Transcript Presentation On Public Health 2016

On thinking about a degree and/or
career in public health: What does it
mean to consider the health of a
group instead of an individual?
Jim Trostle, PhD MPH
Professor and Chair, Anthropology Dept., Trinity
and
Professor of Public Health, University of Chile, Santiago
Public Health
What it is
Who does it, and why
How they get there (not just via public health school)
How you can get there (via public health school)
What to do to get into a public health school
What ELSE to do besides public health school?
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Standard Public Health Degrees and Programs
(example from UC Berkeley)
Biostatistics (MPH, MA, PhD)
Community Health Sciences
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Environmental Health Sciences (MPH, PhD)
Epidemiology (MPH, MS, PhD)
Epidemiology/Biostatistics (MPH)
Health & Social Behavior (MPH)
Health Policy & Management (MPH)
Health Policy (PhD)
Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology (MPH; PhD in Infectious Diseases &
Immunity)
• Interdisciplinary (MPH)
• Maternal & Child Health (MPH)
• Public Health Nutrition (MPH)
M.P.H. Overview
Two-Year M.P.H. Program
• Areas of study:
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Biostatics
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Environmental Health Sciences
Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Health Care Management
Health Policy
Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 20 course units (4 semesters)
• Summer internship
• Master’s thesis or capstone course
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Somewhat Arbitrary Rankings of Public Health Schools
#1
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
4.8
#2Tie
Harvard University Boston, MA
University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill Chapel Hill,
NC
University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
4.7
4.7
Columbia University New York, NY
University of Washington Seattle, WA
4.4
4.2
#8
Emory University Atlanta, GA
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
4.1
4.0
#9
University of California—​Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3.9
#2Tie
#4
#5
#6
#7
4.5
Ranking Universities by R&D Expenditures, 2014 (NSF Data)
Institution
Rank
Johns Hopkins University
1
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2
University of Washington, Seattle
3
U. of No. Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
University of California, Los Angeles
10
Harvard University
11
Columbia University
13
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 15
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
16
Ohio State University, The
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Total R&D expenditures
R&D $ (‘000)
2,242,478
1,349,262
1,176,340
989,766
948,197
933,975
890,642
876,870
856,806
815,075
67,154,642
aspph.org; http://www.aspph.org/program-finder/
sophas.org
apha.org
ajph.org
publichealthjobs.org
cdc.gov
To The Dean Who Wants to Create an Undergraduate Public Health Major:
Consider a Liberal Arts Approach https://medium.com/@bjackson/to-thedean-who-wants-to-create-an-undergraduate-public-health-major-considera-liberal-arts-81e637af66c6#.7tioglbxk