February 24, 2012 - For international participants and individuals requesting funding
May 4, 2012 - For JHSPH students and all others Amy Tsui, PhD, Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department
Saifuddin Ahmed, PhD, Associate Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department
Henry Mosley, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus, Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department Program Coordinator: Monnie Heminthavong, MPH, CHES (Printer-Friendly Version ) The 10th Annual Summer Institute in Reproductive Health and Development will be conducted June 4-15, 2012, 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, East Baltimore Campus. The course is aimed at mid-career professionals working in population, reproductive health and development programs in developing countries. A certificate of participation is awarded at the end of the course. This course (380.770.11) is approved for six credits for degree-seeking students of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. For detailed information about the course, please go to the section on Course Description. Consent of Instructor is required for this course. Please e-mail gateSI@jhsph.edu for consent. For detailed instructions on how to apply, go to Application Instruction. Downloadable forms are also available by clicking on the links above. For course rates please click on Tuition and Fees. Funding is available to a limited number of eligible participants. For details, go to Funding Assistance. For details about housing, go to Accommodations, or you can click on list for other housing options. For information on visas and other international participant issues, go to International Participants.
Reproductive Health and Development: Analytic Skills for Programs and Policies will introduce participants to contemporary population, reproductive health and development issues, measures and indicators. The course will examine linkages between universal access to family planning and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Substantive session topics will include family planning in global development policy; fertility regulation technology and practices; linkages between contraception, fertility and individual- and societal-level outcomes related to health over the lifespan, economic development and the physical environment. The evidence for family planning’s link to such outcomes, as gender equity in schooling and labor participation, poverty alleviation, reproductive, maternal and child health, nutrition and food supply, climate change, and land utilization, will be examined. Equity, quality and cost issues in contraceptive access, addressable by family planning program operations and systems, will also be reviewed. Afternoon sessions will consist of hands-on skill building activities; participants will complete data-driven exercises that strengthen their analytic and interpretive skills to understand linkages between healthy reproduction and demographic change, sexual health, and economic and social development outcomes. Participants familiar with software applications, such as SPSS or STATA, will receive specialized training in survey data analysis, while other participants will be guided through policy and program analyses using programs such as STAT Compiler and Spectrum to inform future development needs. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: - Discuss global population dynamics, sexual and reproductive health measures; associated development changes; global levels and trends in contraceptive practice by individuals, couples and societies;
- Know the linkages between contraceptive practice, fertility change, reproductive and child health, socioeconomic development and environmental change
- Identify data sources for, calculate and apply key measures of contraceptive practice and indicators of population welfare, reproductive health and economic development
- Interpret data to make informed policy or program decisions
- Apply analytic tools to compile evidence to inform a plan of action to achieve universal access to family planning.
Participants are expected to discuss assigned readings, engage in group work, and prepare a data-informed final presentation. Participants are encouraged to enhance the course’s quality by sharing their own professional experiences through interaction with other participants and course instructors. Each student taking this course for credit is required to submit a final paper that builds upon the group activities and exercises learned in the course. Applicants seeking funding and requiring a visa to enter the United States should submit a completed application with all required documents to the Gates Institute by February 24, 2012. Applicants not seeking funding and requiring no visa may submit an application and required documents by May 4, 2012 with full payment. As advised by the United States Customs and Immigration Service, (USCIS), ALL International participants enrolling in this course MUST enter the U.S. on a J-1 visa. Students enrolled in one of the degree programs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health may apply directly through ISIS (380.770.11) after you have received consent from the instructor. The following documents are REQUIRED and should be sent directly to the coordinator (GatesSI@jhsph.edu): - A statement of objectives (300 words maximum)
- Most current resume or curriculum vita
- Two letters of reference/recommendation (person providing reference can email directly)
- A letter of support from the applicant’s home institution /supervisor (if recommendation is not from supervisor)
Electronic submission of your application is preferred and encouraged. You can e-mail your completed application with documents to GatesSI@jhsph.edu. Allow 2-3 business days for processing. To ensure that your application has been received and properly processed, please follow-up with the coordinator. You are responsible for following up on your application. If you wish to mail your complete application package, please send it to the address below. For additional information or clarification, please contact Ms. Monnie Heminthavong by e-mail at GatesSI@jhsph.edu, phone 1-410- 502-0693 or fax 1-410-955-0792. Send your completed application materials to:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Summer Institute Office
ATTN: Gates Institute
615 North Wolfe Street, W1101
Baltimore, MD 21205 This course is being offered for six academic credits or non-credit. If you are seeking credit, you must register for academic credit at the beginning of the course. If you are seeking to transfer credits to another university, you must also register as a special student limited. Please check with your institution’s registrar office for appropriate policy and procedures on transferring credits. Note that the Bloomberg School of Public Health is on a quarterly calendar. Please also note that a special student limited is allowed to enroll for a total of 16 academic credits only, at which time an applicant is required to apply to a degree program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School. For more information, visit the JHSPH website. The fees are as follows: Course Costs | | Six (6)academic Credit:* | $923/unit or $5538.00 | + | Course Fee** | $200.00 | | Non-Credit: | $2769.00 | + | Course Fee** | $200.00 | | Health Insurance (required for all enrolled students)*** | $84.25 | | | | | University Housing (Check-in: Sunday, June 3, 2012, Check-out: Saturday, June 16, 2012. NO MEALS INCLUDED) | $633.10 | | | |
Housing confirmation and payment on the balance due must be made by May 4, 2012. * Tuition & Fees may be subject to slight annual increases
** Course fee is inclusive of: AM/PM Breaks, 2 lunch, course materials for two weeks
*** Health insurance is required for a J-1 visa holder or proof of coverage is required. Policy offered through Gates Institute. Premium for one month coverage (June 1- June 30, 2012) is $84.25.
If payment is made by check, payment should be made payable to Johns Hopkins University and must be made in U.S. dollars. Please reference Gates Summer Institute. Any bank charges incurred for processing will be charged to the registrant. Payment can also be made using American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover credit cards or via ACH bank transfer. Please contact the coordinator for more information and to make arrangements. Limited financial support is available to highly qualified individuals from developing countries. Please state your interest for scholarship consideration in your statement. Funding amount will vary. To be considered for funding, an applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria: applicant must be from a developing country and have a complete application package (see list under application procedure) applying for non-credit. At this time, we are unable to fund students who wish to take the course for credit. The Institute reserves the right to cancel a course due to low enrollment, in which case, the full tuition and course fee for the course will be refunded. Students who wish to withdraw from the course must do so in writing to the Coordinator before May 11, 2012. The Gates Institute abides by the refund policy of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more information, please view the JHSPH Payment and Refund Policy. Rooms have been blocked at a JHU residence hall for the workshop period. The residence hall is located at the Johns Hopkins University, Arts & Sciences, Homewood Campus, 3301 N. Charles Street, four miles from the East Baltimore Campus. Admitted participants choosing to stay at the residence hall must indicate on the application form. All housing reservations must be made by May 4, 2012 with an accompanying housing deposit of $200.00. The cost for lodging is $633.10* for 13 nights. A meal plan is NOT included with the cost. Participants receiving full funding from the Gates Institute will be residing at the residence hall. Additional information on the amenities of the residence hall will be provided with course particulars or click on the link above for details. A free shuttle service is available to transport participants daily. Shuttle schedule will be provided; please allow 15 to 20 minutes for travel. Information on other housing options can be provided for those choosing not to stay at the residence hall. It is highly recommended that you travel with health insurance coverage. Please check with your current organization. Participants should arrange for short-term health insurance coverage for the duration of the course. Participants should arrange for short-term insurance coverage for coverage with the coordinator. The cost of the coverage is $84.25. Please review the policy carefully for details of coverage. For more information on the plan, visit http://www.international-student-health-insurance.com/. Participants fully supported by the Gates Institute will be enrolled automatically. Participants who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents must be admitted to the U.S. on the appropriate visa status. ALL Internationals seeking to enroll in the Gates Institute Reproductive Health and Development course or any courses within the Johns Hopkins University programs MUST enter the U.S. on a J-1 visa. In the past, the Office of International Services (OIS) advised Institute participants who were not being funded from a U.S. source to apply for a B1/B2 visa for entry to the U.S. as a tourist. On August 19th, 2010, USCIS published guidance on its website that indicates enrolling in a course is a violation of B1/B2 status. Since BSPH Institute participants do not meet Institutional standards for F-1 student visa sponsorship, the OIS, in cooperation with the BSPH Summer Institutes, will sponsor participants for J-1 Exchange Visitor status. Based on this updated guidance from the United States Citizenship & Immigration Service [USCIS], participants are now strongly encouraged to follow the appropriate steps to secure a J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa for participation in a BSPH Institute. [Note: Internet MPH students who are participating in the Institutes must apply for F-1 student visas since they are pursuing a degree program. Exceptions are made only on a case-by-case basis.] It can take several months to secure the appropriate visa stamp to enter the United States, so please plan accordingly. Specifically, individuals who will require F1 or J1 visas must submit all required documentation to the Bloomberg School 90 days in advance of the Institute in which they will participate. Institute participants who do not heed this advice risk being denied entry to the U.S. at the U.S. port of entry by USCIS. If you have any questions about visa sponsorship, please contact an advisor at j-1scholars@jhmi.edu. All participants funded by the Gates Institute must enter the U.S. on a J-1 visa. The program coordinator will provide assistance in requesting the appropriate forms in support of the visa application. J- 1 visa category requires a compulsory fee of $180, paid to the Department of Homeland Security through the Student and Exchange Information System (SEVIS). An interview for visa will not be granted without the payment of this fee. It must be paid prior to filing the visa application (DS-160) which has its own fee ($140USD). Allow one to two months to receive your SEVIS payment receipt if making payment by mail. Payment made online using a credit card is highly recommended by going to the following website: www.fmjfee.com/index.jhtml. The applicant will receive an instant confirmation of payment. In the case where online payment is not possible, SEVIS payment is accepted at many Western Union locations throughout the world. Please let the coordinator know if you require assistance. The Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics in any student program or activity administered by the university or with regard to admission. The University complies fully with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. The University provides appropriate, necessary and reasonable accommodations to qualified students, faculty and staff who are disabled. Visit www.jhsph.edu/Student_Affairs/disability for complete information on the School’s Disability Support Services, or contact the director of disability support at 410-955-3034 or dss@jhsph.edu. | 
