About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University (JHU), founded in 1876, is a prestigious private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first American university to adopt a research-oriented curriculum, fundamentally reshaping higher education in the United States. Renowned for its commitment to research and innovation, JHU invests more in research than any other academic institution in the U.S., with an annual expenditure exceeding $3 billion. The university has produced 27 Nobel laureates and has a rich history of academic excellence. JHU is organized into nine academic divisions, including the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Whiting School of Engineering, Carey Business School, School of Education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Peabody Institute (for music), Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. The university serves over 24,000 full-time and part-time students across these divisions. The main campus, located on 140 acres in North Baltimore, features iconic red-brick buildings and offers a vibrant college atmosphere. Students benefit from access to top-tier resources, including libraries, laboratories, and cultural institutions like the Baltimore Museum of Art. The university's commitment to a holistic education encourages students to engage in interdisciplinary studies and extracurricular activities that enhance their academic experience. Johns Hopkins has consistently ranked among the top universities globally and is particularly recognized for its programs in public health, medicine, engineering, and international relations. The university's motto, "Knowledge for the world," reflects its mission to advance knowledge and address global challenges through education and research.

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Career Outcomes and Placement Information

Johns Hopkins University offers extensive career services designed to support students throughout their academic journey and into their professional careers. The Career Center provides personalized career counseling that helps students identify their strengths, explore career options, and develop actionable plans for achieving their goals. The Career Center organizes numerous employer recruitment events each year, including career fairs where students can meet representatives from leading companies across various industries. These events are complemented by workshops focused on essential skills such as résumé writing, interview techniques, networking strategies, and professional etiquette. Internship opportunities are a significant aspect of JHU’s career services. The university collaborates with numerous organizations to provide students with hands-on experience that complements their academic learning. This practical exposure is invaluable for building confidence and competence as students transition into the workforce.Moreover, JHU's strong alumni network plays a crucial role in supporting current students' career aspirations. Alumni often return for networking events or mentorship programs that connect them with current students seeking guidance on various career paths. The comprehensive nature of JHU's career services ensures that graduates are not only well-prepared academically but also equipped with the skills and connections necessary for success in their chosen fields.

Faculties

These are the expert instructors who will be teaching you throughout the course. With a wealth of knowledge and real-world experience, they're here to guide, inspire, and support you every step of the way. Get to know the people who will help you reach your learning goals and make the most of your journey.

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Abdoulaye Maïga

Dr. Abdoulaye Maïga is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. With extensive experience in evaluating reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) programs, he has coordinated large-scale evaluations across Sub-Saharan Africa. His expertise includes demography, household surveys, and health facility assessments. Dr. Maïga’s research aims to enhance the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of health programs in low- and middle-income countries.

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Alice Bonner

Dr. Bonner has been a geriatric nurse practitioner for over 30 years, dedicating her career to caring for nursing home residents and their families. She currently serves as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the CAPABLE Program at the School of Nursing and as Senior Advisor for Aging at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Her work is centered on empowering older adults to age within their communities, fostering age-friendly health systems, and promoting dementia-friendly environments. She is also a strong advocate for preventing elder abuse, supporting dementia care partners, and addressing elder homelessness. Previously, Dr. Bonner held the position of Secretary of the Executive Office of Elderly Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Her research focuses on improving the quality and safety of care in nursing facilities, enhancing mobility for the elderly, advancing dementia care, reducing unnecessary antipsychotic use, and preventing avoidable hospitalizations.

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Aneri Pattani

Aneri Pattani serves as a Bloomberg Fellow and National Correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she plays a vital role in delivering in-depth coverage of health issues impacting communities across the nation. With a commitment to informative and accurate reporting, Aneri investigates critical topics such as healthcare policy, public health challenges, and the intricacies of the healthcare system. Her work not only informs the public but also contributes to the broader dialogue surrounding health equity and access to care. As a Bloomberg Fellow, she enhances her expertise in health journalism, furthering her mission to highlight important health stories that affect individuals and communities.

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Anna Kalbarczyk

Anna Kalbarczyk is an Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in global health program management, equity, and health systems strengthening. She teaches and develops courses on building alliances in global health, data-driven decision-making, and health program planning, emphasizing collaborative strategies from local to global levels. Anna’s work focuses on public health advocacy, community engagement, and advancing equitable health outcomes through research, policy, and education initiatives.

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Becky Ramsing

Becky Ramsing manages the Center’s science advisory role with the Meatless Monday Campaign, where she oversees research, evaluation, and communication efforts to promote sustainable, plant-centric diets that reduce meat consumption. With over thirty years of experience as a registered dietitian, Becky has dedicated her career to helping individuals and organizations embrace evidence-based, relevant, and sustainable lifestyle choices. Prior to her work at the CLF, she served as a Technical Advisor for nutrition and food security in Afghanistan and Ethiopia, empowering women to enhance food production for family consumption and income generation. Becky has also worked as a nutrition consultant, developing and implementing health and nutrition curricula for programs with organizations like Head Start and the Howard County Public School System. She earned her BS in community nutrition from UC-Davis and her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Ben Langmead

Ben Langmead is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, where he focuses on making high-throughput biological datasets accessible for biomedical researchers. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland in 2012. Ben's research group has developed several high-impact software tools for genomics, significantly advancing the field. He has received notable recognitions, including a Sloan Research Fellowship and a National Science Foundation CAREER award, both in 2014.

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Brent Kim

Brent Kim's research tackles food systems challenges from farm to fork, focusing on sustainable diets, industrial food production, agricultural policy, soil safety, urban food systems, and climate change. He is a skilled communicator, translating scientific concepts for policymakers and journalists, with his work featured in outlets like Popular Science and The Guardian. Since joining the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future in 2008, Brent has utilized his Master’s in Global Disease Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to thrive in educational settings. As a research program manager, he combines his public health, computer science, and arts experience, alongside his passion for food and farming.

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Brian Caffo

Brian Caffo, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of Florida in 2001. Specializing in computational statistics and neuroinformatics, he co-created the SMART working group

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Brooke Anderson

Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences and a Faculty Associate in the Department of Statistics. She is actively involved in the university’s Partnership of Air Quality, Climate, and Health and serves on the editorial boards of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Perspectives. Previously, she completed a postdoctoral appointment in Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and earned her PhD in Engineering from Yale University. Her research focuses on health risks related to climate-related exposures, such as heat waves and air pollution, and she has conducted several national-level studies. Dr. Anderson has also developed open-source R software packages to enhance environmental epidemiologic research.

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Chancellor Thomas Pascale

Chancellor Pascale has been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering for over 10 years, specializing in the Computer Science department. He earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Drexel University and a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. With over 15 years of experience in software and service development, he focuses on web applications, AI/ML for image and language translation, and network management. Chancellor Pascale was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship, where he led a three-week workshop on Linux API development at Stella Maris College in Chennai, India.

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Chung-Fu Chang

Dr. Chung-Fu Chang brings 35 years of expertise in research and development within Signal/Image Processing, Automatic Object Detection/Classification, and Synthetic Aperture Radar image formation. He has developed machine learning technologies, notably for Fingerprint Classification Systems (U.S. patent 5,572,597) and a method for orienting electronic medical images (U.S. patent 6,055,326). Since 2019, he has taught “Machine Learning for Signal Processing” at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering. Dr. Chang earned his B.S. in Physics from National Tsing Hua University and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has also served as Principal Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

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Collin Paschal

Collin Paschall is a Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Advanced Governmental Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. His teaching focuses on American government, research design, and data analysis, while his research explores U.S. congressional behavior and the intersection of public opinion with policymaking. Dr. Paschall's work has been featured in leading journals such as Political Research Quarterly and Social Science Quarterly. He served as an APSA Congressional Fellow in 2018-2019, working on criminal justice reform in the office of Congresswoman Karen Bass.

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Daniel W. Webster

Dr. Daniel Webster is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing in gun violence prevention and policy. His research focuses on gun acquisition by prohibited individuals, youth violence, intimate partner violence, and strategies to reduce gun violence. Dr. Webster directs the Johns Hopkins-Baltimore Collaborative for Violence Reduction and co-leads the Violence Prevention Workgroup for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. He was recently named the first Bloomberg Professor of American Health, an endowed position recognizing his leadership in violence prevention efforts.

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David Bishai

Dr. David Bishai is a physician and renowned health economist, specializing in the application of systems thinking to public health. He leads the interdepartmental health economics program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he teaches health systems courses. His research is regularly featured in top journals such as Health Economics and Journal of Health Economics, and he serves as an associate editor for Health Economics. Dr. Bishai holds an M.D. from the University of California, San Diego, an M.P.H. from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Health Care Systems from the Wharton School of Business. He was elected president of the International Health Economics Association in 2015.

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Dr. Jason Farley

Dr. Jason Farley is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and a nurse practitioner in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Medicine, specializing in HIV and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) services. He collaborates with the Baltimore City Health Department on a city-wide PrEP initiative targeting men who have sex with men. Dr. Farley leads the Johns Hopkins HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and founded the REACH Initiative at the School of Nursing. He currently serves as President of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC), the largest HIV-focused nursing organization globally.

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Dr. Henry Perry

Dr. Henry Perry is a physician with over 30 years of experience managing and evaluating health programs in developing countries. With graduate training in sociology and anthropology, he founded Curamericas Global, an NGO working in Bolivia, Guatemala, Haiti, and Liberia. He has lived and worked in Bolivia, Bangladesh, and Haiti, and supported health initiatives in 15 countries. Dr. Perry has authored over 100 publications on primary health care, community-based health, and equity. His contributions have earned him the Gordon-Wyon Award for Community-Oriented Public Health and the Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award.

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Dr. Matthew (Matt) Montoya

Dr. Matthew (Matt) Montoya is a graduate mentor, advisor, and instructor at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, specializing in Systems Engineering and Healthcare Systems Engineering. With a focus on applying systems thinking to diverse challenges, he mentors students and drives innovation across academia, industry, and government. A recipient of the JHU Outstanding Instructor Award, also served for 35 years as a principal engineer and technical director at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he led strategic multi-million-dollar projects impacting national security and health. His academic credentials include degrees in engineering physics, systems engineering, business, and public health.

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Dr. Amy Wesolowski

Dr. Amy Wesolowski is an Assistant Professor in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research leverages computational methods to explore transmission patterns of infectious diseases, with a particular focus on vaccine-preventable and vector-borne diseases. Before joining Johns Hopkins, she completed postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Wesolowski earned her Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw

Dr. Megan Latshaw, PhD, MHS, is the Director of the MHS and ScM master's programs at Johns Hopkins University and co-Course Director for Environment & Your Health. She recently completed her term as Chair of the American Public Health Association's Environment Section and is now Chair-Elect of the Intersectional Council. Previously, she led the Environmental Health Programs at the Association of Public Health Laboratories, establishing the National Biomonitoring Network for environmental health surveillance, and served as Senior Director for Environmental Health Policy at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Dr. Latshaw holds a doctorate in Environmental and Occupational Health, a Master’s in Environmental Health Sciences, a Certificate in Risk Sciences and Public Policy, and a Bachelor’s in Biology from Johns Hopkins. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented at many national conferences.

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Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney

Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney completed her PhD in Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, under the mentorship of Dr. Ciprian Crainiceanu and Dr. Russell Shinohara. Her doctoral research significantly advanced neuroimaging data analysis, resulting in multiple publications, presentations, and patents. Elizabeth's interest in neuroimaging began during a traineeship at the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, where she researched image analysis in multiple sclerosis. Passionate about research and teaching, she has co-taught various tutorials on neuroimaging data analysis and led an introductory biostatistics course for MPH students at the American University of Armenia. Currently, as a Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University, she focuses on developing neuroimaging, epidemiological, and genetic biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease under the guidance of Dr. Genevera Allen and Dr. Joshua Shulman.