Programs within the School of Public Health and Community Medicine draw from clinical, basic, quantitative, and social sciences to deal with health and disease within communities. Degree programs are designed to produce academicians qualified in research and teaching, highly trained practitioners, innovative leaders in community health capable of shaping the structure and policies of public health, and environmental health specialists. The programs are characterized by their dependence on the research and service programs of the School, careful selection of students, and utilization of relevant strengths in other units of the University. The Social and Behavioral Sciences track in the MPH program in the Department of Health Services focuses on the application of social and behavioral sciences to public health problems. Students concentrate on health promotion strategies and their evaluation, sociocultural issues in chronic diseases and disability, community intervention and research, or health policy from a social science perspective.
Graduates pursue careers in research or in public health practice.