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___________________________________________________________ A Nobel Prize, a move into a new $140 million research building, and a run-in with a regulatory group. It's been an unusual few months. Read about it below. You also may be interested in an innovative workers compensation claims system that pinpoints hazardous conditions, and in a "grow your own" workforce development success story. Please let us know if you have questions or comments about any of these topics. We welcome your suggestions. -- Edward D. Miller, M.D., Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
-- Ronald R. Peterson, President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System
AGRE WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR BREAKTHROUGH DISCOVERY
The 2003 chemistry award goes to a Hopkins professor whose discovery of "channels" regulating water molecule transport through cell membranes ushered in a golden age of research. Also listen to audio of Agre's press briefing.
$140 MILLION RESEARCH BUILDING OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Scientists are settling into the 372,000-square-foot Broadway Research Building's state-of-the-art biomedical labs. BERNACKI WINS AWARD FOR WORKERS COMP CLAIMS SYSTEM
A web-based management system that tracks and processes workers compensation claims and pinpoints hazardous situations for prompt correction wins innovation prize for Director of Occupational Medicine. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS STORY
For security officer Art Serrano, it started with a mention of his interest in science. He's now in a radiography certificate program, one of many that advances employees to the next level.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0310/feature.cfm#quickstudies NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING RESIDENTS
Hopkins adjusts residency programs to regulatory standards that impose an 80-hour hospital workweek.
Updates: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/enews/residency.html
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/enews/ACGME.html AVON FOUNDATION GIVES $10 MILLION GIFT FOR BREAST CANCER
The Kimmel Cancer Center at Hopkins launches a major breast cancer initiative, thanks to an Avon Foundation $10 million grant. HOPKINS ON THE WATERFRONT
Fells Point offices at the water's edge help Hopkins employees adjust to working off-campus.
SCIENCE AND MEDICAL NEWS
TREADMILL TESTS IDENTIFY WOMEN AT RISK OF HEART ATTACKS
A woman's fitness level and the time it takes her heart to return to normal following a treadmill run more accurately predict risk than electrocardiograms, note Hopkins scientists. HOSPITAL ERRORS PROVE COSTLY
Medical injuries while in the hospital may account for 2.4 million added inpatient days, $9 billion in extra costs and 32,000 attributable deaths, say Hopkins Children's Center researchers. ROBOTS EYE UROLOGY PATIENTS, GET RAVE REVIEWS
People stare when a robot rolls down the hall to visit patients. It's a high-tech way for doctors to check on patients.
COMMENTARY
THE END OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
University President Bill Brody fantasizes about a precipitous drop in malpractice lawsuits when litigation lawyers find bigger fish to sue: members of Congress and the executive branch. INTERVIEW WITH HOPKINS' NEW SURGERY CHIEF
Hopkins' first female chief of surgery, Julie Freischlag, talks about the lack of women in her line of work and new training methods for residents.
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