HPM Academic Institutes
Academic Institutes offer students the opportunity to complete courses in compressed formats ranging from 1 to 4 days, delivered within 1- to 3-week sessions. Courses taken for academic credit may be applied to applicable degree programs and certificates offered by the School. Additional institutes are provided by other departments, programs, and centers across the Bloomberg School; for the most current information, consult the BSPH Institute webpage.
HPM sponsors three institutes each academic year: the Winter Institute (January intersession), the Summer Institute (June), and the Fall Institute in Barcelona, Spain (second term). Please note: the Fall Institute will not be offered in second term of AY 2026–27.
HPM Certificates
The Department of Health Policy and Management offers 10 graduate certificate programs; certificates noted with an * are available completely online. For detailed information on each program, please visit our certificate page.
Certificate Programs for Hopkins Students Only
- Gerontology
- Health Disparities and Health Inequality
- Injury and Violence Prevention
- Public Health Advocacy
- Public Health Economics
- Risk Sciences and Public Policy*
Certificate Programs for Hopkins and Non-Degree Students
- Health Finance and Management*
- Leadership for Public Health and Healthcare*
- Public Health Informatics*
- Quality, Patient Safety, and Outcomes Research*
Executive Education
The Department of Health Policy and Management sponsors an inter-professional continuing education program for healthcare executives: Leading Transformation for Value-Based Health Care (LTVH).
LTVH is an online, multidisciplinary, inter-professional program offered in the fall. The interactive curriculum provides healthcare leaders with the requisite knowledge and skills to transform their organizations for success under value-based healthcare. The program involves weekly evening seminars from September through October, spanning finance, leadership, negotiation, quality, population health, ethics, and IT. The program ends with a two-day hybrid session where participants present a strategy or investment thesis for a value-based enterprise, product, intervention, company or CMS innovation model with an expert panel providing feedback.
Postdoctoral Opportunities
The Department of Health Policy and Management offers recent doctoral graduates structured postdoctoral fellowships to gain research experience working with departmental faculty. Typical appointments are 1 year in duration, with the option to be renewed for a second year.
Postdoctoral fellows are non‑degree‑seeking but must submit a formal postdoctoral application. All positions are full‑time and funded through federal training grants, institutional funds, or private contracts. Appointment to a postdoctoral position requires documentation of a doctoral‑level degree (e.g., PhD, DrPH, MD) and approval by the Department’s Faculty Development Committee.