The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine considers diversity as one of the core components of medical education. The school is committed to teaching cultural competence to medical students and increasing the number of minority physicians available to serve the growing minority population in the United States.
The Office of Student Diversity is committed to supporting Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Students via one-on-one mentoring, recruitment and retention of a diverse student body and sponsoring activities to increase diversity amongst medical students.
The Office of Student Diversity
If you have any questions about medical student diversity at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Daniel Teraguchi, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Director of the Office for Student Diversity, at 410-955-3759 or dteraguchi@jhu.edu.
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
Programs:
- K-12 - Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
- Undergraduate Summer Programs
- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
- Post-Baccalaureate at Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus
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.
