Hopkins Business of Health Initiative

Graduate Academy 2025-2026

Accepting Applications

HBHI is now accepting applications for the 2025-26 cohort of its Graduate Academy program. The Graduate Academy is a highly selective opportunity for onsite, Masters-level Johns Hopkins students or fellows in nursing or medicine interested in becoming future practitioners in the business of health.  

Through the content exposure and networking events offered by the program, the exceptional students will have unique opportunities for personal and professional growth. The program includes a $2,000 stipend.

Applications are due on September 28, 2025.

The HOPKINS BUSINESS OF HEALTH INITIATIVE integrates the scholarship across Johns Hopkins University including the Carey Business School, Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and School of Medicine around a shared vision of a healthier America, supported by an affordable and equitable, high-value health system.  In pursuit of this vision our work focuses on the role of business and incentives through rigorous, objective, non-partisan, interdisciplinary research.  Our Graduate Academy program seeks to advance HBHI’s mission to incubate, accelerate, and disseminate impactful, world-class, collaborative research across the divisions of Johns Hopkins University that aims to improve the productivity of the nation’s health system.

 

HBHI Strategic Pillars

Market competition and healthcare policy:

Competition among and between insurers, providers, and suppliers play a critical role in shaping prices, access, quality and equity and is affected by health policy.  Our work seeks to understand how these complex interrelationships can best achieve an affordable and equitable, high-value health system. 

Health delivery performance:

How can firms and workers that operate within the health sector deliver the most health for the costs they incur?  We address this question through interdisciplinary teams that consider management, operations, marketing, workforce optimization and the role of policy and payment in shaping the incentives that reward value and performance.

Health of populations and health equity:

We focus on the role of business and incentives play to advance health of communities, addressing social determinants and inequity, public health, and healthy behavior. 

Innovation – health technology and systems:

Healthcare markets, health organizations, and health of populations can benefit from effective and cost-effective innovation.  We focus on how health technology innovation and innovative systems of care can best advance the productivity of the nation’s health system.

ELIGIBILITY: The Graduate Academy is well-suited for master’s students in business and public health along with fellows in nursing and medicine.  Fundamentally, the program aims to accept on-site Hopkins students interested in pursuing careers post-graduation in the healthcare sector, including health policy, consulting, health administration, strategy and operations, or life sciences. 

 

PROGRAM COMPONENTS:

  • Networking.  Students will be invited to HBHI events and retreats where they can meet researchers across Johns Hopkins and at affiliate schools as well as alumni working in the field. 
  • Content exposure. Students will have the chance to join seminars like webinars, the work-in-progress series, and periodic symposia.  Students can choose to participate in HBHI workgroups to learn more about interdisciplinary work.
  • Mentoring.  Students will be matched with a faculty member who shares a topical interest.  will help the student navigate opportunities for networking, content exposure, and research.  Research opportunities may be with the matched mentor or mentor could facilitate other opportunities.
  • HBHI Committee Work: Students will serve on one of three Graduate Academy committees: social, alumni, and communications. 

 

Selected students will work on HBHI-related activities an average of 5-10 hours per week from November 2025 through mid-May 2026.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

  • Attending HBHI-promoted events.
  • Meeting at least monthly with HBHI faculty mentor.
  • Attending regular Graduate Academy meetings, which may include professional development, writing assignments, and event planning.
  • Completing Graduate Academy team project.
  • Supporting HBHI committee work and/or HBHI faculty research. 

APPLICATION: Learn more and access the application by visiting our webpage. For further questions regarding the program and/or application, send us an e-mail.

 

INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS: Please join us on Zoom on Sep. 9th or Sep. 23rd at 6:00 PM EDT for informational sessions with recent Graduate Academy alumni, who will be answering interested students’ questions about the program and application process.

Register for the informational sessions through this link.

Apply here

 

TIMELINE:

September 28, 2025                  Application deadline

Early-November 2025               Selection announcement

November 2025                          Group kickoff meeting and introduction to faculty   mentor

November – May 2026              HBHI events, mentor meetings, Graduate Academy programming

Mid-May 2026                              End of program