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UPCOMING EVENTS

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September 27, 2010
Road to Recovery Conference
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November 12, 2010
Buprenorphine Certification Training
> CME Course Details
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November 20, 2010
A Woman's Journey
> Information and registration

IN THE MEDIA

June 24, 2010
Novel Radiotracer Shine New Light on the Brains of Alzheimer's Disease Patients
Dr. Dean Wong's clinical trial reveals a new tool for diagnosing Alzheimer’s, tracking disease progression and developing therapeutics.
> Link to online release

June 2, 2010
Traumatic Brain Injury in Professional Football:
An Evidence-Base Perspective
JH host conference on epidemiology of head injury in professional football
> Full story, video or news conference, podcasts

June 1, 2010
The Diane Rehm Show
Dealing with a Parent's Early Death
Featuring Dr. Holly WIlcox
> Link to listen

May 28, 2010
Cold Sore Virus May Contribute to Cognitive and Brain Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
Dr. David Schretlen's team finds that cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia may be due in part to prior exposure to herpes simplex virus 1 infection.
> Link to online release

May 26, 2010
The Baltimore Sun
New Brain Research Institute Selects Hopkins Site
> Link to online article

May 18, 2010
WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show
The Changing Face of Psychiatry
Featuring Dr. James Potash
> Link to listen

May 5, 2010
Spouses Who Care for Partners with Dementia
at Sixfold Higher Risk of Same Fate
Dr. Peter Rabins led a team of Hopkins and other researchers in a 14-year study showing that the risk to caregivers was on par with the power of a gene variant known to increase susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease.
> Link to online release
> Link to article in The Globe and Mail

All media coverage | Press release archive

J. Rayomond DePaulo, M.D.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine has occupied a distinguished place in the field of psychiatry since the opening of the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic in 1913. Today, we continue our long tradition of excellence in patient care, teaching and research.

J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., M.D.
Henry Phipps Professor and Chairman

> more about Dr. DePaulo
> more about the Department

FACULTY HONORS

Dr. Kay Jamison

Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., who was recently installed as the Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders, received an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on June 23, 2010.
> Link to read laureation address

FEATURED FACULTY BOOK

Nothing was the same cover NOTHING WAS THE SAME:
A Memoir
by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.

> Read an excerpt
> Watch video interview on Big Think
> Learn more about The Mood Disorders Center

Quick Links

Johns Hopkins' highly acclaimed annual women's health conference on November 20, 2010 at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel. Hear Dr. Peter Rabins on memory, Dr.Eric Strain on caffeine, and Dr. Karen Swartz on self-esteem. For information and registration visit the website.