Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine
The MAGAZINE of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Summer 2009 | www.jhsph.edu
Expanding Mental Health Care
The Applied Mental Health Research team believes quality mental health care can be delivered in low-resource countries. Laura Murray explains how inexpensive, effective, science-based care can be delivered where it’s needed most.
Alcohol on Campus: The Problem
1,825 deaths and 600,000 injuries. Alcohol abuse takes an appalling toll on college campuses in the U.S. each year. Alcohol policy expert David Jernigan surveys the consequences in this interview with Johns Hopkins Public Health editor Brian W. Simpson.
Alcohol on Campus: The Solutions
Preventing deaths, injuries and other problems related to alcohol abuse requires multiple, coordinated solutions, says David Jernigan, an expert on alcohol policy. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health editor Brian W. Simpson
Minimizing H1N1
Virologist Andrew Pekosz explains the H1N1 virus’s summer surprise and what our priorities should be for combating the virus this flu season.
Medicare: Time for Reform
With deficits looming in eight years, the Medicare system needs significant reform. Chad Boult, the Bloomberg School’s Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor in Health Care Policy, details Medicare’s current situation and possible reforms. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health editor Brian W. Simpson.
Meet H1N1
In this interview, Andrew Pekosz provides a nuts-and-bolts introduction to the H1N1, what makes it and other influenza viruses so dangerous, and just what those H's and N’s are all about. Interview by Brian W. Simpson, editor of Johns Hopkins Public Health.
Influenza: Past, Present, and Future
What was the 1918 flu pandemic like? What would happen if it struck today? Take a tour of the 20th century’s great pandemics with Bloomberg School virologist Andrew Pekosz—and learn how the latest H1N1 compares with them. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health editor Brian W. Simpson.
Manufacturing H1N1 Flu Vaccine
Will there be enough vaccines to go around? Respiratory virus expert Ruth Karron gives us a quick lesson in how vaccines are made, the challenges to meeting the demand in a pandemic, and novel approaches that could step up the global supply. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health associate editor Christine Grillo.
How Do H1 and H5 Compare?
The Bloomberg School’s respiratory virus expert, Ruth Karron, tells us how the two influenzas are exact opposites of each other—and what to watch for with both. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health associate editor Christine Grillo.
Tracking the Pandemic
From the first reported cases in Mexico, the H1N1 influenza virus spread globally with frightening speed. This timeline, based on WHO statistics, shows how the virus leaps borders and continents, spreading from a handful of cases to tens of thousands in a matter of weeks.
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