The Master of Public Health Program (MPH) is a professional degree program, accredited by the national Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). This Program is a professional degree program that is administratively based in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health within the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The MPH Program provides graduate students, medical and other health professional students, and health professionals with graduate training in public health. The MPH Program is dedicated to improving the health status of populations and reducing health disparities. This mission is accomplished by integrating advances in the medical, pharmaceutical, nursing, dental, social work, legal, allied health, and other health services disciplines represented across the professional schools, research, and clinical centers on the UMB campus.
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Commencement Celebration
The Master of Public Health program is planning a Commencement Celebration honoring our graduating students. Download the invitation to students, faculty and staff. Congratulations to our graduating students!
Global Health Concentration
The Master of Public Health Program is pleased to announce that a third concentration, Global Health, was approved by the University of Maryland, Baltimore on December 10th, 2010, and will be available to students beginning with the Fall 2011 semester. The Global Health concentration is designed for students with different educational backgrounds and work experiences who are interested in pursuing careers in global public health. Download the announcement for more information.
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Program Details
The MPH Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is a two concentration program. The two concentrations in Epidemiology and Community & Population Health emphasize the development of public health skills in core concentration requirement courses that are skills based. Students can select electives to tailor their program of study to their academic interests and career goals.
The program provides a set of skills and principles essential for students who intend to apply their training in a professional setting, provide leadership in public health specialties, and improve and protect the health and well being of populations. Coursework is designed to prepare public health professionals to actively and effectively contribute to population-based, culturally appropriate, and innovative approaches to current and emerging public health problems. The MPH degree requires 42 credit hours, including 17 credits from core courses and a six- hour supervised project, the Capstone Experience.
The MPH Program is closely aligned with existing degree programs in the UMB professional schools and offers the following dual degrees: JD/MPH, MD/MPH, MS Nursing/MPH, MSW/MPH, PharmD/MPH, DDS/MPH.
