At a Glance
The Bloomberg American Health Initiative is training the next generation of public health leaders and supporting research to address five key issues impacting Americans' life expectancy: addiction and overdose, adolescent health, environmental challenges, food systems for health, and violence.
We’re tackling five critical, 21st-century issues that challenge health in the United States
Our work is deeply rooted in equity, evidence, and policy
Bloomberg Fellows work for at least one year for their organizations following graduation
We award more than 50 full-tuition MPH and DrPH scholarships to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health each year
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ donation to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that launched the Initiative
By spreading smart public health strategies that save lives and bringing people together to try new approaches, we can make the same strides in the 21st century against health threats like air pollution, gun violence, and obesity that we did in the 20th century against infectious disease. There’s no institution better equipped to lead the charge than Johns Hopkins.
Meet the Initiative
Della Wright
New Orleans, LADella is the Assistant Director of the Child Wellbeing Division of the Deep South Cente
...Della Wright
Elizabeth Boyle
Washington, DCElizabeth is a Program Officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
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Emily Hall
Austin, TXEmily is the Manager of the Environmental Surveillance and Toxicology Branch (ESTB) of
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Jennifer Spiller
Grand Rapids, MIJennifer is the Direct Services Program Manager for Healthy Homes Coalition of West Mic
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Robert Fyda
Las Vegas, NVRobert is an Environmental Health Engineer in the Solid Waste and Compliance branch of
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Janie Cambron
Lexington, KYJanie serves as the Quality Improvement (QI) Coordinator for the Kentucky Department fo
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Amber Canto
Madison, WIAmber is the Director for the Extension Institute for Health & Well-Being at Univer
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Andrea Jacobson
Kansas City, MOAndrea is the Advocacy Manager at Balanced.
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Jana Goins
Baltimore, MDJana serves as the Epidemiologist for the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health within th
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Tessa Mork
Washington, DCTessa started out as an intern for the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington during her final
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Don Hedrick
Rapid City, SDDon serves as the Assistant Chief of the Rapid City Police Department.
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Eric Cumberbatch
New York, NYEric serves as Deputy Director at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
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Heidi Penix
Austin, TXHeidi started working at the Texas Center in June 2009 on the Children's Justice Act (C
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Molly Deane
Los Angeles, CAMolly is faculty within the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at Harbor-UCLA Me
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General
For all general inquiries, please email AmericanHealth@jhu.edu
Fellows Program
For questions about the Fellows program, email BloombergFellowsMPH@jhu.edu
Media
For media inquiries, email Caitlin Hoffman, choffman@jhu.edu
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