Non-Degree Training
HPM Academic Institutes
The Department encourages all students to take advantage of the many educational opportunities offered throughout Johns Hopkins University. Many opportunities are available for formal and informal coursework in non-traditional formats.
Institutes provide opportunities for students to take courses in compressed formats, from 1 to 4 days over a 1 to 3-week period. Courses taken for academic credit may be applied to degree programs and certificates at the School. Other Departments, Programs, and Centers within the Bloomberg School offer additional Institutes. For the most up-to-date information, consult the Institute web page.
HPM offers three Institutes throughout the academic year, specifically in the January intersession (Winter Institute), in the June session (Summer Institute), and during the 2nd term in Barcelona Spain (Fall Institute).
HPM Certificates
The Department of Health Policy and Management offers 12 graduate certificate programs; an asterisk (*) indicates programs that can be completed online. For detailed information on each program, please visit our certificate page.
Certificate Programs for Hopkins Students Only
- Gerontology
- Health Disparities and Health Inequality
- Public Health Advocacy
- Public Health Preparedness
Certificate Programs for HOPKINS and Non-Degree Students
- Health Finance and Management*
- Injury and Violence Prevention
- Leadership for Public Health and Healthcare*
- Public Health Economics
- Public Health Informatics*
- Quality, Patient Safety, and Outcomes Research*
- Risk Sciences and Public Policy*
Certificate Programs Open to Non-Degree Students Only
- International Healthcare Management and Leadership*
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 a fully online, multidisciplinary, inter-professional program offered from January to June each year. The interactive curriculum provides healthcare leaders with the requisite knowledge and skills to transform their organizations for success under value-based healthcare. The program starts with an intense 3 days of online learning in January, followed by weekly Wednesday evening seminars through early June, spanning finance, leadership, negotiation, quality, population health, ethics, and IT.
Post-doctoral Opportunities
The Department of Health Policy and Management offers new doctoral graduates the opportunity to earn valuable research experience working with Department faculty through postdoctoral fellowships. Postdoctoral opportunities are, on average, 1-2 years in length.
Postdoctoral fellows are considered non-degree-seeking students but must complete a postdoc application. All positions are full-time and funded through federal training grants, institutional grants, or private contracts. All postdoctoral positions must provide proof of a doctoral-level degree (PhD, DrPH, MD, etc.) and be approved by the Department's Faculty Development Committee.