About Us
To build a planetary health community at Johns Hopkins through advocacy, education, and research focused on the relationship between environmental and human health as well as sustainability in healthcare. We welcome participation from all interested JHSOM students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other identity.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Increasing interest in and awareness of planetary health, environmental justice, and sustainable healthcare practices among medical students at Johns Hopkins University.
2. Fostering interdisciplinary collaborations between faculty members, researchers, and students across schools at Johns Hopkins University.
3. Advocating for sustainable healthcare practices and increasing awareness for the impact of the environment on human health through distribution of information to the public in Baltimore and across the United States.
4. Initiating projects related to environmental health and sustainability in healthcare.
We welcome participation from all interested JHSOM students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other identity.