The Graduate Programs at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, together with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, comprise the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI). These four world-class institutions bring extraordinary depth and variety to graduate research opportunities and establish a graduate medical environment that includes nearly 1500 pursuing the Ph.D. degree and almost 500 studying for the M.D. degree. The research facilities here are first-rate, but we place higher value on the collaborations and working partnerships that form among students and faculty at JHMI. You will be surprised at how often these occur and in what unexpected directions they lead.

Ph.D. Programs Overview

The Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one of the oldest multidisciplinary graduate programs in the country, and has been funded continuously by a training grant from the NIH since the mid-1970s. The BCMB program offers graduate training in virtually all aspects of the biological sciences. The breadth of training in basic science allows students to approach research problems of biomedical importance from a mechanistic perspective.

The graduate program in Biological Chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine offers training in cutting-edge biomedical research for outstanding students. The BC faculty offers a wide variety of research topics, that range from detailed studies of the structure and function of single molecules to complex biological processes studied in vivo.

Biomedical Engineering (BME) has emerged as one of the most exciting interdisciplinary research fields in modern science. Biomedical engineers apply modern approaches from the experimental life sciences in conjunction with theoretical and computational methods from the disciplines of engineering, mathematics and computer science to the solution of biomedical problems of fundamental importance. The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program of the Johns Hopkins University is designed to train engineers to work at the cutting edge of this exciting discipline.

The Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM) Graduate Program prepares scientists for laboratory research at the cellular and molecular level with a direct impact on the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases. The Ph.D. graduates of the Program will have a rigorous training in scientific research and a thorough knowledge of human biology and human diseases.

The research mission of the Department of Physiology is to explore how the complex cellular phenotypes that underlie the integrated functions of the tissues and organ systems comprising higher living organisms, emerge from the genomic code.

The primary research focus of the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution is the exploration of relationships among the functional anatomy, behavior, and evolutionary biology of extant and extinct vertebrates. The Center provides an exceptional opportunity for graduate students to study and conduct original research in evolutionary organismal biology, both in laboratory settings and in the field.

Quality research and training are central to the mission of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and to the Health Sciences Informatics (Ph.D). Through research and practice in health sciences informatics, it is our goal to contribute significantly to the body of knowledge and expertise available to public health and healthcare practitioners, and to researchers in this rapidly growing field.

Institute of the History of Medicine is the oldest history of medicine department in the US. We are dedicated to scholarship on the history of medicine, disease and the health sciences, and their relation to society.

A Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics focuses on providing a firm foundation in human biology, molecular biology and genetics along with rigorous training in state-of-the-art research methodology. The program provides an alternative to the combined M.D./Ph.D. program for those who want to carry out genetic studies in man but do not want the M.D. degree.

The Immunology Graduate Program consists of faculty members from the School of Medicine, The School of Public Health and the Undergraduate Homewood campus. As such the program allows students to perform research in a wide variety of labs ranging from basic cellular and molecular immunology, signaling, crystallography to thymic development, infectious diseases, autoimmunity, transplantation, tumor immunity and issues of public health.

Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins is a truly collaborative effort, where shared passion supersedes departmental and discipline boundaries. Here, the combined knowledge and expertise of many is brought to bear on difficult problems, leading to powerful exchanges and unexpected solutions.

The Pathobiology Graduate Program provides a strong background in pathology and related basic sciences to prepare students for academic, research, teaching, and biotechnology careers. Pathology is an integrative discipline that looks simultaneously at the whole organism and its component cells, tissues, and molecules to study the causes and mechanisms of disease. It is a discipline that strives to understand the mechanisms of disease at fundamental levels, and to apply this understanding to improve management of these diseases in the clinical setting.

The Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences has a distinguished history and track record for training outstanding students. Our faculty is engaged in cutting-edge research spanning many areas such as chemical biology, immunology, virology, cancer and neuroscience.

New fields of scientific inquiry are emerging at a breathtaking pace. The Program in Molecular Biophysics, with its inherent foundation of integrative science, addresses the mysteries of life using all of the methods available to us through biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science. 

XDBio is a graduate program aimed at innovating graduate education in the biomedical sciences and facilitating interdisciplinary research training that bridges basic science and medicine.

Combined MD/PhD Program
The mission of the Hopkins Medical Scientist Training Program is to train and eduate future leaders of academic medicine in the field of fundamental and biomedical research, as well as the field of medicine. The core values of the Program include a passion for research, a caring and dedicated approach to medicine, with collegiality and unconditional integrity in all pursuits.

Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences Informatics
This 12 month masters degree program prepares students for informatics leadership positions in clinical, public health, and scientific settings. Using the informatics competency task force of the CDC, we presume that the health sciences informatician should be capable of developing or leading innovative applications of information technology and information systems that address biological, clinical, or public health priorities.

Masters of Science in Health Sciences Informatics Research
Health sciences informatics research involves innovations for the health sciences (basic, clinical, nursing, public health, and librarianship) in the understanding of information needs, the design and creation of information technologies, the deployment of information solutions, and the evaluation of information management.

Medical & Biological Illustration (MA)
The program is conducted by the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine on the East Baltimore Campus of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI). The Department has trained medical illustrators for 100 years

Summer Internship Program

The Summer Internship Program (SIP) provides experience in research laboratories to students of diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented minority students, students from economically disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds, and students with disabilities that have completed one or more years of college.

Financial Information

• Each student accepted into a School of Medicine Ph.D. program is provided a stipend.
• Tuition is provided for all full time Ph.D. students in the School of Medicine.
• Many students hold national fellowship awards.
• Funds are provided for students to attend and participate in a scientific meeting.
• Health, dental and vision coverage are provided.
• Students in the School of Medicine enjoy access to all of Johns Hopkins’ educational and recreational resources.