Faculty and students work together to increase knowledge of the biochemical and molecular bases of normal and abnormal cellular processes and to train highly qualified scientists who—through research, teaching and service—continue to provide new insights into the biomedical issues that have a profound impact on public health. 

Read more about our National Cancer Institute funded training grant here.

From The Chair

Greetings!

Thank you for visiting our Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PhD training program website. As one of the founding department of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, our department has provided a first-rate training experience for doctoral students for a century.

With nearly 40 training faculty affiliated with the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Medicine, this program offers an optimal balance between a close-knit and supportive community and a broad range of exciting opportunities for PhD thesis research. Check out the profiles of our faculty members and you’ll see a broad range of research interests, but with recurring themes of great significance such as stress response biology, cancer biology, aging, genome integrity, protein homeostasis and regulation though post-translational modifications, immunology, and metabolism.

Our students engage in a rigorous course curriculum as well as a plethora of activities, structured and informal, that prepare them to become the leading researchers of tomorrow. This program is funded in part from a T32 training grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. All inquiries about our program are welcomed!

BMB embraces a culture of inclusion, diversity and equity, and we aim to create a safe space for our trainees, so they can focus on their science and education. We are excited to be part of the newly launched Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative, a Johns Hopkins fellowship program for PhD students in STEM fields, providing full support and targeted mentoring, networking, community, and professional development opportunities for students who attended a Historically Black College or University or other Minority Serving Institutions – find out about the program, and other application information, on our Apply Now page.

On behalf of the entire training faculty and myself, we wish you the very best in your journey to become a leader and difference maker in biomedical research.

Warm regards,
Ashi Weeraratna

E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Cancer Biology