School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Looking into the Design Building lounge from outside, through the interior, then outside again to the Fine Arts Center. A student working on a laptop has his feet up on one of the small tables visible in the glass-enclosed lounge.

Dean: Anna Maria Siega-Riz.

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences is at the forefront of research, intervention, policy innovation, and educating the workforce of tomorrow. Our mission is to achieve health equity and enhance health outcomes for everyone. This encompasses addressing global pandemics, battling the opioid crisis, preventing chronic diseases, tackling food insecurity, advocating for global health and environmental sustainability, promoting healthy aging, and ensuring optimal reproductive health. Our work is transdisciplinary and successfully prepares individuals for careers in health fields, industry, government, or academics. The school features numerous opportunities for community-based student internships and experience in clinical and outreach programs and partnerships that promote health and quality of life in diverse populations.

The School offers a wide range of academic programs, including Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degree options in Speech, Language, and Hearings Sciences, Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Public Health Sciences (Health Policy Management, Community Health Education, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences) and a dual Master’s degree in Public Health and Public Policy offered as a joint program with the School of Public Policy. Accelerated Master’s degree programs are available for undergraduates in several disciplines of public health sciences, kinesiology and nutrition. The school also offers flexible off-campus academic programs, including the highly rated online MPH in Public Health Practice program that allows students from around the globe to earn a master’s degree in public health, and the Worcester Campus MPH Program in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and is a member of the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health.