Mon., Oct. 16, noon. "Medical Care in the Context of
Research in Resource-Poor Settings," a Bioethics Interest
Group seminar with Maria Merritt, College of William and
Mary. Sponsored by the Berman Bioethics Institute. 250
Hampton House. EB
Mon., Oct. 16, noon. "Sample Size Estimate for
Intervention Studies," a Center for Collaborative
Intervention Research brown bag seminar with Steven
Piantadosi, SoM; Room 9, Pinkard Bldg. EB
Mon., Oct. 16, 1 p.m. "Predictors of Incident Depression
and Antidepressant Use in Older Women," a Health Policy and
Management thesis defense seminar with Kathleen Haddad; 688
Hampton House. EB
Mon., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Molecular Mechanisms of Myotonic
Dystrophy," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar
with Andy Berglund, University of Oregon; W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., Oct. 17, noon. "O-Glycosylation of Cystein Knot
Motifs: Regulating Signaling with Sugars," a Biological
Chemistry seminar with Robert Haltiwanger, Stony Brook
University; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Oct. 17, noon. "Using Community-Based
Participatory Research to Address Environmental Health
Issues in the Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood of
Baltimore," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with
Norman Yancey, Urban Youth Corp. Co-sponsored by Urban
Health Institute. 208 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Oct. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Self-Employment in Public
Health," a Career Services Office seminar with SPH alumna
Tiffany Tate; W4030 SPH. EB
Tues., Oct. 17, 2 p.m. "The Role of Oxidative Stress in
Age-Dependent Spontaneous Prostatic Hyperplasia and
Testicular Regression in the Brown Norway Rat," a
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar
with Angela Pechenino; W1214 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, 10 a.m. "Psychosocial Well-Being and HIV
Risks Among Female Sex Workers in China," a Health Behavior
and Society thesis defense seminar with Yan Hong; 744
Hampton House. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, noon. "The Potential Role of Statins in
the Therapy of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension," an
Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Reda Girgis,
SoM; W7023 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, noon. "Japan's Deepening Democracy," a
Political Science seminar with Mary Alice Haddad, Wesleyan
University; 366 Mergenthaler. HW
Wed., Oct. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Hypertension and Cognitive
Functions," a Mental Health seminar with Shari Waldstein,
UMBC; W1020 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, 12:30 p.m. "Community Mobilization for
HIV Prevention in Harlem: Partnership Model and Program
Evaluation," an SoN seminar with David Vlahov, New York
Academy of Medicine; Carpenter Room, Pinkard Bldg. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, 1:30 p.m. "From Pox Virus to Human Growth
Factors: Uncovering a New Enzyme Family Driving Protein
Disulfide Bond Formation," a Biophysics and Biophysical
Chemistry seminar with Colin Thorpe, University of
Delaware; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Oct. 18, 3:30 p.m. "Approaches to
Functionalization of Nanoparticles: From Layered Silicates
to Quantum Dots to Carbon Nanotubes," a Materials Science
and Engineering seminar with Dotsevi Sogah, Cornell
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. "Incorpation of an FLT3 Inhibitor
Into Amh Therapy," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
seminar with Mark Levis, SoM; West Lecture Hall, WBSB.
EB
Wed., Oct. 18, 4:15 p.m. "Mechanisms of Carbene
Additions to Cyclopropenes: Dynamics and Strain," a
Chemistry special seminar with Dina Merrer, Barnard
College; 233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., Oct. 19, 10 a.m. "Investigating the Internet as
an HIV Risk Environment Using the Online Networking
Experiences Questionnaire Study," an Epidemiology thesis
defense seminar with Eric Maiese; W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 19, 11 a.m. "Fundamental Phenomena in
Surface Reaction Kinetics," a Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering seminar with Andrew Gellman, Carnegie Mellon
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 19, noon. "Regulation of Neuronal
Development by Target-Derived Neurotrophins," a Cell
Biology seminar with Rejji Kuruvilla, KSAS; Suite 2-200,
1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Oct. 19, 12:15 p.m. "Implementing a Rights-Based
Approach to Maternal Mortality," a Health Systems special
seminar with Lynn Freedman, Columbia University.
Co-sponsored by International Health and the Johns Hopkins
Center for Global Health. W3030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 19, 12:15 p.m. "The Massachusetts Plan for
Universal Health Care Coverage," a Health Policy and
Management seminar with Michael Miller, Community Catalyst,
Boston; and Mark Carron, Massachusetts House of
Representatives. B14 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., Oct. 19, 3 p.m. "Nanoindentation in Shape Memory
Alloys: Characterization and Application," a Mechanical
Engineering seminar with Wendy Crone, University of
Wisconsin, Madison; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. "Sailors' Wives, Property and
Plebeian Politics in England, 1660-1720," a European
History seminar with Margaret Hunt, Amherst College.
Sponsored by History. 315 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. "Topology Optimization as a
Structural Design Tool: Applications and Challenges," an
Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Jamie
Guest, WSE; 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. "Siglec-8/Siglec-F:
Carbohydrate-Binding Inhibitory Receptors on Eosinophils
and Mast Cells," a Biology seminar with Bruce Bochner, SoM;
100 Mudd. HW
Fri., Oct. 20, noon. "Preparing for Life After Work: A
Seminar for Women Contemplating Retirement," a WorkLife
Programs seminar designed for women over 45, with Dena
Frankel, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. Register at
http://hrnt.jhu.edu/worklife. Location announced upon
registration.
Fri., Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. "The Escalating HIV Epidemic
in Pakistan: Opportunities for Research and Action," an
International Health/Disease Prevention and Control Program
seminar with Adnan Khan, National AIDS Control Program,
Islamabad, Pakistan; W3008 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 20, 5 p.m. "Traditional Hawaiian Burial
Practices," a Classics seminar with Teri Sowell, San Diego
State University; 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., Oct. 23, 10 a.m. "The Effects of Maternal
Depressive Symptoms on Behavior and Cognition in Young
Children," a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with
Melissa Azur; 845 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Oct. 23, noon. "A Maximum Entropy Approach to
Water Mass Analysis," an Earth and Planetary Sciences
seminar with Francois Primeau, University of California,
Irvine; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Oct. 23, noon. "The Effects of Child Care Costs
and Taxes on the Employment of Single Mothers: Evidence
From a SIPP-CPS Matching Procedure," an Institute for
Policy Studies brown-bag seminar with Christopher Herbst,
University of Maryland; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Mon., Oct. 23, 12:15 p.m. "Frizzled Receptors in
Mammalian Development and Disease," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Jeremy Nathans, SoM; 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 23, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "A Spatial Attentional Mechanism in
the Midbrain of Birds" with Gonzalo Marin, Universidad de
Chile. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Mon., Oct. 23, 4 p.m. "Launching and Sustaining the
Confederate Project in Civil War-Era Savannah," a History
seminar with Jacqueline Jones, Brandeis University; 315
Gilman. HW