JHSPH Department of Epidemiology

The Department of Epidemiology is one of ten academic departments in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). The mission of the Department of Epidemiology is to improve the public's health by training epidemiologists and by advancing knowledge concerning the causes and prevention of disease and the promotion of health.

The American Journal of Epidemiology (originally named the American Journal of Hygiene) has been based in the Department of Epidemiology since the journal's inception in 1920.[1] In addition, the Department of Epidemiology is home to Epidemiologic Reviews (current Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Michel Ibrahim).[2] Several major research studies are housed in the Department of Epidemiology and led by epidemiology faculty members, including the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, the Multicultural AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)[3], and the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)[4].

The Department of Epidemiology is the oldest (established in 1917) and among the largest in the world. The Department of Chronic Disease was originally created as a division in Public Health Administration in 1954, made into a department in 1961, and then merged with the Department of Epidemiology in 1970. The Department of Chronic Disease, before it merged with the Department of Epidemiology, was chaired by Joseph Earle Moore (1954-1957) and Abraham Lilienfeld (1958-1970).

The Department of Epidemiology offers three doctoral-level programs, two master's-level programs, and one joint degree for undergraduate students. The Department co-sponsors three concentrations for the school-wide Master of Public Health program: 1) Epidemiological & Biostatistics Methods for Public Health and Clinical Research, 2) Food, Nutrition & Health and 3) Infectious Diseases.

Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - The Department of Epidemiology began offering the Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 1983. The Graduate Summer Institute offers short, intensive courses in epidemiology and biostatistics intended to develop an understanding of the principles, methodologic strategies and practical aspects of epidemiological research. Course lengths span one day, one week, or three weeks, and are offered online or on-site in Baltimore, Maryland.

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