Center Overview
Events
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:30 PM
Seminar: Infant and Child Outcomes Associated with Maternal Nutritional Status
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Invitation to HBO's "The Weight of the Nation" NIH Screening on May 8
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Calendar
Explore Center Cores
The Center includes 4 cores and 3 key research projects as well as some other ongoing studies conducted by key Center investigators. We will also begin funding many small projects as the Center grows.
- Administrative Core (AC)
- The Research Resource Core (RRC)
- Education and Training Core (ETC)
- Rapid Response Pilot Project Core (RRPC)
Stay Connected
The Second Center Seminar, by Dr. David Levy from Georgetown University
3/5/2012
Dr. Levy gave a seminar “Modeling Tobacco Policy Effects, What Has Worked & What Has Not Worked”.
The First Center Seminar, by Professor Klim McPherson from Oxford University
2/3/2012
It featured a lecture, “Modeling the Obesity Epidemic in the UK and the World: Trends and Consequences”.
Center Announces 2 Open Job Positions
3/3/2012
The positions are for Assistant to Director and Center Coordinator.
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Professor Klim McPherson from Oxford University
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Funders & Partners
- NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)
- Johns Hopkins University
Announcements
- Open Graduate Research Assistant Position 5/23/2012
- First Trainees Join the Center 5/16/2012
- We have recruited our first three trainees in systems science applications to public health.
- Summer Course: Complex Systems And Obesity In Human Populations (July 2 - July 6) 4/18/2012
- 2 open job positions in the Center 3/4/2012
- Positions:Assistant to Director and Center Coordinator.
Spotlight
- New Trainees in the Center
- Claudia Nau is a demographer and social epidemiologist with interests in measurement issues in health research, and contextual and neighborhood effects on health and obesity. more