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From addiction & overdose to obesity & more, the Bloomberg JHU American Health Initiative tackles challenges to public health in the U.S. Prospective MPH or DrPH students can apply to the Initiative's Fellowship program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health here: bit.ly/2yHRygw

📢📢Exciting news! The Center for Mental health and Addiction Policy (CMAP) has received a $750,000 grant from JHU American Health. This support will help us advance research on suicide prevention and strengthen the field of policy research. Learn more: americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/bloomberg…


I am grateful that Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Michelle Spencer from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are joining us as part-time Senior Advisors on health policy. Read the full release here: mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-rel…


Last week, Brandon M. Scott announced that Joshua Sharfstein and Michelle Spencer from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and JHU American Health will join the Scott administration as part-time senior advisors on health policy, while retaining their roles at Johns Hopkins University. 🔗 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDBAL…

Exciting news! We've been awarded a 3-year grant from JHU American Health! This support will help us strategically bring research, policy and practice together to realize meaningful reductions in suicide in the U.S. Thank you, Initiative, for this partnership. publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-inj…

New op-ed written with collabo-friend @LeahSchinasi. We discuss why housing policy is, in fact, climate policy. JohnsHopkinsEHE Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel Univ. JHU American Health

Bloomberg Fellow Anthony Betori and PFRH's Tamar Mendelson discuss the evolving definition of opportunity youth on this episode of The JHU American Health Podcast (16 minute listen): americanhealth.libsyn.com/who-are-opport…

Excited to share that #TheInvisibleShield, a docuseries from RadicalMedia on PBS and made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies, is a finalist in the 9th annual #ShortyImpact Awards! Voting is open to the public through Oct. 30. shortyawards.com/9th-impact/inv…


The 2024 Bloomberg American Health Summit will focus on "Advancing Public Health in Uncertain Political Times." Hear public health leaders, policymakers, and advocates discuss evidence-based solutions. Join the Dec. 3 livestream: bit.ly/bloomberghealt… JHU American Health



Through my work at Born This Way Foundation, I have the privilege of working with young changemakers every day. 💕 I will give a keynote address on the importance of mental health services at the JHU American Health annual Summit on 12/3. Tune in: bit.ly/bloomberghealt… #BAHISummit2024


Thank you to CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen for taking time to discuss the future of public health, and how organizations like Bloomberg Philanthropies and JHU American Health can continue to support life-saving ideas and innovations in the years ahead.


Mike Bloomberg just launched a broadside against RFK Jr., told JHU American Health summit that it would be "beyond dangerous" and "medical malpractice on a mass scale" for the Senate to confirm him. nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/…

Thanks to @TCBPubHealth (that would be Thomas Dobbs, yes of the Dobbs SCOTUS case!) for a great conversation about advancing public health in politically uncertain times JHU American Health summit.

Turns out being in a room full of current & future public health leaders is a good antidote to the political & public health landscape of America in December 2024. Excited to be here with John Feinblatt JHU American Health #BAHISummit2024🇺🇸

In my speech at the Bloomberg JHU American Health Summit today, I expressed my hope that President-elect Trump and Senate Republicans re-think the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — an anti-vaccine crusader and peddler of junk science — to oversee public health and medical


Food insecurity remains one of most widespread public health issues affecting Americans today. We caught up with JHU American Health Fellows Allison Duda from @FoodBankMetroDC & Kelly Quintero from Feeding America to see how they're expanding access to affordable, heathy food.

Vulnerable communities disproportionately shoulder the impacts of climate change. At Earthjustice, JHU American Health Fellow Michelle Mabson is working to hold polluters accountable and expand access to clean air & water.


Public health innovations are all around us—and sometimes you don't even notice them. Here are four examples highlighted by faculty from the Bloomberg JHU American Health Initiative. americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/4-things-…