Specifically, the MPH will provide you with skills to:

• understand and utilize the factors which influence local, national and global legislative and social policies;

• apply state-of-the-art analytical (both quantitative and qualitative) techniques needed for problem solving;

• develop multidisciplinary and collaborative strategies for solving health-related problems;

• approach health as a population-based concern as well as an individual one;

• develop and implement health programs in limited resource settings that are tailored to the specific needs of the community and in partnership with that community;

• travel or experience health from an international perspective;

• advocate for change in your community on a policy level;

• communicate more effectively with diverse populations; and,

• be positioned for leadership.

The University of Cincinnati MPH program is a highly competitive graduate degree program accepting candidates who demonstrate capacity and motivation to take positions within local, state, national, and international organizations promoting the health of the public.