of women and children in Nigeria, where the firm has been active working on sand-dredg-ing projects. “Women are the foundation of families throughout the world. Their health is directly related to a nation’s health,” Bowe said. “We are excited to contribute to this effort with Jhpiego and ExxonMobil.” Ellicott Dredges leads the world in dredge mining applications, including sand win-ning, real estate development, river and canal dredging, and ecosystem preservation. It built all the dredges used in the original construction of the Panama Canal.

Homewood campus responds to peak electricity demand

On one sweltering day this summer, employees in nonresearch buildings at Homewood were without air con-

ditioning and were asked to turn off as many lights and electronics as possible—all for a good cause. The campus is participating in the Demand Load Response Program that allows PJM, whose electric grid serves 13 states and Washington, D.C., to ask contracted customers to lower their usage when the sys-tem load reaches dangerous levels. In turn, the customers, who are usually notified two hours in advance, are paid in accordance to their agreed-upon usage amount and any further reductions achieved. Homewood’s four-hour participation on July 7 reduced the campus’s demand by 4,300 kilowatts, approximately 25 percent of its normal usage, helping to solve electric grid constraints, lowering the university’s costs and reducing greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions. Events are relatively rare and usually last no longer than six hours. The previous one occurred in August 2007.

Riordan Roett of SAIS publishes book on ‘The New Brazil’

Riordan Roett, director of the West-ern Hemisphere Studies and Latin American Studies programs at SAIS,

has released The New Brazil, recently pub-lished by Brookings Institution Press. In the book, Roett tells the story of South America’s largest country as it has evolved from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected representative for the developing world and, increasingly, an important partner for the United States and the European Union. Roett is widely acclaimed for his contri-butions to Latin American studies, having received the Order of Rio Branco from the government of Brazil and the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins from the government of Chile. He is the author or editor of 22 books.

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Eighteen doctoral students and alumni from across the university will have the opportunity to study abroad during

the 2010–2011 academic year through the prestigious Fulbright Program. Johns Hopkins’ latest “Fulbrighters” from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, School of Medi-cine, School of Public Health and SAIS are among more than 1,500 U.S. citizens awarded grants this year. Established in 1946 under legislation intro-duced by Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkan-sas, the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educa-tional and Cultural Affairs. Approximately 8,000 new grants are awarded annually, funded by an appropriation by Congress along with support from participating governments and host institutions, corporations and foundations in foreign countries. Approximately 300,000 scholars—114,000 from the United States and 186,000 from other countries—have partici-pated in the program since its inception. The 2010–2011 Johns Hopkins scholars come from a wide range of disciplines and have destinations spanning the globe. Laila Ameri will travel to Jordan to study how tribal leaders’ attitudes toward female education influence families. Ameri earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in May. Natalie Baer will travel to Beijing to study its domestic organic food market from seed to farm to table through research at China Agricultural University and by con-ducting on-the-ground interviews at farms and organic grocery stores. Baer earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in 2008 and antici-pates completing course work toward her master’s degree in applied economics from the Krieger School in December. In Rabat, Morocco, Brittany Bland will study the cultural and social factors prevent-ing sub-Saharan immigrants, particularly

women, from seeking medical care for tuber-culosis. Bland earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May. While in Ecuador as a Fulbright English teaching assistant, Valerie Caldas plans to continue her exploration of conservation and how, “when coupled with sustainable development, it can protect threatened eco-systems and help people on the lower end of the socioeconomic gap,” she said. Caldas earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in 2009. David Chang will be in South Korea as a Fulbright English teaching assistant at the secondary level. “English has become a must-learn language in Korea,” Chang said. “As a student who is fluent in both Korean and English, I want to take a creative approach in making learning English fun and exciting.” Chang earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May. A doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology in the Krieger School, Rachel Core will travel to China to explore how the dismantling of the Chinese work unit system may be contributing to the country’s increase in cases of tuberculosis, despite increases in gross domestic product, life expectancy and health care spending. In Syria, Matthew Davis will create a col-lection of literary nonfiction profiles about artists, writers, musicians and cultural insti-tutions in Damascus. Davis, who earned his master’s degree in Middle East studies and economics from SAIS in May, is the author of When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Win-ter’s Tale (St. Martin’s Press, 2010), the story of his observations, cultural discoveries and experiences associated with being an English teacher in foreign and remote Mongolia. Debalina De will travel to India to study the epidemiology and subsequent clinical outcome of children diagnosed with tuber-culosis. De earned her bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May. As an English teaching assistant, Leah Dietterle will help train high school English

Eighteen receive Fulbrights to study abroad in 2010–2011teachers at a university in Argentina. “I am eager to take everything I learned at Johns Hopkins and during my time in Baltimore City classrooms and apply it in a cross-cultural setting,” she said. Dietterle earned a master’s degree in secondary English instruc-tion from the School of Education in May through Teach for America. Pursuing a doctorate in medicine at the School of Medicine, Aisha Harun will study the interaction of multiculturalism and health outcomes in patients with colon can-cer at the Surgical Outcomes Research Cen-tre at the University of Sydney in Australia. Miraya Jun, a master of health science stu-dent in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health, will visit Mongolia to investigate the factors affecting alcohol use among adolescents. “Traditionally, few young people in Mongolia consumed alco-hol,” Jun said. “This pattern has changed, especially in urban areas, where global trends are now more influential, and beer, wine and bottled cocktails are widely available.” Aaron Levy-Forsythe will travel to Kazakhstan as an English teaching assistant. “Not only will I be teaching the English lan-guage, but I may be the first American that my students meet. It is a great responsibility to serve as my students’ introduction to the United States,” said Levy-Forsythe, who earned his bachelor’s degree in French from the Krieger School in 2006. “At the same time, they will be helping me to learn Rus-sian and Kazakh, and to get acquainted with the diverse cultures in Kazakhstan.” Victoria Ayano Ogawa will visit Kaohsi-ung, Taiwan, as an English teaching assistant at the elementary school level. “Though learning a foreign language may initially seem impossible, I want to help students feel that it is exhilarating, logical and empower-ing,” said Ogawa, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May. A doctoral candidate in the Department of History in the Krieger School, Carolyn Salomons will travel to Spain to work on her dissertation, which she described as “an assessment of the religious, social and physi-

cal changes wrought upon the city of Avila during the early modern period.” In particu-lar, Salomons will study Abulense society prior to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, exploring its impact. Namrita Singh, a doctoral candidate in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health, will conduct qualita-tive and quantitative research in Zugdidi in the Republic of Georgia to understand how its displaced community recognizes and manages mental health problems and the types of informal services that are utilized. In Syria, Abigail Tonge will conduct a comparative study of the effectiveness of two microfinance programs—the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, and the Fund for Integrated Rural Development of Syria. She earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in May. Nian Verzosa will teach English to college students at Yersin University of Da Lat in Vietnam. Verzosa will also be conducting a research project on ethnic minorities’ per-ceptions of health, spirituality and well-be-ing, and studying how traditional medicine is still practiced in their communities. Verzosa earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in 2009. A doctoral candidate in Anthropology in the Krieger School, Marieke Wilson will visit southwestern Nigeria, where she’ll study evan-gelical filmmaking and how it helps fashion Christian subjects. “By looking at the circula-tion of evangelical films as commodities, I also wish to examine the constitution of a trans-national community of sentiment bound by a commitment to salvation,” she said. Wilson earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the Krieger School in 2005. Students and alumni interested in the Ful-bright U.S. Student Program should contact their school’s Fulbright adviser: for SAIS, Lisa Kahn; Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, Cassie Klein (the JHMI campus due date for this application cycle is Sept. 22); and all others, John Bader (application due date is Sept. 20). More information on the Fulbright is available at http://fulbright.state.gov.

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The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, in collaboration with

Anne Arundel Health System and the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, has established a new network of academic and community-based clinical research-ers, the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network. The JHCRN, which will pro-vide new opportunities for research col-laborations, is designed to accelerate the transfer of new diagnostic, treatment and disease-prevention advances from the research arena to patient care. The JHCRN creates a bridge for research between Johns Hopkins and community-based medical centers by linking physician-scientists and staff from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with community-based medical centers in the region. The network, which will ultimately have additional member insti-tutions, will serve several purposes, the most important of which is to make clinical trials available to patients who may not ordinarily have access to them.

“The JHCRN is a unique research resource that increases patient access to innovative therapies and outcomes research in their own local communities. It also empowers physi-cians to design and conduct a broad array of research projects relevant to their communi-ties,” said Charles M. Balch, JHCRN direc-tor and professor of surgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “It will be the premier network of affiliated medical institutions which carries out efficient, collaborative clinical research to achieve high-quality innovative patient care. I am very impressed with the commit-ment and excellence of the clinical trials enterprise at AAHS and GBMC.” “What we do in medicine has to be evidence-based,” said Gary Cohen, medical director of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s Sandra & Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute. “I firmly believe that clinical trials are the basic building blocks of all prog-ress in medicine. However, most patients are treated in community hospitals, not at research centers, so it’s crucial that these community hospitals are involved in clinical research.” The JHCRN directly addresses the many complexities of conducting multi-site and multi-institutional trials by provid-ing investigators with a larger patient pool and a seamless platform that uses common research protocols. The goal of the network is to speed the approval of new trials while ensuring careful oversight of patient safety. Rapid start-up and timely completion of

Johns Hopkins establishes new clinical research networkresearch studies, aided by widespread access to clinical trials, will make promising thera-pies available for patient use more quickly. The network was established through an initial agreement with charter affiliate Anne Arundel Health System in 2009. This early collaboration was instrumental in clear-ing many of the organizational and legal barriers to shared research, a process that continues with the inclusion of newer affili-ate GBMC. The initial focus of the JHCRN will be on expanding cancer-related clinical trials (including medical, surgical and radia-tion therapy aspects of cancer treatment) and diabetes and surgical studies. Future collaborations will include a wide range of research areas, including intensive care; cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric, brain and spine diseases; and radiology and nuclear medicine studies. The JHCRN is a program of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Trans-lational Research, which is a part of a national consortium aimed at transform-ing how clinical and translational research is conducted at academic health centers around the country. “As part of the ICTR, the JHCRN will develop new and improved tools for ana-lyzing research data and managing clinical trials. It will also support outreach to under-served populations and work with local community and advocacy organizations and health care providers while forging new partnerships with private and public health care organizations,” said Daniel E. Ford, vice

dean for clinical investigation for Johns Hopkins Medicine and ICTR director. “This level of collaboration between an academic medical center and communi-ty-based research institutions is unprec-edented in the region and will bring a wide array of benefits to both patients and investigators.” Network researchers from participat-ing hospitals will use a centralized data system to coordinate information from diverse information technology and elec-tronic medical records sources. Clinical research methodologies, data manage-ment, research reporting documentation, patient consent forms and quality- and safety-control criteria will be standard-ized. With this uniformity, network hos-pitals can better develop and coordinate their own clinical research activities or joint clinical trials with other JHCRN institutions. “The bottom line is that this affiliation expands the scope of clinical research options that we can offer patients in our communities,” said Joe Moser, senior vice president for medical affairs at the Anne Arundel Medical Center and head of the health system’s Research Institute. “It will create opportunities for our patients who might not otherwise have access to clinical trials. They will be the ultimate beneficiaries of the research network.” For more information about the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network, go to http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/JHCRN.

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MDRC, a nonpartisan social policy research organization, will conduct a ran-domized control trial evaluation study to figure out what combination of reforms is powerful enough to enable high schools currently graduating only 30 percent to 60 percent of their students to achieve gradua-tion rates of 80 percent or more, and reduce by two-thirds the number of middle school students sent to high school off track and behind grade level. Robert Balfanz, co-director of the Talent Development program and a research sci-entist at CSOS, said that the team sees the grant as a tremendous vote of confidence in

its efforts to help the country’s most high-risk students. “To solve the dropout crisis, we need a game-changing strategy, one that is strong enough and broad enough to turn around the most-challenged schools,” Balfanz said. “With its research base, the proven track records of our three organizations and the commitment of more adults to schools, Diplomas Now is such a strategy.” Diplomas Now targets three early-warn-ing signs that students are likely to drop out: low attendance, poor behavior and course failure in English or math as early as sixth grade. In partnership with school administrators and teachers, Diplomas Now works to eliminate these indicators through whole-school reform, integrated student support through Communities In Schools and deployment of national service mem-bers from AmeriCorps’ City Year program

as full-time tutors, mentors and role mod-els. The winning applicants must secure a com-mitment for a 20 percent private sector match by Sept. 8; PepsiCo Foundation, a founding investor in Diplomas Now, is providing the funding for the Johns Hopkins team. Also awarded a five-year i3 grant was the Success for All Foundation, whose co-founder and chairman is Robert Slavin, a professor in the School of Education. Success for All was awarded a $49 million “scale-up” grant for programs with a strong track record of success. With its grant, Success for All will expand to approximately 1,100 additional elementary schools, creating local coaching support centers in high-poverty districts and providing credits to qualifying schools to help them with first-year costs. The Success for All application was the highest-rated of all of the “scale-up” proposals. G

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Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines declined by 48 percent between 2001 and 2008, according

to a new study by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Although 325 alcohol brands advertised in magazines in 2008, just 16 accounted for half the advertising placed in publica-tions more likely to be seen per capita by youth than by adults. Leading the list were Patron Silver Tequila, Absolut Vodka, Kahlua Liqueurs, Ketel One Vodka and Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey. The report, which is available at www .camy.org, shows that alcohol companies have largely met the industry’s voluntary standard of not placing ads in magazines with 30 percent or more youth readership. That standard was adopted in 2003. However, this standard has had little effect on the percentage of youth exposure coming from advertising placed in youth-oriented publications. As of 2008, 78 per-cent of youth exposure to this advertising occurred in magazines that youth ages 12 to 20 were more likely to read than were adults age 21 and above. A previous report by the Center on Alcohol Marketing, or CAMY, analyzing magazine advertising from 2001 to 2005 and published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, found that 80 percent of youth exposure came from ads placed in youth-oriented publications. “It continues to make no sense to advertise more heavily to those who cannot purchase alcohol than to those who can,” said CAMY director David H. Jernigan. “Yet a relatively small number of brands are still doing this despite industry efforts to tighten the stan-dard in order to reduce youth exposure.”

Researchers at CAMY and Virtual Media Resources analyzed 29,026 alcohol-prod-uct advertisements in national magazines using advertising-industry standard sources, including the Nielsen Co. and GfK MRI, to count and measure exposure to alco-hol advertisements in magazines. These ads were placed between 2001 and 2008 at a cost of $2.7 billion. Other key findings of the report include: • The number of ads placed by distilled-spirits companies, the largest alcohol adver-tisers in magazines, fell by 34 percent from 2001 to 2008, while ads placed by brewers increased by 158 percent. • As distillers moved their advertising out of magazines, overall alcohol advertising exposure declined for all age groups. Adult (age 21 and above) exposure declined by 29 percent, and young-adult exposure (ages 21 to 34) fell by 31 percent. • Youth exposure to distilled-spirits ads in magazines fell by 62 percent, but exposure

Youth exposure to alcohol ads in magazines is decliningto beer ads in magazines rose by 57 percent during this period. • Alcohol advertising placed in publica-tions with under-21 audiences greater than 30 percent fell to almost nothing by 2008. • However, the 30 percent standard affected placement in only nine of the 160 magazines in which alcohol companies placed their advertising between 2001 and 2008. Alcohol is the leading drug problem among America’s youth and causes more than 4,600 deaths each year among people under 21, according to the CDC. Numer-ous long-term studies have found that the more young people are exposed to alcohol advertising, the more likely they are to drink, or to drink more if they are already drinking. In 2003, the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine recommended that alcohol companies change their audi-ence thresholds to 15 percent based on the

presence of 12- to 20-year-olds in the view-ing, reading or listening audience. In 2006, 20 state attorneys general requested the Federal Trade Commission to explore this option with alcohol companies. “Beer advertisers appear to be filling the gap left by distillers in youth-oriented maga-zines,” Jernigan said. “If the entire industry is serious about underage drinking, it should adopt stricter standards to protect against youth exposure to its advertising. The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America’s youth. The center was founded in 2002 at George-town University with funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 2008 the center moved to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is currently funded by the CDC.

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This is part of an occasional series on Johns Hopkins research funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. If you have a study you would like to be considered for inclusion, contact Lisa De Nike at lde@jhu .edu.

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Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism, is caused by a genetic mutation: A single incorrect build-

ing block in a strand of DNA produces a defective protein that disrupts normal growth. If a scientist could figure out pre-cisely how this errant protein causes trouble, then a solution might be found. Sounds like a job for a biologist. Think again. The person who cracks this mutation mystery might just be a Johns Hopkins engineer who works with cell mem-branes. Kalina Hristova, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, has spent more than five years in a nontraditional effort to understand how that tiny DNA error leads to dwarfism. Hristova, an expert in the field of membrane biophysics, has focused her research on the thin protective covering that surrounds human cells, the plasma membrane; for this project, she is studying the activity of proteins that reside in this membrane, among which is the one linked to dwarfism. A biologist might attack this puzzle by growing cells in a dish or conducting experi-ments with lab animals. Hristova, supported by a federal stimulus grant, instead has been using engineering tactics to determine how the protein may be wreaking havoc. Her lab has developed new tools and techniques that allow her to take pictures and make measurements that reveal how the rogue protein is behaving in the cell membrane. Her team’s goal is to generate exact numbers that will yield clues about how the protein causes the cells to take a wrong turn. “Unlike the biologists, we are not inves-tigating what will happen to the cell in 20 days,” she said. “We are looking at the initial events occurring in the cell membrane, the way proteins first interact there. As engi-neers, we have to strip down the system and simplify it so that we can see how it works. We are looking at the physics not the biol-ogy.” For her project, called “Seeking the Physi-cal Basis of Achondroplasia,” Hristova has received a $27,000 federal stimulus grant for

lab equipment, which supplements her five-year grant of approximately $1 million from the National Institutes of Health. Her award is among the 424 stimulus-funded research grants and supplements totaling more than $200 million that Johns Hopkins has gar-nered since Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, bestowing the NIH and the National Sci-ence Foundation with $12.4 billion in extra money to underwrite research grants by Sep-tember 2010. Achondroplasia, the focus of Hristova’s grant, is the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism, occurring in one in 15,000 to 40,000 newborns, according to the National Institutes of Health. The condition results from a mutated FGFR3 gene. In some cases, this mutation is passed down by at least one parent. But about 80 percent of those with achondroplasia have average-size parents and develop the condition because a new muta-tion occurs. This defective gene produces proteins that send “stop” signals, halting the growth of cartilage that makes room for normal-size long bones of the arms and legs. Hristova cautions that no “cure” for achondroplasia exists and that her research is unlikely to produce one in the near future. She describes her work as basic research that could lay the groundwork for future treatment or prevention of achondroplasia. “Finding the cause of this condition is a very hard problem because the first thing you need to do is to understand what’s happen-

Materials scientist seeks dwarfism clues in cell’s membrane

ing at the molecular level, what these pro-teins are actually doing,” she said. “Before you can solve a problem, you need to know what’s causing it.” The proteins Hristova is examining are tiny threads of amino acids embedded in the cell membrane, with one end extending inside the cell and the other wriggling out-

side. This arrangement allows the protein to gather information out-side the cell and send messages to the nucleus, or control center, inside the cell. These messages provide instructions to

the cell, including telling it whether or not to grow. To find out how this process goes awry in people with dwarfism, Hristova is looking at how the mutated protein is embedded within the membrane, compared to the proteins of people who grow normally. Does one type stick farther inside or outside the cell? She also is trying to find out whether the growth disorder is related to the chemi-cal and mechanical ways that the mutated proteins “talk” to other proteins in the cell membrane. To conduct these studies, Hristova and her team coax cells into making the protein, then “trick” the cells into giving up their membranes with the proteins still embedded in the material. The researchers then use a confocal microscope to gather informa-

tion about the mutated proteins in these membrane segments without the constant turnover of molecules that occurs in an intact living cell. Her team also works with National Institute of Standards and Technol-ogy scientists in using a technology called neutron diffraction to collect images that show where the proteins are situated with respect to the membrane’s surface. “We are using materials science techniques to con-duct innovative research into why this form of dwarfism is occurring,” Hristova said. Hristova, whose parents are scientists, said that her entry into the field of membrane biophysics occurred “sort of by chance.” In her native Bulgaria, while earning her undergraduate and master’s degrees in phys-ics, she became interested in biophysics. At one point, an instructor assigned her work on membranes, and she quickly embraced this area of research. She came to the United States to pursue a doctorate in engineering and materials science at Duke, and then further honed her research skills as a postdoctoral fellow at UC Irvine. In 2001, she joined the fac-ulty of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins, where she specializes in membrane biophysics and biomolecular materials and is an affiliate of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology. In 2007, Hristova received the Biophysical Society’s Margaret Oakley Dayhoff award for “her extraordinary and outstanding scientific achievements in biophysics research.” Her interest in the dwarfism mutation originated years ago when a physician talked to her about the problem and sparked her interest in finding a solution through engi-neering techniques. In recent years she has presented her findings at scientific confer-ences attended mainly by researchers who continue to study the disorder with the tools of a biologist. “Eventually, sometime in the future, both approaches will come together as we work toward a basic understanding of what causes achondroplasia,” Hristova said. “Then someone will come up with a treat-ment.”

Related websitesKalina hristova’s lab: http://bmmb-lab.com Johns hopkins department of Materials Science and engineering: http://materials.jhu.edu

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Building on a tool that they developed in yeast four years ago, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School

of Medicine scanned the human genome and discovered what they believe is the rea-son people have such a variety of physical traits and disease risks. In a report published in the June 25 issue of Cell, the team identified a near-complete catalog of the DNA segments that copy themselves, move around in and insert them-selves here and there in our genome. The insertion locations of these movable seg-ments—transposons—in each individual’s genome help determine why some are short or tall, blond or brunette and more or less likely to have cancer or heart disease. The Johns Hopkins researchers say that tracking the locations of transposons in people with specific diseases might lead to the discovery of new disease genes or mutations. Using their specialized “chip” with DNA spots that contain all the DNA sequences that

appear in the genome, researchers applied human DNA from 15 unrelated people. The team compared transposon sites first identi-fied in the original published human “index” genome and found approximately 100 new transposon sites in each person screened. “We were surprised by how many novel insertions we were able to find,” said Jef Boeke, a professor of molecular biology and genetics, co-director of the High Through-put Biology Center of the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences and an author on the article. “A single microarray experiment was able to reveal such a large number of new insertions that no one had ever reported before. The discovery taught us that these transposons are much more active than we had guessed.” Each of the 15 DNA samples used in the study was purified from blood cells before being applied to a DNA chip. Transposons stick to spots on the DNA chip correspond-ing to where they’re normally found in the genome, letting the researchers locate new ones. Boeke’s group invented the transposon chip in 2006 for use in yeast; Kathleen Burns,

Scientists identify DNA that may contribute to uniquenessnow an assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins, first got the chip to work with human DNA. “The human genome is much larger and more complex, and there are lots of look-alike DNAs that are not actively mov-ing but are similar to the transposons that we were interested in,” Burns said. The trick, she said, was to modify how the scientists copied the DNA before it was applied over the chip. The team was able to copy DNA from the transposons of interest, which have just three different genetic code letters than other look-alike DNA segments. “We’ve known that genomes aren’t static places, but we didn’t know how many trans-posons there are in each one of us,” Burns said. “We didn’t know how often a child is born with a new one that isn’t found in either parent, and we didn’t know if these DNAs were moving around in diseases like cancer. Now we have a tool for answering these questions. This adds a whole dimen-sion to how we look at our DNA.” Authors of the study, in addition to Boeke and Burns, are Anna Schneider, Yunqi Lu, Tejasvi Niranjan, Peilin Shen, Matoya Rob-inson, Jared Steranka, David Valle, Curt

Civin, Tao Wang, Sarah Wheelan and Hongkai Ji, all from Johns Hopkins. Funding for this research was provided by grants from the National Cancer Insti-tute, National Human Genome Research Institute, Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Goldhirsh Foundation, and by a Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Well-come Foundation.

Related websitesBoeke lab: www.mbg.jhmi.edu/Pages/people/ profile.aspx?PID=2

‘Cell’: www.cell.com

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BayVIeW MedICal CeNterdaniel l. Buccino , clinical supervisor in the Community Psychiatry Program, has been appointed to a two-year term as chair-man of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, a state agency that regulates the practice of the 12,000 licensed social work-ers in Maryland to best protect and serve the public. Satish Shanbhag has been named clinical director of Hematology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Bayview and was appointed assistant profes-sor of medicine and oncology at the School of Medicine. Shanbhag received his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College in India, and completed his residency in inter-nal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also earned a master’s degree in public health. He completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Shanbhag specializes in treating adult patients with benign blood disorders and hematologic malignancies. His clinical research interests include Mantle cell lymphoma and low-grade lymphomas. The Aliki Curriculum Group, led by roy Ziegelstein , professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology, and Cynthia rand , professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, has been selected to receive a 2010–2011 Picker Institute/Gold Foundation Challenge Grant for its proposal titled “Development and Implementation of a Patient-Centered Discharge Curriculum.” The proposal, which received an award of $25,000 to support its development and implementation, was one of 10 in the country that the foundation felt best addressed the goal of enhancing patient-centeredness and humanism in medicine.

KrIeGer SChool of artS aNd SCIeNCeSNathan Connolly, an associate professor in the History Department, has received the third Emerging Scholars Prize in the Human-ities from the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan, where he received his doctorate in 2008. The prize, which carries an award of $25,000, “cel-ebrates emerging scholars in the humanities, persons within five years of having received their doctorates whose work pushes beyond old boundaries with its bold intervention, elegant conceptualization, convincing argu-ments and mature style.” According to the institute, the prize committee was unanimous in its praise for Connolly’s book, A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press. frederick W. Puddester , senior associate dean for finance and administra-tion, has been appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to the state Health Services Cost Review Commission and is being designated as chair. Before joining Johns Hopkins, Puddester worked for 21 years in Maryland state government, including four years as secretary of the Department of Budget and Management.

MultIdISCIPlINarySteve desiderio , professor of molecu-lar biology and genetics in the School of Medicine, director of the Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences and director of the Immunology Program at the Institute for Cell Engineering, and Peter Searson , the Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Whiting School and director of the interdivi-sional Institute for NanoBioTechnology, have been named by Gov. Martin O’Malley to the Task Force to Study Nanobiotechnology. Two faculty members from the School of Nursing and two from the School of Medicine are among the 40 honorees named to The Daily Record’s inaugural “Successful Before 40 VIP List.” Cheryl r. denni-son , associate professor in Health Systems and Outcomes, SoN; Jason farley , assis-tant professor in Community Public Health, SoN; dorry Segev , associate professor

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of transplant surgery, SoM; and Sommer Gentry , research associate in the Depart-ment of Surgery, SoM, were selected by the publication’s editorial board based on their professional accomplishments achieved before or by the age of 40 and a commitment to inspiring change in their community. The honorees will be celebrated on Sept. 29 at Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

PeaBody INStItuteSenior Jasmine hogan and graduate performance diploma candidates Cameron huster and Shuang liu attended the USA International Harp Competition held in July in Bloomington, Ind., and gave a presentation about new music with Harp Department chair ruth Inglefield . The students performed several pieces—includ-ing those written by the prize winners in the composition competition, which Ingle-field heads—and spoke about the process of learning avant-garde music. They will repeat the presentation at the World Harp Congress in July 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Faculty artist John Walker , organ, was organist and clinician at the Lake Junaluska Conference of the Fellowship of Methodist Musicians, held in June in North Carolina. Walker played daily for worship services, directed a hymn festival and taught several classes in hymn and service playing.

SChool of MedICINeMarilyn albert , professor and director of the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Neurology, is the 2010 recipient of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Zaven Khachaturian Award, presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, held in July in Honolulu. The award recognizes “an individual whose compelling vision, selfless dedication and extraordinary achievement has significantly advanced the field of Alzheimer science.” Sara Cosgrove , an associate professor of medicine, has been nominated to the board of directors of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She will begin serving a three-year term as secretary for the international society in January 2011. lisa Maragakis , an assistant professor

of medicine, has been nominated to the board of directors of the Society of Health-care Epidemiology of America. She will begin serving a two-year term as a councillor in January 2011. aaron Milstone , assistant professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, was presented with the Society of Epidemiology of Amer-ica Pediatric Investigator Award. The award, which recognizes an individual in the field of health care epidemiology, was presented at the Fifth Decennial International Confer-ence on Healthcare-Associated Infections. trish M. Perl , a professor of medicine, has been awarded the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s most prestigious award, honoring an individual for dedica-tion and excellence in mentoring trainees in infection prevention. eiki takimoto , an assistant professor of cardiology, won the Early Career Investiga-tor Award at the annual basic sciences meet-ing of the American Heart Association, held in July in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He won for his studies (with senior researcher/mentor david Kass) on the cellular processes, biological mechanisms and causes underly-ing heart failure. holly Wilcox , an assistant professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, will receive an Andrej Marusic Award at the European Symposium of Suicide and Sui-cidal Behaviour, to be held Sept. 2 in Rome. The prize is awarded for the best scientific contributions by young researchers to the fields of biology of suicide, suicide preven-tion and treatment of suicidal behavior. Kayode ayodele Williams , an assis-tant professor of anesthesiology in the Divi-sion of Pain Medicine, has been named to the board of trustees of Howard County General Hospital.

WhItING SChool of eNGINeerINGhoward Katz , professor and chair of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Chemical Society. The honor is bestowed upon scien-tists who have made outstanding achieve-ments in and contributions to science, their profession and service to the society. The 2010 class of fellows is only the second in the society’s history.

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appointment brings to fruition the labors of faculty from a number of departments who worked with the architects to create a truly state-of-the-art museum space. “Only someone like Balachandran can see the instillation and maintenance of such a complicated and carefully designed environ-ment,” Bryan said. “Without the expertise that Balachandran brings, the objects might find their way into the modern space, but they would not be properly conserved, and their need for specific environmental con-ditions might well go ignored. The new Archaeological Museum will take care of the university’s treasures as never before.” The collection—founded in the 19th century through the interest of the univer-sity’s first president, Daniel Coit Gilman—features several thousand ancient objects, including Greco-Roman and Near Eastern pieces that date from pre-dynastic Egypt into the Byzantine and Islamic periods. Professors of art history, Near Eastern studies, classics and more have used the pieces in their class-rooms. Now, however, the museum itself will be the setting for teaching about the collec-tion, and will be available to faculty from all departments. When the museum opens this fall, the col-lection will also serve as a focal point for the building’s regular users and its visitors, who will be able to see a portion of the collection from the hallways. The museum will feature public hours, roughly 15 to 20 hours a week, when anyone in the community can see a portion of the collection by appointment. The bulk of the objects was previously

stored in two crowded first-floor rooms in Gilman that had very limited display capac-ity. The university wanted a more expansive and flexible space for the exhibition and study of its objects. Johns Hopkins also wanted to draw stares. “This new museum is going to make so many more materials and objects from the collection visible, and, ultimately, the idea is to make it a study collection where students can have a hands-on experience with these ancient artifacts,” Balachandran said. “It’s through these objects and student and fac-ulty research that we will learn more about the ancient world. It’s very exciting.” Display cases form the perimeter of the museum and will show off a relatively small portion of the collection. The cases, each 40 feet long and 11 feet tall with linen-covered center dividing panels, are made mostly of metal and imported double-sided polished glass. A thousand fiber-optic light fixtures will shine on the objects. The exterior side of the perimeter cases will contain a semipermanent display of some of the collection’s highest-quality pieces, orga-nized by region and cultural group. “You’ll see some of the masterpieces of the collection,” Balachandran said. “These are also more stable pieces that can with-stand greater light exposure.” The interior side of the cases will feature objects grouped by theme and culture. The perimeter cases also feature metal base cabi-nets with 42 glass-covered specimen drawers for small objects such as pottery fragments, bronze figures and scarabs. In addition to the perimeter cases, free-standing units for the center of the museum were designed. Those will serve as space for rotating exhibits and will also feature objects from the Ancient Americas.

Balachandran has been teaching classes and working with the collection at Johns Hopkins since 2007. She was previously the principal conservator of the Baltimore-based Objects Conservation Studio, a com-pany she founded. Balachandran has worked closely with other conservators, museum professionals and contractors on projects regarding object-conservation assessments, surveys and treatments. She trained at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, where she earned graduate degrees in art conservation and art history, and completed advanced-level internships at the J. Paul Getty Museum and Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation. She received the Baird Fellowship from the Harvard Art Museums in 2004 to complete research in China, France and England. In 2007, she was awarded a professional devel-opment scholarship from the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation. In 2008, Balachandran received a Fulbright Award for nine months of research related to the history and development of metals con-servation in India. She is a professional asso-ciate member of the American Institute for Conservation and maintains memberships in the International Council of Museums, the International Institute for Conserva-tion of Historic and Artistic Works, and the Western Association for Art Conservation. Balachandran views her responsibilities as curator more broadly than the traditional sense. In addition to taking care of the col-lection, Balachandran will make it more accessible for teaching, research and study. “We are very interested in trying to link up departments that have not traditionally worked with these objects and materials,” she said. “We would love to bring in the different science departments here and see

how we can learn about and study these artifacts in a more interdisciplinary way.” As part of this effort, the museum will feature some nondestructive testing instru-ments, including an X-ray fluorescence instrument and a Raman spectrometer that will allow users to learn more about the materials the objects are made of. “Ultimately, we hope to get more sophis-ticated scientific equipment involved to learn about these artifacts,” she said. “They haven’t really been studied from that point of view before. We’d like to bring in engineers, chemists, geologists and biologists. We fore-see a huge scope for collaborative work where conservators, art historians and scientists can literally put their heads together to see what these objects were made of, how they were fashioned and how they were used.” A portion of the artifacts will be on dis-play at the museum by the end of October. Balachandran said that a collection like this cannot be rushed back into the light, as the objects need to be conserved, the displays designed, object mounts crafted and the environment controlled, right down to an exact humidity and temperature. “We need everything to be stable before they can be put on view,” she said. “Some of these objects have existed for thousands of years. We want to ensure their lifespan. There are a number of things that need to happen before we can open the doors.” The grand opening of the museum is set for Dec. 4, and Balachandran expects the interior and exterior cases to be filled by then. “We see the first year of this museum as a work-in-progress,” she said. “We’ll see how people will use the collection and how they teach with it. We’re very excited about making these materials accessible and the future.” G

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15 years of servicea r b e l l a , Trisha, Surgery

a r t i s , Vanessa, GastroenterologyC a r t e r , Leslie, Anesthesiology and Critical CareM c e l w a i n e , Michael, Ophthalmologyr o z , Karen, Research AdministrationWe n d e l , Virgina, Geriatric Medicine

10 years of servicea l l e n - J o h n s , Jennifer, OtolaryngologyB a r o n , David, Health Safety and EnvironmentB o a m , Maxwell, Marketing and CommunicationsC o u p l i n , Lachelle, Occupational Healthd o w e l l , Linda, Psychiatryf u l l e r t o n , Hylton, FacilitiesG i e s e , Kathleen, Infectious DiseasesG r e g o r y , Jeremy, OncologyG u n t n e r , Jennifer, Psychiatryh a r r i n g t o n , Donise, Pulmonaryh a z e l , Michelle, PathologyJ a i n , Alka, Geriatric MedicineJ e f f e r s o n , Rosalind, Clinical OperationsJ o h n s o n , Andrea, Oncologyl o u g h r a n , Shawn, PediatricsM a c e k , Mark, NeurologyM a r t i n , Megan, General AdministrationP e d r o s o , Julia, Psychiatryr e d d i n g , Estelle, Immunogeneticsr o c k , Mary, Coordinated Programsr o s s , Paulette, Clinical OperationsS u i t , Sue, Molecular Biology and GeneticsWa l t e r s , Veronica, Clinical Investigation of Human SubjectsW h i t e , Kathleen, The Fund for Johns Hopkins MedicineW h i t e , Ora, Geriatric MedicineW h o o l e r y , Tracey, Infectious DiseasesWi l d e r , Valerie, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

5 years of serviceB a s s e t h , Christie, Infectious DiseasesB e a l s , Trevor, PathologyB r y a n t , Cheryl, Student AffairsC h a n g , Jennifer, PediatricsC o l e , Linwood, FacilitiesC r o w d e r , Rachel, Gynecology and Obstetricsd i c k e r s o n , Marie, Oncologyd o l a n , Hillary, Neurologyf a n g , Xi, Clinical Immunologyf e i g i n , David, Radiologyf r a n z , Jaimie, NeurologyG a i n e s - t h o m a s , Lisa, GastroenterologyG a r n e r , Carl, FacilitiesG u o , Haidan, Infectious Diseasesh a l l i d a y , Jane, Oncologyh e l e y , Kathryn, Psychiatryh u d s o n , Tasha, Research Animal ResourcesJ o n e s , Heather, General Internal MedicineK a m m a n n , Heather, Clinical Investigation of Human Subjectsl a m b , Melvin, HEBCACl a w n e r , April, HematologyM c f a r l a n d , Susan, PediatricsM c N a l l y , Minda, OphthalmologyM i l l e r , Christopher, CardiologyM i n e r v i n o , Raven, Coordinated Programs

M o o r e , Janice, Cell BiologyP e n n a c c h i a , Michael, Rheumatologyr i e s , Kathryn, Pulmonaryr o h r b a c h , Charles, FacilitiesS a b e r o n - B r o w n , Dawn, OncologyS h i r k , Erin, Molecular and Comparative PathobiologyS i e g m u n d , Sheryl, NephrologyS i m m s , Latasha, Clinical PharmacologyS t e r b a , Patricia, Clinical ImmunologyS v r j c e k , Christi, DermatologyS w a r t h o u t , Lani, Otolaryngologyt h o m a s , Robin, Occupational HealthWo l f , Heidi, PediatricsWr i g h t , Norma, Gastroenterology

SChool of NurSING20 years of servicer o s e , Melinda, Development

SherIdaN lIBrarIeS/ Jhu MuSeuMS10 years of serviceo ’ r e g a n , Jacqueline, Sheridan Libraries

uNIVerSIty adMINIStratIoN35 years of serviceS c h n y d m a n , Jerome, Office of the PresidentWe l k , Wilbert, Jr., Plant Operations

30 years of serviceJ e n k i n s , Sandra, Work, Life and Engagement

15 years of serviceB u r k e , Diana, ControllerJ o h n s o n , Valerie, Plant Operations

10 years of serviceC o e , Jacklyn, Work, Life and Engagementd i p r o s p e r o , Michael, Project Managementd o w d e n , Ronald, Enterprise Network ServicesJ e n n i n g s , Diane, Work, Life and Engagementr i l e y , Richard, Plant Operations

5 years of serviceK o c h , Nora, Development and Alumni RelationsM c C o m b s , Monya, Homewood Campus Safety Security ServicesS a n t a , Emanuela, ControllerS m i t h , Gregory, Parking Services

WhItING SChool of eNGINeerING20 years of serviceG a n n a w a y , Mary, Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center

15 years of serviceWe t z e l b e r g e r , Lisa, Civil Engineering

10 years of serviced e g u e t , Anton, Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics

5 years of serviceG o o d n i g h t , Jamie, Applied Technology Laboratory

Milestonesthe following staff members recently retired or celebrated an anniversary with the university in august 2010. the information is compiled by the office of Work, life and engage-ment, 443-997-7000.

B y t i m P a r s o N s

School of Public Health

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health urge wider use of oral rehydration

solution, zinc supplementation and rota-virus vaccine to reduce the deaths from diarrheal disease worldwide. Diarrheal dis-ease kills approximately 1.5 million children under age 5 each year. The researchers’ find-ings and recommendations are published in the July 3 edition of The Lancet. “New methods for prevention, manage-ment and treatment of diarrhea—including an improved oral rehydration formulation, zinc supplementation and rotavirus vac-cines—make now the time to revitalize efforts to reduce diarrhea mortality world-

wide,” writes Mathuram Santosham, lead author of the review and a professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Interna-tional Health. Oral rehydration solution, or ORS, was developed in the 1970s as an efficient and cost-effective way to replace the body’s vital fluids lost to illness. Before oral rehy-dration, treatment for patients with diar-rheal disease required hospital care and intravenous fluid replacement, both of which were unavailable or impractical in many developing countries where diarrheal disease is a major concern. Although deaths from diarrheal disease dropped 75 percent from 1980 to 2008, the illness remains a leading cause of death for children under age 5. According to the authors, new interventions for treatment of the disease, such as an improved low

Researchers urge wider use of diarrheal disease control measuresosmolarity ORS, zinc supplementation and rotavirus vaccines for prevention of diar-rhea, provide an opportunity to revitalize diarrhea-control programs around the world. They urge international agencies, donor communities and developing countries to renew emphasis on prevention of diarrheal disease deaths. “Unfortunately, diarrhea treatment in many countries is not a priority. Therefore, we cannot assume that diarrhea treatment will improve simply through introduction of zinc and low osmolarity oral solutions to these health systems,” the authors write. “National governments and donors should recognize the urgent need for new resources to strengthen health systems for delivery of oral rehydration solution and zinc while maintaining an adequate supply chain and training health workers.”

Additional authors of the study are Aruna Chandran, Sean Fitzwater, Christa Fischer-Walker, Abdullah Baqui and Robert Black, all of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Olivier Fontaine, of the World Health Organization’s Department of Child and Adolescent Health Develop-ment.

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This is a partial listing of jobscurrently available. A complete list

with descriptions can be found on the Web at jobs.jhu.edu.

Job OpportunitiesThe Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic in any student program or activity administered by the university or with regard to admission or employment.

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h o m e w o o d 43015 LAN Administrator II43041 Software Engineer43060 DE Instructor, Center for Talented Youth43087 Assistant Program Manager, Center for Talented Youth43115 Residential Life Administrator43152 Tutor43244 Building Operations Supervisor43245 Building Maintenance Technician43250 Program Manager, Center for Talented Youth43403 Admissions Officer42291 Project Manager LDP42755 Stationary Engineer42771 Programmer Analyst42861 Financial Manager42942 Multimedia Technician43341 Sr. Technical Support Analyst43395 Research Service Analyst

Office of Human Resources: Suite W600, Wyman Bldg., 410-516-8048JoB# PoSItIoN

43097 Sr. Programmer Analyst43101 Accounting Aide43218 Alumni Relations Coordinator43251 Network Analyst43294 Research Service Analyst43298 Employee Assistance Clinician43336 Programmer Analyst43397 Data Assistant43405 Accountant43406 Sr. OD Specialist43411 Accounting Manager43442 Instructional Facilitator42958 Sr. Employer Outreach Coordinator

Office of Human Resources:2021 East Monument St., 410-955-3006JoB# PoSItIoN

43084 Academic Program Coordinator43833 Grant Writer44899 Maintenance Worker44976 Food Service Worker44290 LAN Administrator III44672 Administrative Secretary41388 Program Officer44067 Research Program Assistant II44737 Sr. Administrative Coordinator44939 Student Affairs Officer44555 Instructional Technologist44848 Sr. Financial Analyst44648 Assay Technician44488 Research Technologist43425 Research Nurse43361 Research Scientist44554 Administrative Specialist

44684 Biostatistician42973 Clinical Outcomes Coordinator43847 Sr. Programmer Analyst45106 Employment Assistant/Receptionist45024 Payroll and HR Services Coordinator42939 Research Data Coordinator43754 Malaria Adviser42669 Data Assistant44802 Budget Specialist44242 Academic Program Administrator44661 Sr. Research Program Coordinator45002 Research Observer44008 Manuscript Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology44005 Research Service Analyst41877 Health Educator44583 Multimedia Production Supervisor44715 Research Program Coordinator44065 Research Data Manager44112 Sr. Laboratory Coordinator44989 Sr. Research Assistant44740 Sr. Administrative Coordinator39063 Research Assistant44603 Budget Analyst

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38035 Assistant Administrator35677 Sr. Financial Analyst30501 Nurse Midwife22150 Physician Assistant38064 Administrative Specialist

37442 Sr. Administrative Coordinator37260 Sr. Administrative Coordinator38008 Sponsored Project Specialist36886 Program Administrator37890 Sr. Research Program Coordinator

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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 JohnsHopkins University Homewood Campus and minutes from downtown Baltimore.

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Classifieds’03 Ford Taurus, gray, runs great, 180K mi. $2,500. 504-344-1834 or likitkererat@hotmail .com.

IteMS for Sale

Stationary bike, best offer and carry it away. deborahrose7@aol.com.

Girl’s clothing, variety of sizes (5T-10), sweat-ers, coats, jackets, shorts, jeans, dresses, tops, blouses, etc. 410-485-4949 or 410-302-9517.

Moving: full-size bed w/frame, $75; desk, $25; office chair, $10; flr light, $10. andrea.hobby@ gmail.com.

Baby Einstein Exersaucer, great cond, $50; blue Bumbo baby seat w/tray, $15; Bright Stars baby bouncer, $15; best offers accepted. Chris, 443-326-7717.

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

Printer, digital piano, dresser w/shelves, beach chairs (2), reciprocating saw, 3-step ladders (2). 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.

Queen-size mattress set w/frame, excel cond. $200 (firm) incl delivery. 443-721-6330.

Drum kit, cymbals, hardware, cases. $400 (or trade for synths, guitars, digital multi-track). John, 410-504-4947.

Dell Inspiron 1545, red, less than 1 yr old, full Windows 7 pkg, anti-virus and lo-jack. $450/best offer. barterland@yahoo.com.

Loveseat. 410-628-1364 or rnslib@yahoo .com (pics/info).

Full-size solid oak futon w/brown velvet mat-tress w/4 pillows, $210; wood oval dining table w/4 chairs, $110; wood rectangular table, $40; pics available. 443-257-5136 or pakshree@hotmail.com.

Conn alto saxophone, in excel cond, best offer; exercise rowing machine, $50. 410-488-1886.

2008 Yamaha YZFR6 motorcycle, custom body work, 2K mi, helmet incl’d. 410-320-8106.

Sturdy crib w/mattress, from clean, smoke-free house, in very good cond. $50/best offer. 410-900-0788.

3-pc full-size bedroom set, headboard w/draw-ers, bedframe, dresser w/mirror, chest; mattress not incl’d. $150. balt.furniture4sale@hotmail .com.

Women’s Harley-Davidson ankle-high riding boots, black leather, new, never worn; photo available on request. $90. asilul@yahoo.com.

Sofa, brown tweed, 89" long, fruitwood legs, in great cond, Mt Washington area. $150. Chris, 443-812-8221 or crussell216@gmail.com.

2006 Wildwood camper, 27', sleeps 8, AC, in great cond. susanb1985@gmail.com.

SerVICeS/IteMS offered or WaNted

Good home wanted for our best friend: F British Staffordshire terrier, 8 yrs old, spayed, wonderful w/children and other dogs, http:// baltimore.craigslist.org/pet/1882988882.html. Also an adorable French bulldog, 3 yrs old, spayed, house- and crate-trained, great w/kids, other dogs. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/pet/1882938533.html.

Editor seeking quiet, clean houseshare in Tus-cany-Canterbury, Roland Park or Guilford, need lg rm, mature F housemate w/regular hrs. 443-683-3201.

Bolton Hill family w/2-yr-old needs help w/daycare pickup, childcare, cooking, 2-3 eves/wk, 4:30-7:30pm. Nicole, 443-799-9384.

Interested in Waiora nutritional, detox and weight management products? waioraproducts1@ gmail.com.

Transcription service by JHU staff member: lectures, panel discussions, oral histories, etc, transcripts proofed, customized to your specifi-cations. 410-374-3561 or silverdune@hotmail .com.

Cabinetmaker’s services available, custom furniture, built-ins, 30 yrs’ experience; it’s all about the wood. Dan, 859-630-2330 or heartwoodfardept@yahoo.com.

Need tech support? Virus removal, computer/electronics repair, or just general questions; free consultation. froststudiosusa@gmail.com.

Nanny w/car needed for week of Aug 23 for older children, nr Homewood campus. $400/wk. 410-802-7311.

Looking for temporary housing between Aug 18 to Sept 8, pref location within 2 mi the radius of zip code 21202. s_bulagannawar@hotmail.com.

Loving, trustworthy dog walker avail day/eve, overnight sitting w/complimentary house-sit-ting services, impeccable references. 443-801-7487 or alwayshomepc@gmail.com.

Let a seasoned pro take photos for interviews/auditions, special events or to create lasting fam-ily memories. Edward S Davis photography and videography. 443-695-9988 or eddaviswrite@ comcast.net.

Tutor available: all subjects/levels; remedial, gifted and talented; can also help w/college counseling, speech and essay writing, editing, proofreading, database design and program-ming. 410-337-9877 or i1__@hotmail.com.

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

Residential cleaning service, move in/move out, we do it all, reasonable rates, free esti-mates, pet-friendly. 443-528-3637.

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

Absolutely flawless detailing; visit our website for pkg info. Jason, 410-630-3311.

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

Licensed landscaper avail for scheduled lawn maintenance, other landscaping services, trash hauling, fall/winter leaf and snow removal. Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

Need help with your JHU retirement plan investments portfolio? Free, confidential con-sultations. 410-435-5939 or treilly1@aol.com.

Flea mart, Saturday, Sept 18, 8am-noon at 37th and Roland Ave (Hampden/Homewood area). 410-366-4488 or stamusicministry@ gmail.com (to reserve table space).

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

Looking for 2000-2003 Buick LeSabre or Park Avenue in mint cond, must have leather seats. Stacey, 443-277-9860.

SoM staff member looking for housesitting opportunity, city or beyond, solid refs, flexible w/regard to terms, dates, etc. kbp443@gmail.com.

Multi-platform application development/debug, website/service deployment, IT con-sulting, rates as low as $40/hr. cathinfotec@gmail.com.

NoticesMexican-american focus Group — U.S.-born Mexican-American participants are needed for a research study on responses to political television advertisements from

the 2008 presidential campaign. The group interview, lasting about two hours, will take place in the early evening in East Balti-more. Participants must be registered voters between 18 and 35 years old, U.S.-born with at least one parent from Mexico and be bilingual in English and Spanish. $100 compensation. Contact Cristina Salazar at salazarcristina@yahoo.com.

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ClassifiedsaPartMeNtS/houSeS for reNt

Baltimore City, updated 1BR condo in secure, gated community, assigned prkng, swimming, tennis, nr hospital and university; option to buy ($135,000). $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-951-4750.

Baltimore County, 4BR, 3.5BA RH, newly painted, new crpt/refrigerator, 2 mins to 95 exit 47, 2 mins to 695 exit 12, 20 mins to JHH. $1,750/mo ($800 off 1st month). 410-925-5365.

Bayview, 1BR apt across the street, nr 95/895/Canton/Fells Pt/downtown/Greektown restau-rants, walk to JHH shuttle. $650/mo incl all utils. Carol, 443-386-8477 or cg66701@gmail .com.

Bayview, 2-3BR apt, 1st flr. $700/mo + sec dep. 443-243-1651.

Belvedere Square area, 2BR, 1.5BA upstairs apt, lg living rm and dining area, kitchen, powder rm, balcony, fp, hdwd flrs, W/D in bsmt, 15 mins to JHMI, 10 mins to Home-wood campus, easy commute. $875/mo + utils. 410-435-6417 or ankumar1120@yahoo.com.

Butchers Hill, renov’d 2BR, 2BA, roof deck + patio, 1 blk to Patterson Park, walking dis-tance to JHMI. $1,700/mo. 443-955-0260 or s.stark.casagrande@gmail.com.

Canton, 2BR, 1.5BA TH, CAC/heat, hdwd flrs, W/D, steps to waterfront, 10 mins to JHMI/Bayview. $1,300/mo + utils. 443-668-7603.

Canton, sublet cute, furn’d 1BR, 1BA house, avail September-November, 2 blks to square, prkng space incl’d, no pets/no smoking, must be clean tenant. $1,000/mo + utils. 410-925-1116 or jenny61@aol.com.

Canton, semi-finished, semi-furn’d RH, CAC/heat, new prkng pad/new roof, 3 blks to square, on bus route, 15-min walk to Harbor East. $1,350/mo incl wireless Internet. 410-446-2808 or heather@oneder.net.

Charles Village, spacious, bright 1BR ($695/mo) and 2BR ($1,275/mo) apts available for August move-in date, nr Homewood campus. 443-253-2113.

Charles Village, short-term rental, 3BR, 2BA RH, partly furn’d, W/D, nr Homewood cam-pus/JHMI shuttle/farmers market, avail Oct 1. $1,500/mo. Morgan, mmarksster@gmail.com.

Charles Village, spacious, bright 1BR condo, 24-hr security, valet prkng, pool, walk to JHMI shuttle, no smokers/no pets, heat and AC are free. $1,200/mo (unfurn’d) or $1,300/mo (furn’d). 410-499-4132 or nrupenb@gmail.com.

Columbia, furn’d bsmt BR w/priv BA in sin-gle-family house, private entry, no pets. $850/mo incl utils. beachlovr63@yahoo.com.

Eastpoint/Northpoint, new 2BR, 1BA walk-out apt, huge living/kitchen space, Pergo flrs, plenty of closet space and natural light, 2 mi to Bayview. $1,200/mo. George, 443-797-7300.

Elkridge, 3BR, 2BA TH w/fin’d bsmt, fantastic garden, great schools. $1,800/mo. 443-854-5760 or lithiumrun@yahoo.com.

Federal Hill, charming 2BR RH in great loca-tion. $1,600/mo. Becky, 301-466-5277 or http://baltimore.craigslist.org/apa/1877585717.html.

M A R K E T P L A C E

Fells Point/Butchers Hill, studio apt in great location nr SoN/SPH/JHH, ideal for Hopkins student. lildeeh@hotmail.com (photos/details).

Gardenville/Hamilton, efficiency w/full BA, 250 sq ft, W/D avail, $550/mo + elec; newly renov’d 1BR + den, 3rd flr, W/D avail, $800/mo + elec; 1BR on 2nd flr in owner-occupied house, W/D in unit, $600/mo + utils; no smok-ing/no pets. 410-426-8045.

Guilford, wonderful, lg 1BR, 1BA condo in elevator bldg, 24-hr security, underground prkng, CAC, hdwd flrs, pool, gym, sauna, 5- to 8-min walk to JHU/shuttle. 410-889-0446.

Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr light rail. $1,100/mo + utils. 410-378-2393.

Hampden/Medfield, 2BR, 1BA condo close to I-83, nr light rail, free prkng, pool. $850/mo + utils. fallsbridge4411f@gmail.com.

Hampden/Medfield, efficiency bsmt apt, walk to Cold Spring light rail. $650/mo incl utils. 443-600-7330.

Mays Chapel/Timonium, 3- or 4BR EOG TH, 3.5BAs, family rm, deck, patio, fenced yd, nr good schools. $1,600/mo. 410-321-8889.

Mt Royal Terrace, 3-story 3BR, 2.5BA house avail for 11-mo sublet, full kitchen, dining rm, living rm, study, fp, woodburning stove, walk to MICA, priv backyd, garage, nr Hopkins/UB/Peabody/Mt Vernon/Penn Station. $1,600/mo. Karen, 410-383-8288 or yasinsky@earthlink .net.

Mt Washington, 2BR, 1BA avail for sublet, avail Sept 1 to Oct 31 (lease can be renewed after that), nr MTA bus to Homewood campus. $875/mo. b_efremova@yahoo.com.

Mt Washington, furn’d 1BR apt in owner-occupied house, avail short- or long-term. $1,000/mo incl utils, prkng. jill.kearney@gmail .com.

Ocean City, MD (137th St), 3BR, 2BA condo w/lg pool, 2 assigned prkng spaces, on ocean block, short walk to restaurants and entertain-ment. 410-544-2814.

Owings Mills, 2BR, 2BA condo, W/D, walk-in closets, storage, prkng, pool/tennis court privi-leges, backs to woods, conv to metro, walk to grocery, sm pets negotiable ($250 nonrefund-able deposit), pics avail, 1-yr lease. $1,100/mo. 410-336-7952 or ljohnsto@mail.roanoke.edu.

Park City, UT, 1BR deluxe condo, sleeps 4, great summer/fall/ski season. www.vrbo.com (enter 304774).

Patterson Park, beautiful 3BR, 3.5BA house, 1 blk to park, expos’d brick, bamboo flrs, Elfa closets, kitchen w/granite counters, stainless steel appls, 2 blks to JH shuttle. $2,100/mo. erin.l.lewis@gmail.com or http://bit.ly/brdcsm (for pics).

Roland Park, nice, lg 4BR, 2.5BA house, great school, quiet neighborhood, very conv to Homewood. 301-801-6064.

Roland Park, spacious, furn’d 2BR, 2BA condo in secure area, W/D, walk-in closet, pool, car-dio equipment, .5 mi to Homewood campus. $1,675/mo. 410-218-3547 or khassani@gmail .com.

Roland Park/Village of Cross Keys, totally renov’d 2BR, 1.5BA apt in secure gated com-munity, W/D in unit, stainless steel appls, 2 garage prkng spots, swimming pool, tennis, 15 mins to JHH/JHU. $1,650/mo incl utils. Serge, 410-580-1960 or 443-824-0190.

Union Square, 1BR apt, upscale renovation in historic district, fully furn’d, refin’d hdwd flrs, W/D, dw, microwave, satellite TV, wireless DSL, 1-yr lease. $1,200/mo + elec. 410-988-3137 or info@therichardsonhouse.net.

University One, 2BR, 2BA condo w/balcony, prime location, JHU/JHMI shuttle right out-side, all basic utils incl’d. uni1condo@hotmail .com.

Rm avail in new TH, walking distance to JHMI, no smoking/no pets. 410-456-1708 or amswaf@gmail.com.

1BR, 2BA apt in 4-story Tudor-style bldg, hdwd flrs, lots of storage, living rm, dining, kitchen w/dw, lg windows, high ceilings, off-street (permit) prkng free. $975/mo. 505-452-7116 or starfish2u@gmail.com.

Secure, totally rehabbed bldg has 10 new stu-dio apts, blocks to UM and UB. $695-$895/mo. 410-967-4387 or dmalloy05@yahoo.com.

Temporary housing, furn’d rm and use of lg, newly renov’d house, available month to month. adecker001@yahoo.com.

Lg BR and priv BA in single-family condo in private waterfront community, walk-in closet, living areas and laundry, plenty of safe prkng, 10-15 mins to Bayview/JHH. $500/mo. Janet, 443-722-2086.

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, mins to JHU Homewood campus. $259,500. 410-294-9220.

Canton area TH. $299,990. www.715miltonave .com.

Gardenville, 3BR, 1.5BA RH in quiet neigh-borhood, new kitchen and BA, CAC, hdwd flrs, club bsmt w/cedar closet, fenced, main-tenance-free yd w/carport, 15 mins to JHH. $142,000. 443-610-0236 or tziporachai@juno .com.

Harborview (Baltimore County), 2BR, 1BA single-family house, all on 1 flr, plenty of off-street prkng, 5 mins to Bayview, 15 mins to JHU. $157,900. 443-604-2497 or lexisweetheart@ yahoo.com.

Waverly, TH w/updated kitchen, electric, new W/D, walking distance to Hopkins/Giant/farmers market/YMCA. $139,900. ziparojw@yahoo.com.

White Marsh (Baltimore County), renov’d 4BR, 2.5BA house nr mall, 2,900 sq ft, must see. $229,000. 410-241-8936.

Craftsmanship dream w/price adjustment, mins to JH campuses. 302-981-6947 or www .3402mountpleasantavenue.canbyours.com.

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

rooMMateS WaNted

F wanted to share 3BR, 2.5BA in Butchers Hill TH, BR has priv BA, move in after Aug 20. $700/mo + 1/4 utils. jmreed114@gmail .com.

Rm avail in 3BR, 1BA Charles Village TH, on shuttle route, nr Saturday farmers market, W/D, skylights, deck, prkng pad, monitored security, share w/2 grad students, pets OK, 1-yr lease. $700/mo (negot). metcalf.brandon@gmail.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).

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• WecannotuseJohnsHopkins business phone numbers or e-mail addresses.• Submissionswillbecondensedat the editor’s discretion. • DeadlineisatnoonMonday, one week prior to the edition in which the ad is to be run.• Realestatelistingsmaybeoffered only by a Hopkins-affiliated seller not by Realtors or Agents.

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

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F nonsmoker wanted for 1BR in 2BR apt at 505 W University Pkwy, AC, heat, hot water and gas incl’d, no pets, starting in September. $515/mo + 1/2 elec. gwxts5@gmail.com.

Share 3BR house 1 blk from Homewood w/2 grad students, you get priv BR on 2nd flr, shared access to common areas, free W/D, dw, hdwd flrs, CAC/heat, backyd, quiet, safe street. $620/mo + utils. Brian, 443-478-8745 or brian@bcomgmt.com.

M wanted to share 2BR, 1.5BA apt in Fells Point w/MBA student, pref JHU student, 1 mi to Legg Mason. 781-526-6682 or selimcelikten@ yahoo.com.

Share respectful house in Charles Village, lg bsmt rm, AC, W/D, dw, hot tub, high-speed Internet, cable, porches, gardens, 2 blks to JHMI shuttle, 12 blks to Homewood campus. $375/mo + utils. 410-963-8741.

Share spacious 2BR, 1.5BA TH in safe, friend-ly community, walking distance to Bayview, CAC, W/D, hdwd flrs, fin’d walkout bsmt, no pets. $625/mo incl utils (except cable, Inter-net). 443-629-3253 or michaelvincentross@gmail.com.

F wanted to share lg, beautiful, mostly furn’d house w/F JHU PhD and 2 F JHU PhD students, 5-min walk to JHMI shuttle and Homewood campus. $700/mo. 410-493-7026 or k2anderson@rocketmail.com.

2 furn’d BRs available in 3BR, 1.5BA house in Remington, pref F only, 3-min walk to Homewood campus. $600/mo incl all utils. Lvf3116@yahoo.com.

2BRs avail in Cedonia, new kitchen, W/D, landscaped fenced yd, deck, free prkng, nr JHH/Homewood/Morgan/public transportation, pets welcome. $550/mo + utils or $710/mo + utils. 410-493-2435 or aprede1@yahoo.com.

M wanted to share 2BR, 2.5BA RH w/grad student, nr Patterson Park/JHMI/Bayview, flexible terms. prattsthouse@gmail.com.

F wanted for furn’d rm w/priv BA, TV and Internet, 1-min walk to JHH/SPH/SoN. $600/mo + utils. 571-345-5059 or irajk100@yahoo .com.

Mature grad student wanted for rm in Charles Village, avail Oct 1, no pets. $350/mo + utils + sec dep. nathanoesch@yahoo.com.

Share 2BR Park Charles apt, pref student, lease starts September 1, apt is model A. Belinda, 626-215-9297 or tinkerbelinda@gmail.com.

M wanted to share 2BR, 1BA apt w/balcony nr Wyman Park. $420/mo + 1/2 utils (less than $50). 443-255-0069.

F grad student/young prof’l wanted for furn’d 2nd-flr loft apt, nr University of Maryland/JHU/UB, rent about $850/mo, amenities incl 24-hr security, gym, laundry, nr JHU shuttle or metro, walk to Inner Harbor, Camden Yards, Hippodrome, pref nonsmoker. jessani@email .unc.edu.

CarS for Sale

’99 Honda Accord LX, 4-dr, silver, clean inside/out, in good cond, 226K mi, still run-ning great. $2,800. 443-676-1046 or Lafram1@verizon.net.

’86 Mercedes 560 SL convertible, beige, garage-kept, soft and hard tops and cover, no rust, in excel cond, runs well. 443-676-1046 or Lafram1@verizon.net.

17K in LNYW $$ 418 E 26th St.Newly renovated 3/1.5 SFH.

Eat in kitchen, landscaped back deck.$77,000 202 255 0951.f.holliday@comcast.net

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Calendar B l o o d d r I V e S

Johns hopkins university/american red Cross Blood drives. Although many donors answered appeals by the local chapter of the American Red Cross, com-munity supply remains low and there is an increase in need. Donate blood at one of these Hopkins-sponsored drives.

• Mon., aug. 16, and Wed., aug. 18, 7:30 to 5 p.m.; tues., aug. 17, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bayview Medical Center. To schedule an appointment, contact Sharon Jones at 410-550-0289. Francis Scott Key Pavilion Conference Room.

• Wed., aug. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hopkins@Eastern. For information, contact Roy Pfe-iffer at rpfeiffer@jhu.edu or 443-997-5305, or Debbie Chapman, at deb.chapman@jhu.edu or 443-997-8688. To register, go to www .membersforlife.org/rccm/mobilesch/login.php?sponsorcode=10693. 3rd floor, Suite C300.

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tues., aug. 17, 3:45 p.m. “The Nature of Interactive Processes in Speech Pro-duction: Evidence From Phonetic Varia-tion,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with Matthew Goldrick, Northwestern University. 134A Krieger. hW

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Wed., aug. 18, noon to 1:30 p.m. “Mental Health and Patient-Centered Care,” a Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center discussion with John Bridges, SPH, and Anita Everett, SoM. A live webcast will be available at www.jhsph .edu/maphtc/training_events/events_ calendar.html. 202 Pinkard Bldg. eB

I N f o r M a t I o N S e S S I o N

fri., aug. 27, noon and 12:30 p.m. Freshman orientations for the Neurosci-ence Program; learn about the neurosci-ence major, meet students and faculty. Great Hall, Levering. hW

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Mon., aug. 23, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Open House for the Whiting School’s Engineering for Professionals part-time master’s degree programs in 15 disci-plines. Kossiakoff Center. aPl

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thurs., aug. 19, noon. “Sex-Specific Patterns in Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Sarlahi, Nepal: Biologically or Environmentally Linked?” an Inter-national Health thesis defense seminar with Summer Rosenstock. W2030 SPH. eB

fri., aug. 20, 10 a.m. “Environmental Stress Response Factor Nrf2 Is a Modi-fier of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” an Environmental Health Sci-ences thesis defense seminar with Deepti Malhotra. W7023 SPH. eB

fri., aug. 20, 10 a.m. “Urinary Protein Predictors of Kidney Disease,” an Epi-demiology thesis defense seminar with Nrupen Bhavsar. Room 1500 Q, 2024 E. Monument St. eB

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fri., aug. 20, noon. “Russian Women’s Reproductive Health: Pregnancy Out-comes, Contraceptive Usage and Repeat Abortion,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense semi-nar with Jamie Trevitt. W2029 SPH. eB

fri., aug. 20, 1:30 p.m. “Guardians of the Knot: Type II Topoisomerase Struc-ture and Mechanism,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with James Berger, California Institute for Quantitative Biology/University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley. 517 PCTB. eB

thurs., aug. 26, 3 p.m. “Preparing for Teaching and Research Careers at Liberal Arts and Sciences Institutes,” a Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association seminar with Peter Hoffman, College of Notre Dame of Maryland. RSVP to postdoc@jhmi.edu by Aug. 20. Suite 490, Rangos Bldg. eB

fri., aug. 27, 1 p.m. “The Relationship of Iron Metabolism With Type 2 Diabe-tes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Andy Menke. Room 2-600, 2024 E. Monument St. eB

S P e C I a l e V e N t S

Mon., aug. 30, 6 to 8 p.m. Grand Reopening of Gilman Hall, with remarks by President Ronald J. Daniels and Katherine Newman, dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; a tour of Gilman Hall and special exhibits on the building’s past and present, and seminars by KSAS faculty and the renovation architect. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Gilman Hall. hW

W o r K S h o P S

the Center for educational resourc-es presents a series of information ses-sions on the Blackboard 9.1 interface. The training is open to anyone who will be accessing a Blackboard site as an administrator or TA. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. hW

• Mon., aug. 16, Wed., aug. 18, fri., aug. 20, Mon., aug. 23, and tues., aug. 24, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. “Getting Started With Black-board.”

• tues., aug. 17, and Wed., aug. 25, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. “Blackboard Communication and Collaboration.”

• thurs., aug. 19, and thurs., aug. 26, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. “Accessing Student Knowledge and Managing Grades in Blackboard.”

ing and classroom spaces, and 1,500 parking spaces. “It’s a big place,” he said. The Keswick property also will have an information technology data center to sup-plement the Mount Washington campus’s IT operation, Dembeck added, and will feature a “seamless” fiber-based electronic system consistent with the computers at all other Johns Hopkins entities—meaning, for example, that everyone’s e-mail will remain as it is now. At the time the property was acquired in March, James T. McGill, then the uni-versity’s senior vice president for finance and administration, said that its “location, layout, infrastructure and amenities make it a very attractive facility for both Johns Hopkins institutions.”

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Keswick Ronald Werthman, the Johns Hopkins Health System’s vice president for finance, said that the institutions’ purchase of the property made sense for the future. “The more we looked at both our future needs and what we’re paying now to operate in leased and owned space throughout the metro area, the clearer it became that buying this property made good economic sense for both entities,” Werthman said. Although the university and health sys-tem are separate corporations, they have combined several large back-office opera-tions into what they call “shared services centers” that serve both entities. These centers work together daily, so it made them prime candidates to be the first to move into the new property. Additional still-separate university and health system offices that often collaborate likely will join them there. These will move into Johns Hopkins at Keswick or Eastern High as leases expire and other business consider-ations dictate. G

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Johns Hopkins Medicine has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to provide medical and disaster research experts to

staff the USS Iwo Jima during the next four months, as the ship sets sail to provide medical assistance to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana and Suriname. The voyage is part of the Navy’s annual humanitarian project, Operation Continu-ing Promise. Between August and early November, Johns Hopkins plans to send at least 16 doc-tors, nurses, physician assistants, researchers and members of the Johns Hopkins Go Team, who are trained in disaster response, to staff the vessel. The first Johns Hopkins team departed on Aug. 8 from Baltimore/Washington Inter-national airport to meet the Iwo Jima off the coast of Colombia. The group includes Christina Catlett, an emergency doctor and disaster expert from The Johns Hop-kins Hospital; Robert Dudas, director of Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine at Bayview Medical Center; Melisa Rios, an emergency nurse from JHH; and Lauren Sauer, a senior research coordinator from the School of Medicine. The team members, who will join experts from other organizations assisting with the Continuing Promise mission, will be helicop-tered by the Navy to several preselected sites in Colombia, where they will set up medical clinics in hospitals, schools and other loca-tions. The team also will provide training and support to local doctors and other health

care providers, and will conduct research to assess the local governments’ medical and logistical readiness for a large-scale disaster. Catlett, who is the Go Team director and who worked in Haiti after the January earth-quake, also will provide disaster medicine training to Navy, Marine Corps and civilian personnel onboard the Iwo Jima. Future teams from Johns Hopkins will include members of the departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and students from the schools of Nursing and Public Health. Jim Scheulen, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, who signed the Continuing Promise agreement and is coordinating the Johns Hopkins staffing, said that the partnership is an outgrowth of work with the Navy during the Haiti earth-quake relief effort earlier this year. CEPAR sent two Johns Hopkins medical teams to help staff the USNS Comfort, the Navy’s floating hospital, while it was stationed in Haiti. CEPAR is interested in forging a stronger relationship with the Navy, Scheulen said, so that it can be prepared in the future to move lifesaving medical help and other expertise into major disaster zones quickly and with the proper security and logisti-cal support. In addition, Scheulen said, Operation Continuing Promise gives Hop-kins and CEPAR an opportunity to share their extensive disaster medicine expertise around the globe and to study and learn from the planning, techniques and proto-cols that other countries have established for responding to major calamities with significant casualties.

Johns Hopkins partners with Navy to staff global humanitarian mission