Post-Doctoral Fellows
The Schools of Arts & Sciences and Engineering welcomes postdocs and their families to Johns Hopkins University and to the City of Baltimore.
Inquiries
Post-doctoral fellowships within the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering are administered and available through specific departments. Candidates may send inquiries directly to departmental faculty or program administrators.
Homewood Post-Doctoral Association
The Johns Hopkins Homewood Post-Doctoral Association was formed in 2007 to promote the thriving community of post-doctoral scholars at Johns Hopkins University. There are nearly 200 post-docs across all the disciplines in the Whiting School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. This association was conceived to foster a sense of community, to provide support and information, and to offer resources for career and personal development for all postdoctoral scholars. The post-doctoral association is administered by post-docs, and supported by the JHU administration to provide post-docs with an exceptional scholarly and personal experience during their tenure at Hopkins. The association also strives to create a stronger sense of community through an email listserv, web site, and social activities.
To receive announcements of upcoming events and other relevant information, post-docs need to subscribe to the association's listserv by emailing
hw-pda@lists.johnshopkins.edu.
Website: www.jhu.edu/postdoc
Resources Prior to Arrival
- New Post-Doctoral Guide
- Post-Doctoral Association
- Graduate Student and Post-doc Orientation
- Family Life
- Post-Doctoral Fellow Disability Services
- Living in Baltimore
- Housing
- Office of International Student and Scholar Services
Health Forms
As a matter of administrative process all new post-doctoral fellows are required to meet the University's pre-entrance health requirements detailed on the Student Health and Wellness Center website (choose 'Information for New Students'). To verify that all requirements have been met, incoming post-doctoral fellows must complete the Pre-Entrance Health Form and mail it to the following address:
Student Health & Wellness Center
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
USA
Compliance with the immunization requirements and screening tests listed on the website provided above must be completed prior to arrival on campus. Until a Pre-Entrance Health Form is on file and verified as in compliance, post-doctoral fellows will not be permitted to use the Health Center and will be considered out of compliance with University regulations.
If a post-doctoral fellow cannot complete the Pre-Entrance Health Form prior to his/her arrival on campus, the Health Center will assist him/her in completing the form for a fee of $85. The post-doctoral fellow will also be responsible for paying the cost of any antibody testing that is done to verify immunity and the cost of any immunizations they may need to come into compliance. If a post-doctoral fellow is enrolled in the University-sponsored insurance plan, he/she will only pay an $8.00 co-pay for each immunization. Post-docs covered under other insurance plans must pay the full price of each immunization but will be given receipts that they can submit to their insurance companies. Most insurance companies however do not reimburse for the cost of vaccination.
Website: Student Health and Wellness Center
Other Healthcare Information
All Homewood postdoctoral fellows are required to comply with the University's pre-entrance health requirements, as stated above. This is for a postdoctoral fellow's own protection as well as to protect the health of the University community.
There are two conditions under which a postodctoral fellow should not seek care at the Student Health & Wellness Center:
- If a postdoctoral fellow needs emergency care, they should call 911 for any life-threatening situations. In addition, the closest emergency facility is Union Memorial Hospital at 201 E. University Parkway. When the Health Center is closed, postdoctoral fellows may seek advice for non-emergent problems that cannot wait until the Health Center reopens by contacting CareNet, a nurse triage service, at 1-866-523-4725. Postdocs will need their University ID for verification of their University status.
- If a postdoctoral fellow experiences a work-related injury -- under these conditions, he or she should notify his or her supervisor immediately and contact the Homewood Office of Occupational Health Services
Policies
Contact
Graduate Affairs and Admissions Office
Whitehead Hall 101
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 516-8477
Fax: (410) 516-0780
Email: graduateaffairs@jhu.edu
Chris Poirier
Chris Poirier, a 2nd year graduate student in the Whiting School’s Institute for Multiscale Modeling of Biological Interactions (IMMBI) came to Hopkins a year ago from the University of New Brunswick. Poirier has been conducting multiscale modeling research in Pablo Iglesias’ lab. His goal is to figure out how cells react to mechanical influences using a purely mathematical approach.
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