About MPH

The mission of the Northwestern University Master of Public Health
Degree Program is to provide an educational environment for health
professionals that fosters acquisition of knowledge about the factors
that contribute to the health and diseases of populations and to
educate these individuals to be boundary spanners between professions
engaged in clinical care and public health. The mission capitalizes
on and emphasizes the unique resources available through Feinberg
School of Medicine, its faculty, and the Chicago area. The program
educates students to recognize and interpret research that contributes
to better health outcomes and identify preventive strategies that
may reduce and prevent health problems. This comprehensive public
health program addresses at the individual level the concept of
lifestyle behaviors aimed at reducing risk, at the organizational
level the optimal delivery of care, and at the population level
the concept of reduced frequency of disease.
The goals of the program are to provide our students:
1) a broad perspective on the definition and promotion of health
that incorporates the concepts of prevention, health promotion,
health care organization and delivery, and population-based research
and intervention.
2) an interdisciplinary public health knowledge base derived from
relevant areas including biomedical and social scientific theories
and empiric evidence.
3) the quantitative, educational, organizational, and practical
skills needed to ensure that all graduates will be well prepared
for their future public health practice, teaching, and/or research
endeavors.
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