HOPKINS MEDICINE e-NEWS 2004 New Year Issue
Easy-to-read reports and useful information for busy executives from one of the region's largest private employers.
Looking for Return on Investment in the New Year? Look no further than Maryland’s Cigarette Restitution Fund (CRF). That source of money has helped Johns Hopkins Medicine take significant steps towards understanding the causes of cancer. Read about progress on the Baltimore City Cancer Plan, too. This is a state partnership program producing important results, making Maryland’s use of the CRF a model for the nation.
May you enjoy the very best – in good health – in the coming months.-- Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
-- Ronald R. Peterson, President, Johns Hopkins Health System, The Johns Hopkins Hospital This newsletter is available online at:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Enews/01_04.html
SPECIAL SCIENCE REPORT
GOVERNOR, LEGISLATORS GAVE THUMBS UP TO CONTINUED FUNDING
A betting person would have put his money on an end to Cigarette Restitution Fund-supported cancer research. Instead, the progress made by CRF researchers to combat high cancer incidence and death rates in Maryland was understood.MD. CIGARETTE RESTITUTION FUND PAYING OFF IN CANCER RESEARCH
CRF-sponsored researchers at Johns Hopkins report inroads in understanding cellular, genetic and environmental causes of cancer. DESPITE SETBACKS, CITY CANCER PLAN MAKES HEADWAY
Overcoming budget cuts, the CRF-sponsored Baltimore City Cancer Plan opens seven community-based screening sites, conducts more than 650 screenings and provides over 18,000 cancer-education services. MOVING CANCER CURES TO THE BEDSIDE
Technology transfer funds move research from the bench to the bedside, but finding funds to support commercialization and translation of laboratory research isn’t easy. CRF INVESTIGATOR ONE OF POPULAR SCIENCE’S BRILLIANT 10
Dr. Victor Velculescu’s maverick approach ushered in a new way to finger cancer genes. PAIR OF DISCOVERIES HELPS UNRAVEL COMPLEX GENETICS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Researchers have linked versions of two different genes with the inflammatory bowel diseases known as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The discoveries are a crucial step in developing new treatments and prevention strategies for disabling conditions that afflict one million Americans.
THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE
RESIDENCY PROGRAM WINS THREE-YEAR ACCREDITATION
Hopkins’ internal medicine residency program regains full accreditation from a national review committee.NURSING WINS COVETED ‘MAGNET’ STATUS
The Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Department of Nursing earns the American Nurses Credentialing Center's highest honor, "Magnet" status, recognizing national excellence in nursing. Hopkins is the only “magnet” hospital in the mid-Atlantic region. SINGAPORE EXPANSION FOR HOPKINS
Hopkins Medicine establishes its first full division outside Baltimore. Funded by a branch of the Singapore government, the new Division of Biomedical Sciences will include12 full-time Johns Hopkins faculty based in Singapore leading training and research initiatives.
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