Mon., March 7, 10 a.m. "Determinants of Mental
Health Services in Maryland School-based Health Centers," a
Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with
Marjorie Alice Innocent; 744 Hampton House. EB
Mon., March 7, 12:15 p.m. "Unlimited Numbers of
Purified Midbrain Dopamine Neurons From Human Embryonic
Stem Cells," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with
Lorenz Studer, Sloan-Kettering Institute; Seminar Room, 115
W. University Pkwy. HW
Mon., March 7, 12:15 p.m. "Explaining the Latino
Asthma Advantage: The Role of Neighborhood Social Context,"
a Population and Family Health Sciences/Hopkins Population
Center seminar with Kate Cagney, University of Chicago;
W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 7, 12:15 p.m. "The Meaning and
Measurement of Unintended Pregnancy: Theory and Empirical
Findings," a Population and Family Health Sciences/Hopkins
Population Center seminar with John Santelli, Columbia
University; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 7, 2 p.m. "Most Studied Yet Least
Understood: Social Perceptions Related to Genetic
Technology in Orthodox Jews," a Health Policy and
Management thesis defense seminar with Ilana Suez Mittman;
744 Hampton House. EB
Mon., March 7, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Cortical Mechanisms of Reinforcement
Learning and Decision Making" with Daeyeol Lee, University
of Rochester. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain
Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., March 7, 4 p.m. "Nanoscale Analyses of Sheet
Silicates in Primitive Meteorites: Clues to
Aqueous-Alteration Processes in the Early Solar System," an
Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Thomas Zega,
Naval Research Laboratory; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW
Mon., March 7, 4 p.m. "Complementing Mutant Nuclear
Receptors by Molecular Design: Molecular Rescue of Vitamin
D Resistant Rickets and Resistance to Thyroid Hormone," a
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with John Koh,
University of Delaware; W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., March 8, noon. "An Overview of Qualitative
Methods: A Useful Tool for Policy Studies," an Institute
for Policy Studies seminar with Martha Ann Carey, NIH; 526
Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Tues., March 8, 12:15 p.m. "Protecting Cognitive
Health in Later Life: New Intervention Approaches," a
Social and Behavioral Sciences seminar with George Rebok.
Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. B14B Hampton
House. EB
Tues., March 8, 2 p.m. "A Comparison of Overall
Mortality Between Patients Who Enrolled in a Randomized
Clinical Trial and Those Eligible but Not Enrolled," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Marta Marsh; W2029
SPH. EB
Tues., March 8, 3 p.m. "Microneme Protein Function
in Toxoplasma gondii," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology thesis defense seminar with Jill Marie Harper;
W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., March 8, 3 p.m. "Solid Waste Management
— Managing a Resource, Past, Present and Future," a
Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with H.
Lanier Hickman Jr., Solid Waste Association of North
America; 234 Ames. HW
Tues., March 8, 4:30 p.m. "Interaction: Conjectures,
Results, Myths," a Center for Language and Speech
Processing seminar with Dina Goldin, University of
Connecticut; 100 Shaffer. HW
Tues., March 8, 5:15 p.m. "Some Considerations on
Salammbo," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with
Joachim Kupper, Freien Universitat Berlin; 223 Gilman.
HW
Wed., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "Managing Mental Health
Problems in Pediatric Primary Care: Options, Opportunities
and International Perspectives," a Population and Family
Health Sciences seminar with Larry Wissow; W2030 SPH.
EB
Wed., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "Re-assessing the
Marijuana Gateway Effect," a Mental Health seminar with
Andrew Morral, Rand Institute; B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "ART: Disease Management
Model and the Ethiopia ART Communication Strategy," a
Center for Communication Programs seminar with Larry
Kincaid and Susan Krenn; International Room, 111 Market
Place. EB
Wed., March 9, 1 p.m. "Modeling Biomedical Data and
the Foundations of Bioequivalence," a Biostatistics thesis
defense seminar with Leena Choi; E6519 SPH. EB
Wed., March 9, 3 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Oscillations, Circuit Dynamics,
Invariance and Cardinal Neurons" with Gilles Laurent,
California Institute of Technology. Sponsored by Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Wed., March 9, 2:30 p.m. "Experimental Design," a
JHMI Microarray Core Facility seminar with Rafael Irizarry.
Co-sponsored by Biostatistics and Hopkins Expressionists.
E9519, SPH. EB
Wed., March 9, 3:30 p.m. "Effects of Microstructure
on Constitutive Behavior of Nickel-Base Superalloys," a
Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Walter
Milligan, Michigan Technological University; 110 Maryland.
HW
Wed., March 9, 4:30 p.m. "Shimura Correspondence for
Newforms," a Number Theory seminar with Zhengyu Mao,
Rutgers University; 304 Krieger. HW
Wed., March 9, 5:30 p.m. "World Systems and Local
Development at Prehistoric Tepe Gawra, Iraq," a Near
Eastern Studies seminar with Mitchell Rothman, Widener
University; 123 Gilman. HW
Thurs., March 10, 9:30 a.m. "Preventing Adverse
Events in the PICU: Prospectively Targeting Factors That
Lead to IV KCI Order Errors," a Clinical Investigation
thesis defense seminar with Jeanette White; W2029 SPH.
EB
Thurs., March 10, 10 a.m. "Adolescent and Parent
Factors Related to Parental Academic Monitoring," a Health
Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Jessica
Rath; 461 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., March 10, 11 a.m. "Biological Design
Principles for Robustness, Performance and Selective
Interactions With Noise: A Systems Engineering
Perspective," an Electrical and Computer Engineering
seminar with Hana El Samad, University of California, Santa
Barbara; 110 Clark. HW
Thurs., March 10, noon. "Regulatory Networks in
Organ Development: The Role of Transcription Factors in the
Early Drosophila Salivary Gland," a Cell Biology seminar
with Deborah Andrew; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., March 10, noon. "The Toxoplasma gondii
Vacuolar Membrane: A Signaling Platform to Manipulate Host
Cell Functions," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology seminar with Anthony Sinai,
University of Kentucky College of Medicine; W2030 SPH.
EB
Thurs., March 10, 3 p.m. "Microarchitectured
Cellular Solids — From Shock Resistant Ships to Shape
Changing Winds," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with
Norman Fleck, University of Cambridge; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., March 10, 3:30 p.m. "WDM+QKD Coexistence in
Optical Networks," an Electrical and Computer Engineering
seminar with Nnake Nweke; 117 Barton. HW
Thurs., March 10, 4 p.m. "A Tale of Two Lysines
— The Structure and Biochemistry of Spermine
Spermindine Acetyltransferase," a Biology seminar with
Maria Bewley, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine; 100
Mudd. HW
Thurs., March 10, 4 p.m. "Signal Transmission in
Passive Media," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics
seminar with John Klauder, University of Florida; 304
Whitehead. HW
Fri., March 11, 9:30 a.m. "Examining Racial
Disparities in Low Birth Weight from a Life Course
Perspective: The Influence of Women's Socioeconomic
Trajectories on Low Birth Weight Outcomes," a Health Policy
and Management thesis defense seminar with Jeanhee Hong;
563 Hampton House. EB
Fri., March 11, 10 a.m. "Application of Hierarchical
Models in Microarray Data Analysis: Screening for
Differentially Expressed Genes and Making Inference on
Functional Classes," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar
with Dongmei Liu; W3030 SPH. EB
Fri., March 11, 1 p.m. "Internatonal Migration
Patterns of Health Professionals to the United States," a
Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with
Peter Sotir Hussey; W1505 SPH. EB
Fri., March 11, 2:30 p.m. "Exploring the Narrative
Processes Middle Adolescent Girls Use When Constructing
Their Stories," a Health Policy and Management thesis
defense seminar with Robin Anthony Kouyate; 744 Hampton
House. EB
Fri., March 11, 4 p.m. "Gaussian Processes for
Spatial Modeling in Environmental Health: Parameterizing
for Flexibility vs. Computational Efficiency," a
Biostatistics/Environmental Health Sciences joint seminar
with Christopher Paciorek, Harvard School of Public Health;
W2008 SPH. EB
Mon., March 14, 10 a.m. "Examining Environmental
Public Health Indicators for Environmental Public Health
Tracking: Case Studies in Children's Environmental Health,"
a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with
Kristen Malecki; 461 Hampton House. EB
Mon., March 14, 12:15 p.m. "Regulation of Sperm-Egg
Interactions During Mammalian Fertilization," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Janice Evans; Seminar
Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW
Mon., March 14, 12:15 p.m. "Changes in Abortions and
Births Following Texas' Parental Notification Statute: A
Regression Discontinuity Approach," a Population and Family
Health Sciences/Hopkins Population Center seminar with Ted
Joyce, CUNY; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 14, 1 p.m. "Probe Level Models for DNA
Microarrays," a Biostatistics seminar with Zhijin Wu; E9519
SPH. EB
Mon., March 14, 2 p.m. "The Emergence of West Nile
Virus in Mosquito Populations of the New Mexico Rio
Grande," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar
with Mark DiMenna; W3030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 14, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Does the Will Have a Seat?" with
George Ainslie, Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Sponsored
by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Tues., March 15, noon. "Studies in the Sollner-Webb
Lab: (1) RNA Editing in Trypanosomes and (2) DNA
Localization in Mammalian Cells," a Biological Chemistry
seminar with Barbara Sollner-Webb; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., March 15, 12:15 p.m. "Phosphorylation of
PERIOD Protein and Drosophila Circadian Rhythm," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Pipat Nawathean,
Brandeis University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.
HW
Tues., March 15, 1 p.m. "Microorganism Removal and
Inactivation During Sediment Column Passage, A Simulation
of Riverbank Filtration," an Environmental Health Sciences
thesis defense seminar with Binh Thai Le; W7041 SPH. EB
Tues., March 15, 2 p.m. "Sexually Transmitted
Infections and Prostatitis in the Etiology of Prostate
Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia," an Epidemiology
thesis defense seminar with Siobhan Sutcliff; W4013 SPH.
EB
Wed., March 16, 8:15 a.m. "The NIH Roadmap and Its
Impact on Clinical Trials," a Center for Clinical Trials
seminar with Robert Nussenblatt, NIH; W1030 SPH. EB
Wed., March 16, 12:15 p.m. "Advances in Latent
Variable Modeling," a Mental Health seminar with Bengt
Muthen, University of California, Los Angeles; B14B Hampton
House. EB
Wed., March 16, 12:15 p.m. "The Perils and Promise
of Cortisol in Psychosocial and Pregnancy Research," a
Population and Family Health Sciences seminar with Janet
DiPietro; W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., March 16, 1:30 p.m. "A Molecular Understanding
of Stress Responses: Non-coding RNAs and the Control of
Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation in Bacteria," a
Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Andrew
Feig, Indiana University; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., March 16, 1:30 p.m. "Cytokine Gene
Polymorphisms and the Risk of Dementia: The HAAS," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Rita Peila; E6130
SPH. EB
Wed., March 16, 4 p.m. "Characterization of Gamma
Herpesvirus Viral DNA in Peripheral Blood of Patients with
Virus-associated Malignancies and Analysis of CD8+ T Cell
Responses to Viral Antigens in Patients with Hodgkins
Lymphoma," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences thesis
defense seminar with Lan Lin; 303 WBSB. EB
Thurs., March 17, noon. "Negative Regulation PF TLR4
Signaling by RP105," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Christopher
Karp, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; W2030
SPH. EB
Thurs., March 17, 1 p.m. "Regulation of Vagal
Bronchopulmonary Afferent C-Fiber Subtypes," an
Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with
Benjamas Chuaychoo; W2029 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 17, 5:30 p.m. "Made for Each Other?"
strategies for improving relationships using the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, with Linda Dillon Jones.
Intended for Hopkins employees and their spouses or
partners. Sponsored by WORKlife Programs. B102
JHU@Eastern.
Thurs., March 17, 7:30 p.m. "Cosmetic Eyelid and
Facial Surgery" by Michael Grant; and "New Treatments for
Leg Veins" by Kevin Kim, Johns Hopkins Cosmetic Center
seminars; Suite 350, Pavilion I, Green Spring Station.
Fri., March 18, 12:30 p.m. "Nontherapeutic Use of
Antimicrobials in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
and the Presence of Antibiotic-Resistant and
Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria in Environmental Samples and
Retail Meats," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis
defense seminar with Amy Chapin; W7023 SPH. EB
Fri., March 18, 2:30 p.m. "Covariate-Based Linkage
Analysis and Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping in the HLA
Region for Inflammatory Bowel Disease," an Epidemiology
thesis defense seminar with Betty Doan; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 21, noon. "Recent Developments in
Economic, Community and Workforce Development in East
Baltimore," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with
Marsha Schachtel; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Mon., March 21, 12:15 p.m. "Observing RNA Synthesis,
Movement and Localization in Living Cells," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Robert Singer, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine; Seminar Room, 115 W.
University Pkwy. HW
Mon., March 21, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Regulation of Ocular Dominance
Plasticity in Adult Post-Critical Period Visual Cortex"
with Elizabeth Quinlan, University of Maryland, College
Park. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Mon., March 21, 4 p.m. "The Phanerozoic History of
Plant-Insect Associations: Crucial Events and Important
Interludes," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with
Conrad Labandeira, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum
of Natural History; Olin Auditorium. HW