32 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Cellular and Molecular Physiology graduate program at Johns Hopkins University develops agile, independent scientists who identify important scientific gaps, establish creative, mechanistic hypotheses, and execute experimental strategies that are comprehensive, cutting edge, and push their field forward. 

Pathobiology at Johns Hopkins University is an integrative discipline that looks simultaneously at the whole organism and its component cells, tissues, and molecules to study the causes and mechanisms of disease. It is a discipline that strives to understand the mechanisms of disease at fundamental levels.

The Health Sciences Informatics program at Johns Hopkins University offers the opportunity to participate in ground breaking research projects in clinical informatics at one of the world’s finest medical schools.

The Department of Health Policy and Management offers a PhD program at Johns Hopkins University that trains its students to conduct original investigator-initiated research through a combination of coursework and research mentoring.   

Research in the Toxicology, Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms (TPMM) track at Johns Hopkins University is focused on discovering novel molecular mechanisms that drive the pathophysiology of major chronic diseases, with the goal of developing prevention and therapeutic strategies to improve public health. 

In a world of rapid innovation in the biological sciences, the emergence of new diseases, and changing environmental pressures, health security risks to the global community are a rising concern. We offer a degree in Health Security at Johns Hopkins University. 

The Bloomberg School and the School of Nursing of Johns Hopkins University offer the Nursing Practice - Public Health dual degree program. 

The doctoral program in Human Nutrition at Johns Hopkins University is designed to train professionals to identify, understand and solve, through scientific methods, problems of public health importance in human nutrition.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice - Advanced Practice program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is accredited by the: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). 

This Social and Behavioral Sciences program at Johns Hopkins University is designed for individuals seeking training for careers as social and behavioral scientists, health educators and health promotion or communication specialists in the public health arena.

The Health Science - Clinical Investigation PhD offered at Johns Hopkins University is a flagship program and designed for those candidates who currently hold a postdoctoral fellowship or junior faculty appointment within a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine clinical department. 

The Exposure Sciences and Environmental Epidemiology track at Johns Hopkins University offers research and training opportunities in key topic areas relevant to environmental and occupational health.

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree program at the Johns Hopkins University is designed for the student who already has an MPH or equivalent degree and who intends to pursue a leadership position as a public health professional.

This Pediatric Dual Primary - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track at Johns Hopkins University prepares the student to practice at an advanced level to provide evidence-based family centered care to children from birth through adolescence.

This Family Primary Care Nurse Practitioner track at Johns Hopkins University prepares the student to practice at an advanced level to provide care to individuals and families across the lifespan (including pediatric through geriatric populations). 

Through a departmental core curriculum as well as research area-specific courses, laboratory rotations, qualifying examinations, mentored research, and professional development, all Molecular Microbiology and Immunology PhD students at Johns Hopkins University are prepared to engage in cutting edge research and scholarship that advances knowledge.

The Nursing Practice - Executive program at the Johns Hopkins University is accredited by the: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

The Graduate Training Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University prepares scientists for laboratory research at the cellular and molecular level with a direct impact on the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases. 

This Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track at Johns Hopkins University prepares the student to utilize evidence-based guidelines while diagnosing and managing health problems of acutely and critically ill individuals across the adult lifespan.

The PhD program in Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins University is designed for students whose career goals are focused on conducting publishable, independent and original research.