Yearlook

Visionary Initiatives

The Bloomberg American Health Initiative, launched with a $300 million gift, will invest in intellectual resources to help shape the public health agenda for a healthier nation.

• Michael R. Bloomberg’s Transformative Gift
• Meet the Initiative’s First Scholar Cohort
• Ready, Set, Innovate: The Bloomberg American Health Initiative Has Big Plans

Philanthropy

Thanks to generous support from more than 2,700 donors, the Bloomberg School remains on the front lines of public health research, education and practice.

• The Bloomberg School Exceeds $1 Billion in Hopkins’ Ongoing Rising to the Challenge Fundraising Campaign
• The Center for Health Security Awarded a $16 Million Grant 
from the Open Philanthropy Project
• Wolman Professorship Strengthens Water and Health and Local Economy

Discovery

Breakthrough science informs lifesaving policies and interventions.

Fracking Industry Wells Associated With:

• Increased Risk of Asthma Attacks
• Other Chronic Health Problems
• Cervical Cancer Death Rates Higher Than Long Believed, Especially Among Older and Black Women

Mosquitos: The Deadliest Organism on The Planet:

• Researchers Identify Mechanism in Chikungunya that Controls Infection and Severity
• Chikungunya Study Yields Insight Into Diseases Spread by Mosquitos—Women Disproportionately Hit
• Study Finds Most Dengue Infections Transmitted in and Around the Home
• Fungus Findings Help Explain Why Malaria Infections are More Prevalent in Certain Geographic Regions
• Researchers Believe They Can Develop Treatment or Vaccine Targets to Fight Zika

Leadership

With its rich history of public health discovery, the Bloomberg School continues to attract renowned experts and graduate future leaders.

• Meet the Changemakers: Hopkins Collaborative Establishes DrPH Program in China
• At the Intersection of Environmental Health and Engineering—A New Cross-Divisional Academic Department

Public Health Leadership at the School and in the Community

• A Conversation with Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen MPP ’12
• Paul Spiegel Named New Director of Hopkins Center for Refugee and Disaster Response (recently renamed the Center for Humanitarian Health)
• Colleen Barry Appointed Chair of Department of Health Policy and Management Department
• Cynthia Schaffer Minkovitz Appointed Chair of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department

Policy

Public health research and practice are rooted in social justice. To this end, the School critically examines and contextualizes research to help drive public policy solutions.

• Firearms on College Campuses: Research Evidence 
and Policy Implications
• Post-Election Seminar Series—Public Health Under the 
New Administration
• Hopkins Symposium Looks at Impact of Executive Order on Refugees and Immigration