The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain) with the collaboration of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, are pleased to announce the fourth annual Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy and Management. The Institute, jointly sponsored by the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and by the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, one of the major public health research agencies in Europe, with the collaboration of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, one of the leading universities in Europe, is dedicated to providing short-term, intensive educational opportunities for public health practitioners, health-and social-policy analysts, health care managers and other professionals. The Institute serves as a convenient venue for health professionals to begin or enhance their education in a variety of public health disciplines, with coursework focusing on key health-policy, health-management and health-education issues. Participants, while learning about policies and management/leadership approaches that work, will explore current innovations as well. The program also teaches strategies for effective policy implementation and management. The Institute offers courses that are equivalent to regular Johns Hopkins courses given during the academic year and they may be taken for graduate academic credit.

Because of programs and institutes in Europe, like the Institute of Public Health of Catalonia, Johns Hopkins University has been awarded the distinction of European Union Center for Excellence in the United States.