Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Ranked #1 in Environmental Health Sciences by Peers in U.S. News & World Report

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been ranked #1 in the nation in Environmental Health Sciences, as measured by U.S. News & World Report. The ranking represents the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering’s leadership in programs and courses in the discipline of environmental health.

This year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings include 213 public health schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. The U.S. News rankings survey, which is sent to leaders of accredited schools and programs, is based on a single question about the academic quality of each public health school or program. 

"We are very proud to be recognized as the leading environmental health sciences program by our public health peers for our work to protect the health of people and the environment."

Marsha Wills-Karp, Department Chair

"We are very proud to be recognized as the leading environmental health sciences program by our public health peers for our work to protect the health of people and the environment," says Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD, Department Chair and Anna M. Baetjer Professor in Environmental Health. "We will continue to strive to improve the health of people and the environment through the translation of our fundamental research into policy and practice and the education of the next generation of environmental engineers and scientists."

Here are a few highlights from the past year:

  • Our Center for Health Security received a $23.5 million award to partner with the CDC on a pioneering new epidemic preparedness project, and we were selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to lead a new Johns Hopkins Center for Climate-Smart Transportation.
  • The Planetary Health Alliance now has a home at Johns Hopkins, and just this month we announced the launch of a Universitywide Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, housed in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. The Institute will bring together efforts across disciplines to work at the intersection of human health and the environment. 
  • We demonstrated that narrower traffic lanes can prevent collisions. Shima Hamidi, PhD, lead author of the study, has been consulted by municipal and state leaders, and industry experts across the country on how they can make their streets safer for all road users.
  • Led by Benjamin Huynh, PhD, a study estimating that nearly 70% of children under age 6 in Chicago may be exposed to lead-contaminated tap water garnered media coverage from across the country.

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Environmental Health and Engineering is a cross-divisional department spanning the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Whiting School of Engineering. This hybrid department is uniquely designed to lead pioneering research and prepare the next generation of scholars to solve critical and complex issues at the interface of public health and engineering. Learn more about our programs.