To help overcome the incomplete understanding of the cause of childhood pneumonia, JHSPH investigators have received three grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation totaling more than $40 million dollars... Read more. Ruth Karron and Anna Durbin will lead the evaluations of new live viral vaccines for adults and children through an NIH award of more than $31 million dollars... Read more. The Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative (JHVI) ‘Spark’ funding is meant to assist JHSPH faculty in their efforts to improve training and education opportunities for students and to create an opportunity for new or expanded collaborative research... Read more. On September 19th, 2008, the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative (JHVI) hosted the first annual Vaccine Day at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Festivities began at 12:30 in Sommer Hall with a keynote address by David Heymann, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Security and the Environment, and Representative of the Director-General for Polio Eradication. Dr. Heymann's talk was entitled: “Diplomacy: Improving Global Access to Vaccines and Good Health”.
Read more or view pictures from Vaccine Day 2008.
 On September 19th, 2008, Dr. David Heymann was awarded the Dean’s Medal for leadership in the global public health effort to control infectious diseases. The Dean’s Medal is the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s highest honor and recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the field of public health. Dean Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH stated, “Throughout his career, David Heymann has demonstrated exemplary leadership in the global fight against infectious disease”. “David brings both intelligence and compassion to his work and it is a great privilege to award the Dean’s Medal to David.”… Read more.
To watch a video of David Heymann's keynote address and Dean Klag awarding the Dean's medal to Dr. Heymann, click here.
 47 posters were submitted by students, faculty and staff for Vaccine Day, showcasing work from 4 departments. Topics ranged from preclinical vaccine development to cost effectiveness of vaccinations in the developing world. Prizes were awarded to three students for outstanding posters: first place went to third-year International Health PhD candidate Julia Driessen, second place went to Epidemiology PhD candidate Chuka Anude, and third place went to Morgan Marks, who is a dual degree candidate in Epidemiology (PhD), and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (ScM). To see a list of all posters, and abstracts from the prize-winning posters, click here.
JHSPH Faculty members are engaged in vaccine-related research projects around the world. Click here to learn more about these projects. | 
