Public Health

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The Doctoral Program in Public Health prepares students to lead public health agencies, programs, and initiatives; develop and evaluate intervention programs; plan and implement policies to improve the health of urban populations; lead research studies; and teach public health and related subjects in colleges and universities. It awards the Doctor of Public Health (DPH) degree and offers an interdisciplinary curriculum with a focus on urban health.

Areas of Study

The DPH will offer four separate tracks beginning the first year with Community, Society and Health, which prepares students to conduct research and develop and evaluate interventions to address social determinants of health and improve community health (with a concentration in public health nutrition also available). The remaining three tracks to be phased in each successive year include: (1) Epidemiology, which prepares students to investigate and design and conduct intervention studies on the determinants and distribution of health and disease in populations; (2) Environmental and Occupational Health, which prepares students to develop research, programs, and policies to assess and control exposures to community and workplace hazards; and (3) Health Policy and Management, which prepares students to analyze public health and health care policies and the organizational and financial management of health-related institutions. Students in each track will be required to complete courses in urban health and interdisciplinary research, a leadership development project, and a research sequence that will terminate with a doctoral dissertation.