Graduate Programming
CIH provides a comprehensive suite of graduate-level training programs designed to support Indigenous scholars and public health professionals in achieving their educational and career goals.
Registration for the 2026 Winter Institute is now OPEN!
Courses in Winter Institute are held online via Zoom and may be taken for credit or non-credit. Courses and the Institute scholarship are open to all applicants, regardless of their background, identity, or tribal affiliation.
For more information on registering for Institute courses, please contact Ashley White at awhit115@jhu.edu.
2026 Winter Institute Courses Offered
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Health of American Indians
- Online via Zoom
- January 5-9 (Monday – Friday) 11:00am-3:30pm Eastern Time
- Credits: 3
An interdisciplinary approach is taken to understand different aspects of Indigenous health. The course will explore health and illness perceptions of Native American communities, and will consider approaches that are grounded in Traditional and Contemporary Indigenous Knowledge and supported by Western Research Methodology. Course participants will analyze key health issues from the perspective of Native communities, and through the lens of various public health disciplines such as epidemiology, mental health, environmental health, policy, and sociology. The over-arching emphasis of the course will be on serving Indigenous populations and empowering community-driven, culturally sensitive public health interventions.
Indigenous Harm Reduction
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Online via Zoom
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January 12-16 (Monday – Friday) 3:00-6:30pm ET
- Credits: 2
This course explores the roots of addiction in Indigenous communities, and the strengths-based approaches that support positive change and honor community-based approaches to addressing the issue of increased substance use and overdose in Indigenous communities. Allows hearing from Indigenous leaders in this field, including frontline workers, people with lived/living experience, youth, Elders, and academics. Evaluates perspectives on addiction and how they apply to Indigenous experiences. Articulates the impacts of colonization on addiction, increased substance use and overdose in Indigenous communities. Examines the system of prohibition and its role in creating an increased risk of overdose. Explores Indigenous harm reduction perspectives, approaches, and programming.