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The International Health Systems Program

The International Health Systems Program (IHSP) is an integral component of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Comprising a multidisciplinary team of faculty, scholars, and experts, IHSP’s primary aim is to elevate health and living standards for the underprivileged and disadvantaged populations.

The mission of our program is to synthesize the wide-ranging perspectives of the social sciences with the specialized knowledge of clinical, public health, and health systems fields. By leveraging this blend of expertise, we aim to uncover innovative solutions that address complex health challenges, ultimately leading to more effective and resilient health systems.

By focusing on education, training, and research, IHSP endeavors to create a meaningful impact on global health, specifically targeting the improvement of conditions for the poor and disadvantaged. Our program is committed to not only advancing health systems through academic inquiry but also applying these insights in real-world contexts to achieve tangible improvements.

TRAINING, SHORT COURSES

IHSP offers a range of intensive courses, typically lasting one week, alongside tailor-made programs to meet the specific requirements of country teams or organizations. These educational offerings are specifically designed for public officials, policymakers, researchers, and other individuals committed to enhancing health outcomes in low and middle-income countries.

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Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

The DrPH program focuses on training innovative leaders who will develop, implement, and disseminate evidence-based programs and policies to address global public health issues, framed by a health equity lens. GPH uses an interdisciplinary approach in its DrPH curriculum, with training in the areas of data and analysis; leadership, management, and governance; policy and programs; and education and workforce development. The program has a specialized focus on communication, collaboration, leadership, implementation science, and ethics.

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The DrPH is the highest professional degree in public health. The goal of our DrPH program is to develop transformative leaders in public health practice who can collaborate with diverse partners across settings and sectors, synthesize knowledge, and generate practice-based evidence. Our program focuses on training innovative leaders who will develop, implement, and disseminate evidence-based programs and policies to address global public health issues, framed by a health equity lens. Students are trained by an interdisciplinary faculty with expertise in research and practice, and they benefit from NYU’s location in New York City and an expansive global network.

GPH uses an interdisciplinary approach in its DrPH curriculum, with training in the areas of data and analysis; leadership, management, and governance; policy and programs; and education and workforce development. The GPH program has a specialized focus on communication, collaboration, leadership, implementation science, and ethics.

A total of 42 credit hours is required for the DrPH, including 15 credits of electives. Students are expected to complete the degree within five to seven years, depending on previous academic coursework in public health, and whether the student is registered on a full-time or part-time basis.

GPH strongly believes in the importance of faculty mentoring. Early in the first semester, each DrPH student will be assigned a faculty mentor, based on areas of common interest. The faculty mentor will help the student with selecting relevant electives and developing a plan with recommendations regarding an applied practice experience, qualifying exam preparation, dissertation focus, and other academic issues. Faculty mentors will also help students network with other NYU faculty and with health professionals working in the field.

In addition to faculty mentors, the program will provide coaching to every candidate, helping students develop hands-on leadership and professional skills under the guidance of experienced public health professionals.

Meet Our Students

Applicants are expected to have earned an MPH or another relevant graduate degree and must have at least 3 years of full-time public health or other relevant work experience. Learn more about application requirements and deadlines.

For a complete list of application requirements and to apply for the DrPH, please complete the SOPHAS application!

About the Program

The Doctoral Program in Global Health and Development (GHD) is a new and distinctive training program anchored in the Hubert Department of Global Health, and affiliated with the Public Health Sciences cluster of doctoral programs within the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies .

The goal of this program is to train leaders and scholars who use science to improve public health policy and practice for underserved populations globally. Graduates will acquire a solid understanding of the theoretical frameworks of implementation science and relevant methodological skills required to guide programs and policies that are designed to improve health outcomes in a variety of settings across the globe.

Training will provide students with deep and broad expertise in the field of global health and development, creativity to cross discipline boundaries, courage to challenge convention, and confidence to ask unexpected questions and articulate bold new perspectives.

Training faculty include 47 core faculty members and 10 affiliated faculty members who are based at several partner institutions such as the Carter Center and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The core faculty have primary appointments in the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory School of Medicine, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta School of Business, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing and Emory Law School and represent a wide variety of disciplines.  The GHD PhD Program collaborates closely with the Emory Master’s in Development Practice program , a two-year professional degree that prepares students for careers in development and humanitarian fields.

What You’ll Learn

This new PhD offering is one of the only programs globally that specifically offers a doctoral degree in Global Heath and Development. Distinct program advantages include:

• a specific focus on interrelationships between global health and other components of development (e.g. education, urban growth),
• deep learning in ethics and leadership,
• rigorous training in implementation science and interventions, and
• an explicit recognition that field training can be local or global. Moreover, Emory’s strong collaborative ties and engagement of experts based in non-academic settings, such as CARE, The Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer our students unparalleled opportunities for training with experts who are engaged in designing and implementing programs and policies that influence global health and development. These are innovations in training that leverage the expertise of our faculty and our partnerships that are not explicitly emphasized at other institutions in the US or abroad.

Specific skills that the graduates of this program will acquire include a solid understanding of the theoretical frameworks and practical aspects of using implementation science to guide programs and policies that are designed to improve health outcomes in a variety of settings across the globe combined with an understanding of the importance of development theory and practice and ethical challenges.

They will also gain the relevant methodological skills and underlying theory based on their area of interest and career goals (for e.g. policy and advocacy, improving health systems and/or designing and evaluating strategies that include behavioral and/or biomedical interventions in varying areas such as maternal and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and mental health).

The trainees in this unique program will be challenged to study and think about issues such as scalability, i.e. exploring the processes and transition through which stakeholders become increasingly skillful and committed to using an intervention and assimilating these interventions into societal structures and functioning within a given context.

They will have core courses that cover the range of content and skills-based knowledge that they need and will have access to a vast variety of elective courses across Emory based on their project needs and/or personal interests.

Emory University’s PhD in Global Health and Development seeks to fill that capacity gap by training leaders in the field with strong methodological foundations to design, manage, implement, and evaluate programs and policies in diverse settings.

The application for the Fall 2021 admissions cycle will open in September 2020. The application deadline is December 1 st . You can submit your application before your letter writers have submitted their letters of recommendation. Make sure you upload the correct version of your statement of purpose, resume and transcripts, as our office is unable to remove or add any document in your application once it has been submitted. View the full list of Admissions Requirements.

Degree Requirements

A full-time course load, considered 9 credit hours or more per semester, is required for all GHD doctoral students. All students must pass the Qualifying Exam before taking the General Doctoral Exam. A Master’s degree will not be granted without a thesis. Independent of admission status, ALL STUDENTS in the GHD Doctoral Program are required to take and pass the Qualifying Exam.

Training Program

The GHD program provides students and program faculty several opportunities for providing feedback. For students, these will include, but are not restricted to, regular meetings with the DGS, participation in the Executive Committee (EC) meetings (two student representatives will be elected by the graduate student body), and meetings with the DGS who will be available by email and during structured office hours.

The DGS will also routinely obtain feedback and obtain student evaluations of the core courses and performance of teaching assistants and other guest lecturer faculty. In these reviews, students will have the opportunity to report on how the curriculum fosters the development of critical thinking skills and make recommendations for additional new courses and/or training opportunities that will be pursued actively.

The EC will also solicit annually from program faculty feedback about the program for discussion at EC meetings in their consideration and application of program changes.

This event includes an overview of the GHD program, the application process, and admission process as well as an introduction to the Hubert Department of Global Health by the Department Chair, Dr. Usha Ramakrishnan, and a panel discussion by current students in the GHD program, followed by a Q&A session.

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Institute for Global Health MPhil/PhD

London, Bloomsbury

Our MPhil/PhD programme offers students from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to explore topics within a broad global health agenda. The programme equips you for the diversity and demands of a career in global health.

UK tuition fees (2024/25)

Overseas tuition fees (2024/25), programme starts, applications accepted.

Prospective students should apply at least four months before their intended start date. If you require a visa we recommend allowing for more time.

• Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree and a Master's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required. Applicants who do not hold a Master's degree but who have extensive relevant work experience should contact IGH Research Degrees: [email protected].

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website .

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) provides unique, cross-disciplinary training in global health for students from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds. Drawing on UCL's strength as a multi-faculty university, it brings together disciplines such as anthropology, economics, geography, law, philosophy, politics and epidemiology to analyse complex health issues and identify solutions. Our programmes allow you to explore your interests in global health, broadening your horizons for your future career and giving you knowledge and a range of skills that are useful in the job market. Institute staff are experienced in many types of global health work, including research, programme management, policy advice and advocacy, and work closely across these areas in many different countries and global health institutions.

Who this course is for

The UCL doctoral school values candidates with a desire to challenge the status quo openly and freely but rigorously; an openness to pushing frontiers of disciplinary knowledge within and beyond conventional disciplines; a desire to make impact with the fruits of research; to work with integrity; to be sensitive to diversity; and to engage with society beyond academia.

What this course will give you

The research degree programme at the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) aims to provide excellent and challenging training for exceptional students so that they may successfully pursue careers in research, medicine, and other domains of global health.

MPhil/PhD research in IGH is varied and may have an international dimension, including field work carried out abroad, setting up a study within the UK, or using data from existing studies working with the respective IGH-based Principal Investigator.

Please note that you must identify a supervisor before applying and include a research proposal in your application. Visit our department webpage for information about how to apply and contact potential supervisors.

The foundation of your career

The Institute offers a unique environment for cross-disciplinary study as well as the opportunity to engage with peers and staff with professional experience in many different domains of global health, including research, programme management, policy and advocacy. This exposure and the innovative and multi-faceted approach taken during the PhD programme will enable you to tackle complex problems which will in turn foster skills and contacts useful for your future career.

Employability

PhD students enter a range of careers, from academia (postdoctoral studies) to research or policy in governmental and non-governmental organisations.

As a student within the Institute, you will benefit from close proximity to the extensive international networks developed by IGH staff.

Teaching and learning

A PhD at the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) will provide you with excellent training related to a number of disciplines related to global health. Through the Doctoral School, you will have access to an outstanding research and transferable skills development programme, with training provided to support your personal, professional and career development.  You will have the opportunity to become involved in teaching, leading to an application to become an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. You will be in an environment which encourages sharing research ideas with fellow students and colleagues through seminars and symposia, as well as student events such as the 3-Minute Thesis and poster competitions. You will be expected to attend and present your research at national and international conferences providing you with opportunities to develop networks with peers and research leaders in academia, medicine, and industry.  

The UCL Doctoral School Skills Development Programme provides a broad range of free training for PhD students across UCL. For further information see the Doctoral Skills Development Programme page .

You are initially registered for an MPhil, upgrading to a PhD typically towards the end of the first year of your studies (full-time), subject to satisfactory academic progress. For a successful upgrade to PhD, you must prepare a written report, give an oral presentation, and pass an oral examination. You can read further details of the upgrade process.  The final assessment of your PhD is based on written thesis which is examined by independent experts in the field during a viva exam. Examiners may ask you to make corrections to your thesis, which will be published in the UCL library once approved.

You should expect an absolute minimum of one meeting with your supervisors per month and you are expected to attend regular group meetings and departmental seminars. Core working hours are 10 am to 4 pm and a working week for full-time students is normally a minimum of 36.5 hours. Contact hours and hours of self-study are agreed between you and your supervisors at the beginning of your research degree and should be reviewed on a regular basis. With agreement of your supervisors, contact time can be on-site or remote working depending on the nature and stage of the project. Full-time Research students can take 27 days of annual leave, plus eight days of Bank holidays and six UCL closure days. For part-time students, annual leave is pro rata.

Research areas and structure

• Climate change, migration, conflict and health
• Clinical research
• Disease modelling and evaluation
• Infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis
• Molecular epidemiology and translational research
• Population sexual health
• Gender and global health
• Economics of global health and development
• Methodology of global health trials
• HIV epidemiology
• Non-communicable diseases
• Maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health

Research environment

The MPhil/PhD programme we offer at the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is relevant to a variety of disciplines in global health. Our programme aims to provide you with interesting, challenging and excellent training so that you may successfully pursue a career in research, medicine, health services, laboratory science, policy, or public health.

IGH is a world-leading centre of research and teaching excellence in global health. Our unique approach combines interdisciplinary work in the real world with community engagement to develop and implement practical solutions to global health problems. Our strategy sets out to use research, teaching and enterprise to address the broad determinants of health and the major causes of deaths and ill-health. Our priorities and Centres therefore focus on a broad range of areas in which we are particularly strong.  At the same time, our work is diverse enough to tackle issues affecting the most disadvantaged in society and the poorest settings, as well as major challenges affecting everyone, such as climate change. The strategy builds on our areas of methodological strength in global health in subjects such as maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, as well as sexual health and HIV clinical and population health research.

MPhil/PhD research at the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is varied and may have an international dimension, including fieldwork carried out abroad, setting up a study within the UK, or using data from existing studies working with an IGH-based Principal Investigator. The programme lasts three years if taken full-time. With help from your supervisors, you will finalise your research proposal during the first year, informed by current literature and practice. This may also require the collection of preliminary data, pilot questionnaires and so on.

You will investigate a relatively narrow topic but may be examined on a broad field of study.  Should you need to spend periods of time collecting data from overseas, which will directly contribute to your thesis, study leave plans must be approved in advance. 

You are expected to undertake 10 days of generic skills training each year over your period of study, which is logged and audited electronically. This will include, for example, courses on research design and statistics, ethical and legal issues, presentation skills, thesis production and career planning. 

You are initially registered for an MPhil, upgrading to a PhD, subject to satisfactory academic progress. For a successful upgrade to PhD, you must prepare a written report, give an oral presentation and pass an oral examination.

MPhil/PhD research at the UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is varied and may have an international dimension, including fieldwork carried out abroad, setting up a study within the UK, or using data from existing studies working with an IGH-based Principal Investigator. The programme lasts five years if taken part-time. With help from your supervisors, you will finalise your research proposal during the first year, informed by current literature and practice. This may also require the collection of preliminary data, pilot questionnaires and so on.

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Fees and funding

Fees for this course.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees .

Additional costs

There are no additional costs for this programme.

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs .

Funding your studies

UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies. At the Institute we offer very limited funding opportunities, and many of our students secure funding from governments, research councils, and other agencies, or are otherwise self-funded.

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website .

Institute for Global Health Postgraduate Bursary

Deadline: 28 June 2024 Value: £2,000 towards tuition fees (pro-rata if part-time) (Duration of study) Criteria Based on financial need Eligibility: UK, EU, Overseas

Research degrees typically start on the 1st of October but may also start on the 1st of February or 1st of May. Prospective students should apply at least 4 months before their intended start date, but if you require a visa we recommend allowing for more time.

Please note that you must identify and contact a supervisor before applying and include a research proposal in your application. Find out more about the application process.

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

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Year of entry: 2024-2025

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Ph.D. Program Medical Research - International Health

The Ph.D. program Medical Research - International Health combines health-related research in the widest sense and development cooperation. Special focus lies in educating researchers who in turn become multipliers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and thus the next generation of health professionals. Not only acquiring knowledge for one's own interest, but importing and multiplying the knowledge to areas in need should be a guiding working motive while working as a Ph.D. student at CIH LMU . This motive is complying with global development strategies that have recognized the human resource crisis as a key factor in the deterioration of health systems in low- and middle-income countries.

From this stance arises a certain focus on candidates from LMICs to provide their home countries with competent and responsible researchers and health professionals. However, the Ph.D. program is open to all who share an interest in health-related issues in the field of development cooperation. Therefore, we encourage all professionals of any nationality to become part of the Ph.D. program, people working in health or health-related fields who are willing to improve the local research and health situation both through manpower and knowledge.

The Ph.D. program Medical Research - International Health is part of the Munich Medical Research School (MMRS), a central institution of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München’s Medical Faculty. One of the main tasks of the MMRS is to establish Ph.D. core areas under the examination regulations for "Ph.D. Medical Research", in order to promote the faculty's internationalization. All doctoral students are automatically members of the MMRS upon admittance to the Ph.D. program Medical Research - International Health.

3 years full-time sandwich program

The doctoral project is supervised by both a local supervisor and two to three LMU supervisors. Doctoral candidates start their doctoral degree in Munich during Module Block I (Oct-Dec), but subsequently spend the research periods in their home country. After the first research period, Ph.D. candidates come to Munich for Module Block II (Jan-March) before completing the doctorate in their home country with the participation of the LMU supervisors

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Medical Research – International Health

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

There are no tuition fees. However, please note that you need to be able to finance your research and the stays in Munich. Please see more details under "Costs" .

01 December 2023 to 31 January 2024, via the MMRS registration portal .

Our Ph.D. MR-IH study handbook contains important information about the course of study and the degree in a bundled format.

If you would like comprehensive information about the Ph.D. program or have specific questions, we offer an Information Session each year before the application period begins. The next information session will be announced in due time. Registration is required.

Further Information

• Research projects
• Supervision of your Ph.D.
• Ph.D. Thesis Submission
• Thesis evaluation and Oral Defense
• Obtaining the degree
• Scholarships

Application

Before applying, make sure to carefully read about the application requirements and selection process , and click here to register.

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The support by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development is part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union.

International Health, MSPH

Bloomberg school of public health, master of science in public health department of international health .

Each student is admitted into one of the four program areas approved for study leading to the Master of Science in Public Health degree in International Health : Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Health Systems, Human Nutrition, or Social and Behavioral Interventions.

An academic adviser is assigned from the list of Advising Faculty in the student's program area. The Program Coordinator provides general guidance and supervision over all students in each program area. 

Concentrations

Global disease epidemiology and control .

Director: Agbessi Amouzou, PhD

Program Co-Coordinators:  Elizabeth Hazel, PhD and Yvonne Tam, MHS

OVERALL PROGRAM GOAL

This program provides training for public health practitioners who will use epidemiologic, immunologic and/or laboratory and statistical methods to design, implement and/or evaluate disease control interventions for diseases of public health importance to under-served populations. Graduates will have a fundamental understanding of the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and control measures applicable to diseases of public health importance in disadvantaged populations. Interventions to be studied will be primarily biomedical (e.g. therapeutic or prophylactic drugs, vaccines, or environmental modifications), although there may be a behavioral component to the effective implementation of such interventions. 

Special strengths of the program are infectious disease epidemiology (including emerging infections), vaccinology, and micronutrients. Students have the opportunity to learn from leading experts in vaccine science and policy and may take courses to complete a certificate in this area. Students can acquire a broad understanding of the methods, skills, and tools needed to design, conduct, and analyze community and clinical trials and/or laboratory-based investigations. Students will be able to provide technical assistance to public health researchers and public health managers in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs to address public health problems facing underserved populations in the US and abroad.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION

Students in the program ideally have a bachelor’s degree in health or biological sciences or statistics. An applicant with another undergraduate degree must have satisfactorily completed courses in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, or another natural science. 

Advising Faculty 

• Smisha Agarwal
• Nadia Akseer
• Agbessi Amouzou
• Naor Bar-Zeev
• Robert Black
• Andrea Carcelen
• Subhra Chakraborty
• Victoria Chou
• William Checkley
• Amanda Debes
• Anna Durbin
• Daniel Erchick
• Christine-Marie George
• Robert Gilman
• Laura Hammitt
• Elizabeth Hazel
• Anna Kalbarczyk
• Ruth Karron
• Joanne Katz
• Maria Knoll
• Rupali Limaye
• Abdoulaye Maiga
• Melissa Marx
• Diwakar Mohan
• Luke Mullany
• Melinda Munos
• Simon Mutembo
• B. Aletta Nonyane
• Jamie Perin
• Christine Prosperi
• Andrea Ruff
• Daniel Salmon
• Ashley Sheffel
• Kawsar Talaat
• Shaun Truelove
• Neff Walker  

HEALTH SYSTEMS 

Director: Sara Bennett, PhD

Program Coordinators: Ligia Paina, PhD and Nukhba Zia, PhD

EDUCATIONAL GOALS

Graduates of the Health Systems MSPH program will be prepared to take on leadership and management roles in health policy and planning, health financing and management, and monitoring and evaluation of health programs. Graduates will contribute to strengthening health systems through the implementation of equitable and cost-effective interventions for improving access, quality, and efficiency of health services for underserved populations. A health-related practicum experience is an important component of this degree program. 

Requirements for Admission 

Students must have a degree in biological or health sciences, social sciences, or management. Some prior international or health systems experience is highly desirable. 

• Olakunle Alonge
• Chiara Altare
• Abdulgafoor Bachani
• Abdullah Baqui
• Sara Bennett

William Brieger

• Gilbert Burnham
• Andreea Creanga
• Shannon Doocy
• Anbrasi Edward
• Dustin Gibson
• Shivam Gupta
• Rasheda Khanam
• Alain Koffi
• Qingfeng Li
• Maria Merritt
• Rosemary Morgan
• Ligia Paina
• Bryan Patenaude
• Krishna Rao
• W. Courtland Robinson
• Daniela Rodriguez
• Mathuram Santosham
• Meike Schleiff
• Yusra Shawar
• Jeremy Shiffman
• Alan Sorkin
• Paul Spiegel
• Antonio Trujillo
• Andres Vecino-Ortiz
• William Weiss

HUMAN NUTRITION

Director: Parul Christian, DrPH

Program Coordinator: Amanda Palmer, PhD 

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The MSPH program in Human Nutrition is designed to train professionals to focus on understanding and solving public health problems in food and nutrition across a diverse societal landscape. The MSPH degree in Human Nutrition prepares students to assume professional, technical, and management positions within public health nutrition programs or government, international or nongovernmental agencies, universities, hospitals, and private industry. The program also offers a broad public health nutrition component that complements dietetics skills acquired in the combined MSPH-Dietitianietitian program (see below). The MSPH program also prepares students with a foundation of knowledge and skills for carrying out subsequent doctoral studies and research in the field of human nutrition or training in medicine.

There are four overarching academic competencies that students are expected to master during the course of their master's degree program. Students should:

• Demonstrate knowledge of public health nutrition problems and characterize these problems in terms of measurable indicators.
• Identify nutrition problems of public health importance; analyze and synthesize relevant data; and develop and implement prevention, control, and evaluation plans.
• Participate in a field, laboratory, or clinical experience related to nutrition research or programs from conception of ideas through design, management, monitoring, data collection, and analysis.
• Communicate through written reports, oral presentations, and other media nutrition information of high technical quality and program or policy relevance.

The program seeks to attract and train future experts in public health nutrition across a range of professional interests and backgrounds. Entry into the Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) program in Human Nutrition requires, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, preferably in nutrition, biology, health or social sciences, public health, health, economics, or health policy.

Advising Faculty

• Laura Caulfield
• Jessica Fanzo (co-adviser)

Joel Gittelsohn

• Ethan Gough
• Jean Humphrey
• Vanessa Garcia-Larsen
• Rebecca Heidkamp
• Kristen Hurley
• Yunhee Kang
• Amanda Palmer
• Kerry Schulze
• Andrew Thorne-Lyman
• Keith P. West Jr.

Program Requirements

Students will be expected to enroll each term, satisfy the educational requirements, successfully complete a practicum experience and write a capstone. Students must also pass a written comprehensive exam. A minimum of 16 total credits of coursework per term is required. Of these, approximately 64 credits are associated with directed coursework usually completed in the first year, a minimum of 28 credits are associated with a practicum experience, and a minimum of 4 credits with a capstone usually completed during the second year.

Students are required to take specific courses in each of the four core content areas in order to develop specific competencies: Nutrition and Health, Biochemistry and Metabolism, Research Methods, and Professional Skills. Approximately 53-course credits are associated with these core content areas common to all MSPH students. MSPH-Dietitian students are required to take an additional 12 credits of required coursework. Within these required courses, all students must complete coursework in environmental health and management sciences. To complete the remainder of their coursework requirements, students will choose elective coursework and special studies in conjunction with their adviser, depending on their unique career goals.

Nutrition Practicum

MSPH candidates complete a practicum for a minimum of 2 terms. The student, faculty adviser, and other faculty within the department or school arrange this experience, as necessary. The practicum complements and reinforces the didactic portion of the MSPH program. It provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge gained during the first year to develop field, laboratory, or clinical skills related to nutrition research or programs according to individually designed learning objectives and to work as part of a team in an applied research or practice project. Students are placed in a variety of professional settings, which may include: government, non-government organizations (NGOs), university projects, and multi-lateral, private, and/or the for-profit sector. Practicum locations exist in the US and in most regions of the world. Students are often placed in organizations such as WHO, the World Bank, UNICEF, Helen Keller International, USDA, Feeding America, and the Center for Livable Future. Funding or scholarship opportunities for the practicum experience include funding from the Center for Global Health at JHU, Sight and Life, and the Borlaug Foundation. In addition to providing students with a real-world opportunity to apply their knowledge, the practicum experience helps facilitate subsequent career opportunities.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS 

Director: Caitlin Kennedy, PhD

Program Co-Coordinators: Elli Leontsini, MD, MPH, and Teresa Yeh, MSPH

The program offers multidisciplinary training for researchers and public health practitioners who wish to use the social sciences in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs, particularly community-based interventions. The program provides students with exposure to applied theory and methods from the fields of social psychology and medical anthropology and sociology. The combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods is a defining characteristic of the program.

Students may choose to specialize in the development, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs related to a given area of interest such as HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, malaria prevention, or a host of other topical areas relevant to the enhancement of health in lower income settings. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to provide technical assistance in assessing and responding to the socio-cultural context surrounding public health interventions and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of social and behavioral change programs to improve the health of underserved communities.

The program addresses the following educational objectives:

The Evidence Base for International Health:  Identify, define, and address major global health problems of underserved populations in lower-income contexts, using appropriate indicators and current best practices.

• International Health:  Examine conditions faced by disadvantaged populations in lower-income contexts, principles of health equity, and social justice and apply a range of tools to achieve better health outcomes.
• Public Health Biology:  Explain biologic mechanisms and/or clinical manifestations of disease(s) impacting public health.
• Environmental Health:  Discuss environmental influences on public health and appropriate risk assessment and public health response options.

Epidemiology and Biostatistics:  Develop a solid foundation in epidemiologic and statistical research and evaluation skills applicable to public health assessment and action.

• Identify and utilize epidemiologic and biostatistics tools relevant to assessing the scope of a public health problem or the impact of public health action on a given condition.

Social and Behavioral Interventions:  Develop the theoretical and methodological tools to gain an understanding of the socio-cultural context surrounding public health in lower-income contexts and to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of locally appropriate social and behavioral change programs.

• Theory and Practice:  Apply relevant theories and concepts drawn from anthropology, sociology, and psychology to design effective theory-driven social and behavioral interventions to improve the health and well-being of underserved communities.
• Qualitative Methods:  Develop an understanding of theoretical paradigms and perspectives informing ethnography and qualitative research and use appropriate and rigorous qualitative research methods to understand the socio-cultural context of health and inform public health action.
• Formative Research and Human Centered Design:  Conduct multi-method formative research to develop locally appropriate social and behavioral interventions to improve health, including development of appropriate communication interventions in support of those strategies.

Management and Leadership:  Apply management and leadership techniques to develop, implement and evaluate health programs including organizational and financial best practices.

Evaluation:  Propose, conduct, or assess process and outcome evaluations of social and behavioral interventions in global health

Professional Communication and Interprofessional Performance:  Produce written reports of programmatic findings and/or research and communicate them via oral presentations, posters, briefs, or other official documents, intended for public health professionals and/or policymakers in audience-appropriate formats; perform effectively on interprofessional teams with local community organizations and stakeholders over the course of a project of mutual interest.

Requirements for Admission

Applicants into the program must have a bachelor's degree in the health or social sciences. Some prior international or health experience is highly desirable.

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Bachelor's/MSPH

For public health majors at jhu krieger school of arts and sciences.

The Department of International Health offers early graduate school admission to JHU seniors majoring in Public Health Studies. This transition program serves as a mode of entry into the following International Health MSPH degree programs:

• MSPH in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control
• MSPH in Health Systems

The Department of International Health also offers early graduate school admission to any undergraduate at JHU Krieger School of Arts and Sciences for those who apply to:

• MSPH in Social and Behavioral Interventions

Students in this Program will receive co-advising from both Schools as part of this unique experience. Admitted students must complete the BA degree before formally enrolling in the degree program.

Once students complete the BA degree, admitted students will be automatically enrolled in the MSPH degree at BSPH starting that fall. The MSPH degree consists of a full year of coursework, a comprehensive written exam, and in the second year, a minimum of 4 months and a maximum of 9 months of a full-time practicum (32 credits), where students apply all their skills in a field setting, and finally fulfilling the MSPH Essay requirement. Students find practicum opportunities overseas or domestically.

Applications for the Bachelor's/MSPH degree must be submitted by July 1 between the junior and senior years to ensure completion of the review process prior to the first day of the academic year. Students must be accepted before the start of their senior year.

Standardized test scores are not required for application to the Bachelor's/MSPH program for students with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher. However, a transcript is required for all prerequisite courses listed below and for all coursework through the 2nd semester of the student's junior year.

Undergraduate students applying must have completed the following coursework and have received a B or higher on each of the following:

• AS 280.380 Global Health Principles and Practice
• AS 280.345 Public Health Biostatistics or EN 553.311 Probability and Statistics for the Biological Sciences and Engineering
• AS 280.350 Fundamentals of Epidemiology

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Bachelor's/MSPH degree should be submitted by July 1 between the junior and senior years. Admitted students must complete their BA degree before formally enrolling in the Bloomberg School.

To apply, please use the  SOPHAS Express Application.

If you have questions please email Elisabeth Simmons  ( [email protected] ).

Concurrent Degree Options

For admitted doctoral students at the Bloomberg School of Public Health

Students admitted to a doctoral program in other departments at the Bloomberg School of Public Health have the opportunity to pursue an MSPH Degree in International Health concurrently with their doctoral program. Students must have been accepted into one of the doctoral programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and have approval from their department in order to apply for the MSPH in International Health in one of the following concentration areas: 

• Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Health Systems

• Human Nutrition

Social and Behavioral Interventions

Students interested in pursuing this concurrent degree option should contact Cristina Salazar ( [email protected] ) or Elisabeth Simmons ( [email protected] ) for more information.

MSPH Requirements 

Course location and modality is found on the BSPH website .

Program Concentration Specific Requirements 

Global disease epidemiology and control , gdec msph course requirements .

All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered for pass/fail.

Students may choose Epidemiology Option 3 with guidance and approval from their academic adviser AND the GDEC MSPH Academic Program Coordinators. Please review the guidance from the Epidemiology Department provided during GDEC orientation to decide which Epi course option best fits.

The below courses are examples of required courses, for the most up-to-date information and an accurate required course list please  view our departmental academic guide  published August of each academic year. 

Plan of Study Example

Add in selections from the following to the Plan of Study Example:

• General: International Travel Preparation, Safety and Wellness
• Infectious Disease
• Applied Epidemiology/Randomized Trials
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Leadership and Interprofessional Practice

Health Systems Course Requirements 

All required courses must be taken for a letter grade with the exception of courses only offered for pass/fail. 

Health Systems Program Electives Twelve (12) additional credits should be selected from the following list of elective courses. Courses below are organized under specific headings relevant to our program to facilitate selection, thus some courses may appear under more than one heading. These courses must be taken for a letter grade with the exception of courses only offered pass/fail.  1

As part of the accreditation exercise, some of the curricular requirements have shifted. These can be found in the student handbook. The summary of the change is available in the catalogue  amendments . 

Human Nutrition 

Human nutrition course requirements.

All required courses must be taken for a letter grade with the exception of courses only offered for pass/fail.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Courses taken to meet one group of requirements may NOT be used to meet another group of requirements

A minimum total of 96 credits of coursework is required. Of these, 64 credits are associated with academic coursework, generally completed within the first year of the program. During the second year, 28 credits are associated with a practicum experience and a minimum of 4 credits with a final capstone. Courses taken to fulfill program requirements must be taken for a letter grade unless a course is only offered as Pass/Fail.

The below courses are examples of required courses, for the most up-to-date information and an accurate required course list please  view our departmental academic guide  published August of each academic year.  1  

As part of the accreditation exercise, some of the curricular requirements have shifted. These can be found in the student handbook. The summary of the change is available in the catalogue amendments . 

IMPORTANT NOTE: A course taken to meet a requirement may NOT be used to meet ano ther requirement

MSPH Departmental Requirements

Residency requirement .

The total number of course credits to be earned depends upon individual program requirements. But, to meet the Residency requirement, students must complete a minimum of 64 credits of didactic courses in four consecutive terms. When general and program-specific requirements total less than 64, the difference may be made up in electives. Only those special studies earning credit that are part of a program’s requirements (840 series) are admissible. The Residency requirement is usually fulfilled in a master’s student’s first year.

General Requirements 

Individual Goals Analysis (IGA): During the first term of enrollment, students will register for one credit of Special Studies (Individual Goals Analysis) with their adviser in order to define specific educational objectives and to work out a program of study consonant with those objectives. 

Ethics Requirement:  All master’s students are required to take course 550.860.82 Academic and Research Ethics at BSPH in their first term of matriculation. Failure to complete this course will prevent students from matriculating for the next term and continuing their program. 

Students who are being funded by an NIH training grant must also take one of the following two courses: 550.600 Responsible Conduct of Research offered first term OR 306.665 Research Ethics and Integrity: US and International Issues, offered third term.

All students must complete the Online Human Subjects Training Module prior to the end of the 4th term. However, for students wishing to work on research projects part-time for faculty during the academic year, it would be advisable to take this module in the 1st term as the training is required for such research work. For information on the Training module go to https://publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-services/institutional-review-board-irb/training .

International Travel Preparation, Safety, and Wellness:  All IH students are required to take this course (220.600.81) during their first year and before traveling overseas for any academic reason, regardless of whether their research is conducted within or outside of the United States. This course is offered three times a year, and students must only take it once.

Registration 

MSPH students must register for a minimum of 16 credits of courses each term until they graduate to be full-time students in the IH department. Students do not register for summer or winter intersession. Summer and winter intersession courses may be available to students with the understanding that students pay 100% of the tuition. 

Courses taken for audit do not count towards this 16-credit minimum. Failure to register for a term results in automatic withdrawal. A withdrawn student must be formally readmitted before resuming a program of study. Upon readmission, a student must be registered for a minimum of two consecutive terms prior to completing degree requirements.

Students must be registered in the term they complete their capstone. If a student does not complete all requirements by the last day of the fourth term of their second year and wishes to graduate in August, they are required to register for 2 credits during the summer term. Students are responsible for their full tuition and fees during the summer. If students are unable to complete in August, the student must register full-time in the first term and in each term until they complete. 

Important Information about Registration

• Registration below 16 credits is not allowed and violates the terms of a student’s tuition scholarship. 
• Any student registering below 16 credits during any term could be in violation of their scholarship requirements resulting in a loss of their tuition scholarship. 
• Courses taken for Audit do not count toward the 16 credits per term requirement but do count toward the 22 credit maximum.  

During their 2nd year, students register in their Program Area’s MSPH Practicum course and for their Capstone requirements. When a student takes Special Studies, they must register for Special Studies in their specific Program area. The following course numbers correspond to the different program areas:

221.810 Health Systems Practicum

222.810 Human Nutrition Practicum

222.815 Human Nutrition Registered Dietitian Practicum

223.810 GDEC Practicum

224.810 SBI Practicum 

221.850 MSPH Capstone Health Systems

222.850 MSPH Capstone Human Nutrition (including Dietitian)

223.850 MSPH Capstone GDEC

224.850 MSPH Capstone SBI 

Special Studies  

221.840 Special Studies in Health Systems

222.840 Special Studies in Human Nutrition

223.840 Special Studies in GDEC

224.840 Special Studies in SBI 

These are pass/fail credits and a passing grade is only provided if program requirements are met within the corresponding term.

Students each term can register for 14-16 credits of Practicum or a combination of Practicum, Capstone, and didactic courses. If they audit a course, they must have 16 additional credits for a letter grade or pass/fail. Within a term, a maximum of 22 credits is allowed, combining Practicum, Capstone, and other didactic courses (audited courses are also counted within the 22 credit maximum). A sample schedule for year 2 is below.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE 

• Complete at least 2 terms of practicum in the second year by completing at least 28 credits of practicum (22X.810). A student can register and earn more than 28 credits, but not less.
• Students should register for 22X.850 during the term in which they will complete their Capstone requirement. A student must register for a minimum of 4 credits. 

Courses taken at other schools within Johns Hopkins University must be considered carefully. If a student is interested in taking courses outside of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, students must meet with the Academic Program Administrator (Elisabeth Simmons) prior to registering to discuss if the credits count toward their degree and or toward registration requirements.

Time of Completion Requirements 

Students are expected to complete all requirements for the degree within two years of matriculation. Delays may be considered in special circumstances but in no case may the time in the program exceed four years, regardless of the residence status of the student (other than a leave of absence). Responsibility for tracking and adhering to the graduation timelines belongs to the student. If requirements are not met by the dates posted (see graduation schedule), registration for subsequent terms is required. 

Introduction to Online Learning 

The School of Public Health offers courses in various formats, including a number of online courses. In order to be eligible to take an online course, students must complete the Introduction to Online Learning, which is offered through the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  This non-credit mini-course is a prerequisite for all courses offered by this division and must be completed prior to the start of the term in which a student wishes to enroll in an online course.  Since the School does not permit conditional and/or concurrent enrollment (that is, a student must take the online course prior to enrolling in a distance education course), we  require  all incoming students to take this non-credit course during the first term they enroll. For course dates and enrollment information, please visit the CoursePlus website . 

The culminating experience of the MSPH program is the production of an MSPH capstone that provides a meaningful contribution to the knowledge of the health of underserved populations. The capstone is not a thesis in that it need not contain original research findings for review by an academic committee. However, it should provide tangible evidence of expertise on a specific applied topic of international health relevance. The capstone must be reviewed and approved by two faculty readers. Detailed, step-by-step, guidelines for the MSPH capstone content, format, and submission for each program area can be found in the Final Capstone Guide.

Capstone Deadlines 

Students must select one of four graduation timelines. Each task must be completed by the due dates indicated or students will be required to register for the next academic term until all requirements are met. The deadline for a cohort will be similar to the deadlines for the previous cohort. Students should familiarize themselves with the capstone deadlines for the previous cohort, to view these deadlines please see the  academic guide . The timeline for the second year will be distributed at the end of the first year. 

MSPH Students must also abide by the complete list of additional tasks and deadlines, which may be set by each program area and will be given to students by their respective Program Coordinators by the date of the Comprehensive Exam, typically the end of May or early June of the student's 1st year. 

In addition to completing the requisite coursework, students must gain practical experience in the application of the principles and methods learned. Often the experience is acquired through field placement (practicum) in a work setting that may be the route to permanent employment, though such long-term implications are by no means essential. Alternatively, the student may undertake within the School environment the investigation and analysis of a significant issue related to the health of underserved populations. Students begin their full-time practicum sometime between June and September of their second year. Practicum requirements are a minimum of two terms full-time (4 months) and up to 11 months. Detailed information on the requirements for the practicum, including IRB requirements can be found in the Practicum Guide.

Departmental Written Comprehensive Examination 

Satisfactory performance is required on a written comprehensive examination. The date for the Departmental Comprehensive Exam is TBD. The student should take the exam after completing the required coursework because the questions will cover all required fields of study. Although most of the material for the exam is covered in specific courses, graduate education involves much more than the accumulation of specific course credits. Thus, students are responsible for the material on the exam regardless of the particular curriculum they have taken.

A minimum overall passing grade of 70/100 is required. Those scoring below this level may retake the entire examination in January of the following year. A January examination sitting is offered only for students who fail the May examination. Only one reexamination is permitted. Students failing twice are terminated from the MSPH program.

Students must  NOT  pass along exam questions to future generations of students,  NOT  post questions and/or answers online,  NOT  seek, solicit, accept, or consult content from prior comprehensive exams, and  NOT  share or publicize any content from the comprehensive exam in any form with anyone at any time. Failure to adhere to these rules could result in termination from the program.

Master's Degrees Specific Policies

For a full list of program policies, please visit the MSPH in International Health webpage where students can find a link to our most recent Academic Guide .

Program Concentration Learning Outcomes

According to the requirements of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), all BSPH degree students must be grounded in foundational public health knowledge. Please view the  list of specific CEPH requirements by degree type .

Specific concentration competencies are listed below.

GLOBAL DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL

• Examine and recommend programs and policies to improve global public health, with a focus on low-and-middle income settings and under-resourced populations;
• Design epidemiologic studies to define and measure public health problems in low-resource settings including the design, ethical considerations, and implementation of the studies;
• Assess and recommend interventions to prevent and control major causes of morbidity and mortality (or their risk factors) in low- and middle-income settings and under-resourced populations;
• Examine and differentiate the types, the processes of development, and the guidelines of use for globally-available public health interventions including vaccines, behavioral, environmental and/or technological interventions;
• Identify and critique sources of large-scale public health data used to describe, illustrate and interpret the state of health at a population level; and
• Analyze large-scale data from low-and-middle income settings or from global health agencies to illustrate and interpret a public health priority.

HEALTH SYSTEMS

• Interpret knowledge of public health problems pertinent to disadvantaged populations and health systems and develop solutions through assessment, planning, management, implementation, and control;
• Apply concepts and principles of management and finance to the operation of health system projects in resource-poor settings;
• Analyze and synthesize data relevant to the management and control of health systems problems and their solutions within resource-poor settings;
• Apply appropriate research methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods) to assess health systems outcomes of interest of a policy, program, or intervention; and
• Formulate learnings and findings related to health systems problems, their gaps, potential solutions, and implementation across various contexts.
• Explain the roles of energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients in biological processes and functions;
• Examine the biological, social, cultural, and behavioral influences on nutrition in the different stages of human development;
• Examine appropriate measures and indicators of dietary intake, physical activity, nutritional status, and metabolic dysfunction to characterize the nutritional health or risks of individuals or populations;
• Propose policy options to address specific food and nutrition problems in a given setting or context; and
• Apply cultural information to the development, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition intervention programs.

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

• Identify major global health problems of underserved populations in lower resource contexts, and understand important issues in the international community’s response, including the historical tensions of whether to approach them vertically or horizontally, the challenges of programmatic and environmental sustainability, the complex evolution of major global health initiatives, and to examine examples of past and ongoing interventions;
• Describe conceptual tools from the social and behavioral sciences to understand multi-level factors influencing health behavior, apply appropriate combinations of theoretically based intervention modalities to scenarios, and apply these tools and modalities to design social and behavioral interventions;
• Examine methodologies for qualitative inquiry, formulate appropriate qualitative research questions, collaborate with community partners, and collect qualitative data using multiple methods appropriate to address a real-world public health challenge;
• Distinguish and apply context-appropriate inductive and deductive qualitative data analysis methodologies to qualitative data sets, manage and interpret qualitative data, and present findings in audience-appropriate formats to collaborating community partners; and
• Develop theory-driven, integrated formative research and user-centered design protocols to inform the development of appropriate, feasible, acceptable, and sustainable social and behavioral interventions in lower-income contexts.

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Doctor of Philosophy

The primary mission of the PhD program is to provide scholars with the disciplinary background and skills required to contribute to the development of our understanding of better ways of measuring, maintaining, and improving the public’s health. Examples of research conducted by PhD students includes but is not limited to: cancer epidemiology, clinical trials, cardiovascular disease, molecular epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, parasitology, mental health epidemiology and HIV/AIDS. Students are encouraged to work with faculty throughout the university since much of the work done in EPH is interdisciplinary.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences .

Select program: "Public Health" and your Concentration: Biostatistics (PhD or MS), Chronic Disease Epidemiology (PhD or MS), Environmental Health Sciences (PhD), Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (PhD) or Epidemiology Infectious Disease (MS), Health Informatics (MS) Health Policy and Management (PhD) or Social and Behavioral Sciences (PhD).

The GRE and TOEFL code for Yale GSAS is: 3987. A writing sample is not required.

The deadline is December 15th.

PhD Program

All PhD students are guaranteed five years of 12-month stipend and tuition support in the form of YSPH fellowships, teaching fellowships, traineeships and research assistantships. In addition to support for tuition and living costs, students receive a health award to covers the full cost of single-student Yale Health Plan Hospitalization/Specialty Coverage.

Faculty Advisors

PhD applicants are not required to secure a faculty mentor prior to applying to the program.

We expect applicants to provide information in their personal statement about the research they hope to conduct if admitted and to state the faculty in our department whose research aligns with their interests.

Diversity Research Awards

The PhD program in Public Health enhances commitment its PhD students who identify as underrepresented minority students, first-generation college graduates and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds by offering research awards to the top candidates admitted to the program. Each year a minimum of two PhD admitted students will be offered $2,000 each for research funds in addition to their financial aid package. Recipients have up to 2 years to spend these funds, which can be used for books, computers, software, conference travel, research travel or research supplies.

This funding is offered upon acceptance into the program. The criteria for the award is:

• Previous involvement in diversity-related initiatives in their community and/or volunteer activities helping underserved populations.
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Johns Hopkins graduate programs again ranked among nation's best

'u.s. news & world report' includes 38 jhu programs among the top 10 in the u.s. in its annual rankings, including no. 1 ranked programs in nursing and public health.

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Johns Hopkins University has 38 graduate schools, academic programs, and specialties ranked among the top 10 in the nation, including nine with No. 1 rankings, according to the latest edition of "Best Graduate Schools" from U.S. News & World Report , published earlier today.

Two schools at Hopkins—the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Nursing —earned No. 1 rankings overall, and the School of Education entered the top 10, according to U.S. News & World Report .

Portions of the publication's annual list were released today but rankings for schools of medicine and engineering were delayed and will be released at a later date.

Among the new rankings released today:

The School of Nursing's DNP program ranked No. 1 for the third year in a row. Its master's degree programs tied at No. 1, up from No. 2 last year. In gerontology, the school moved up two spots to No. 1 for primary care, and up one spot to No. 2 for acute care. In other specialty areas, the School of Nursing's doctoral programs ranked:

• Psychiatric/mental health: No. 1
• Family: No. 3 (tied)
• Leadership: No. 4 (tied)
• Nursing Anesthesia: No. 36 (tie)

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The Bloomberg School retained its longtime No. 1 overall ranking among public health programs—it has held the top spot since 1994, the year the rankings began. In specialty areas, the Bloomberg School ranked:

• Environmental Health Sciences: No. 1
• Epidemiology: No. 1
• Health Policy and Management (Public Health): No. 1
• Social and Behavioral Sciences: No. 1
• Biostatistics: No. 2

Johns Hopkins tied at No. 8 in the Education category, up from No. 13 last year. The school also tied at No. 23 in higher education administration programs.

Public Affairs

Overall, Johns Hopkins programs in public affairs tied at No. 39. In subcategories, Johns Hopkins tied at No. 6 in Health Policy and Management (Public Affairs), No. 11 in International/Global Policy and Administration, and tied at No. 35 in Public Policy Analysis.

U.S. News & World Report updates some of its rankings each year and republishes the most recent rankings in other areas. Among the republished rankings for Hopkins, which are still current:

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Hopkins is tied for No. 6 overall with six top 10 specialty rankings:

• Molecular biology: No. 3 (tie)
• Cell biology: No. 4
• Neuroscience: No. 4 (tie)
• Immunology: No. 5
• Genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics: No. 6 (tie)
• Biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology: No. 8

Biostatistics

Hopkins is ranked No. 1 (tie) for Biostatistics at the doctoral level. (Note: U.S. News & World Report also ranks biostatistics as a sub-category of public health, where Hopkins is No. 2.)

The university is tied at No. 20 in Chemistry and ranks No. 9 in the Biochemistry subcategory.

Computer Science

The university is tied for No. 24 overall and tied at No. 21 in the specialty of Artificial Intelligence.

Earth Sciences

The university is tied at No. 30 in Earth Sciences.

Johns Hopkins' program in economics is tied at No. 22.

English tied at No. 13 overall with the following specialty rankings:

• Literary criticism and theory: No. 3
• British literature: No. 10 (tie)
• American literature after 1865: No. 17

Health Care Management

The university is No. 7.

Johns Hopkins ranks No. 10 overall, with the following specialty rankings:

• African-American history: No. 3 (tie)
• Cultural history: No. 4 (tie)
• U.S. Colonial history: No. 5 (tie)
• Women's history: No. 6 (tie)
• African history: No. 7 (tie)
• European history: No. 7 (tie)
• Modern U.S. history: No. 16 (tie)

Mathematics

Johns Hopkins is tied at No. 20 in Mathematics with the following specialty rankings: + Analysis: No. 18 (tie) + Algebra: No. 23 (tie) + Applied Math: No. 25

Overall, the university is tied at No. 13 with the following specialty rankings: + Living Systems: No. 5 (tie) + Cosmology: No. 7 + Condensed Matter: No. 13 (tie)

Political science

Overall, political science is tied at No. 41. In sub-categories, Johns Hopkins ranked: + Political theory: No. 8 (tie) + International politics: No. 24 (tie)

The university's graduate program in psychology is tied at No. 12 overall and tied at No. 5 in the subcategory of behavioral neuroscience.

Overall, sociology is tied at No. 29. The sub-category of sociology of population is tied at No. 17.

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The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing master’s program ranks 1st in the nation. The school’s doctor of nursing practice program is 6th.

The Rollins School of Public Health ranks 3rd in the nation.  In the category of public health programs, U.S. News issued rankings for several master’s programs: biostatistics (5th), environmental health science (3rd), epidemiology (4th), health policy and management (8th) and social behavior (3rd). 

Goizueta Business School’s full-time MBA program ranks 18th. The Executive MBA program is 13th and the part-time program is 20th.

The School of Law ranks 42nd in the nation. Multiple programs within the school also received rankings including business/corporate law (22nd), constitutional law (25th), contracts/commercial law (21st) and health care law (21st).

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Lisa Woodson, MPH, a doctoral student in public health, is working with fellow global health researchers on a new project, Beyond Global Health, that highlights art and poetry to promote scientific inquiry and global health equity.

Lisa Woodson, MPH

Lisa Woodson, MPH, a doctoral student in public health, is working with fellow global health researchers to start a new project, Beyond Global Health , that uses art and poetry to promote scientific inquiry and global health equity. Through art, the Beyond Global Health team aims to facilitate the shift in global health research and programs from a culture of colonization to a culture of dialogue and reconciliation.  

A PhD Epidemiology candidate with a focus on Global Health in the Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Lisa has extensive international experience. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal and later, as a Fulbright Fogarty Scholar, she conducted research on the effects of COVID-19 on adolescent pregnancy and educational attainment in the Amazon Basin in Peru in 2021. The following year she transitioned her research through the NIH’s Global Health Equity Scholars fellowship program to investigate the feasibility of adolescent pregnancy interventions. She earned her MPH from the University of Arizona and has gained global health experience in Peru, Nepal, Thailand, and Senegal. Looking ahead, in addition to Beyond Global Health, Lisa aims to create career pathways for minority women in global health and to continue advocating and promoting research that advances the rights of women, children, and other vulnerable populations to equitable access to care, especially within Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

To create Beyond Global Health (BGH), Lisa partnered with other women who are leaders in global health, including Shameka Poetry Thomas, PhD, who worked as a former postdoc with National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program (2020-2022) and Purnima Madhivanan, MBBS, PhD, MPH, a researcher and professor at the Zuckerman College of Public Health. The BGH team encourages submissions from global health professionals on their website:

Beyond Global Health is excited to announce a call for submissions for our first volume where we use art, poetry, prose, and photography to explore global health research, highlighting the human stories behind the data. We believe that this intersection of artistic expression and scientific inquiry can reveal new perspectives, foster empathy, and give voice to the voiceless.

We invite submissions from researchers, health professionals, artists, and anyone passionate about global health. Share your insights, experiences, and creative expressions with a global audience, contributing to a dialogue that bridges science and art to inspire change.

From all of us in the Zuckerman College of Public Health, congratulations Lisa, Shameka, and Purnima on this exciting new project that is expanding how we think about global health! Visit their website beyondglobalhealth.org to learn more and submit creative work.

Watch Lisa Woodson’s presentation about her research from the 2022 Global Health Institute Speaker Series

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The doctoral program in Human Nutrition is designed to train professionals to identify, understand and solve, through scientific methods, problems of public health importance in human nutrition. Graduates are expected to assume leadership roles in academia, government, industry and other private sector enterprises.

This is a  STEM designated program . Eligible F-1 visa students can receive an additional 24 months of work authorization, beyond the initial 12 months of post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT).

PhD in Human Nutrition Program Highlights

Graduates will be prepared to advance knowledge in human nutrition through research and advocate the application of such knowledge through public health policies and programs.

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Research opportunities in the U.S. and around the world

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Learn what influences food choices, diet quality, and diet-related health outcomes

CHRONIC DISEASE

Study nutrition-related chronic diseases and obesity

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Eligibility for a 24-month STEM OPT extension

What Can You Do With a Graduate Degree In Human Nutrition?

Human Nutrition graduates enjoy careers in academia, government and nongovernment sectors, and industry. Alumni hold faculty appointments at leading universities and ministries of health on five continents and positions at major global health organization

• Associate Professor, UC Davis
• Senior epidemiologist, CDC
• Nutrition Specialist, The World Bank
• Evaluation Specialist, Mercy First
• Scientist, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Director, GWU

Curriculum for the PhD in Human Nutrition

Students develop the professional skills necessary to work effectively in leading roles at academic, research, programmatic and policy-setting institutions.

Browse an overview of the requirements for this PhD program in the JHU  Academic Catalogue , explore all course offerings in the Bloomberg School  Course Directory , and find many more details in the program's  Academic Guides .

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Courses Available in the Following Areas:

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Admissions Requirements

For general admissions requirements, please visit the  How to Apply  page. This specific program also requires:

Prior Graduate Degree

A minimum of 1 year of postbaccalaureate education or experience such as a master's degree, a dietetic internship, medical training, or other relevant work experience

Prior Work Experience

Not required but highly desirable

Standardized Test Scores

Standardized test scores (GRE) are  optional  for this program. The admissions committee will make no assumptions if a standardized test score is omitted from an application, but will require evidence of quantitative/analytical ability through other application components such as academic transcripts and/or supplemental questions.  Applications will be reviewed holistically based on all application components.

Program Faculty Spotlight

Yeeli Mui, PhD '17, MPH, examines structural interventions to address food system issues and advance health equity through the lens of urban policy and planning.

Mika Matsuzaki

Mika Matsuzaki, PhD, MPH, MS, is a life-course epidemiologist studying how policies, built environments, and equity affect nutrition-related chronic diseases and obesity.

Julia Wolfson

Julia Wolfson, PhD '16, MPP, studies individual, structural, and policy factors that influence food choices, diet quality, and diet-related health outcomes.

Parul Christian

Parul Christian, DrPH '96, MSc, studies how to improve maternal and child nutrition and prevent micronutrient deficiencies with effective solutions in low-income settings.

All full-time PhD students will receive the following support for the first four years of the program either through endowments, grants, or research projects: full tuition, individual health insurance, University Health Services clinic fee, vision insurance, and dental insurance.

Need-Based Relocation Grants Students who  are admitted to PhD programs at JHU  starting in Fall 2023 or beyond can apply to receive a $1500 need-based grant to offset the costs of relocating to be able to attend JHU.   These grants provide funding to a portion of incoming students who, without this money, may otherwise not be able to afford to relocate to JHU for their PhD program. This is not a merit-based grant. Applications will be evaluated solely based on financial need.  View more information about the need-based relocation grants for PhD students .

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