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Students interested in urban health may find the following sections of the site to be most useful.

TRAINING/EDUCATION

Fellowship Programs: Johns Hopkins provides a variety of fellowship opportunities for both pre- and postdoctoral students.

Courses in Urban Health and Development: This compendium of courses represents classes offered throughout the undergraduate and graduate campuses relevant to urban health and development.

Student Outreach Resource Center (SOURCE): This Center serves as a channel for student, faculty and staff involvement with community organizations and local projects. It has a particular, but not exclusive focus on East Baltimore neighborhoods in close proximity to the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions campus.

RESOURCENET®

Baltimore Projects: This section, available due to generous support from the Macht Foundation, provides an urban resource catalog containing Hopkins faculty and student projects in Baltimore City.

Baltimore City Statistics: This section contains information on where to find a variety of health-related statistics specific to Baltimore City.

Best Practices Monograph (coming soon)

East Baltimore Literature Review (coming soon): Over 300 articles about the health of populations in Baltimore have been reviewed and will be available in an online database which can be used to discover what research has taken place and where there may be gaps.

Highlights and News

View our current newsletter. Look for the Summer 2008 Issue in August.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the UHI's 2008 Small Grants Program!
The seven recipients were chosen by a panel of reviewers from both the university and the community. In addition to providing funding for these projects, the grants are intended advance university-community collaborations.

Baltimore Research Day
Nearly 30 teams of researchers from across the city came together on May 9, 2008 for the UHI’s inaugural Baltimore Research Day. Researchers presented findings on a range of important Baltimore health issues, including HIV, asthma, early childhood and family health, substance abuse, and injury prevention. Click here to download the program and abstract booklet.

UHI Welcomes a New Class of Community Health Workers
After completing eight weeks of training, five new community health workers (CHW) are now in the field, working to improve the health and well-being of our neighbors. The CHW’s work throughout East Baltimore conducting health screenings and providing individualized patient education, lifestyle and health coaching, and care coordination. Click here to learn more about the current CHW’s, the CHW Program, and how to become a CHW.

Find a Baltimore Health Service

Use the map of Baltimore to locate nearby resources that can provide assistance with employment, housing, health care, children-and family-oriented issues, in addition to available services in other public health areas.