The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers several certificate programs for Johns Hopkins degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students. An asterisk (*) at the bottom of a Fall Institute course description indicates that course may be applied to one or more of these certificates. For detailed information on all of the certificates offered, please visit the School's website. The Fall Institute will offer courses that satisfy required and elective course options for the following certificates:
The educational objective of this certificate is to provide the essential tools for public health practitioners to prepare for natural disasters, terrorism or other emerging threats. Certificate holders will be able to identify the major terrorism threats to public health; and identify public health issues in disasters; describe the integration of risk sciences, communication and public health law as it relates to public health preparedness and terrorism response; describe the key elements of public health practice and public health surveillance; and develop and evaluate control strategies for emerging infections and ionizing radiation. Those wanting to participate in this certificate program must hold a bachelor’s degree to be eligible.
The educational objective of this certificate is to provide an understanding of risk assessment methods and their application to public health risk policy and risk communication. The certificate program courses cover the scientific basis for assessing environmental and other public health risks, as well as providing the skills needed to evaluate the policy implications of these scientific relationships for reducing public health risks. Those wanting to participate in this certificate program must hold a bachelor’s degree to be eligible.
The educational objective of this certificate is to provide an understanding of the major environmental health issues facing public health professionals today. Courses explore the sources of environmental agents, their distribution in community and work environments, transfer routes to humans and possible health effects; the basic biological mechanisms underlying the association between prior exposure and subsequent development of adverse health effects; and control strategies and interventions. Those wanting to participate in this certificate program must hold a bachelor’s degree to be eligible.
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