Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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The Bloomberg School of Public Health
Established:	1916
Type:	Private
Endowment:	US$345 million
Dean:	Michael J. Klag
Faculty:	513 Full-time, 551 Part-time [1]
Students:	2,030[2]
Location:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	http://www.jhsph.edu

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is part of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. It was the first institution of its kind in the world.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Departments 3 Reputation & Rankings 4 Priority 5 Campus 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Overview

Founded in 1916 by William H. Welch and John D. Rockefeller, it is the largest public health school in the world, with 513 full-time and 551 part-time faculty, and 1,800 students from 71 countries. It receives nearly one-quarter of all federal research funds awarded to the 32 U.S. schools of public health, and has research ongoing in the U.S. and more than 50 countries. It has consistently been ranked the number one school of public health by U.S. News & World Report.

The school was recently renamed after a major donation by Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City.

The current dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH) is Michael J. Klag.

John Bridges, a well-known economist, is part of the faculty.

[edit] Departments

The school is composed of ten different academic departments:

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Biostatistics
• Environmental Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Health, Behavior and Society
• Health Policy and Management
• International Health
• Mental Health
• Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
• Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Dr. Benjamin Carson works there as well, one of the most successful children's surgeons.

[edit] Reputation & Rankings

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health is renowned worldwide and had been consistently ranked as the top school of public health in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.^[3]

[edit] Priority

A case can also be made that the Army Medical School (AMS), founded by U.S. Army Brigadier General George Miller Sternberg, MD in 1893 was the world's first school of public health and preventive medicine. The AMS was the precursor institution of the current Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR).

[edit] Campus

The JHSPH is located in the East Baltimore area right next to Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (JHMI) on N. Wolfe Street. The entrance hall on the Monument Street side of the building is the new front entrance. The building has nine floors and features an observation area on the top floor. The school is served by local buses as well as the JHMI shuttle from the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) project

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