Health and Well-Being

The Student Wellness website, wellness.jhu.edu, serves as a centralized place to explore the robust variety of health and well-being resources available to Johns Hopkins students. We’ve highlighted some popular and essential resources below.

Center for Health Education and Well-Being

The Center for Health Education and Well-Being—CHEW for short— cultivates and supports holistic wellbeing for individuals, relationships, groups, and the JHU community at large. Through programs, services, educational campaigns, and leadership and engagement opportunities, students can create positive habits and behaviors that will have a beneficial impact on academic success, personal development, and long-term health and well-being. CHEW proactively responds to the needs of a diverse undergraduate and graduate student population with an emphasis on prevention, risk reduction, and overall wellness practices. CHEW is dedicated to making the most of teachable moments to influence student health practices. Student organizations affiliated with CHEW, such as Peer Health Educators and Bystander Intervention Trainers, lead a variety of programs that support and affirm student wellbeing through the delivery of fun and interactive programs and events.

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/chew / jhuchew@jhu.edu / 410-516-8396

Counseling Center

The Counseling Center staff is committed to enhancing the wellbeing and personal development of all JHU students. They strive to be sensitive to the diverse needs of our student body, and they specialize in treating the mental health concerns that are prevalent in a diverse university population. The center’s goal is to assist students in addressing the difficulties they encounter, empowering them to make the most of their educational opportunities. The Counseling Center provides a safe, confidential, nonjudgmental space where students can feel free to explore a wide variety of concerns and issues. They offer a range of services, including drop-in hours, workshops, group therapy, brief individual therapy, couples counseling, psychiatric evaluations and medication management, substance use assessments, eating assessments, referral assistance, and 24/7 crisis intervention services. These services are available to all Homewood and Peabody undergraduate and graduate students. All counseling services are offered free of charge to students. In addition, self-help resources are available to help students understand and address common concerns.

Additionally, the Counseling Center offers Chat with a Counselor. These informal chats are brief (typically 10–15 minutes), confidential, do not require an appointment, and are free for JHU students. Students can sign up for these one-on-one conversations with counselors if they have questions about mental health, want to get strategies for managing stress/academics/life, or want to find resources that fit their needs and identities. Students can also email chatwithacounselor@jhu.edu with brief questions and will typically receive a response within 48 hours. Chat with a Counselor is not ongoing counseling and not appropriate for anyone in crisis, but it may be a great fit for students who want to learn more about mental health. Angle-right

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/counselingcenter / counselingcenter@jhu.edu / 410-516-8278

Recreation Center

The state-of-the-art Ralph S. O’Connor Center for Recreation and WellBeing has something for everyone: outdoor pursuits, club and intramural sports, fitness classes, recreation courts, and the climbing wall are just a few things you will find at “The Rec.” We are excited to re-open the building this fall with new and improved facilities after a significant expansion and renovation project.

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/recreation / recreation@jhu.edu / 410-516-4434

Student Disability Services

The Office of Student Disability Services advises Johns Hopkins students with disabilities on available services, guides them as they register for and request accommodations and assistive technology, acts as a liaison with instructors, and provides advice and mentoring throughout matriculation. They work with the university’s central ADA Compliance Officer and comply with federal, state, and local disability regulations. To be eligible to receive accommodations on the Homewood campus, students must first register with SDS. To register, students must submit valid documentation of a disability (or disabilities) that meets the university’s published guidelines. The registration process, including submission of documentation, can be completed online through our accommodation management software.

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/disabilities / studentdisabilityservices@jhu.edu / 410-516-4720

Student Health and Wellness Center

The Student Health and Wellness Center provides high-quality, confidential health care to students of the Homewood and Peabody campus communities. The center offers the entire range of primary care services, including acute or chronic illness and injury, preventive health care, women’s health, and nutrition. The health care staff consists of board-certified physicians, nationally certified nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and medical assistants. These providers are credentialed through the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the clinic is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/student-health / 410-516-8270

Student Health Benefits

Johns Hopkins requires that all students have comprehensive health insurance.

Students are automatically enrolled in the university’s student-sponsored health benefits plan at the beginning of each academic year. However, students may waive enrollment in the school plan if covered by a plan that is comparable to the one offered by the university. Students are also eligible to enroll in dental and vision coverage if they so choose. If students have private health insurance coverage comparable to the university plan, then they may be eligible to submit a waiver request form via the Student Information System during the open enrollment period. Please be aware that a waiver request form must be submitted each academic year whether your insurance information has changed or not. If students want to maintain dental and/or vision insurance, they also need to re-enroll each year.

The deadline date to waive health insurance and/or enroll in dental and vision is September 15.

International students with F1/J1 visa status are required to purchase the student health benefits plan and are not eligible to waive coverage.

studentaffairs.jhu.edu/registrar/students/student-health-benefits / 410-516-8080