Vision
Advancing Health through Education: Innovative. Accessible. Worldwide.
Mission
The program’s mission is to prepare skilled and versatile graduates dedicated to improving public health through practice, research, education, and leadership.
The goals that describe strategies to accomplish the defined mission include:
Practice Goal
- Ensure graduates are prepared for public health practice
Research Goals
- Cultivate a scholarly program environment through active faculty research, scientific inquiry and scholarly endeavors
- Encourage student scientific inquiry
- Students gain a strong foundation in quantitative health sciences applicable to research and evidence-based health practices
Education Goals
- Increase access to public health education through quality online learning
- Develop a learning environment that promotes diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence
- Promote life-long learning
Values
- Foundation of diversity, equity and inclusion
- Innovation in education
- Grounding in evidence-based public health
- Interdisciplinary learning and practice
- A culture of lifelong learning
