Global and Public Health

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Modern health challenges include the increase in epidemics and pandemics, access and quality gaps in healthcare services for vulnerable populations, as well as need of effective and sustainable health policymaking. Global health policy today requires solutions that link together many academic disciplines. Our school’s interdisciplinary focus celebrates innovative approaches to the innumerable public health challenges afflicting people around the globe. The efforts of the EPPS faculty and students can foster policy analysis, research, and core skills of practitioners that can make a difference in the quality of life of others and help inform health practices in the United States and abroad.

EPPS provide ample opportunities in Global & Public Health Policy which prepare students to help make an impact in an ever-changing world using an interdisciplinary approach via programs, courses, research and other activities.

The new Bachelor of Arts in Public Health program prepares students for a variety of roles in the health care system, in community-based private and nonprofit groups. Public health practitioners monitor and seek to control the spread of infectious diseases, behavioral risks, and environmental hazards that affect health, as well as to promote healthier behavior. The curriculum includes basic training in social epidemiology, statistics, research methods, and program development and evaluation. The BAPH program prepares students for a variety of roles in the health care system, in community-based private and nonprofit groups, in public agencies as well as local, state, and global health departments like the U.S. Public Health Service and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The BAPH is also a good fit for those seeking clinical careers in medicine, nursing, medical social work, and mental health who seek a better understanding of the social and community dimensions of health and illness.

Through those opportunities, EPPS strives to provide students the knowledge and skills needed to improve the health and well-being of people both domestically and internationally, by ensuring quality policymaking, implementation, evaluation, and research at all levels. There will be opportunities to participate with faculty on policy research projects, and to link study abroad and internship work to experiential learning opportunities in this field. EPPS faculty will help each student develop an individualized plan to make the most of their academic and career goals in global and health policy, while also making a difference either through policy analysis, policy research, or volunteering.

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