Robert Wm. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD, is the William H. Gates, Sr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has edited two books, and has written nearly 250 journal articles, book chapters and special reports.

In July 2007, Dr. Blum was named the Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. He is a Past-President of the Society for Adolescent Medicine; has served on the American Board of Pediatrics; was a charter member of the Sub-Board of Adolescent Medicine is a past chair of the Alan Guttmacher Institute Board of Directors and served as chair of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Adolescent Health and Development. In 2006, The National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine elected Dr. Blum into membership. He is a consultant to The World Bank and UNICEF as well as the World Health Organization where he has served on the Technical Advisory Group of the Child and Adolescent Health Department as well as the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group of the Human Reproductive Program. He has been awarded the Society for Adolescent Medicine’s Outstanding Achievement Award (1993); and in 1998 was the recipient of the American Public Health Association’s Herbert Needleman Award “for scientific achievement and courageous advocacy” on behalf of children and youth.

adolescent sexuality, chronic illness, and international adolescent health, Native American youth health, Gates Chair, urban health

Nominated for Golden Apple Award (for small class size), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health Student Assembly, 2008

Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine

Best Doctors in America, 2006

Lifetime Achievement Award, American Medical Student Association, 2005

Herbert Needleman Award, American Public Health Association, 1997

Outstanding Achievement Award, Society for Adolescent Medicine, 1993

Blum, R.W., Libbey, H. (Editors). School Connectedness – Strengthening Health and Education Outcomes for Teenagers. J Sch Health 74(7):229-299, 2004.

Blum, R.W., Nelson-Mmari, K. The Health of Young People in a Global Context. J Adolesc Health 35(5):402-418, 2004.

Blum, R.W., Ireland, M. Reducing Risk, Increasing Protective Factors: Findings from the Caribbean Youth Health Survey. J Adolesc Health, 35(6):493-500, 2004.

Ohene, S.A., Ireland, M., Blum, R.W. Sexually-Inexperienced Caribbean Youth: Correlates of Delayed Sexual Debut. J Adolesc Fam Health, 3(4):177-184, 2004.

Le, Linh Cu, Blum, RW, Magnani, R, Hewett, P. A Pilot of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview for Youth Reproductive Health Research in Vietnam. J of Adol Hlth, 38 (6): 740-747, June 2006

Blum, R. A Case for School Connectedness. The Adolescent Learner, 62(7): 16-20, April 2005

Blum, R., Mmari, R. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Literature from Around the World. World Health Organization, 2006

Lerand, SJ, Ireland, M, Blum, RW. Individual and Environmental Impacts on Sexual Health of Caribbean Youth. ScientificWorld J. 707-717, 2006

Nonnemaker, J., McNeely, C., Blum, R. Public and Private Domains of Religiosity and Adolescent Smoking Transitions. Social Science & Medicine, 62(12): 3084-3095, June 2006

Blum, RW. Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review. J Adol Hlth 41: 230-238, 2007

Menschik, D, Ahmed, S, Alexander MH, Blum, RW. Adolescent Physical Activities as Predictors of Young Adult Weight. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 162(1): 29-33, Jan 2008

Roche, KM, Ahmed, S, Blum, RW. Enduring consequences of parenting for risky behaviors from adolescence into early adulthood. Social Science and Medicine, 66, 2023-2034, 2008.

Fatusi, A., Blum, RW..Predictors of Early Sexual Initiation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Nigerian Adolescents. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:136.

Charles, V. E., Polis, C., Sridhara, S., Blum, RW. Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes: a systematic review of the evidence. Contraception 78 (2008) 436-450

Le, L.C., Blum, RW. Premarital sex and condom use among never married youth in Vietnam Int J Adolesc Med Health 2009; 21(3)

Mmari, K., Blum, R. Risk and Protective Factors that Affect Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: A Structured Review. Global Public Health Journal (in press).

Mmari K, Roche K, Sudhinaraset M, Blum, RW. When a Parent Goes Off to War: Exploring the Issues Faced by Adolescents and their Families. Youth & Society (in press, October 2008)

Bradshaw, Catherine P., Sudhinaraset, May, Mmari, Kristin, Blum, RW. School Transitions among Military Adolescents: A Qualitative Study of Stress Appraisal and Coping. School Psychology Review (accepted, January 2009)

Zabin, Laurie S., Blum, RW, Bishai, D. et. al. Levels of Change in Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Three Asian Cities. Studies in Family Planning 2009; 40(1): 1–12.

Mmari, K., Blum, R. Risk and Protective Factors that Affect Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: A Structured Review. Global Public Health Journal. 2009 May 21:1-16.

Mmari K, Roche K, Sudhinaraset M, Blum, RW. When a Parent Goes Off to War: Exploring the Issues Faced by Adolescents and their Families. Youth & Society. 2009, (40)4:pp. 455-475.

Charles VE, Blum RW. Core competencies and the prevention of high-risk sexual behavior. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. Winter; 2008(122):61-74.

Mmari, K, Blum, RW. What Increases Risk and Protection for Delinquent Behaviors among American Indian Youth? Findings from Three Tribal Communities. Youth & Society. Online at: http://yas.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/0044118X09333645v1

Johnson SB, Blum RW, Giedd JN. Adolescent maturity and the brain: The promise and pitfalls of neuroscience research in adolescent health policy. J Adolescent Health. 2009(45):216-221.

Sudhinaraset, M., Blum, R. Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Unique Developmental Factors in Relation to Work-related Health Risks. International Journal of Occupational Medicine & Environmental Health. (in press)

Johnson, S., Sudhinaraset, M., Blum, RW. Neuromaturation and adolescent risk taking: Why development is not determinism. J. Research Adolescence. (in press)

Bradshaw, Catherine P., Sudhinaraset, May, Mmari, Kristin, Blum, RW. School Transitions among Military Adolescents: A Qualitative Study of Stress Appraisal and Coping. School Psychology Review (in press)

Fatusi, A., Blum, RW. Adolescent Health in an International Context: The Challenge of Sexual & Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews May, 2009 (in press)

Blum, RW. Response to: Global Patterns of Mortality in Young People. Linked Commentary in Lancet. (2009) 374:9693: 853-854.