Program Overview
The Johns Hopkins Vaccine Science and Policy Certificate Program provides a comprehensive understanding of vaccine development, evaluation, policy issues, and implementation on national and international levels. It equips students with the knowledge and skills to analyze vaccine strategies, identify policy barriers, and contribute to the field of vaccine science and policy. The program requires 18 term credits and includes required and elective courses that cover topics such as vaccine development, vaccine policy, and clinical vaccine trials.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Vaccine Science and Policy Certificate Program is offered by the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Objectives:
The program aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of vaccine science and policy, encompassing clinical research and implementation, both domestically and internationally. Upon completion, students will be able to:
- Comprehend the intricate process of vaccine development, preparation, evaluation, and utilization.
- Analyze and critically evaluate cutting-edge strategies in vaccine development.
- Identify and explain scientific and policy barriers hindering the development of effective vaccines for significant human pathogens.
- Gain a thorough understanding of current national and international policy issues related to vaccine research, development, manufacturing, supply, and utilization.
- Grasp global finance policies and strategies for funding vaccine research and development, procuring vaccines, and implementing and evaluating vaccine delivery programs and campaigns.
- Effectively communicate with key stakeholders and institutions involved in shaping vaccine policy in the United States and globally.
- Explain policy and regulatory requirements and their application in clinical vaccine trials to ensure quality and protect human subjects.
- Articulate the Good Clinical Practice standards for designing, conducting, performing, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyzing, and reporting clinical vaccine trials.
Program Description:
The certificate program requires a minimum of 18 term credits. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade, with a minimum grade of C required in all certificate coursework. Students must maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework. The program duration is flexible, varying from student to student, but must be completed within three years.
Other:
- Sponsoring Department: International Health
- Required Course: PH.550.860 Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH (All students are required to complete this online noncredit course in their first term of study)
- Core Vaccine Courses: Select at least 3 of the 4 core courses:
- PH.223.662 Vaccine Development and Application
- PH.223.687 Vaccine Policy Issues
- PH.223.689 Biologic Basis of Vaccine Development
- PH.223.705 Good Clinical Practice: A Vaccine Trials Perspective
- Elective Vaccine Courses: Students should select courses from the following list to complete at least 18 total credits of certificate coursework:
- PH.120.603 Molecular Biology of Pandemic Influenza
- PH.223.630 The Practice of Public Health Through Vaccine Case Studies: Problem Solving Seminar
- PH.223.663 Infectious Diseases and Child Survival
- PH.223.664 Design and Conduct of Community Trials
- PH.223.680 Global Disease Control Programs and Policies
- PH.223.682 Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Tropical Diseases
- PH.260.612 Principles of Immunology II
- PH.260.631 Immunology, Infection and Disease
- PH.260.656 Malariology
- PH.260.712 Clinical Immunology
- PH.260.717 Graduate Immunology: the Immune Response
- PH.306.665 Research Ethics and Integrity
- PH.340.627 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- PH.340.646 Epidemiology and Public Health Impact of HIV and AIDS Students should also check for prerequisites and whether instructor consent is required. The student's transcript will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion form has been submitted and verified by the certificate program and processed by the School of Public Health Registrar.
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