Mission

The School of Health and Environment has been created to advance a bold new vision of human health that links individual wellbeing to healthy communities and balanced ecosystems. This innovative initiative combines outstanding teaching and research, a public university’s commitment to community service, proven success in interdisciplinary problem-solving, and a 21st-century vision of health and sustainability. Through its degree programs in healthcare, the elimination of health and environmental hazards, and social change, the School prepares graduates with real-world skills and a deep understanding of health and society.

The School’s mission is to promote human health and development that enables people to live in safe and productive communities and environmentally sustainable economies. The School does this through:

• an array of academic programs in the health and environment professions that prepare graduates to practice their professions with knowledge, competence, and respect for the interdependence of human and global wellbeing;
• proven success in interdisciplinary research that increases understanding of health, disease and disability and their social and environmental determinants; and
• a public university’s commitment to community service, advancing prevention-based strategies in health and environmental policy.