Leadership. Energy. Scientific excellence. Ambition. Political acumen. Determination to change the world...

The characteristics that define a Hopkins Sommer Scholar also foster optimism about the difference they will make in human health. A world too often wracked by illness and injury, poverty, malnutrition and faltering health systems offers numerous and formidable challenges. Each Hopkins Sommer Scholar comes to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with inspiration, experience and education. They leave with greater knowledge, enriched skills and the confidence to lead others to new frontiers in the field of health. Their future contributions are reasons for optimism in a troubled world.

The No. 1 School of Public Health
Consistently ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the first and largest school of public health in the world. Named in honor of Alfred Sommer, Dean Emeritus of the School, the Hopkins Sommer Scholars program trains public health leaders to protect the health and save the lives of people worldwide—millions at a time.