Oldest and largest school of public health in world. 16% of all US public health NIH grants. 875 primary faculty. Dean: Keshia Pollack Porter. $632M endowment. COVID-19 dashboard (100M+ users). Core to federal public health policy.

Baltimore MD. Top-ranked US teaching hospital for JHU School of Medicine. $1B+ NIH funding. Major clinical trials hub. Free tuition for 95% medical students (Bloomberg $1B gift 2024). 1,000+ beds.

Baltimore MD. #1 US medical school. Free tuition for 95% of students from Fall 2024 (Bloomberg $1B gift). $1B+ NIH funding FY2024. Johns Hopkins Hospital — #1 US News 22 consecutive years. Training ground for most influential biomedical researchers globally.

Baltimore MD. #1 US university in research spending for 44 consecutive years. $4.8B sponsored research revenue FY2024 (88% federal). $1B+ from NIH alone FY2024. APL (Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD) is largest university-affiliated R&D center. Key institutes: School of Medicine (free tuition from Bloomberg $1B gift 2024), Bloomberg School of Public Health (16% of all US public health grants), Whiting School of Engineering, Krieger School, SAIS (policy). Parent of APL (already in gov_entities).

Baltimore MD. Biomedical Engineering ranked #1 in US. Co-location with School of Medicine creates powerful pipeline. DARPA and DOD contracts. Feeds APL talent.

Public research university, second-largest in Maryland by enrollment. HQ Towson, MD (Baltimore County, part of Greater Baltimore).