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Virginia Tech's Public Health Program in the Department of Population Health Sciences is administered by the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in partnership with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
The program offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in public health. At the undergraduate level, the program offers the Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) degree and the undergraduate minor in Public Health. At the graduate level, the program offers the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, which can be completed as a standalone degree program or in combination with another degree program, including the DVM, MD, and with a PhD or other Master's program from across Virginia Tech. We also offer an accelerated undergraduate to MPH degree program for exceptional Virginia Tech students from any major. The program also offers a Graduate Certificate in Public Health that can be completed online or in person.
Mission:
The mission of the Public Health Program is to protect, improve, and promote population health in Southwest and Southside Virginia, the Commonwealth, Central Appalachia, the Nation, and the world by training future public health leaders through learning, discovery, and engagement in public health.
Goals
Learning: The program, grounded in a One Health model at the human-animal-environmental health interface, will provide experiential learning and professional preparation in the core and concentration competencies, including the functions and responsibilities of public health, and will support placement of its graduates into public health positions.
Discovery: Faculty, in partnership with students and external collaborators, will conduct public health research that addresses the individual, social and ecological determinants of health, reflects the human-animal-environment One Health interface, promotes health equity, and builds healthy communities.
Engagement: Faculty and students will serve public health needs through development of mutually beneficial partnerships with communities, local health departments, medical and veterinary organizations, community-based organizations, and other public and private institutions, to improve local, state, regional, national and global public health, contribute to workforce development, and advance One Health.
Diversity and Inclusion: Students will learn in a diverse and inclusive community and will recognize the unique health disparities in our region and community-driven solutions to address them.