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Inside the H1N1 Vaccine Trial
Inside the H1N1 Vaccine Trial
Department faculty oversee one of the largest H1N1 clincial vaccine trials in the U.S.
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Degrees Offered

International Health Degreesmaster's and doctoral programs to train future global health leaders

Master of Health Science (MHS)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)   

 

 

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News & events

February 8, 2010—Professor Carl Taylor 1916-2010

January 29, 2010—Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines. The Department's Institute for International Programs acknowledged.

January 27, 2010—Rotavirus vaccine—A powerful tool to combat deaths from diarrhea, editorial by Professor Santosham in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

January 26, 2010—GAVI: A Time to Celebrate...And Reinvest. Read Dr. Orin Levine on the Huffington Post.

January 20, 2010—Department Chair Dr. Robert Black to Receive 2010 Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award. 

January 12, 2010—Independent public health evaluations could save lives, according to Lancet article by lead author Dr. Jennifer Bryce.

January 6, 2010—High antiretroviral therapy adherence associated with lower health care costs, according to new article by lead author Dr. Jean B. Nachega. 

December 16, 2009—Department faculty publish H1N1 swine flu vaccine opinion piece in the S.F. Chronicle.

December 8, 2009—International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) established.

December 2, 2009—Associate Professor Adnan Hyder to lead JHSPH effort on Michael Bloomberg’s $125M Global Road Safety Program.

November 24, 2009—JHSPH Magazine features the JiVitA Project, one of the world's largest community trials investigating the role of nutrition in maternal and infant survival. 

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Video Interview with the Department Chair
Robert BlackRobert Black, MD, MPH, professor and chair of the Department of International Health, calls child mortality the “silent problem,” because few Americans realize that 11 million children die every year worldwide. Black wants to make it known that many of these deaths are preventable.
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Our People

Launched in September 2008, the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative promotes collaborative and interdisciplinary vaccine research, education and implementation efforts to improve health worldwide. Professor Ruth Karron is director of JHVI.
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