The Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health (JHIPH) was founded in 2024 to harness powerful cross-disciplinary expertise to confront pressing global challenges.
The mission of JHIPH is to catalyze scholarship and practice of Planetary Health across the University, bring together a cohesive community of practice, and establish Johns Hopkins University (JHU) as a global leader in addressing the global health and humanitarian dimensions of the Earth crisis.
JHIPH has moved swiftly and strategically to engage a dedicated team of cross-university faculty in the development and implementation of programming that is now infusing Planetary Health into university-wide education, clinical care and health systems, policy, and practice.
What is Planetary Health?
Planetary Health is a rapidly growing transdisciplinary field focused on understanding and addressing the human health impacts of our degradation of Earth’s natural systems. It is also a global social movement that calls for deep systemic change centering on social justice and intergenerational equity.
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The Global Planetary Health Community
The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), affiliated with JHIPH, serves as the global backbone organization for the Planetary Health community, coordinating a consortium of over 472 universities, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, and government entities from 79+ countries committed to understanding and addressing the impacts of global environmental change on human health and wellbeing.
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