JHSPH Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) was established in 1916, as the Department of Chemical Hygiene. [1] That same year, the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health was founded, as it was named then. Today, the school is named the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is part of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

The Department has changed names three times from the Department of Chemical Hygiene to the Department of Biochemistry by the time Roger H. Herriott was its Chair in 1948, to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by the time Roger McMacken was its chair in 1990.

Division of Reproductive Biology

The Division of Reproductive Biology was established in the School of Public Health in 1972. [2] With its emphasis on biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology and genetics of reproductive processes. Prior to the Division becoming part of BMB in 1998, it was part of the Department of Population Dynamics, also at the School of Public Health. The research of the Division's faculty is both basic and applied, often extending from the molecule to the individual patient to the population. The current head of the Division is William W. Wright.

Degree programs

BMB offers three degrees: Master of Health Science (MHS), Master of Science (ScM), and a Doctoral (PhD) degree. The MHS program is a one-year program in which students only take classes and the ScM program takes about two years to complete and consists of students taking classes their first year and laboratory work their second year. Both require writing a thesis to obtain a degree.

Department Chairs

References

  1. 1 2 "Pierre Coulombe to Lead the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology". www.jhsph.edu. October 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Division of Reproductive Biology". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "History | Center for Human Nutrition". www.jhsph.edu. 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "The Roger M. Herriott Collection". Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Obituary: Lawrence Grossman, 81, Pioneer in DNA Repair". The Johns Hopkins University Gazette. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Faculty Roger McMacken Professor". Johns Hopkins University. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Expert in cancer and aging joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor". the Hub. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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