Johns Hopkins GOPC explores social networks

November 3, 2014

The Johns Hopkins Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) hosted a symposium titled “The Social Network: a Systems Approach to #Childhood Obesity,” on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Guest speakers and leaders in the field guided the audience throughout the day, going from...

Johns Hopkins to hold symposium on social networks’ influence on weight, behavior, health

October 14, 2014

The Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins invites you to attend a day-long symposium titled "The Social Network: A Systems Approach to #ChildhoodObesity." The event will be Oct. 22, 2014, from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. at the Johns...

Johns Hopkins Global Center for Childhood Obesity funds projects to improve school nutrition programs and increase sale of health foods in urban areas

May 16, 2013

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity has awarded funding to two intervention projects aimed at preventing childhood obesity. The research is part of the third round of funding focused on “rapid response projects.” The Johns Hopkins Global Center...

JHGCCO releases second round RFA for rapid response studies

July 5, 2012

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity (JHGCCO) released its second round Request for Applications (RFA) on July 1, awarding research grants for "rapid response" studies. JHGCCO seeks to jumpstart systems-oriented childhood obesity research in a rapidly-changing physical or policy environment...

New funding opportunities at global childhood obesity center

March 8, 2012

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity (JHGCCO) has recently announced an RFA for new rapid response funding opportunities. (more…)

Systems science in childhood obesity and public health research: Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral opportunities at Johns Hopkins University

February 13, 2012

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)-supported and NIH-funded, Johns Hopkins Global Center for Childhood Obesity (JHGCCO) is recruiting qualified pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees from diverse fields (e.g. Public Health, Medicine, Engineering, Nursing, or Arts and Sciences) with a...

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity established

November 10, 2011

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded a $16 million U54 cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a global center of excellence to address the childhood obesity epidemic. The Johns Hopkins...