 Below is a listing of the Center for Global Health's news stories and press releases. Please contact Communications Manager Heidi Glatfelter at hglatfel@jhsph.edu if you would like additional information on any of these stories.
>> View global health-related news from all Hopkins institutions at Global Health at Hopkins May 12, 2008 Seventeen Hopkins students win Framework Program in Global Health awards Seventeen students representing five different schools have been awarded these travel grants to support global health research experiences. More >> February 4, 2008 Center for Global Health awards ten Faculty Grants in Global Health Five School of Medicine faculty members and five Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty members have been awarded $50,000 Faculty Grants to support global health pilot research. More >> January 25, 2008 Fall 2007 Framework Program in Global Health winners announced Eleven current Hopkins students have been awarded grants to travel overseas and gain hands-on field experience in global health. More >> December 20, 2007 Johns Hopkins receives $10 million to lead trachoma research JHU, Sheila West, MD, and the Center for Global Health have received one of the largest grants everin support of trachoma research from the Gates Foundation. More >> December 19, 2007 Circumcision study named top medical breakthrough Time Magazine has named Ronald Gray's circumcision and HIV study as the top medical breakthrough of 2007. More >> December 5, 2007 Tropical disease expert Peter Hotez speaks at Hopkins Hotez presented his experiences with neglected tropical diseases as a part of the Global Health Leaders Forum. More >> October 25, 2007 Center for Global Health Director Thomas C. Quinn, MD, named 2007 AAAS Fellow Center for Global Health Director Thomas C. Quinn, MD, is one of six Johns Hopkins University researchers who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by their peers. More >> October 11, 2007 Center for Global Health hosts photo exhibit featuring reconstructive work of Interplast The Center for Global Health has teamed with Interplast to host a photo exhibit October 11-19, 2007, featuring the reconstructive work of Interplast, an organization that treats clefts, burns, and hand injuries in developing countries. More >> / Visit Interplast's website >> September 12, 2007 Fogarty International Center's Roger Glass speaks to Hopkins community as part of Global Health Leaders Forum Roger Glass, the Director of the Fogarty International Center and Associate Director of International Research at the National Institutes of Health, shared his vision of global health's future in the 21st century during his visit to campus September 12, 2007. More >> September 3, 2007 Center for Global Health announces first Global Health Scholars Nine students at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have been awarded full scholarships from the Center for Global Health. Six students are Master's of Public Health (MPH) degree candidates and three are pursuing their Master's of Health Science (MHS) degrees. More >> / Meet the scholarship winners >> July 11, 2007 Nancy Glass named Global Health Research Ambassador Center for Global Health Associate Director and School of Nursing Associate Professor Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, has been named an Ambassador in Research! America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research. More >> July 1, 2007 Center for Global Health announces fourteen Spring 2007 Framework Program in Global Health award winners With the financial support from the fogarty International Center, the Center for Global Health has awarded fourteen students with Framework Program in Global Health awards, allowing them to travel overseas and gain valuable field experience in their chosen area of expertise. More >> / Meet the winners here >> June 6, 2007 JHPIEGO receives prestigious AIDSTAR contract, partners with Center for Global Health The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced this week that an international consortium including the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health and led by JHPIEGO, an international health affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has been awarded a 5-year AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources Indefinite Quantity Contract (AIDSTAR). JHPIEGO is one of an anticipated eight organizations allowed to compete for a projected $500 million in future procurements. More >> April 27, 2007 Hopkins researchers share Africa research at annual HAUSA event Twenty-four students, faculty, and staff members shared their research results and personal experiences in Africa during the Hopkins All-University Seminar on Africa (HAUSA), hosted by the Center for Global Health. More >> April 9, 2007 Center for Communication Programs (CCP) and Center for Global Health lead Hopkins team in winning award for Project SEARCH qualification by USAID Johns Hopkins has won a five-year award for Project SEARCH - Supporting Evaulation and Research to Combat HIV/AIDS from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). More >> February 28, 2007 Tachi Yamada, Gates Global Health Chief: The time is now In a talk sponsored by the Center for Global Health, Tachi Yamada, executive director of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation speaks to Johns Hopkins University on the future of global health. More >> February 22, 2007 Center for Global Health announces three Associate Directors Thomas Quinn, MD, the Director of the Center for Global Health, announces the appointment of three Associate Directors:Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH; Robert Bollinger, Jr., MD, MPH; and Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN. More >> February 9, 2007 Ruth Levine of the Center for Global Development speaks to JHU students about global health challenges Ruth Levine, the Director of Programs and a Senior Fellow with the Center for Global Development, as well as a Hopkins alumna, spoke to a Hopkins audience on the keys to successful global health policy. More >> December 15, 2006 Center for Global Health awards thirteen Fall 2006 Framework Program in Global Health awards In conjunction with the Fogarty International Center, the Center for Global Health has awarded thirteen Johns Hopkins students Framework program grants, allowing them to travel overseas to gain valuable field experience in their area of expertise. More >> / Meet the winners >> June 1, 2006 Center for Global Health announces twelve Spring 2006 Framework Program in Global Health award winners The Center for Global Health, in financial support from the Fogarty International Center, announce the twelve students who have been awarded Framework Program in Global Health awards, allowing them to travel overseas and gain field experience in their chosen fields. More >> / Meet the winners >> May 15, 2006 Johns Hopkins launches Center for Global Health The Johns Hopkins University is launching a Center for Global Health to coordinate and focus its efforts against HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis, flu and other worldwide health threats, especially in developing countries, President William R. Brody announced. More >> |