Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships


Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships were established as part of a $350 million investment by Michael Bloomberg, JHU Class of 1964, to Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Fifty faculty members, ten from Johns Hopkins University and forty recruited from institutions worldwide, will be chosen for these endowed professorships based on their research, teaching, service, and leadership records. The program is directed and managed by Johns Hopkins University Vice Provost for Research, Dr. Denis Wirtz. As of February 2020, 47 of the 50 Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships have been announced.

Purpose

The BDPs will create interdisciplinary connections and collaborations across Johns Hopkins University, train and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and strengthen the university's leadership in research fields of international interest. Each of the BDPs will be appointed in at least two divisions or disciplines. The program aims to bridge traditional research disciplines in order to tackle complex problems such as cancer, urban poverty, and health disparities.

Bloomberg Distinguished Professors

ProfessorProfessorship Research AreaInstallation Year
Peter AgreMalaria2014
Rexford S. AhimaDiabetes2016
Charles L. BennettSpace, Experimental Astrophysics & Cosmology2015
Otis BrawleyOncology and Epidemiology2019
Filipe CampantePolitical Economy & Governance2018
Christopher CannonMedieval Literature and Culture2017
Arturo CasadevallMolecular Microbiology & Immunology and Infectious Diseases2015
Nilanjan ChatterjeeBiostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology2015
Christopher G. ChuteHealth Informatics2015
Lisa CooperEquity in Health and Healthcare2016
Rachel GreenBiology & Genetics2017
Jessica FanzoGlobal Food and Agriculture Ethics and Policy2015
Andrew FeinbergEpigenetics2015
Paul FerraroHuman Behavior and Public Policy2015
Carol W. GreiderMolecular Biology2014
Taekjip HaSingle-molecule Biophysics2015
Richard L. HuganirNeuroscience & Brain Sciences2018
Lawrence JacksonEnglish and History2017
Patricia JanakAssociative Learning and Addiction2014
Matthew KahnEconomics and Business2019
Yannís G. KevrekidisModeling and Dynamic Behavior of Complex Systems2017
Daeyeol LeeNeuroeconomics2019
Rong LiCell Dynamics2015
Ellen MacKenzieTraumatic Injury and Rehabilitation Health Services2017
Mauro MaggioniData Intensive Computation2016
Kathryn McDonaldHealth Systems, Quality and Safety2020
Stephen L. MorganSociology and Education2014
Ulrich MuellerHearing Loss & Brain Development2016
Hanna PickardPhilosophy and Bioethics2019
Ian PhillipsPhilosophy & Psychological and Brain Sciences2019
Daniel PolskyHealth Economics2019
Adam RiessObservational Cosmology & Dark Energy2016
Kathleen M. SutcliffeOrganizational Theory & Patient Safety2014
Steven SalzbergComputational Biology & Genomics2015
Michael SchatzComputational Biology & Oncology2016
Jeremy ShiffmanGlobal Health Policy2018
David SingExoplanetary Physics2018
Nilabh ShastriImmunology and Pathogenesis2018
Sabine StanleyPlanetary Physics2017
Alex SzalayBig Data2015
Michael TsapatsisNanomaterials2018
Vesla WeaverRacial Politics & Criminal Justice2017
Ashani WeeraratnaCancer Biology2019
Carl WuChromatin Biology & Biochemistry2016
Alan YuilleComputational Cognitive Science2015