Harvard School of Public Health

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Harvard School of Public Health
Established: 1922
Type: Private
Endowment: US$1.2 billion
Dean: Barry Bloom
Staff: 300
Students: 950
282 SM
375 MPH
484 PhD
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Campus: Urban
Website: www.hsph.harvard.edu

The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, HSPH is considered one of the most prestigious schools focusing on health in the United States. It is the country's second-oldest school of public health. Founded in 1922, the Harvard School of Public Health grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first graduate training program in public health. The dean of HSPH, Barry R. Bloom, recently announced he will step down from his current position but remain active with the school.

Admission to HSPH is selective: For the class beginning in 2006-2007, 4.5% of nearly 10000 applicants were admitted, and 60% of those admitted enrolled. Half of the class that entered in 2006 had a GPA between 3.50 and 3.75 (out of 4.0).

The HSPH doctoral program in epidemiology has been ranked #1 in the U.S. in terms of faculty research productivity.[1] Overall, HSPH is ranked second along with University of North Carolina School of Public Health in the 2008,U.S. News & World Report.[2]

The School's objectives are:

  • to provide the highest level of education to health scientists, practitioners, and leaders
  • to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations
  • to strengthen health capacities and services for communities[3]

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[edit] History

The School's predecessor was the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, founded in 1913; Harvard calls it "the nation's first graduate training program in public health." In 1922, the School for Health Officers became the Harvard School of Public Health, and in 1946 it was split off from the medical school and became a separate faculty of Harvard University.[4]

[edit] Curriculum

The Master's in Public Health Program - MPH offers seven degree concentrations:

  • Clinical Effectiveness (CLE)
  • Family and Community Health (FCH)
  • Health Care Management and Policy (CMP)
  • International Health (IH)
  • Law and Public Health (LPH)
  • Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH)
  • Quantitative Methods (QM) [5]

Degree programs offered by specific departments:

  • Biostatistics: ScM, PhD
  • Environmental Health: ScM, PhD, ScD, MOH, DPH
  • Epidemiology: ScM, ScD, DPH
  • Genetics and Complex Diseases: PhD
  • Health Policy and Management: ScM, ScD, PhD
  • Immunology and Infectious Diseases: ScD, PhD
  • Nutrition: ScD, DPH, PhD
  • Population and International Health: ScM, ScD, DPH
Health Economics (ScD)
Health Systems (ScD)
Population and International Health (ScD)
  • Society, Human Development, and Health: ScM, ScD, DPH

(PhD programs are offered under the aegis of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

[edit] Centers and Institutes

[edit] Research Projects

[edit] Notable faculty (and past faculty)

 James Whittenberger, Department of Physiology

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Top departments in 104 fields, reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2007
  2. ^ Ranking of Best schools of Public Health in US by U.S. News & World Report
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ HSPH Catalog - Harvard School of Public Health
  5. ^ MPH Program - Harvard School of Public Health

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