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The Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is located in the School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences. The MPH degree is a graduate-level professional degree that prepares students for public health practice in communities, organizations, work sites, and in governmental, public, and non-profit settings. MPH graduates are prepared with leadership abilities to promote population health and safety, prevent chronic and infectious disease, and to develop policy and practice-based evidence through clinical and applied research. The interdisciplinary and community-engaged nature of public health practice is reinforced throughout education, research, and service activities.

Public health is the academic discipline that identifies, prevents and reduces community health problems. Public health takes a population-based approach that addresses health promotion, disease prevention, restoration and maintenance of health. The range and scope of the sciences and skills required in public health include epidemiology, biostatistics, research methodology, health services research, and behavioral sciences. Central to the approach of public health is a focus on community-level influences on health including social, economic, cultural, ethnic, and environmental factors. Public health research methods involve defining selected community problems, proposing studies and solutions, surveillance, evaluating progress, and monitoring the use of resources.