Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health

12/05/2025

It is National Influenza Vaccination Week🤧.

Flu season is here, and annual vaccinations can help protect all families from severe illness. As we head into the season of Holiday gatherings, encourage your relatives to stay up to date on flu shots! Protect yourself. Protect your family. Protect your community! ⚕️🙏🏽National Council of Urban Indian Health

12/05/2025

Grab something to eat and join us TODAY at 12:00 pm ET for our second Lunch and Learn: Pathways to Leadership: Elevating Indigenous Voices in Professional Spaces featuring Loretta Grey Cloud, Tina Handeland, and Jenn Dupuis.

We will hear about their exciting journeys coming into leadership roles and highlight how unique journeys can lead to extraordinary places.

Online only...register here https://jh.zoom.us/meeting/register/85VJjNEDRqqFr9kXKGaGzw #/registration

12/04/2025

Interested in learning about Community Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs)?

Join us next Wednesday, December 10 from 4-5 pm ET to learn from Dr. Bernie Pauly how MAPs support individuals experiencing alcohol dependence.

Register via the QR code on the flyer or at: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/.../register/WN_l2aQc8hRQ9ui7btvbM1AAQ

The CIRCLE/P50 Research Core is hosting a webinar 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 featuring Dr. Bernie Pauly on Wednesday, December 10, 4-5 pm ET.

The webinar will introduce Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs) as a harm reduction and participatory research approach supporting individuals experiencing alcohol dependence. Dr. Pauly will share current research findings and key directions for future work. The session will include a presentation followed by a Q&A.

Register via the QR code on the flyer or at: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l2aQc8hRQ9ui7btvbM1AAQ

11/26/2025

In this season of gratitude, we celebrate the strengths, teachings, and generosity within our Indigenous communities. We give thanks for the partnerships that uphold our shared vision and responsibilities, and for the practices of reciprocity and respect that guide us. May your days be filled with blessings, good health, good prayers, laughter, and love with those you cherish.

11/26/2025

Rounding out Native American Heritage Month, we share the story of Joy Harjo, our nation’s first Native American Poet Laureate (2019-2021).

Joy is a Muscogee (Creek) poet, musician, and activist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1951. Her upbringing is deeply rooted in both Native American traditions and mainstream American culture, and her work features Native symbolism, imagery, history, and ideas.

Her education started at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1978. Joy’s accomplishments include:

📚 publishing numerous award-winning volumes of poetry,
📜🖋 a lifetime achievement award from the Poetry Foundation,
🎷 several award-winning music and spoken word albums as an accomplished saxophonist, and performing with her band, Poetic Justice,
✊🏽 prominent activist,
🏛️ professor at several universities, including the University of New Mexico and the University of Tennessee,
🕴founding board member of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, and
🎨 inaugural Artist-in-Residence for the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Joy Harjo is a leading example of Indigenous excellence, paving a path of distinction and opportunity for other promising Indigenous writers, authors, and musicians.

11/25/2025

🔥New Academic Paths to Indigenous Public Health Leadership

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will begin enrollment for the nation’s first Indigenous-focused Doctor of Public Health degree and an Indigenous Master of Public Health concentration in Spring 2026.

Developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, these offerings will prepare leaders to advance community-driven, culturally informed approaches to Indigenous health.

Learn more about Indigenous Public Health Academic Paths - https://bit.ly/4adDKxd

The nation’s first Indigenous-focused Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) and a corresponding Indigenous concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program will open for applications in 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. These groundbreaking graduate programs, offered ...

11/25/2025

The CIRCLE/P50 Research Core is hosting a webinar 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 featuring Dr. Bernie Pauly on Wednesday, December 10, 4-5 pm ET.

The webinar will introduce Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs) as a harm reduction and participatory research approach supporting individuals experiencing alcohol dependence. Dr. Pauly will share current research findings and key directions for future work. The session will include a presentation followed by a Q&A.

Register via the QR code on the flyer or at: https://jhjhm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l2aQc8hRQ9ui7btvbM1AAQ

11/22/2025

Our stories, songs, and turquoise have always been shields of strength. Today, vaccines are another way we can keep our families and traditions strong for generations to come.

Join the horned toad family in sharing this message!

✅ Protect your loved ones.
✅ Strengthen your community.
✅ Choose to vaccinate.

This animation was created by the VaxUp team with the participation of children, parents, and elders from Tuba City, AZ, Shiprock, NM, and across the Navajo Nation, as well as art by Demetria Dale . Contact us at cih.jhu.edu if you’d like to share the video in your community!

11/21/2025

🚨 Applications for the 2026 Bloomberg Fellowship are NOW OPEN! 🚨

The Bloomberg American Health Initiative is looking for dynamic individuals working on the ground in their communities to address some of the most critical challenges to public health. Applicants must apply in partnership with the organizations for which they work. Know someone who might be interested? Tell them about the Bloomberg Fellows program. Learn more: americanhealth.jhu.edu/fellowship

11/21/2025

Our Native American Heritage Month highlight series continues with Lily Gladstone 🎥 🎬

Breaking barriers in the field of acting, Lily Gladstone was the first Native American to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in Killers of the Flower Moon in 2023.

Lily was born on and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation. She is of Piegan Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and European heritage. Lily studied Acting/Directing at Montana University and began her career in acting in the 2012 film Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian.

Lily has appeared in numerous award winning movies and series that amplify Indigenous voices. Her work across film and television shines a powerful light on Indigenous stories, breaking barriers and inspiring audiences in not only our tribal communities but worldwide. As her career continues to grow, we look forward to seeing where it takes her. Perhaps an Oscar for acting, producing or directing? One thing is for sure: we love watching Lily on the silver screen.

11/20/2025

It is with great pride and anticipation that we announce the nation’s first Indigenous-focused Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) and a corresponding Indigenous concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program will open for applications in 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

These groundbreaking graduate programs, offered through the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, will prepare future leaders to address the health priorities of Indigenous peoples through culturally informed, community-driven solutions.

The Center for Indigenous Health has trained over 4,000 Indigenous scholars representing more than 50 tribal communities since the inception of its training program more than two decades ago.

Read the article in Native News Online to find out more about our extensive training opportunities. https://nativenewsonline.net/sponsored-content/building-pathways-for-indigenous-public-health-leadership-drph-and-mph-programs-to-expand-on-institute-course-offerings

The nation’s first Indigenous-focused Doctor of Public Health and a corresponding Indigenous concentration in the Master of Public Health program will open for applications in 2026 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. These groundbreaking graduate programs, offered through the J...