Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876 with an emphasis on research and graduate education.

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: The medical school of Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1893 in Baltimore. It became a defining part of the university’s research and clinical work.
Johns Hopkins: A Baltimore merchant and philanthropist whose bequest founded Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. His 1873 bequest established the institutions that bear his name.
Woodrow Wilson: An American political scientist and politician who served as president of Johns Hopkins University before becoming U.S. president. His academic career at Hopkins preceded his national political leadership.
Evidence-based medicine: A clinical approach that integrates research evidence, professional expertise, and patient values in medical decisions. Hopkins clinicians and researchers helped advance systematic use of evidence in care.
Harvard University: A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636. Its colonial-era origins contrast with Hopkins’s nineteenth-century research-centered founding.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: A public health school at Johns Hopkins University, established in 1916. Its creation made public health a central university discipline.
Daniel Coit Gilman: An American educator and the first president of Johns Hopkins University. He shaped the university’s early commitment to advanced research and graduate study.
Mary Elizabeth Garrett: An American philanthropist who helped fund the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and its admission of women. Her support helped make the medical school accessible to women from its opening.
Public health: The science and practice of protecting and improving health across populations. The university’s public health school trains specialists and produces population-health research.
University of Chicago: A private research university in Chicago, founded in 1890. It offers a later example of a university built around research and graduate education.

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