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Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics, Global Health and Infectious Disease (2025-27)

Johns Hopkins University

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Posted:

February 21, 2025

Location:

Baltimore, Maryland

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Salary:

Starting at 65,000.00

General Description

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford have established the Global Infectious Disease Ethics (GLIDE) collaborative with support from the Wellcome Trust. A central pillar of this partnership is a joint post-doctoral fellowship training opportunity. We are pleased to invite applications to the program from uniquely qualified individuals who are committed to interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration and who have a particular interest in the ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.

This two-year fellowship will begin September 1, 2025, pending funding approval.

Salary/Benefits:

$65,000 per year, plus health and other standard benefits available to all post-doctoral fellows of Johns Hopkins University
Travel for the residency requirement and modest living expenses when overseas
A modest discretionary fund for travel to relevant conferences

Qualifications

Doctoral-level degree in bioethics, philosophy, public health, law, medicine, social science, history or other relevant discipline, with fewer than five years of post-PhD research by the start date.
Scholarly interests in ethical issues at the intersection of global health and infectious disease.
Primary, in-residence appointment at Johns Hopkins and a residency requirement at the Wellcome Center. The exact nature, duration and timing of the Oxford residency is flexible and case-specific.
Fellows will become integrated members of the ongoing post-doctoral training programs at both Institutions and have access to a wide range of activities and opportunities, including:

Regular seminars, presentations and discussions with leaders in the field;
Individualized research program;
Bioethics coursework and mentorship;
Professional development training;
Teaching opportunities (commensurate with experience and background);
Participation in outreach efforts via social media

Application Instructions

The application window is now open. Applications are due by March 31, 2025 and must be uploaded via Interfolio.

Cover Letter
Personal statement in support of your application
CV
Copy of Graduate Transcript(s)
Writing Sample
Two Letters of Reference

For more information on the Berman-Oxford GLIDE Post-doctoral Fellowship Program, please contact the Berman Institute's Associate Director for Global Programs (Joseph Ali, JD at jali@jhu.edu) or Professor Gail Geller, ScD, MHS at ggeller@jhu.edu.

Internal Number: A-163563-3

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics, Global Health and Infectious Disease (2025-27)

Johns Hopkins University

General Description

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