Students in this concentration will develop skills and competencies to be successful in public health including:

• Assess environmental or occupational exposures.
• Identify the adverse effects of chemical, biological, or physical exposures on human health.
• Design or interpret epidemiologic research related to toxic hazard.
• Synthesize relevant information in order to assess or manage environmental or occupational risks.
• Engage in public health messaging or risk communication activities with a focus on the environmental health.

The MPH degree requires the completion of a total of 45 credits, an applied practice experience, and a culminating experience. In addition to the general course requirements, students will complete these concentration-specific courses:

• Introduction to Environmental Health
• Public Health Surveillance
• Toxicology
• Environmental Exposures, Risk, and Public Health

Remaining credits are accrued through electives, seminars and independent study. The concentration advisor should be consulted early to plan ahead for the completion of the MPH degree requirements. Refer to the Environmental Health Sciences Checklist for a full list of courses.

In this concentration, you will complete an applied practice experience, and culminating experience, which can be a master’s thesis, manuscript, or capstone project.

Recent applied practice experiences include:

• Internship at the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
• Participation in environmental outreach projects with community organizations
• Survey of pregnant women about Zika virus prevention

Recent culminating experiences include:

• Examination of health impacts from dust exposure from the World Trade Center collapse
• Assessing the impacts of prenatal lead exposure from contaminated soil at battery recycling sites in Indonesia
• Evaluation of environmental health outreach for diverse audiences