Mid-Atlantic HERC

General Description

Salary: Stipend of $5,290 USD/month (pre-tax) to cover accommodations, meals, and incidentals during the months while in residency at BI, plus health benefits

Call for Applications 

The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (BI), Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and University of Oxford Ethox Centre (Ethox) invite applications for the Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program (FAB-PDF) - an 18-month advanced bioethics postdoctoral training program for scholars from sub-Saharan Africa who hold a bioethics-related PhD. Funded by the Fogarty International Center, NIH, USA, the program focuses broadly on global health ethics, with particular opportunities for fellows to concentrate on issues involving global infectious disease ethics and advanced international research ethics. The fellowship will begin approximately January 15, 2027 pending funding approval. 

Opportunities 

• Complete fellowship activities across multiple institutional contexts:
  • ~4.5 months based at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, USA
  • ~1 month based at MakCHS in Kampala, Uganda
  • ~1 month based at Ethox in Oxford, UK
  • ~11.5 months based at the postdoctoral fellow's home institution
• Access bioethics mentorship, coursework, seminars and scholarly/practice/training networks
• Conduct individual and international collaborative mentored research and writing
• Participate in international global health ethics and research ethics conferences
• Plan and complete a funded global health ethics leadership project

Salary/Benefits

• Stipend of $5,290 USD/month (pre-tax) to cover accommodations, meals, and incidentals during the months while in residency at BI, plus health benefits
• Travel support sufficient to meet the costs of MakCHS and Ethox visiting fellow components
• Modest budgets for leadership project, technology and supplies; fee coverage for required courses and conference registration

Qualifications

• Current national of a country in sub-Saharan Africa
• Completed a bioethics-related PhD or related doctoral research degree, generally within 5 yrs of the fellowship start

Preference will be given to candidates who:

• Previously completed an NIH Fogarty-sponsored bioethics training (at any level)
• Previously worked on global health ethics, infectious disease ethics, or international research ethics topics
• Have strong discipline-appropriate methods training used to conduct bioethics research and writing
• Have a record of bioethics scholarly publication, presentation, and/or professional service
• Hold a faculty position in an institution of higher-education in sub-Saharan Africa, or demonstrate institutional commitment to providing such a position

Vaccine Requirements

• Please click the link to see up to date vaccine requirements: https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/PrimaryCare/bsph/#required-immunizations

Application Instructions

Applications are due by July 17, 2026 and must be uploaded via Interfolio.

Candidates must submit:

• CV
• Personal statement describing: 1) motivation to pursue the fellowship, 2) nature of previous bioethics training, 3) bioethics scholarly research and writing interests, including description of any works in progress that will be completed during the fellowship, and 4) idea(s) for a potential leadership project (nature of the project, how it aligns with local priorities, personal skills that will be advanced, and any relevant preparations)
• Two (2) letters of recommendation
• One (1) letter of institutional commitment, signaling sufficient leave from employment for all fellowship activities, and a commitment to, at minimum, position retention and support in undertaking the leadership project and in integrating bioethics capacity on completion, and;
• Copies of graduate transcript(s)

For more information, please contact Joseph Ali, JD (jali@jhu.edu) and/or Nancy E. Kass, ScD (nkass@jhu.edu).

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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Background Checks

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Vaccine Requirements

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