{"id":6686,"date":"2024-02-12T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/?page_id=6686"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:31:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Public Health Studies Program at JHU dates back to 1974, when the first cohort of undergraduates declared \u201cpublic health\u201d as a major. Back then, students would combine a major in Natural Sciences or Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Homewood campus with coursework at &#8220;the School of Hygiene and Public Health&#8221; (now the Bloomberg School of Public Health).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, the major has grown and evolved, officially becoming the \u201cPublic Health Studies\u201d program in 2000. With close to 500 declared PHS majors today, the program continues to grow and change along with the field of public health itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, we celebrated 50 years of undergraduate public health education at JHU.  To recognize the history and significance of our program, a documentary film was created by Vinnie Parikh (PHS \u201923) and Will Taggart (PHS \u201926), with interviews of students, alumni, staff and faculty.  We invite you to watch the 17-minute documentary below:<\/p>\n\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image hd-bcve-wrapper hd-bcve-wrapper-js is--embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-id=\"KzAy6jVsT7s\">\n\t\t<button class=\"play-button\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"hd-bcve-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KzAy6jVsT7s\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<template id=\"hd-bcve-embed-html-KzAy6jVsT7s\">\n\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzAy6jVsT7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t<\/template>\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ways to stay in touch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign up for the semi-annual <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g_SjZP\">Public Health Studies program newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/1867813\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/1867813<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/E5mYeiZ9ckg4Hp7M\/?mibextid=K35XfP\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/E5mYeiZ9ckg4Hp7M\/?mibextid=K35XfP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" data-id=\"6739\" src=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"a black box saying 50 years with Undergraduate Public Health Johns Hopkins 1974-2024 around it\" class=\"wp-image-6739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic.jpg 850w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/02\/50th-anniversary-graphic-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Health Studies Program at JHU dates back to 1974, when the first cohort of undergraduates declared \u201cpublic health\u201d as a major. 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