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Setting a Standard of Excellence

The Department of Public Health Sciences is actively working internationally, nationally and locally to promote health and reduce the burden of disease. Our faculty maintains active research programs focusing on drug and alcohol abuse, HIV, cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and other illnesses that threaten the health of our city, our state, our nation, and the world.

Mission

DPHS yields sustainable, positive changes in global health by providing outstanding research, teaching, and service programs to nurture the next generation of public health leaders who endeavor to discover, test, and disseminate solutions to health threats.

Vision

Our vision is a world with healthy people living in healthy communities.

Goals

  • to educate students in public health competencies with an accredited curriculum.
  • to provide students with community-oriented education and practice opportunities.
  • to generate public health knowledge emphasizing urban, community-engaged and translational research.
  • to participate in public health advocacy, policy, and practice at a local, national, and global level.

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