约翰·霍普金斯大学彭博公共卫生学院的病毒学研究工作可以追溯到该校成立之初。西蒙博士发起的病毒学调查传统仍然是MMI研究工作的重要组成部分。我们召集了一支充满活力的研究人员小组，对病毒世界有各种各样的见解，创造了一个高度协作，刺激和富有成果的科学环境。博士课程以研究为基础，使学生成为独立的研究人员。该计划包括课程作业以及笔试和口试，但该学位的主要重点是完成原始研究和准备研究论文。
The legacy of virology research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health can be traced to the School's beginnings. Taught by Charles Simon, one of the first courses at the new school focused on filterable viruses, which grew out of his research efforts in this field. We are now in possession of what is probably the largest collection of material bearing on diseases caused by filterable viruses that exists in the world today, Simon told the School's founding dean William Henry Welch in 1923.<br>Through a departmental core curriculum as well as research area-specific courses, laboratory rotations, qualifying examinations, mentored research, and professional development, all MMI PhD students are prepared to engage in cutting edge research and scholarship that advances knowledge. MMI PhD students hone their scholarship, research and professional skills. Course and laboratory work can address problems in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, disease transmission, and diseases related to malaria, mosquito and arboviral biology.