A healthier future begins by preventing disease before it starts.
In the School of Public Health and Health Systems (SPHHS), our researchers are working to reduce the global burden of illness through health promotion, disease surveillance and the implementation of healthy public policy. We are using big data to help inform clinical practice, refining policies and processes to expedite care and assessing the confluence of factors that comprise health and well-being.
Areas of focus
- Epidemiology and applied biostatistics
- Nutritional public health
- Health promotion
- Health program evaluation
- Health policy
- Gerontology
- Youth health
- Infectious diseases
- Global health
- Health informatics and big data
Committed to reducing the health impacts of climate change
From extreme heat and life-threatening storms to the availability of safe water and food, climate change is presenting new health concerns for people around the world. Recognizing the need for highly trained health specialists, SPHHS signed the Health Educators Climate Commitment, an international accord launched by the White House to enhance postsecondary education around the growing and profound health impacts of climate change.
