Supporting, Empowering, and Equipping Our Community
As we navigate the consistently changing public health landscape, the School is committed to providing additional programming and resources to support, empower, and equip the BSPH community.
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We are committed to providing additional career support and professional development programming to help the community navigate these challenging times.
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Professional Development and Career Support
Stay tuned for additional programming throughout the spring.
Effective Networking in Today's World
This isn’t your basic networking seminar—this session will equip you with advanced strategies to expand your network and leverage it for greater success. You’ll learn how to turn everyday networking conversations into opportunities to reach the hidden job market. We’ll share frameworks, templates and helpful language to make your networking more strategic, effective, and truly enjoyable.
May 7, 2025
12:00–1:30 p.m. EDT
Building Community
Join BSPH alumni, students, faculty and friends at regional events in-person and online to support, empower, and equip alumni with tools to make a difference for public health.
OEMR at AOHC Reception
Please join us for a reception with alumni and friends of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program at AOHC.
April 27, 2025
6:30–8 p.m. CDT
Conversation & Connection: Austin
Connect with fellow BSPH alumni in small group conversations designed to support the public health community.
Lunch
April 28, 2025
12:00–1:30 p.m. CDT
Dinner
April 28, 2025
6:00–8:00 p.m. CDT
Conversation and Connection
Connect with fellow Johns Hopkins alumni working at TidalHealth and living in the Eastern Shore at this informal community building event. Enjoy food, drink, and conversation with the Hopkins community.
April 28, 2025
5:00–7:00 p.m. EDT
Executive Branch in Our Backyard: Presidential Impact In Hopkins' Home
Learn how presidential priorities shape local communities, from Baltimore’s neighborhoods to Washington, D.C.’s corridors of power. With William Howell (inaugural Dean of the new JHU School of Government & Policy), Beth Blauer (Vice President for JHU Public Impact Initiatives) and Mary Bruce (Assistant Director of Public Programs, of Johns Hopkins SNF Agora Institute). We'll examine how executive actions affect the social, economic, and civic fabric of our shared communities.
April 29, 2025
6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT
Dinner & Dialogue Hopkins Series: Building Communities in Public Sector Professions
Join fellow JHU alumni for an open conversation with Joycelyn Tate, J.D., SAIS '05 (CERT) and Dr. Rashid Chotani, M.D., BSPH '96 (MPH). Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the benefits and leverage the power of networking, refine personal stories for broader impact, share ways to cultivate resiliency, discover techniques for building community especially in the government, international affairs, and public health sectors, learn about resources from industry leaders and fellow alums, and connect with alumni in the D.C. area to grow your network and gain valuable insights.
May 1, 2025
6:00–8:00 p.m. EDT
GPMR Reception
Join us for a reception with alumni and friends of the General Preventive Medicine Residency program at the ACPM annual meeting.
May 6, 2025
5:30–7:00 p.m. PDT
Conversation and Connection
Enjoy a meal with fellow public health alumni! Make connections and share ideas about future programming to support the public health community with BSPH Alumni Director, Erika Juengst.
Lunch
May 7, 2025
12:00–1:30 p.m. PDT
Dinner
May 7, 2025
6:00–8:00 p.m. PDT
Global Advances in Medical AI
Join Tinglong Dai and Kathy McDonald for a discussion moderated by Dean Alex Triantis of the Carey Business School around their work with the new Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship cluster. The cluster seeks to advance medical artificial intelligence through new care models for risk prediction, screening, and diagnosis, and is part of a larger JHU initiative committed to data science and artificial intelligence.
May 7, 2025
6:00–8:00 p.m. EDT
Conversation and Connection
Enjoy a meal with fellow public health alumni! Make connections and share ideas about future programming to support the public health community with BSPH Alumni Director, Erika Juengst.
Lunch
May 8, 2025
12:00–1:30 p.m. PDT
Dinner
May 8, 2025
6:00–8:00 p.m. PDT
Johns Hopkins Networking Breakfast at BIO
Join us to connect with a diverse group of professionals across the biotech sector, including industry leaders, investors and finance professionals, startup founders, operators, and employees, and ecosystem partners, as we celebrate Johns Hopkins University's leadership in innovation and academic translation.
June 17, 2025
7:30–9:30 a.m. EDT
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Virtual Professional Development and Career Support Recordings
Navigating What's Next in your Public Health Career - Session 1
In a time of uncertainty, it’s essential to have a clear framework for evaluating your career options. This session will introduce a structured approach to help you clarify what matters most, explore new career pathways, and make informed decisions about your next steps.
This session was recorded on March 25, 2025.
Navigating What's Next in your Public Health Career - Session 2
In a time of uncertainty, it’s essential to have a clear framework for evaluating your career options. This session will introduce a structured approach to help you clarify what matters most, explore new career pathways, and make informed decisions about your next steps.
This session was recorded on March 27, 2025.
Leveraging LinkedIn
This session will provide you with actionable strategies for using LinkedIn to explore career options, deepen your network, and find job opportunities. You’ll learn best practices for crafting an impactful profile, how to leverage company pages and alumni networks to connect with key people, and how to create an authentic online brand that stands out to potential employers.
This session was recorded on April 9, 2025.
Ask A Career Coach - Session 2
This open Q&A session is all about supporting whatever’s going on for you right now. We’ll troubleshoot everything from navigating your next move to finding hidden job opportunities, networking effectively, refining resumes, leveraging LinkedIn, acing interviews, and more.
This session was recorded on April 11, 2025.