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
Angela Suarez
Shanada Monestime
Washington, D.C.Shanada is currently the Director of Community Engaged Research at GO2 for Lung Cancer
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Roshona Thomas
Philadelphia, PARoshona serves as the Training Development and Coordination Manager within the Philadel
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Rebecca Reindel
Washington, D.C.Rebecca Reindel is the Safety and Health Director at the national AFL-CIO where she bri
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Miguel Vazquez
Riverside, CAMiguel currently holds the position of Health Equity Urban and Regional Planner at the
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Melino Gianotti
OregonMelino holds the role of Emergency Coordinator at the Northwest Portland Area Indian He
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Keana Kaleikini
Farmington, NMKeana Kaleikini currently serves as the Associate Director and Chairwoman of the indige
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Emily Creegan
Baltimore, MDEmily serves as Public Health Laboratory Scientist within the Laboratories Administrati
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Christopher Lemon
Baltimore, MDChristopher joined the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Emergency Medic
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Tomas Rivera
Baltimore, MDTomas plays a crucial role as a Bilingual Grant Specialist/Coordinator at the Universit
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Sunia Young
Washington, D.C.Sunia is a Senior Program Assistant at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
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Miranda Bond
Dallas, TXMiranda is currently the Administrative Director for Patient Relations at Parkland Heal
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Christa Seymour
Rochester, MNChrista is a Public Health Nurse at Olmsted County Public Health, located i
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Ana Belén Zelaya
San Antonio, TXAna is a Project Coordinator at Healthy Futures of Texas, an organization dedicated to
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Allanceson Smith
San Francisco, CAAllanceson is an adolescent and addiction psychiatrist working in the Behavioral Health
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Philomena Kebec
Ashland, WIPhilomena Kebec, J.D., belongs to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
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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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