Department of Public Health

Suzanne Lazorick, Interim Chair

The Department of Public Health offers a master of public health degree, a doctor of public health degree, two certificates in public health, one certificate in biostatistics, and a dual degree program in medicine and public health. Although housed in the Brody School of Medicine, the Department 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) community health and health behaviors; (2) epidemiology; and (2) health policy, administration, and leadership. 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 two public health certificates: (1) 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

• Biostatistics Certificate
• Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Certificate
• Public Health Foundations and Practice Certificate

• Medicine, MD/Public Health, MPH

• Public Health, MPH

• Public Health, DrPH

Courses

• BIOS 5010 - Epidemiology for Health Professionals
• BIOS 7021 - Biostatistics for Health Professionals I
• BIOS 7022 - Biostatistics for Health Professionals II
• BIOS 7501 - Experimental Design
• BIOS 7550 - Applied Multivariate Analysis
• BIOS 7560 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods
• BIOS 7570 - Introduction to Survival Analysis
• BIOS 7580 - Categorical Data Analysis
• BIOS 7600 - Advanced Statistical Modeling

• MPH 6000 - Public Health Practice
• MPH 6002 - Ethics and Law in Public Health
• MPH 6005 - African-American Health
• 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 - Principles of Health Behavior
• 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 6027 - 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 6250 - Aging Health Policy and Equity Analysis
• MPH 6500 - Quality Improvement in Public Health
• MPH 6501 - Grant Writing in Public Health
• MPH 6502 - Public Health Project Management
• 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
• 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

• MPH 6003 - Occupational Health
• MPH 6006 - Making Sense of Data
• MPH 6023 - Epidemiology of Cancer
• MPH 6025 - Delivery of Healthcare Services
• MPH 6100 - Aging and Health
• MPH 6150 - History of Public Health in the Modern West
• MPH 6200 - Community Health Organization and Leadership
• MPH 7205 - Nutritional Epidemiology