Postdoctoral Training Program | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health

Our Postdoctoral Program

The postdoctoral fellowship program provides concentrated training with individual faculty from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. BMB offers postdoctoral opportunities in research areas including cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, structural biology, enzymology, molecular biophysics, chemical biology, epigenetics, post-translational modifications, inflammation, stress response, and cancer biology.

BMB provides postdoc training and mentoring outside of the lab as well, including a monthly Postdoc Club with events such as panel discussions on different career paths and workshops to prepare and practice chalk talks. The faculty postdoc lead, Anthony K. L. Leung, holds a weekly office hour for postdocs to discuss topics including careers, networking, postdoc benefits, and resources.

Resources Beyond the Department

Postdoctoral fellows also have access to a range of programs and resources beyond the Department. The School of Public Health’s postdoctoral training page has information about the School’s postdoctoral community and related links, including the current Guidebook for Postdoctoral Fellows with detailed information about the benefits, services and policies for postdoctoral fellows. The Johns Hopkins Office of the Provost’s prospective postdocs page includes information and resources such as housing. Johns Hopkins University’s Life Design for Postdocs program for professional development offers postdocs resources to succeed at Johns Hopkins and in future stages of their career. The Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association is one of the oldest in the country, supporting postdocs since 1992.

Finding a Postdoctoral Position

If you are interested in doing postdoctoral research in a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department lab, visit the lab's page and check out the "How to Join the Lab" section at the end. In addition, the School’s postdoctoral training page has a list of some of the available postdoctoral positions. For further details about how postdoctoral appointments are made, read the Process for Appointing Postdoctoral Fellows.