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Public health
Global health
$30M grant fuels air pollution study
Published Nov 8, 2016
Johns Hopkins receives $30M grant for study of cook stove fuels and their effects on maternal, infant health
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Public health
Hopkins to expand Lyme disease research efforts
Published Nov 8, 2016
$10M gift supports existing research on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, new therapies, vulnerable populations / Hopkins Medicine
Josh Sharfstein
Sharfstein to lead public health initiative
Published Oct 27, 2016
Associate dean at BSPH named inaugural director of JHU's Bloomberg American Health Initiative
BSPH part of study on environmental influences on child health
Published Sept 21, 2016
Bloomberg School receives $95M NIH grant to analyze data for new initiative
Public Health
Centennial celebration
Published Sept 20, 2016
Bloomberg, Biden, Bono among luminaries at School of Public Health event in New York
Michael R. Bloomberg
Philanthropy
Bloomberg gives $300M for public health initiative
Published Sept 15, 2016
Bloomberg American Health Initiative will focus on new approaches to drug addiction, obesity, gun violence, adolescent health, environmental threats
BSPH Centennial
'100 Objects That Shaped Public Health'
Published Sept 13, 2016
Bloomberg School presents list of 100 objects that—for better or worse—affected public health during the last century
Public health
New book chronicles the history of global health interventions
Published Fall 2016
Randall Packard's new book chronicles the successes and failures of global health campaigns / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Community
Down(town) on the farm
Published Fall 2016
The food grown in cities may be less important than the growth in community cohesion and cooperation / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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20/20 in the classroom
Published Fall 2016
To a striking degree, children's school performance—and how they feel and behave in class—is affected by vision / Johns Hopkins Magazine