Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health explained

The Bloomberg School of Public Health
Motto:Protecting Health, Saving Lives – Millions at a Time[1]
Established:1916
Type:Private public health graduate school
Parent:Johns Hopkins University
Dean:Ellen J. MacKenzie[2]
Country:U.S.
Students:3,639[3]
Faculty:875 primary, 833 affiliated
Endowment:US $632 million (2022)

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. As the second independent, degree-granting institution for research in epidemiology and training in public health,[4] and the largest public health training facility in the United States.[5] [6] [7] [8]

History

Originally named the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the school was founded in 1916 by William H. Welch with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the second school of public health in the U.S. after Tulane University. The school was renamed the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on April 20, 2001, in honor of Michael Bloomberg (founder of the eponymous media company) for his financial support and commitment to the school and Johns Hopkins University. Bloomberg has donated a total of $2.9 billion to Johns Hopkins University over a period of several decades.

The school is also the founder of Delta Omega (est. 1924), the national honorary society for graduate training in public health.[9] [10] The Bloomberg School is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).[11]

Origins

In 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored a conference on the need for public health education in the United States. Foundation officials were convinced that a new profession of public health was needed. It would be allied to medicine but also distinct, with its own identity and educational institutions. The result of deliberations between public health leaders and foundation officials was the Welch–Rose Report of 1915, which laid out the need for adequately trained public health workers, and envisioned an "institute of hygiene" for the United States. The report reflected the different preferences of the plan's two architects—William Henry Welch favored scientific research, whereas Wickliffe Rose wanted an emphasis on public health practice.

In June 1916, the executive committee of the Rockefeller Foundation approved the plan to organize an institute or school of public health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The institute was named the School of Hygiene and Public Health, indicating a compromise between those who wanted the practical public health training on the British model and those who favored basic scientific research on the German model. Welch, the first dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, also became the founding dean of the first school of public health in the United States.

The facility is located on the former Maryland Hospital site founded in 1797. The Maryland Hospital was originally built as a hospital to care for Yellow Fever for the indigent away from the city. In 1840, the hospital expanded to exclusively care for the mentally ill. In 1873, the buildings were torn down as the facility relocated to a new site as the Spring Grove Hospital Center.[12]

Legacy

The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health represents the archetype for formalized public health training and epidemiology education in the United States. By 1922, other schools of public health at Harvard, Columbia and Yale had all been established in accordance with the Hopkins model. The Rockefeller Foundation continued to sponsor the creation of public health schools in the United States and around the world in the 1920s and 1930s, extending the American model of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to countries such as Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, England, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.

Leaders

The official title of the head of the school has changed periodically between director and dean throughout the years.[13] Originally the title was director. In 1931, it was changed to dean and in 1946 back to director. In 1958, the title again became dean. The directors and deans of the Bloomberg School include:

  1. William H. Welch (1916–1927)
  2. William Henry Howell (1927–1931)
  3. Wade Hampton Frost (1931–1934)
  4. Allen W. Freeman (1934–1937)
  5. Lowell Reed (1937–1947)
  6. Ernest L. Stebbins (1947–1967)
  7. John C. Hume (1967–1977)
  8. Donald A. Henderson (1977–1990)
  9. Alfred Sommer (1990–2005)
  10. Michael J. Klag (2005–2017)
  11. Ellen J. MacKenzie (2017–present)

Reputation and ranking

The Bloomberg School is the largest school of public health in the world, with 875 primary and 833 affiliated faculty, and 3,639 students from 97 countries.[14] It is home to over 80 research centers and institutes with research ongoing in the U.S. and more than 60 countries worldwide.[15] The school ranks first in federal research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), receives nearly 25 percent of all funds distributed among the 40 U.S. schools of public health,[14] and has consistently been ranked first among schools of public health by U.S. News & World Report.[16] The school is ranked second for public health in the world by EduRank and Shanghai Rankings, behind the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[17]

Academic degrees and departments

The school offers master's degrees,[18] doctoral degrees,[19] postdoctoral training,[20] and residency programs in general preventive medicine and occupational medicine.[21] and combined[22] and certificate training programs in various areas of public health.[23] It is composed of 10 academic departments:[24]

Location

The Bloomberg School of Public Health is located in the East Baltimore campus of the Johns Hopkins University. The campus, collectively known as the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions[29] (JHMI), is also home to the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and comprises several city blocks, radiating outwards from the Billings Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital with its historic dome. The main building on which the school is located is on North Wolfe Street; it has nine floors and features an observation area and a fitness center on the top floor. The Bloomberg School also occupies Hampton House on North Broadway. The school is also serviced by the Welch Medical Library, a central resource shared by all the schools of the Medical Campus. The campus includes the Lowell Reed Residence Hall[30] and the Denton Cooley Recreational Center.[31] Public transportation to and from the campus is served by the Baltimore Metro Subway, local buses, and the JHMI shuttle.[32]

Notable alumni

Some of the graduates of the Bloomberg School of Public Health include:

Publications

References

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is Public Health? . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  2. Web site: Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: The School at a Glance.
  4. Web site: Welch-Rose Blueprint. 10 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914001153/http://www.deltaomega.org/documents/WelchRose.pdf. September 14, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  5. The World Book Encyclopedia, 1994, p. 135.
  6. Education of the Physician: International Dimensions. Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates., Association of American Medical Colleges. Meeting. (1984 : Chicago, Ill), p. v.
  7. Milton Terris, "The Profession of Public Health", Conference on Education, Training, and the Future of Public Health. March 22–24, 1987. Board on Health Care Services. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, p. 53.
  8. Cecil G. Sheps . 1973 . Schools of public health in transition . The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society . 51 . 4 . 462–468 . 10.2307/3349628 . 3349628.
  9. Web site: What is the Delta Omega Alpha Chapter? . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  10. Web site: The Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  11. Web site: Bloomberg School Receives Seven Year Accreditation.
  12. Book: Rice, Laura. Maryland History in Prints. 122. 2002.
  13. Web site: The Institutional Records of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . Medical Archives . 15 October 2018 .
  14. Web site: Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Profile. June 16, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320220559/http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=203&school_Id=12. March 20, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  15. Web site: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Map. June 17, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090615171218/http://faculty.jhsph.edu/map/. June 15, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
  16. Web site: Rankings of Public Health Programs, U.S. News & World Report .
  17. Web site: ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects .
  18. Web site: Master's Programs at Bloomberg School of Public Health. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. en-US. January 11, 2022.
  19. Web site: Doctoral Degrees at Bloomberg School of Public Health. en-US. January 11, 2022.
  20. Web site: Postdoctoral Training . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  21. Web site: Residency Programs . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  22. Web site: Combined Programs . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  23. Web site: Certificate Programs . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  24. Web site: Departments . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  25. Web site: JHSPH - Distribution of Postdoctoral Fellows by Department . September 10, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906105910/http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/postdoctoral-training/2014-2015%20Postdoc%20count . September 6, 2015 .
  26. Web site: Training Programs. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2015-09-10. Spencer. Greer.
  27. Web site: Health Policy and Management . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  28. Web site: International Health . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  29. Web site: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
  30. Web site: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Housing . Johns Hopkins Medicine . 15 October 2018 .
  31. http://www.jhucooleycenter.com JHUcooleycenter.com
  32. Web site: JHMI Shuttle Service . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 15 October 2018 .
  33. Web site: She-EO 6 Stage. 2020-07-08. She-EO. en-US.
  34. Web site: Adepoju. Taiwo. 10:10 #PAW INTERVIEW SERIES: WOMEN WITH A DIFFERENCE WITH OLOLADE ADEYEMI. 2020-07-08. Phenomenal African Woman. en-US.
  35. Web site: CHIT Chat webinar: What is Preventive Medicine? . 9 December 2013 . American College of Preventive Medicine . 15 October 2018 .
  36. Web site: Anna M Baetjer, ScD . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 11 December 2018 .
  37. Web site: Abdullah Baqui, MBBS . Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 2017-06-14.
  38. Web site: Donna M. Felling . . 2001-02-27 . 2023-02-25.

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