Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Degrees offered: PhD & MS in Environmental Health Sciences
This Department focuses on integrative and transdisciplinary health research across the fields of exposure science, toxicology, risk assessment, epidemiology, urban health, climate change, natural disasters, environmental health disparity, occupational medicine, and related disciplines, using the three pillars of science: basic, clinical, and population science.
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Degrees offered: PhD & MS in Epidemiology
This Department focuses on quantitative, data-driven research and its faculty, who have expertise in epidemiologic design and methods, biostatistics, and bioinformatics, use rigorous methods to collect, analyze, and interpret health-related data in human populations. Epidemiologists study the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in human populations and use this information to develop disease prevention strategies and improve population health.
Department of Health, Society, & Behavior
Degrees offered: PhD (Disease Prevention) & MPH (Sociocultural Diversity & Health)
This Department is a multifaceted collective of faculty with diverse backgrounds and training. The thread which unifies the faculty in this department is that their research, teaching, and practice address the explication of complex pathways linking social contextual factors and health, with an emphasis on health equity research.
Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention
Degrees offered: PhD in Public Health (Global Health) & MS in Public Health
This Department is focused on creating, integrating, and translating population-based knowledge into preventive strategies to reduce the societal burden of human disease and disability through excellence in interdisciplinary research, education, and service. This is a forward-thinking mission that acknowledges and complements traditional discipline-based research and training in public health.
