Public Health Studies | Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Program in Public Health offers degrees in collaboration with the Bloomberg School of Public Health. A key component of the program is the applied experience, which gives students the opportunity to work in the field with public health professionals.

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Learn from the Best

Classes are taught by faculty from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the top-ranking school of public health in America. As seniors, all PHS majors take graduate courses at the Bloomberg School.

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Gain Experience

The applied experience requirement gives students practical public health exposure in the field.

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Our students and public health-focused student groups are involved in everything from research to advocacy to community service, in Baltimore and beyond.

News & Announcements

July 22, 2019

Applications Are Now Being Accepted for the Public Health Studies Gordis Teaching Fellowship

The Public Health Studies program is now accepting applications for the Gordis Teaching Fellowship, an opportunity for graduate students at the Bloomberg School of Public Health to design and teach small, seminar style public health courses for undergraduates.

June 10, 2019

Public Health Studies Graduation Reception

This year, one hundred and seventy students graduated from JHU with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Health Studies (PHS). Many students and their families attended the graduate reception hosted by the PHS program at Gillman Hall on May 22, 2019.

February 8, 2019

Applications Are Now Being Accepted for the Fourth Annual Goodyear Award

The Public Health Studies program is now accepting applications for the fourth James D. Goodyear Public Health Service in Baltimore Award. Named in honor of the former Associate Director of Public Health Studies, this award will provide a stipend of $3000 to one Public Health Studies undergraduate student per year, allowing the student to complete an otherwise unpaid public health service internship based in Baltimore City.

January 14, 2019

Public Health Studies Grad Testifies Before Baltimore City Council

In December, Public Health Studies grad Vijay Ramasamy provided testimony on behalf of BCHD to the Baltimore City Council in support of Council Bill 18-0296 – an ordinance that requires adult-entertainment businesses, food services facilities, hotels, licensed construction contracting services, and massage establishments to post a National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline information sign in designated areas.

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