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News Releases

June 05, 2003

Gates Foundation Commits $40 Million to School of Public Health

Johns ��ѻ��ý receives $40 million gift from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for gobal family planning and reproductive health initiatives.

May 30, 2003

Professors Named to Most Highly Cited Researchers List

Dr. James C. Anthony, professor in the Departments of Mental Health and Epidemiology, and Dr. Laurie Schwab Zabin, professor in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, were recently named to the Thompson ISI (founded as the Institute for Scientific Information) list of Highly Cited Researchers in the Social Sciences, General category.

May 29, 2003

School Researcher Addresses United Nations

Dr. Adnan A. Hyder, assistant professor and Leon Robertson Faculty Development Chair in the School’s department of International Health, will be making a presentation today to United Nations (UN) ambassadors in New York, NY ,about the increasing burden of road traffic injuries.

May 27, 2003

Dean Sommer Receives Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, dean of the Johns ��ѻ��ý, was honored today with the fifteenth annual Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize for his pioneering work that showed that four-cent vitamin A capsules can prevent the deaths of millions of lives and blindness in the developing world.

Featured

A young child with measles rash all over their body lies in bed and hugs a teddy bear.

The New York Times

Measles cases hit highest total since U.S. eliminated the disease
William Moss is quoted.

Scripps News

Health risks from the flooding in Texas could linger for months
Natalie Exum is quoted.

Media Briefing

U.S. Drug Supply Chain, Tariffs, Prices, and Availability
With Jeromie Ballreich and Mariana Socal.

In the News

NPR

August 22, 2025

Offered a cash price for a prenatal genetic test? It may be your best bet

Ge Bai is interviewed.

NBC News Washington

August 22, 2025

Childhood vaccination rates drop as doctors warn of preventable disease outbreaks

William Moss is interviewed.

Newsweek

August 22, 2025

Millions More Americans Are Being Exposed to Contaminated Water

Natalie Exum is quoted.

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