Master of Public Health
The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DPHPM) delivers the MPH program with the vision of ensuring a competent public health workforce, regionally and internationally thereby building healthy communities. This vision for public health is supported by the department’s mission, cultivating and disseminating public health knowledge and practice through the integration of education, research, and service, in collaboration with communities and partners. In the MPH program, faculty and students pursue interdisciplinary opportunities in scholarly activities, service, and workforce development. The DPHPM is invested in delivering education that prepares students to become proficient in the practice of public health; service that translates knowledge into practice and strengthens the public health workforce through community education and training that strengthens the public health workforce; and research that produces outcomes that respond to public health challenges.
MPH students and alumni are qualified to sit the US National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) Certified in Public Health (CPH) examination. The DPHPM also hosts the Gamma Kappa Chapter of the Delta Omega Honors Society in Public Health and serves as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHOCC) in Environmental and Occupational Health, and a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Regional Collaborating Center (UNFCCC RCC). Faculty and students have participated in research in collaboration with public health institutions, such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute of Health (NIH), Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), regional and international health authorities, such as Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), international universities, and governmental and community based organizations.