The Office for Student Diversity
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM)
733 North Broadway
Broadway Research Building, Suite 137
Baltimore, MD 21205
Director: Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi, Ed.D.
410-954-8759
dteraguchi@jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University, which includes the school of medicine and eight additional academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area, considers diversity an educational imperative in order to achieve excellence. Reinforcing this institutional-wide commitment, the School of Medicine (JHUSOM) made diversity and inclusion one of its four core values. The JHUSOM includes doctoral programs in biomedical sciences (Ph.D.), medical (M.D.) and a combined M.D./Ph.D.
Office for Student Diversity collaborates across the institution and at all levels to support both medical and graduate students in reaching their academic and personal goals. The Office grounds its diversity work in two, mutually reinforcing philosophies:
1. The first philosophical foundation is that diversity is a process of fairness, equity, and inclusion that fosters different ways individuals can contribute to the educational mission of JHUSOM.
2. The second philosophical foundation is that representation of different voices at important and often difficult dialogues is necessary to foster innovation, excellence, and discovery, especially voices from individuals from traditionally marginalized communities that have been historically absent.
Everyone has a vital role and an important stake in diversity work, whether it is working together to eliminate health disparities or self-educating to become more interculturally competent in order to collaborate within and across different communities in which persistent inequities continue to exist.
Programs:
Information for Students Interested in Applying for Medical School:
More information:
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Students
- Minority Medical Students
- Visiting Minority Medical Students
- Female Medical Students
- The Office of Equal Opportunity at Johns Hopkins University
- The Road to Diversity
Community Programs and Outreach/Johns Hopkins Human Resources
Community Programs:
- Work Mattters (Welfare-to-Work Program) - Provides education, job readiness and life skills training to program participants
- An Avenue of Opportunity (pdf)
Student Programs:
- Dunbar/Hopkins Partnership (mentoring, paid & non-paid internships, job shadowing, lectures, tours of JHH facilities) - A school-to-career program that broadens and advances students' interest in and awareness of opportunities and challenges.
- JHHS/PriceWaterhouseCoopers Achievement Scholarship - Awards a full, 4-year scholarship and financial aid package to qualified Dunbar student(s) admitted to Johns Hopkins University
- JHH Summer Jobs Program experiences - Provides high school students with work-based learning
- JHM BOND to BOND Program - Collaborative partnership with community schools:
Career Development - Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Youth Mentoring - Institute of Notre Dame High School
Adopt-A-Class Program - Tench Tilghman Elementary School & City Springs Elementary School
America's Promise Youth Mentoring Program - Dunbar Middle School - Alternative Careers - Provides a one-day workshop (once a year) exposing Middle/High School students to various allied health occupations.
- INROADS/Baltimore - Offer summer internships and career development training for minority undergraduate students in business and Allied Health.
- PRIME (Professional Readiness Insurance for Minority Excellence) - Invites minority graduate students to come to JHH for their practicums/field work experiences in health care fields, combining clinical and administrative experience.
