Overview of Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs

Public Health Graduate Students The Department of Public Health offers the most comprehensive range of accredited undergraduate through doctoral level degree programs in the Pacific Northwest.

Information

The Department of Public Health offers a comprehensive array of graduate programs representing the varied disciplines of public health practice. Through its academic programs and diverse range of research endeavors, graduate students gain the theoretical foundations, applied research techniques, and professional skills to function effectively in reducing risks, promoting health and preventing premature disease and disability in human populations Department of Public Health students are prepared to assume leadership roles in planning, implementing, and evaluating cost effective, efficient, population-based prevention and intervention programs and in conducting the following essential public health services:

Monitoring health status to identify community health problems
Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community, and in public and private organizations
Informing, Educating, and Empowering people about health issues
Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Developing policies and plans that support individual and public health efforts targeting diverse populations in a variety of settings
Enforcing laws and regulations and recommending strategies that protect the environment, preserve health, and ensure safety
Linking people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Assuring a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Evaluating effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health, health services and delivery mechanisms
Researching for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
Utilizing appropriate technologies, media, and communication strategies to facilitate behaviors, policies, and programs conducive to health.

Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships are available in teaching and research to highly qualified candidates. Students interested in applying for an assistantship position must complete an application for admission by December 1^st. Graduate assistantships receive stipends ranging from $4,050 to $9,150, as well as a waiver of graduate tuition. See the graduate student handbook for more information. Graduate fellowships and scholarship information.

Grants

Oregon State University's "Occupational Safety and Health Training Program" is currently in its first year of operation having been initially funded in July of 2002. The program is a coordinated graduate degree program in occupational safety and health within the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and Public Health at Oregon State University (OSU). The grant for this program is tuition for in-state and out-of-state students, along with a monthly stipend. In addition, student will receive travel dollars to attend one Human Factors and Ergonomics and/or Occupational Safety per award year. For more information about the grant.

More Information

Details about academic programs, faculty, students and research can be found throughout this site. If you have specific questions about our graduate programs please contact Dr. Anna Harding - Graduate Coordinator.

Graduate Student-Faculty Listserv

The address for members (and to sign up) is: dphgrad@lists.oregonstate.edu.


	Limit results to this site.		Health & Human Sciences » Public Health » Graduate Programs. Graduate Programs The Department of Public Health offers the most comprehensive range of accredited undergraduate through doctoral level degree programs in the Pacific Northwest. Information ECampus Graduate Certificate in Health Care Administration Master of Public Health (MPH) Master of Science (MS) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Handbook How to Apply Where Graduates Are Now The Department of Public Health offers a comprehensive array of graduate programs representing the varied disciplines of public health practice. Through its academic programs and diverse range of research endeavors, graduate students gain the theoretical foundations, applied research techniques, and professional skills to function effectively in reducing risks, promoting health and preventing premature disease and disability in human populations Department of Public Health students are prepared to assume leadership roles in planning, implementing, and evaluating cost effective, efficient, population-based prevention and intervention programs and in conducting the following essential public health services: Monitoring health status to identify community health problems Diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community, and in public and private organizations Informing, Educating, and Empowering people about health issues Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems Developing policies and plans that support individual and public health efforts targeting diverse populations in a variety of settings Enforcing laws and regulations and recommending strategies that protect the environment, preserve health, and ensure safety Linking people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable Assuring a competent public health and personal health care workforce Evaluating effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health, health services and delivery mechanisms Researching for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems Utilizing appropriate technologies, media, and communication strategies to facilitate behaviors, policies, and programs conducive to health. Assistantships Graduate Assistantships are available in teaching and research to highly qualified candidates. Students interested in applying for an assistantship position must complete an application for admission by December 1^st. Graduate assistantships receive stipends ranging from $4,050 to $9,150, as well as a waiver of graduate tuition. See the graduate student handbook for more information. Graduate fellowships and scholarship information. Grants Oregon State University's "Occupational Safety and Health Training Program" is currently in its first year of operation having been initially funded in July of 2002. The program is a coordinated graduate degree program in occupational safety and health within the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and Public Health at Oregon State University (OSU). The grant for this program is tuition for in-state and out-of-state students, along with a monthly stipend. In addition, student will receive travel dollars to attend one Human Factors and Ergonomics and/or Occupational Safety per award year. For more information about the grant. More Information Details about academic programs, faculty, students and research can be found throughout this site. If you have specific questions about our graduate programs please contact Dr. Anna Harding - Graduate Coordinator. Graduate Student-Faculty Listserv The address for members (and to sign up) is: dphgrad@lists.oregonstate.edu. Resources Outside the College Oregon State University Graduate School Survival Guide to Graduate School - University Graduate Student Forms On-Line Thesis Guide