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The College of Health Sciences now offers the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a concentration in Hispanic and Border Health. Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2008 semester. The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional degree that prepares students for careers in public health. Public health is population health. It uses a multidisciplinary approach where professionals from different disciplines work together for a common purpose: promoting health, preventing disease, and improving the life quality of communities. Many public health jobs require a graduate degree in public health. The MPH degree provides public health professionals a competitive edge by providing them with the broad knowledge and analytical and technical skills needed to be an effective leader in the public health field. Public health professionals may be involved in activities as varied as conducting disease outbreak investigations, designing programs to increase child physical activity and reduce obesity, conducting community health surveys, eveloping natural disaster and anti-bioterrorism response plans, and leading cancer, asthma and diabetes prevention initiatives, lobbying state and federal legislators to improve health care coverage for low-income families, planning
Persons with MPH degrees can work in many types of private, public, for-profit, and non-profit organizations.
MPH PROGRAM AT UTEP The MPH program prepares students for public health practice through a combination of classroom instruction, field and research experience in communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and in other national and international settings. MPH Program faculty are committed to the individual mentoring of each student. A faculty member advises no more than 4-5 raduate students, allowing time for careful attention to each.
Students are required to successfully complete 42 credit hours of coursework: core courses (15 hrs), Hispanic and border health concentration (9 hrs), practicum (6 hrs), and the remaining credit hours from a combination of course electives and a culminating experience (thesis or graduate project). Elective courses are chosen in conjunction with the faculty mentor with Graduate Advisor approval. MPH Core Courses (15 hrs)
Practicum (6 hrs)
Hispanic & Border Health Concentration Courses (9 hrs)
Selective Courses (6 hrs) Selected with approval of Grad Advisor and faculty mentor Culminating Experience (9 hrs)
Final program of study determined through consultation with the Graduate Advisor and faculty mentors. Teaching assistantships, research assistantships, fellowships, and other financial assistance are available for qualified students. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Requirements for Admission:
Application Process:
Applicants must contact the Grad Advisor (Dr. Martha Cruz) before submitting their application materials. The MPH Program has Fall admission only. All application documents must be received by UTEP Graduate School by April 15st for full consideration for Fall admission. FACULTY RESEARCH Infectious disease prevention & control; vaccine development, air pollutant exposure, immune response & disease. Marta Cruz, DVM, D. Phil. Pediatric obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome & non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Maria Duarte-Gardea, PhD, RD, LD. E. Lee Rosenthal, MPH, PhD. Community health development; eliminating health isparities; community health workers; health policy Michele G. Shedlin, PhD. HIV-AIDS; substance abuse; immigrant/ border health; qualitative research methods Brenda Smith, PhD, CHES. Human sexuality; aging; intimate partner violence; health behavior Sharon Thompson, PhD, MPH, CHES. Joe Tomaka, PhD. Social psychology & health; behavioral approaches to alcohol; risk reduction; stress; coping and cardiovascular reactivity to stress. M. Margaret Weigel, PhD. Infectious disease, reproductive, & nutritional epidemiology; Hispanic/border and global health and nutrition. University of Texas at El Paso ____________ |
