Yes, 50 years! In 1974, the first cohort of undergraduates declared a \u201cpublic health\u201d major. Back then, students would combine a major in Natural Sciences or Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Homewood campus with coursework at “the School of Hygiene and Public Health” (now the Bloomberg School of Public Health).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, the major has grown and evolved, officially becoming the \u201cPublic Health Studies\u201d program in 2000. With more than 500 declared PHS majors today, the program continues to grow and change along with the field of public health itself. To recognize the achievements of five decades of students and alumni, and the dedication of scores of faculty and staff over the years, we held celebrations throughout 2024 and created this website as a resource for alumni to engage with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a follow up, in January 2025, we launched a PHS documentary film<\/a> about the history and significance of the public health major at JHU. Many thanks to filmakers Vinnie Parikh (JHU Public Health Studies ’23), and Will Taggart (JHU Public Health Studies ’26), for creating the film! The 18-min PHS documentary film may be viewed here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=itEMRfOMs6U<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’d like to submit a story or photo from your time at Hopkins or since you graduated, we would love to hear from you. Cheers to 50 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n