Excessive alcohol use accounts for over 178,000 deaths annually, and is a risk factor for firearm suicide and homicide. Alcohol pricing strategies are considered CDC ‘best buys’ for reducing ...

for undocumented individuals. The Sommer Klag Advocacy Achievement Award is made possible through a gift from Helaine Lerner and her late husband, Sid Lerner. This award, administered by the Lerner ...

A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General’s office concludes that, despite progress in reducing tobacco use at the population level, disparities continue to exist, leaving a range of Americans more ...

Our Department is dedicated to research, education, and practice on public health issues rooted in human behavior and social conditions—from smoking and substance use to diabetes and HIV and more. We ...

Hands-on public health training and real-world practice are essential parts of the educational experience at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Office of Public Health Practice ...

Dr. Chizoba Wonodi is an Associate Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Nigeria country director at the school’s International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC). She ...

The science of spatial analysis, its development, application, and practice, is inherently multidisciplinary. Maps have become a powerful and integral tool in public health research and practice for ...

Dr. Katherine Hoops is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Hoops’ research is focused on the prevention of firearm injury and violence. She is a core faculty member in the ...

Nurses are exposed to all forms of physical and psychological health and safety risks, including biological hazards, chemical exposure, overuse injury, physical assault, psychosocial environment, and ...

among girls by age 15 years was 21% in 2024, up from 16% in 2020. In the WHO African Region, which carries a disproportionate cervical cancer burden, first-dose coverage among girls by age 15 ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that 317 juveniles under age 18 were shot by police between 2015 and 2020, one-third of them fatally. The ...

Women have long been integral to public health—though they haven’t always received recognition for their work. Today, they make up 70% of the global health workforce and 90% of frontline health ...