Department of Public Health

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Ronny A. Bell, Chair, 115 Heart Drive, East Carolina Heart Institute

The Department of Public Health (DPH) offers a master of public health degree, a doctor of public health degree, three certificates in public health, and a dual degree program in medicine and public health. Although housed in the Brody School of Medicine, the DPH collaborates with many departments and programs on both ECU campuses.

Accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) in June 2007, the master of public health (MPH) program offers three concentration areas: (1) epidemiology, (2) health administration, and (3) health behavior. The MPH program prepares students to address challenges in public health, and to find innovative ways to improve population health, address public health needs of rural, underserved, and minority populations, and to reduce health disparities.

The doctor of public health (DrPH) is a terminal degree for individuals who intend to pursue leadership careers in public health research, practice, or teaching. The DrPH program consists of two concentration areas: (1) environmental and occupational health, and (2) health policy, administration and leadership. Graduates of this program will be prepared for leadership positions in local, state, or federal government public health institutions, nonprofit institutions such as health advocacy or community service, or for-profit institutions such as health care organizations, health research organizations, health insurance, pharmaceutical industry and health-related industries.

The DPH offers three public health certificates:  (1) community health center administration, (2) ethnic and rural health disparities, and (3) public health foundations and practice. These certificates programs cater to the skill needs of individuals working in public health or those interested in working in this field.

The DPH also has a dual-degree program that facilitates attainment of a doctor of medicine (MD) and a MPH degree. This dual degree is particularly attractive to physicians who are interested in attaining competencies in prevention and population health.

Programs

• Community Health Center Administration Certificate
• Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Certificate
• Public Health Foundations and Practice Certificate

• Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health

• Public Health, MPH

• Public Health, DrPH

Courses

• MPH 6000 - Public Health Practice
• MPH 6002 - Ethics and Law in Public Health
• MPH 6003 - Occupational Health
• MPH 6005 - African-American Health
• MPH 6006 - Making Sense of Data
• MPH 6007 - Global Public Health: A Global Perspective
• MPH 6008 - Ethnic Health and Health Disparities
• MPH 6009 - Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health and Health Disparities
• MPH 6010 - Fundamentals of Environmental Health
• MPH 6011 - Introduction to Epidemiology
• MPH 6013 - Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
• MPH 6017 - Global Public Health Study Abroad Experience
• MPH 6020 - Research Methods
• MPH 6021 - Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
• MPH 6022 - Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
• MPH 6023 - Epidemiology of Cancer
• MPH 6025 - Delivery of Healthcare Services
• MPH 6027 - Applied Mixed-Methods Research
• MPH 6035 - Interdisciplinary Rural Health
• MPH 6036 - Fundamentals in Agromedicine
• MPH 6040 - Long Term Care Administration
• MPH 6050 - Independent Study
• MPH 6051 - Independent Study
• MPH 6052 - Independent Study
• MPH 6100 - Aging and Health
• MPH 6150 - History of Public Health in the Modern West
• MPH 6200 - Community Health Organization and Leadership
• MPH 6600 - Planning Public Health Programs
• MPH 6605 - Evaluating Public Health Programs
• MPH 6610 - Nutrition and Public Health Issues
• MPH 6670 - Public Health Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health
• MPH 6700 - Health Economics
• MPH 6702 - Epidemiology Methods
• MPH 6800 - Health Policy and Politics
• MPH 6810 - Strategic and Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations
• MPH 6903 - Comprehensive Field Placement
• MPH 6904 - Introduction to Field Placement
• MPH 6905 - Applied Field Placement
• MPH 6991 - MPH Professional Paper
• MPH 6992 - MPH Professional Paper
• MPH 7010 - Human Resource Management and Leadership for Health Administration
• MPH 7031 - Topics in Public Health
• MPH 7200 - Principles of Public Health Surveillance
• MPH 7201 - Introduction to Survey Methodology
• MPH 7202 - Introduction to Public Health Data Analysis
• MPH 7205 - Nutritional Epidemiology
• PUBH 7930 - Environmental and Occupational Exposure Assessment
• PUBH 8002 - Public Health Microbiology, Water and Food Safety
• PUBH 8003 - Issues and Case Studies in Occupational Medicine
• PUBH 8004 - Public Health Pests and Vector-Borne Diseases
• PUBH 8005 - Advanced Control of Occupational Hazards
• PUBH 8006 - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• PUBH 8007 - Advanced Industrial Hygiene Applications
• PUBH 8020 - Organizational Theory and Leadership
• PUBH 8025 - Quantitative Research Methods
• PUBH 8100 - Applied Environmental and Industrial Hygiene
• PUBH 8110 - Emerging Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health
• PUBH 8120 - Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health Law
• PUBH 8125 - Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• PUBH 8130 - Strategic Planning, Theory and Practice
• PUBH 8134 - Financial Planning and Management
• PUBH 8150 - Environmental Risk Communication
• PUBH 8240 - Human Resources Management
• PUBH 8245 - Health Policy Analysis
• PUBH 8350 - Qualitative Research Methods
• PUBH 8352 - Quality Improvement and Cost Effectiveness Analysis
• PUBH 8460 - Economic Analysis in Health Systems
• PUBH 8463 - Health Information Systems
• PUBH 8571 - Public Health and Aging
• PUBH 8680 - Public Health Disaster Preparedness and Response
• PUBH 8684 - Field Practicum
• PUBH 9000 - Dissertation Research

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