Courses, Seminars, and Certificate
Courses | Seminars | Certificate
Courses
The Center has an extensive list of formal courses that can be taken for academic credit.
Core injury courses include:
- Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy
305.861 (Offered each term; see Seminars below for more detail) - Issues in Injury and Violence Prevention
305.610 (1st term) - Confronting the Burden of Injury: A Global Perspective
221.612 (2nd term, 2nd term online) - Suicide as a Public Health Problem
330.674 (3rd term, 4th term online) - Understanding and Preventing Violence
301.627 (2nd term) - Occupational Injury Prevention and Safety Practice
305.615 (4th term, every other year) - Transportation Policy and Health
305.630 (4th term) - Injury and Violence Prevention: Behavioral Sciences Theories and Applications
410.625 (4th term, every other year) - Childhood Victimization: A Public Health Perspective
330.640 (4th term) - Summer Institutes
305.670.11 (summer term, every other year)
305.865.11 (summer term, offered summer 2020)
To search the School of Public Health's current and past academic catalogs, full course descriptions and current course offerings are available.
Seminars
Each academic term, the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy offers a graduate seminar course on various injury topics. Seminars are open to all. Students pursuing the Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention are required to register for 305.861.01, Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy, for all four terms (see Certificate for more details). The seminar series is designed to advance your understanding of injury, violence, and resulting disability as public health problems. Each term the seminar has a unique focus, including for example, foundational issues, current research, methodological approaches, unmet needs and emerging topics, as well as the application of policy, law and practice for injury and violence prevention. Students hear from leading experts in the field and read literature provided to accompany each presentation. All seminars will be offered via Zoom; links will be provided at the beginning of each term.
Information about the seminars, including Zoom meeting links, are available at the Johns Hopkins Calendar of Events.
First Term Seminar Series
Term One: Research at the Intersection of Substance Use and Injury/Violence (Dr. Renee M. Johnson)
- August 30: Introduction to the Series
Renee M. Johnson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health
The first session of the Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy Series: Research at the Intersection of Substance Use and Injury/Violence.
Dr. Johnson's presentation will provide an overview of the foundational principles, conceptual frameworks and strategies that comprise the field of substance use epidemiology, and will lead a discussion about how substance use shapes risk for injury and violence. - September 13: Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention
Ju Nyeong Park, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Dr. Park will discuss harm reduction as a critical strategy for prevention overdose events and overdose fatalities. She will also describe approaches to harm reduction, such as naloxone distribution. - September 27: Adolescent Opioid Use
Rachel H. Alinsky, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Alinsky will present her research that addresses adolescent opioid use and overdose, as well as systems of treatment for adolescents and emerging adults. - October 4: Multilevel Challenges to Engagement in HIV Care After Prison Release
Danielle Haley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences
Dr. Haley will discuss her qualitative work with people who are living with HIV and transitioning out of the state prison system in North Carolina, with attention to how substance use shapes the release process and people’s ability to effectively manage their HIV. The seminar will include a discussion of policy implications. - October 11: Experiences with Drug Use and Overdose in Baltimore and Across the State of Maryland
Danielle German, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
Dr. German will discuss her ethnographic work with people who use drugs and have HIV. She will discuss the “Statewide Ethnographic Assessment of Drug Use and Services” (SEADS) project, which was an investigation of how people who use drugs access services in Maryland, with attention to local context and the experiences of people who use drugs. - October 18: Maryland’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Anna Gribble, MSW, MPH, Provider Engagement and Policy Manager, Maryland Department of Health
Dr. Gribble will discuss the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and the Office of Provider Engagement and Regulation (OPER)’s efforts to promote safe controlled substance prescribing and dispensing through data-driven, educational initiatives. - October 25: Discussion Session
Renee M. Johnson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health
This final session is required for students pursuing the Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention. Dr. Johnson will facilitate a discussion exploring the overall seminar series theme as well observations and reflections from the students.
Information about the seminars, including Zoom meeting links, are available at the Johns Hopkins Calendar of Events.
Second Term Seminar Series
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Third Term Seminar Series
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Fourth Term Seminar Series
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Grading
All students will receive a grade of Pass or Fail. A grade of Pass will be based on attendance and participation. Students are allowed one excused absence; please contact the faculty sponsor if you will be absent from class. Students who miss more than one seminar must seek permission to conduct a review of a journal article in order to pass the course.
Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention
The Center offers a Certificate in Injury and Violence Prevention for both degree and non-degree seeking students. The Certificate addresses a pressing need for public health professionals with specialized training in the prevention, analysis and control of intentional and unintentional injuries.
Students learn the fundamentals of assessing the impact of injuries on public health, identifying groups at highest risk for various types of injuries, understanding the causes of injuries and determining the most effective means of preventing injuries or reducing their severity.
For requirements and more information, view the full description or contact Jon Vernick.