Addiction researchers are explorers of and caregivers to a
hidden land of human suffering.
Society tends to think of the principal
drug-abuse challenge as prevention rather than treatment of those
already addicted to drugs. And addicts tend to keep to
themselves, their problems shrouded by fear of legal sanction and
For scientists willing to carefully reach out,
addiction research offers a rare chance to explore the dynamics
of how changes in the brain become changes in perception and
behavior, and an invaluable opportunity to find new ways to pull
lives back from the brink.
Hopkins addiction researcher Sharon Walsh, an
assistant professor of psychiatry, recently received a
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the
nation's highest award for young researchers. She will get up to
$500,000 over five years to further her research in cocaine and
opioid drug abuse, withdrawal and treatment.
School of Nursing makes the big
It took three moving trucks four and a half days to shuttle
40 loads of equipment and belongings from six different
locations, but when the Anne M. Pinkard Building opens its doors
today, the School of
Nursing will be officially in its new home.
The Johns Hopkins University
3003 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218