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

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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

Public health campaigns encouraging women to increase their folic acid intake led to a 36 percent reduction in babies born with neural tube defects. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has prevented an estimated 211,000 serious infections and 13,000 deaths. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The rotavirus vaccine now prevents an estimated 40,000-60,000 rotavirus hospitalizations each year. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The number of states with comprehensive smoke-free laws grew from zero in 2000 to 25 states and D.C. in 2010. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
By 2010, the FDA established restrictions on youth access to tobacco products and proposed more effective warning labels. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Making a Difference : Students

Public health is a career and a calling.

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