Doctor of Public Health

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) is an advanced professional degree for those who intend to pursue or advance a professional practice career in public health and for leaders and future leaders in public health practice. They face the particular challenge of understanding and adapting scientific knowledge in order to achieve health gain and results. This degree leads to a career in high-level administration, teaching, or practice, where advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are required.

The DrPH program develops in its candidates all competencies included in Master of Public Health programs, with increased emphasis on high level skills in problem-solving and the application of public health concepts. The usual requirement for entry into this program is a degree in Master of Public Health.

chools offering DrPH program

United States

* [http://www.hawaii.edu University of Hawaii at Manoa ] [http://jabsom.hawaii.edu John A. Burns School of Medicine] [http://www.hawaii.edu/publichealth/academics/degrees.html Office of Public Health Studies]
*University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
*City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
*Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
*Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
*Harvard School of Public Health
*University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
*Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
*Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
*University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
*University of California, Berkeley
*University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health
*University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health
*New York Medical College School of Public Health
*University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
*University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, School of Public Health
*University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
*Drexel University School of Public Health
*Boston University School of Public Health
*Florida A & M University Institute of Public Health
*University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
*University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health [http://www.uic.edu/sph/]
*University of Georgia College of Public Health
*University of South Florida College of Public Health
*Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
*Loma Linda University School of Public Health
*University of Kentucky's College of Public Health
*University of Iowa College of Public Health
*East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
*University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

United Kingdom

*Brunel University of West London
*London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Asia

*Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
*College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

* Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public health,Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Australia

* James Cook University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
* LaTrobe University School of Public Health.
* University of Wollongong School of Health Science.
* University of Sydney School of Public Health.
* Monash University School of Public Health .
* Flinders University School of Public Health.
* Curtin University of Technology.