Center for a Livable Future

CLF Director Robert Lawrence Receives APHA’s Highest Honor

livablefuture — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:53 +0000

Robert S. Lawrence, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future (CLF), has been presented with the Sedgwick Award Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) oldest and most prestigious award. The award was established to recognize distinguished service to public [...]

Join The CLF Conversation at APHA!

livablefuture — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:44 +0000

CLF staff members are gearing up for the 137th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. The conference, “Water and Public Health,” runs from Nov. 7-11 at the Philadelphia Convention Center. We’ll be exhibiting at the Expo, Booth Number 1652. Stop in and visit with CLF staffer to learn more about the Center’s recent [...]

Center for a Livable Future Statement on The Confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General of the United States

livablefuture — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:02:25 +0000

Washington, D.C. (October 30, 2009) - The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) Director Robert Lawrence, MD, issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin: “On Thursday, the United States Senate confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General of the United States. CLF applauds the Senate’s unanimous vote [...]

The Usual…and Not So Usual Suspects

ptruant — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:18:24 +0000

Upon leaving the 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference, one of the important themes that will stay with me is the need to routinely branch out to other disciplines to solve public health problems. For example, city planners, architects and transportation departments need to be at the table with public health professionals more often to [...]

Eating Animals is Making Us Sick.

Chris — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:02:13 +0000

There’s an interesting opinion piece on CNN today-“Eating Animals is Making Us Sick”-by Jonathan Safran Foer, author of “Everything is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” It’s a great prelude to his upcoming book–his first nonfiction entry–called “Eating Animals.” The book will be available next week. Foer zooms in on antibiotic resistance and the [...]

This Week at the National Environmental Public Health Conference

ptruant — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:48:42 +0000

There aren’t exactly celebrities in the field of public health, but a few of the biggest names are in Atlanta this week for the National Environmental Public Health Conference (NEPHC). For one, Thomas Frieden, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control, got a rock star reception when he addressed the 1,100 conference attendees [...]

What is CLF’s Involvement in Meatless Monday?

livablefuture — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:40:35 +0000

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) is an interdisciplinary academic center that promotes research and communicates information about the complex interrelationships among diet, food production, environment and human health. Some of CLF’s work focuses on understanding food environments and the influence they have on eating behaviors; identifying what helps people adopt healthier [...]

Protein 101: Dispelling the Myth Surrounding Meatless Meals

Ralph Loglisci — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:35:52 +0000

It is disappointing to see members of the media spread misinformation due to their own ignorance, gullibility, or, worse, disinterest in digging for the truth — especially when it has to do with the health of children. Case in point, a reporter from a South Dakota talk radio show apparently believes that Baltimore City Public [...]

Obesity and Soda: How Much do Americans Drink?

Bkim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:12:13 +0000

An op-ed in the October 7th Wall Street Journal by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent inspired me to do some fact-checking. In the article, “Coke Didn’t Make America Fat, Americans need more exercise, not another tax,” Mr. Kent defended his industry as being an easy target in the debate over obesity and its cause: “Sugar-sweetened beverages [...]

Veterinarians Respond to Sen. Grassley

livablefuture — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:16:43 +0000

by Amy Peterson, DVM, and Meghan Davis, DVM, MPH In a Sept. 29th prepared floor statement, Senator Chuck Grassley spoke in response to an August 21st Time magazine article by Bryan Walsh. An important point raised by Mr. Walsh concerned the non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in food animals and the impact of use of antimicrobials on [...]