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Our degree programs in civil and environmental engineering provide advanced expertise in structures, pavements, environmental engineering, and water resources. Be sure to also explore our project management program.

Students will take courses to address the following core areas:Resilience FundamentalsHazard and Threat AssessmentRisk Assessment and Modeling of SystemsData Analysis and ModelingContexts for Resilience and Sustainability

The Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab focuses on infrastructural justice for stormwater management and resilience. Established in 2019 by Associate Professor Marccus Hendricks, the lab studies urban stormwater and flooding, emphasizing the socio-spatial dynamics of water infrastructure and green spaces. Dr. Priscila Alves has served as lab manager since 2021 and works closely with research projects and mentoring and supervising students.Research addresses flood risks and adaptation strategies, highlighting challenges faced by lower-income communities. The lab uses a social vulnerability and environmental justice framework to understand risks and promote participatory action for sustainable community design. The goal is to ensure vulnerable communities who are prone to flood risks and inadequate stormwater infrastructure receive the support and fair treatment for a resilient future. The SIRJ Lab has vast experience in research projects and topics related to infrastructure, flooding, equity, social and environmental justice in the U.S. and internationally.The SIRJ Lab's funding sources include UMD’s Sustainability Fund and Grand Challenge Grants, the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Academies' Gulf Research Program, the JPB Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The lab engages students and faculty across various disciplines such as civil and environmental engineering, environmental science and technology, public health, plant sciences and others.

Established in 2008 under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21), the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) is a federal organization and component of the Uniformed Services University (USU). The National Center is governed by the federal interagency as a collaboration between the Departments of Defense (DoD), State (DOS), Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation (DOT), and Veterans Affairs (VA). The mission of the National Center is to advance the Nation’s medical and public health readiness for disasters. In carrying out this mission, the National Center leads federal efforts to develop and propagate core curricula, research, and training related to medicine and public health in disasters and is charged with maintaining the Nation’s joint disaster medicine and public health science and education program for all executive departments. The National Center is first and foremost a service and support organization and operates at the behest of the federal interagency, which makes transparency, coordination, and collaboration core to its organizing principles.

Johns Hopkins APL’s Global Health Mission Area aims to eliminate naturally occurring, deliberate, and accidental health threats through revolutionary science and engineering.Health threats in the United States and around the world have grown in complexity and require novel approaches to measure and quantify health; predict and prevent injury, illness, and disease; assure access to reliable care in every environment; and safeguard global health security. Our work occupies a unique position at the intersection of fundamental and applied research in biological sciences, innovative modeling, technology development, data collection and analytics, and systems engineering. We are able to leverage the vast, cross-disciplinary capabilities and expertise from across APL, Johns Hopkins University, and Johns Hopkins Medicine to solve the nation’s most critical health challenges.For warfighter health and readiness, we focus on delivering critical contributions to military health and readiness challenges. We work to ensure our warfighters are prepared to complete their mission, are protected from current and future threats, and receive the best possible care in all environments. We develop and operationalize technologies to optimize mental and physical performance and to protect our warfighters from illness and injury.To protect and assure the health of the civilian population, we use core APL strengths in systems engineering, data analytics, artificial intelligence, information security, and novel sensing systems to secure the health of people around the world. We will fundamentally transform the way the world predicts, prevents, and responds to health threats in all environments while accelerating the transformation of the nation’s health system to protect and improve the health of our nation.To secure civilian and military populations, we leverage APL capabilities to counter chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats. Our work tackles the increasing risk posed by deliberate and accidental biological risks, including our ability to rapidly detect, identify, and attribute agents, and to develop medical countermeasures.

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) aims to be a global leader in the application of science and systems thinking to build healthy, just, equitable, and sustainable food systems.The Center’s work comprises research, practice, education, public health policy and advocacy in four priority areas:- Promote transitions to food production methods that support the health of people and the planet- Align policies on food production and consumption for healthy diets- Protect food system workers and communities most affected by food production practices- Expand transparency around food system practices and their impacts

This certificate program is designed for students who would like to be trained to identify the major threats to public health, to identify public health issues during emergency situations, and how to integrate the risk sciences, public health practice and public health surveillance systems as they relate to preparedness and emergency response. The certificate program in Public Health Preparedness is designed to provide essential tools for public health practitioners to prepare for natural disasters, terrorism or other emerging threats. Specific objectives of the program are to:Identify the major threats to public health and to identify public health issues in disasters;Describe the integration of risk sciences, public health practice and public health surveillance as it relates to public health preparedness and terrorism response.

Risk professionals are under increased pressure to interpret complex environmental and health situations in creative ways. The certificate program provides multidisciplinary education designed to increase awareness of the scientific underpinnings of risk assessment and provide a bridge between science and policy that allows innovative public health solutions to complex problems. Risk assessment methods are applied to address a wide range of environmental and public health issues including chemical, microbiological, radiological exposures, natural and man-made disasters, and to evaluate new technologies. Risk assessors are employed in academic, governmental and non-governmental organizations across multiple sectors such as agriculture, energy, environmental protection, armed forces, public health, and transportation.