Additional Educational Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health accepts postdoctoral fellows interested in population, family, and reproductive health issues. Acceptance into the department as a postdoctoral fellow is based on an agreement between the trainee and a specified supervising faculty member. Applications for a postdoctoral position will not be reviewed without pre-approval from a Population, Family and Reproductive Health department faculty  member. Individuals interested in applying for a postdoctoral position must complete the Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Summer Institute in Reproductive Health and Development
The 2009 summer program offering of the Gates Institute is a two week course entitled, "Reproductive Health and Development: Analytic Skills for Policies and Programs".  This course is designed for mid-career professionals working in a population, reproductive health and development programs in developing countries.  This course is being offered for six academic credits or non-credit.  A certificate of participation is awarded upon completion of the course.  For more information, please click HERE.  The application deadline is February 20, 2009 for applicants seeking funding or requiring a visa to enter the United States.  For all other applicants, the deadline is May 15, 2009.

Maternal and Child Health Certificate Program
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health is the locus for studies in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Upon completion of the core courses of the Maternal and Child Health Certificate, individuals will gain a broad understanding of the field that focuses on the health and welfare of women and children. Competencies achieved will include, but are not limited to, understanding of the biological, social and behavioral basis for an MCH program; knowledge of the historical development of the field of MCH; knowledge of significant past and current national legislative mandates relative to MCH, including the structure and roles of legislative and administrative bodies at the national, state and local levels; ability to define and describe the MCH population in a community; ability to prepare and interpret data; an understanding of the normal patterns of human growth and development; knowledge of the organization and financing of health systems in the U.S.; an understanding of the design, implementation and evaluation of MCH needs assessment domestically and internationally; and an ability to identify essential gaps in existing programs serving mothers and children. For more information, please visit the MCH Certificate Program website.

Public Health Economics Certificate
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health is one of three departments that sponsor the Public Health Economics Certificate. Upon completion of the core courses in the Public Health Economics Certificate Program, students will gain general Knowledge in Public Health Economics; problem identification and evaluation; economic evaluation; and communication and translation. For more information, please visit the Public Health Economics website.