Spring 2012 | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

Dean Mike Klag

Our Search for Answers

Michael J. Klag

It’s time that I wrote about my daughter Sarah.

4 minute read

illustration of a mosquito walking across the surface of water, above which bob the tops of people's heads

End Game

Ted Alcorn

After malaria transmission drops precipitously, what next?

4 minute read

Sara Bleich stands in front of a corner store that abuts rowhomes in Baltimore

Thinking Big: New Ideas for Preventing Obesity

Jackie Powder

3 minute read

Wendy Shields and Andrea Gielen stand at the entrance to a rowhome in Baltimore

Home, Safe Home

Jim Schnabel

2 minute read

Women, seated and standing, in a clinic waiting room

Better Access, Better Lives

Ted Alcorn

3 minute read

a woman sits on the ground with a blanket wrapped around her

A Global Call for Mental Help

Jackie Powder

3 minute read

a circle of about 15 people in athletic gear stand in a circle with their arms around each other

A Running Start

Jackie Powder

3 minute read

Xiao-Fang Yu in his laboratory

The Mystery of Vif

Jim Schnabel

2 minute read

Field doctors attend to children in a crisis situation

Fighting for Docs in War Zones

Maryalice Yakutchik

2 minute read

a newborn baby swaddled in a tan and red plaid blanket

Cut the Cord… Cleanly

Lauren Glenn Manfuso

2 minute read

illustration of a man with his head bent down; behind him a small girl plays with a balloon

Reason versus Rage

Jim Duffy

Stopping child sexual abuse requires prevention—not just punishment

12 minute read

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The Weighting Game

Brian W. Simpson

4 minute read

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A Radical Notion

Maryalice Yakutchik

Can Xiaobin Wang prevent chronic disease in utero?

12 minute read

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A Path Toward Hope

Brian W. Simpson

An innovative collaboration of White Mountain Apaches and Baltimore-based researchers works to prevent youth suicide.

13 minute read

Bob Gilman puts a band-aid on a teenage boy's arm while his mother watches in the background

La Familia Gilman

Christen Brownlee

A prof’s protégés save lives in Peru

7 minute read

Ogobaro Doumbo sits on a low chair in his home. A mosquito net hangs to his left.

Voices Against Malaria

David A. Taylor

Fighting the deadly parasite in West Africa with stories, songs and nets.

8 minute read

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A Memory for the Future

Brian W. Simpson

2 minute read