Public Health Video Podcasts from Johns Hopkins

By 2050, the number of people living with Alzheimer?s disease worldwide will quadruple to 106 million, according to a study led by Ron Brookmeyer, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...

By 2050, the number of people living with Alzheimer's disease worldwide will quadruple to 106 million, according to a study led by Ron Brookmeyer, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...

Targeted delivery of drugs. Innovative ways to filter water. Stain-free slacks... The benefits of nanotechnology?the engineering of materials on a molecular scale?seem limited only by human imagination. But no one knows how nanomaterials will affect ...

Targeted delivery of drugs. Innovative ways to filter water. Stain-free slacks... The benefits of nanotechnology--the engineering of materials on a molecular scale--seem limited only by human imagination. But no one knows how nanomaterials will affect ...

Every year since 1983, pediatrician Phil Thuma has fought to save the lives of the children of Macha, Zambia during the February-to-May malaria season. ?God put African children on my heart. This is my home area, and these are my kids,? says Thuma, whose ...

Every year since 1983, pediatrician Phil Thuma has fought to save the lives of the children of Macha, Zambia during the February-to-May malaria season. "God put African children on my heart. This is my home area, and these are my kids," says Thuma, whose ...

Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute are studying ways to make mosquitoes resistant to the parasite that causes malaria. In theory, mosquitoes that are resistant to malaria would not transmit the ...

Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute are studying ways to make mosquitoes resistant to the parasite that causes malaria. In theory, mosquitoes that are resistant to malaria would not transmit the ...

New research by Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, indicates that more than 18 million men in the United States are affected by erectile dysfunction. She explains how age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and a lack of physical activity contribute to this ...

New research by Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, indicates that more than 18 million men in the United States are affected by erectile dysfunction. She explains how age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and a lack of physical activity contribute to this ...

New research by Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, indicates that more than 18 million men in the United States are affected by erectile dysfunction. She explains how age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and a lack of physical activity contribute to this ...

As a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he saw firsthand the health needs of the people of East Baltimore. As dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Michael J. Klag is intent on finding lasting solutions to the barriers to health ...

As a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he saw firsthand the health needs of the people of East Baltimore. As dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Michael J. Klag is intent on finding lasting solutions to the barriers to health ...

Apoptosis--or cell suicide--helps rid the body of infected and damaged cells, but when it goes awry it can cause disease. The Bloomberg School''s Marie Hardwick, PhD, talks about her pioneering research into the phenomenon and how it may lead to new ways ...

"If you want to save the world, work with good people," advises Paul Farmer in an interview with Hopkins Sommer Scholars Lydia Mann-Bondat and Raj Panjabi. The founder of Partners in Health and the subject of the book Mountains Beyond Mountains talks ...

Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, Kellogg Schwab, PhD, was on a plane to Alabama, sent there by the American Red Cross to assist with the assessment of shelters in the region. Dr. Schwab sat down with us to discuss his ...

Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, India's minister for health and family welfare, discusses improvements to health in India.

Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, India's minister for health and family welfare, discusses improvements to health in India.

Sommer Scholars Jessica Greenberg and Raj Panjabi interview former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Robinson was the keynote speaker for the 2006 Annual Dr. Leroy E. Burney Lecture on April 11 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...