Pathways to Public Health: Inside the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Pathways to Public Health

Public Health work is often driven by passion and problem solving. 
Simon Patrick Obi, MPH'24 discusses what sparked his interest in public health, which included researching the impact of road safety. His passion for wanting to make his community safer led to establishing GreenLight Initiative—a road safety and health organization in Nigeria. He highlights opportunities he's had as a student and what he hopes to do next. 
Simon was a delegate and a guest panelist during the 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety in 2020 and the first United Nations high-level meeting on improving Global Road Safety at UN headquarters in 2022. He currently sits as one of the Youth Leadership Members of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety. Most recently, Simon completed his MPH degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
 
Show Notes
Learn more about GreenLight Initiative-https://greenlightng.org/
Learn more about how to apply to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-https://publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-services/office-of-admissions-services/how-to-apply

Osadebamwen (Deba) Osaghae shares her advice for finding the right mentor and support in graduate school, especially during her time at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health . 
Deba is a Full-Time Master of Public Health (MPH) student concentrating in Epidemiologic & Biostatistical Methods for Public Health & Clinical Research at the Bloomberg School. Her research interests are in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. 

She is a general physician from Nigeria. When not studying, she creates content for her instagram page @debsthedoctor, where she shares personal reflections and provides resources for young professionals to thrive.

 
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Learn more about the work at the Welch Center
Learn about transportation options for students at the Bloomberg School
Application Information for the Bloomberg School
 

Finding the right mentor in your graduate studies is an important part of any student journey. It can be a research project in itself. This can help develop and advance the work you want to pursue in public health including advancing research skill set and learning from their experience in the field. 
Ateeb Ahmad Parray, a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of International Health (Health  Systems) , shares what's important to find the right mentor and support in graduate school, especially in his work at the Johns Hopkins Bloombeg School of Public Health. 

An essential component of graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are the practices opportunities. Students get to experience first-hand how the work they're learning in the classroom is applied in real world settings. Experience vary from 100 hours to nearly a year, depending on the program. Lars Johnson shares his experience as a Master of Health Administration (MHA) student, his residencency experience as Strategic Financial Resident, what he's enjoyed most, and tips to participating in practice based graduate program. 

The field of public health continues to grow and graduate opportunities expand each year. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is dedicated to protecting health and saving lives—millions at a time. The Bloomberg School offers nine master’s programs, two doctoral programs, certificates and non-degree opportunities.
Listen to advice from Joe Amueller, a 2023 graduate of the combined MA/MSPH within the Department of International Health discusses how his experience shaped the work he's currently pursuing at Epicentre as an epidemiologist activity manager for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in their mission to South Sudan. His focus is on infectious disease control and surveillance and is passionate about issues of climate change and human health. 
 
Show Notes: Global Health Established Field Placements
                    JHMI Malari Research Institute
 

Venturing into graduate school presents great opportunities. To add to your experience, it's important to consider what options are available through practice and research opportunities. The Bloomberg School of Public Health offers 80 research centers. Allison Dehaas McGinnis, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology shares her experience in finding research projects and centers to work with at the our School of Public Health. When not in lab, she enjoys being a Bloomberg Ambassador where she gets to speak with prospective students and write blogs sharing her experience at Hopkins. Her mentors prior to and throughout her doctoral program have had such a positive impact on her career choices that she hopes to continue this effect with my future students. 
Allison works within Dr. Michael Matunis’ lab and focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of how the post-translational modification, sumo, effects mitochondrial dynamics via its interaction with a key mitochondrial protein called drp1. She started her doctoral program right after her undergraduate program, where she studied botanical research and scent chemistry.
 
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JHM Professional Development and Career Office (PDCO)
JHU Teaching Academy