The Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center Fellows Program in Aging, Hearing, and Public Health is designed to provide an overview of public health concepts, methods, and strategies to assist clinicians and researchers around the world who are pursuing public health research and projects focused on addressing hearing loss in older adults.

Each year’s program is targeted to a specific region and held in partnership with a host institution. The program offers a blended classroom pedagogy of online lectures leading up to in-person discussions facilitated by Cochlear Center faculty.  

Participants in the 2-part program are clinicians, researchers, and public health professionals interested in understanding and addressing the impact of hearing loss on older adults using public health methodologies.

Part 1 includes a 10-week online and on-demand training program that grants access to 27 lectures given by Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center Faculty. These topics include otolaryngology, audiology, epidemiology, biostatistics, gerontology, and public health policy/economics.

In Part 2, Participants convene at the host institution to network with clinicians from Johns Hopkins University and from around the region, and to join lectures and small-group discussions. 

Interested applicants are required to submit: 

  • Curriculum vitae/Resume
  • Brief description of why you would like to join the training 
  • One professional reference

There is no cost to participate. Some participants may qualify for housing. Travel will not be funded.

Planning for the 2025 Fellows Program is underway, and the application period will open in early 2025.

Interested in partnering with the Cochlear Center as a host institution for a future Fellows Program in Hearing and Public Health? Email JHCochlearCenter@jhu.edu.

Past Programs

Participants in the 2024 Summer Fellows Program hosted by NYCU in Taiwan
2024: Taiwan

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

After completing the virtual learning modules, 33 researchers and clinicians joined Cochlear Center faculty at NYCU's Yangming campus in Taipei City from July 24 to July 26, 2024 for lectures and small group discussions.  


 

Participants in the 2023 Summer Fellows Program in Mexico City
2023: Mexico City

Instituto Nacional de Geriatría

Forty-three participants, drawn mainly from around Mexico City but also hailing from Chile, Southern California, and Toronto, completed the virtual learning modules before convening in person in Mexico City to network with fellow clinicians and with researchers from Johns Hopkins and INGER


 

Participants in the 2022 Summer Fellows Program at Chulalonkorn University in Thailand
2022: Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

Fellows from around Asia completed the virtual learning modules before convening in Bangkok, Thailand, to network with clinicians from Johns Hopkins and around Asia in the field of hearing and aging and participate in discussions with select Cochlear Center faculty.


 

2021: Focus on Latin America

Eighteen Fellows from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico completed five learning modules, heard 27 on-demand lectures, and put forth an estimated 20 hours of work to complete the virtual learning component.  The program concluded with hour-long live Zoom sessions with Center faculty that covered topics including clinical trials, hearing health policy, cognition and gerontology, and developing new models of hearing care.


 

Participants in the 2019 Fellows Program held in Baltimore
2019: Inaugural Fellows Program in Baltimore

Focus on East Asia

For the inaugural Fellows program, thirty-one East Asian Fellows, accepted from over 100 applicants, convened in Baltimore for a week of in-depth, didactic training, and mentoring.