269 undergraduate students
112 graduate students
15 tenured and tenure-track faculty

Academic Programs

• Environment, Safety and Health
• Health Management and Policy
• Health Promotion and Health Behavior
• International Health

Degrees Offered

• BS Health Management and Policy
• BS, MS Health Promotion and Health Behavior
• Graduate Certificate in Health Management and Policy
• MS Environmental Health and Occupational Safety Management
• MPH
• PhD Public Health

Public Health is an exciting and diverse field for those interested in the health and well-being of populations and their environments. A variety of public health careers in the public and private sectors offer opportunities to work locally, regionally, nationally and internationally to promote health and prevent disease. Recognizing that multiple and complex factors affect the public’s health, our faculty and students examine environmental issues, access to health care services, health policies, and social and contextual factors as determinants of health. We acknowledge that efforts to improve health must go beyond the treatment of disease and must address all conditions affecting the health of populations including human behavior, social conditions, health care, institutions, governmental and corporate policies, and environments.

The Department offers undergraduate BS degrees in Health Management and Policy with an option in long-term care and Health Promotion and Health Behavior. MS degrees are offered in Public Health, Health Promotion and Health Behavior, and Environmental Health and Occupational Safety Management.

As part of the collaborative Oregon Master of Public Health (OMPH) Program, our department offers an MPH degree. The cooperative statewide MPH program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and provides leadership in the field of education, research and service in all aspects of public health. Our departmental MPH degree combines broad training in public health with specific training in four specialty tracks:

• Health Management and Policy
• International Health
• Health Promotion
• Environment Safety and Health

The OSU Department of Public Health is the only institution in the state of Oregon that offers a PhD in Public Health. The PhD program prepares students for careers in research, university teaching in graduate programs, policy analysis and development, and other high-level public health positions.

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News & Events

• Oregon Public Health Association annual Conference to be held at OSU. More ...
• National Public Health Week focuses on healthy children.
• Survey: Conspiracy theories affect birth control use among blacks. More...
• Announcing a NEW Track Admitting for 2005-2006: Environment, Safety & Health. For more information contact Anthony Veltri, PhD, at 541-737-3831 or by Email.
• AIDS conspiracy theory belief linked to less condom use. More...
• Student Groups. More...
• Current Position Openings in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

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