Hopkins officials to advise Mayor Scott as Baltimore seeks new health commissioner

As Baltimore searches for a new health commissioner after firing its Health Department leader last month, Mayor Brandon Scott announced Thursday that two top Johns Hopkins University public health specialists and former City Hall officials will advise his administration. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Michelle Spencer, both with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will advise the Scott administration in a part-time capacity while retaining their roles at the university.