About the Department of Public Health

The program's mission is:

To promote health and wellbeing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond through transdisciplinary education, research and collaborations that create transformative, sustainable and equitable public health science, policy and practice.

We do this by:

• Education to prepare diverse public health leaders who can advance health in all policies
• Research that transforms public health science and policy
• Collaborations with diverse communities to attain the highest level of health for all people

Unique Vision - The College of Health Sciences offers a unique vision for public health, one that fully integrates individual and collective drivers to promote health and prevent disease.

High-caliber Faculty - Current faculty in the College of Health Sciences is world-renowned in their fields of occupational health and safety, health promotion, nutrition, gerontology, environmental sustainability, epidemiology, health of populations, healthcare management and economics, and the reduction of toxins.

Unique Specializations - In addition to gaining a strong foundation in public health, BS students will incorporate a specialty focus on community health/health promotion or health sciences. Master's students will choose dietetics, epidemiology, healthcare management or social and behavioral sciences.

Sustainability Expertise - Students in the public health programs will graduate with an appreciation of the importance of sustainability in promoting and maintaining the health populations from an environmental, community and economic perspective. Education the public health workforce is crucial to achieve a healthy and sustainable future.

Learn more about our Bachelor's Degree and our Master of Public Health (MPH) programs.