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Making a Difference : Students

The School of Public Health offers practice-based learning and research opportunities that prepare graduates to make a difference in the world.

Tools You'll Need to Succeed

Public health is a career and a calling.

Founded on the principle of social justice, public health ensures that all citizens have the opportunity for good health. It is the art and science of protecting and improving population health through education, service and prevention. Public health professionals identify and track diseases, create public policy and impact the health and safety of people and their communities. Through our undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs, we can get you started.

Why It Matters

Preventing lead exposure in children can have an economic benefit of more than $200 billion per year. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The creation of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program has reduced disparities by providing breast and cervical cancer screenings to uninsured women. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Influenza vaccination and public health measures have prevented an estimated 5–10 million cases, 30,000 hospitalizations, and 1,500 deaths. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tests to screen for West Nile Virus has identified an estimated 3,000 potentially infected U.S. blood donations, removing them from the blood supply. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research shows that the current childhood immunization schedule could prevent approximately 42,000 deaths and 20 million cases of disease. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Making a Difference : Students

Public health is a career and a calling.

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