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Hundreds of Hopkins alumni and friends gathered in Boston on June 10, 2006, to share stories of discovery and discuss issues of the day.

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Medical Horizons
Length 59 minutes

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Heart. Brain. Pediatrics. Cancer. Big breakthroughs are coming. How are we anticipating—and accelerating—the changes ahead?

Moderator
William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Johns Hopkins University

Presenters
Daniel Laheru, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Richard A. Lange, M.D.
Chief of Clinical Cardiology, E. Cowles Andrus Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Associate Director of the Research Center Training Program, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Justin C. McArthur, M.B.B.S., M.P.H. (SPH '88)
Acting Chair of the Department of Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Pathology & Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Director of the JHU NIMH Center for NeuroAIDS

Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, Center for Epigenetics at the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Robert A. Wood, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and International Health, School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Director of Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Children's Center

China Rising
Length 58 minutes

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What are the economic, political, and military ramifications of China 's emergence as a global powerhouse?

Moderator
Jessica P. Einhorn, Ph.D. ( SAIS '70 M.A.)
Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Presenters
Robert J. Barbera, Ph.D. (Engr '74, '78 Ph.D.)
Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, ITG; Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Bo Kong (SAIS '03 M.A.)
Ph.D. candidate in China Studies and International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

David M. Lampton, Ph.D.
George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies, Dean of Faculty, Director of the China Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Global Health
Length 57 minutes

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Rock star activists and billionaire philanthropists are leading crusades to alleviate disease and despair. The U.N. is making a frontal assault on the world's deadliest scourges. What role is Hopkins playing? What progress are we making?

Moderator
Robert S. Lawrence, M.D.
Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine, Associate Dean for Professional Practice and Programs, Director of the Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Presenters
Robert Wm. Blum, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
William H. Gates Sr. Professor and Chair, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Interim Director, Johns Hopkins University Urban Health Institute

Ruth R. Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Executive Director, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Gregory Glass, Ph.D.
Professor, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Keith P. West Jr., Dr.P.H., R.D. (SPH '79, '87 Dr.P.H.)
George G. Graham Professor of Infant and Child Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University