[6] In 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored a conference on the need for public health education in the United States.

[8] The report reflected the different preferences of the plan's two architects—William Henry Welch favored scientific research, whereas Wickliffe Rose wanted an emphasis on public health practice.

[7] In June 1916, the executive committee of the Rockefeller Foundation approved the plan to organize an institute or school of public health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Bloomberg would later go on to serve two terms as Mayor of New York City and run a campaign in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

[22] It is composed of 10 academic departments:[23] The Bloomberg School of Public Health is located in the East Baltimore campus of the Johns Hopkins University.

The campus, collectively known as the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions[28] (JHMI), is also home to the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and comprises several city blocks, radiating outwards from the Billings Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital with its historic dome.

[30] Public transportation to and from the campus is served by the Baltimore Metro Subway, local buses, and the JHMI shuttle.