Community Medicine is a discipline within Public Health that seeks to serve the health needs of communities.
Communities are groups of people that share some common characteristics.
These may include common demographic descriptions such as race, income, and location. However, more importantly, communities may also be formed by shared identities that come from the struggle created by social problems like racism, homophobia, poverty, and gender discrimination. Aligned with Preventive Medicine, it includes a broad variety of professional public health workers within its mission. Our students are usually physicians, nurses, social workers, dentists and students with other clinical backgrounds who are seeking a broader perspective on health and health care. Graduates of our program program find career opportunities in both public and private settings.