Public Health

The Department of Public Health prepares students who have a passion for helping others to do so using science-based approaches, tackling challenges that affect the health and well-being of a variety of populations. In the department, you’ll learn the skills needed to inform healthful practice and policy locally, nationally and globally. The department is a member of the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH), and the Master of Public Health graduate program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

The Department of Public Health also engages in groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research with individuals, families, communities and societies to address the social determinants of health and health inequities at local, national and global levels. We are committed to social justice and the belief that health is a human right.

“The COVID-19 pandemic and other events across the United States and globally have given us a decisive moment and an opportunity to build a movement to achieve health equity. This movement will require equitable partnerships between communities, healthcare and public health systems, government, and academic institutions. The Department of Public Health and our faculty are at the forefront of this movement by fostering community-led research; providing leadership locally, nationally and globally; and, most importantly, by educating the next generation of scholars, practitioners and advocates.

-Dr. Randolph Hubach

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