The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional degree that will prepare you to solve public health problems by applying professional disciplinary approaches and methods in professional environments such as local, state or national public health agencies and health care organizations. The MPH is a Schoolwide degree, allowing you to gain broad training in public health, but you’ll also specialize in one department so that you can concurrently gain focused knowledge in a particular area. Students specialize in one of the School’s five departments: Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences or Health Policy and Management. The MPH is typically a two-year program, though there are accelerated options for students with particular qualifications, such as a clinical doctoral degree. Additionally, our Executive MPH programs cater to professionals who want to earn an MPH while continuing to work full-time. The specializations are- Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management.
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Through pioneering research UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty: Discovered the nutritional value of vitamin E Established the link between lifestyle and longevity Promoted the benefits of breastfeeding on a global scale Demonstrated how HIV-related immune deficiency is transmitted, a discovery that has prevented millions of infections Established a relationship between air pollutants and respiratory capacity in children and irreversible changes in lung function in adults. These and many other milestones are possible thanks to the interdisciplinary approach that a degree in public health from UCLA provides. Our students receive state-of-the art public health training from distinguished experts (including sixteen members of the Institute of Medicine and three past presidents of the American Public Health Association) along with practical, hands-on experience. The School is consistently rated among the top 10 schools of public health in the country by U.S. News and World Report.