University of Georgia College of Public Health

The College of Public Health (CPH) is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States.

History

The College of Public Health (CPH) officially opened as UGA's 15th college in January 2005 after receiving approval from the school's Universitmane fuck dis shity Council in September of 2004 and the Georgia Board of Regents in October. It was the first public health school created within the University System of Georgia.cite web |first= Jennifer |last=Moore |url= http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/122504/uga_20041225060.shtml |title=College of Public Health prepares to open to students |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=December 25, 2004 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-03-24] As of 2008, the dean of the school is Phillip L. Williams. He has been the only dean in the short history of the school. He served as interim dean from the initial opening in 2005 until being named to the position permanently on November 10, 2006. Williams was also on the internal committee that proposed the formation of the college.cite web |url= http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/111106/uganews_20061111043.shtml |title=Williams named dean of UGA public health |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=March 17, 1999 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-03-24] The Institute of Gerontology also joined the CPH in July of 2005.cite web |url= http://www.publichealth.uga.edu/geron/about_geron/gerontology_about.html |title=About Gerontology |work=Institute of Gerontology |date= |publisher=University of Georgia |accessdate=2008-03-24]

The new college was founded to house various research, faculty and outreach programs in one college so that public health needs would be better addressed. The department of environmental health science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the department of health promotion and behavior in the College of Education were moved to CPH. A new department of health administration, biostatistics and epidemiology was also created within CPH.

Upon opening, CPH took over responsibility for the Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate degree track previously overseen by the UGA Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the Division of Public Health.cite web |first= Ronell|last=Smith |url= http://onlineathens.com/stories/021004/uga_20040210035.shtml |title=New degree will offer needed training |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=February 10, 2004 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-03-24]

Notable research

Beginning in the 1990s, the Institute of Gerontology began the Georgia Centenarian Study, a ten-year project to study common habits and personality traits among centenarians in 31 Georgia counties. In 2001, the National Institute on Aging provided an additional $7.5 million to prolong and expand the study.cite web |first= Joan|last=Stroer |url= http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/101801/uga_1018010032.shtml |title=Aging study extended five more years |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=October 18, 2001 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-03-24] cite journal | last = Martin | first = Peter | coauthors = da Rosa, Grace, Siegler, Ilene C., Davey, Adam, MacDonald, Maurice, Poon, Leonard W. and for the Georgia Centenarian Study | month = December | year = 2006 | title = Personality and longevity: findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study | journal = AGE | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 343–352 | publisher = Springer Netherlands | issn = 0161-9152 | pmid = | doi = 10.1007/s11357-006-9022-8 | url = http://www.springerlink.com/content/401081287n8282rn/ | accessdate = 2008-03-24 | quote = Centenarians are thought of as unique and exceptional survivors. This study evaluated specific personality traits and configurations of traits among participants of the Georgia Centenarian Study ] Citation |first1=Richard |last1=Corliss |last2= Lemonick |first2= Michael D. |date =August 22, 2004 |title=How To Live To Be 100 |publisher=Time Inc. (Time Warner) |magazine=Time |issn= 0040-781X |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,685958-4,00.html |accessdate=2008-03-25 ]

Departments

The following departments are part of the CPH:
* Environmental Health Science
* Health Promotion and Behavior
* Health Administration, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology
* Institute of Gerontology

Degrees offered

Undergraduate degrees

The following undergraduate degrees are offered by the CPH:
*Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health (B.S.E.H.)
*Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Behavior {B.S.H.P.)
*Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.)
*Joint B.S. in Environmental Health and Biological Engineering

Graduate degrees

The following graduate degrees are offered by the CPH:
*Master of Public Health (MPH)
*Master of Arts (in Health Promotion and Behavior)
*Master of Science in Environmental Health (MSEH)
*Master of Science in Toxicology
*Master of Science in Human and Animal Toxicology
*Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Behavior
*Ph.D. in Toxicology

Notes

References

* [http://www.publichealth.uga.edu/ UGA College of Public Health]
* [http://bulletin.uga.edu/bulletin/ind/acadhonors.html UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, UGA Bulletin]
* [http://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0605schools.html Georgia Magazine, March 2006 Vol 84: No. 3]