The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine administers the graduate public health degree in the Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) program. The department also delivers the Community Preventive Medicine component of the Doctor of Medicine degree program.
Students who enter during the August term complete Term 1 of the MPH program and begin the medical program in Spring of the following year. Term 2 of the MPH program continues in the Summer term. The students then resume Term 2 of the medical program in the Fall term while completing the MPH coursework including the Capstone and Practicum during the remaining period of basic sciences for the medical program.
MD students who enter during the April term complete Term 1 of the MD program and begin the MPH Term 1 in the Fall term. They continue with MD terms 2 and 3 in the Spring and Summer terms of the following year and Term 2 of the MPH in the Fall term. They will then complete the 6 credits of Capstone and Practicum for the MPH program during the remaining period of basic sciences in the medical program.
MPH graduates are eligible to take the exam offered by the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) to become Certified in Public Health (CPH). The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine also hosts the Gamma Kappa chapter of Delta Omega, an honorary society into which alumni with distinguished service to public health are inducted.