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Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships (BDPs) were established by a $250 million gift by Michael Bloomberg, JHU Class of 1964, to Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Fifty faculty members, ten from Johns Hopkins University and forty recruited from institutions worldwide, will be chosen for these endowed professorships based on their research, teaching, service, and leadership records.〔Barbaro, Michael. ("$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins" ), ''The New York Times'', New York, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.〕〔Anderson, Nick. (" Bloomberg pledges $350 million to Johns Hopkins University " ), ''The Washington Post'', Washington, D.C., 23 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 March 2015.〕〔Associated Press ("Michael Bloomberg's Contributions To Johns Hopkins University Top $1 Billion" ), ''Huffington Post'', New York, 27 January 2013. Retrieved on 11 March 2015.〕 == Purpose == The BDPs will create interdisciplinary connections and collaborations across Johns Hopkins University, train and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and strengthen the university's leadership in research fields of international interest.〔〔Mac, Ryan. (“Michael Bloomberg Pledges $350 Million To Johns Hopkins University" ), ''Forbes'', New York, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 March 2015.〕〔Dance, Scott. (“Bloomberg donates $350 million to Johns Hopkins for research, scholarships" ), ''The Baltimore Sun'', Baltimore, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 2 March 2015.〕 Each of the BDPs will be appointed in at least two schools or divisions.〔(“With Latest $350 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg Surpasses $1 Billion in Giving to Alma Mater" ), ''Philanthropy News Digest'', New York, 29 January 2013. Retrieved on 10 March 2015.〕〔Franklin, Frank. (“NYC's Mayor Bloomberg giving another $350 million to alma mater Johns Hopkins" ), ''NBC News'', New York, 27 January 2013. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.〕 == Timeline == As of November 2015, sixteen of the fifty Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships have been appointed.〔Mac, Ryan. (“Michael Bloomberg Pledges $350 Million To Johns Hopkins University" ), ''Forbes'', New York, 26 January 2013. Retrieved on 12 March 2015.〕〔Rosen, Jill. ("Johns Hopkins Appoints Four to Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships" ), "JH Press Release", Baltimore, 30 March 2015. Retrieved on 31 March 2015.〕〔Brooks, Kelly. ("Four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors named at Johns Hopkins" ), ''JHU Hub'', Baltimore, 8 July 2015. Retrieved on 8 July 2015.〕 The first cohort of scholars in 2014 included two Nobel Laureates, Peter Agre and Carol W. Greider, and poverty researcher, Kathryn Edin.〔Brooks, Kelly. ("With Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships, Johns Hopkins aims to foster cross-specialty collaboration" ), ''JHU Hub'', Baltimore, 27 February 2014. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.〕 Sociologist Stephen Morgan, neuroscientist Patricia Janak, and organization theorist Kathleen Sutcliffe, were announced as the second group of BDPs in June 2014.〔Brooks, Kelly. ("Johns Hopkins Appoints Three to Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship Positions" ), ''Newswise'', Charlottesville, 11 June 2014. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.〕 In March 2015, it was announced that biomedical informatics expert Christopher G. Chute of the Mayo Clinic and infectious disease specialist Arturo Casadevall of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine would be joining Johns Hopkins University as BDPs.〔Newswise. ("Albert Einstein College of Medicine Announces New Chair of Department of Microbiology & Immunology" ), "Newswise", Charlottesville, 30 December 2014. Retrieved on 23 March 2015.〕〔Parmar, Arundhati. ("The 50 best Mayo Clinic doctors. Ever." ), "MinnPost", Minneapolis, 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2015.〕〔ANSI. ("People on the Move" ), "American National Standards Institute", Washington DC, 21 November 2014. Retrieved on 22 March 2015.〕 Two internally-selected professors were also named BDPs: big data scientist Alex Szalay and computational biologist Steven Salzberg.〔Rosen, Jill. ("Johns Hopkins Appoints Four to Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships" ), "JH Press Release", Baltimore, 30 March 2015. Retrieved on 31 March 2015.〕 In July 2015, four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors were named across five divisions of Johns Hopkins University: global food ethicist and nutritionist Jessica Fanzo, biophysicist Taekjip Ha, cell dynamics investigator Rong Li, and computer vision specialist Alan Yuille.〔Brooks, Kelly. ("Four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors named at Johns Hopkins" ), ''JHU Hub'', Baltimore, 8 July 2015. Retrieved on 8 July 2015.〕 In October 2015, Paul Ferraro, an environmental economist was announced as a BDP〔Parsons, Tim. ("Paul Ferraro named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins" ), ''JHU HUB'', Baltimore, 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.〕 and in November, it was announced that noted statistician Nilanjan Chatterjee would be joining Johns Hopkins as a BDP from the National Cancer Institute.〔Messersmith, Julie. ("Nilanjan Chatterjee named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins" ), "JHU HUB", Baltimore, 10 November 2015. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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